Aura Intense

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE SPRAYING AND SNIFFING!!! I am used to strong perfumes; my skin eats perfume and light fragrances are a complete waste of money. I wear a lot of powerful orientals and Arabic attars and I LOOOOOOOOVE them. THIS stuff though - this should carry a toxicity warning. Or have the sort of symbol associated with radioactive material plastered all over the box (which, incidentally, looks completely innocent and innocuous, completely belying the bottle's content.). IT. IS. STRONG. I read the reviews below and heeded the warnings about the amount I should spray. What I didn't do however, was sniff the back of my hand from a distance. Stupidly, I stuck my nose virtually onto my hand and inhaled - deeply. Do NOT do this. TWO HOURS later, I can still smell the perfume in my nose. It seems to have formed some sort of permanent bond with the smell receptors (I am not a biologist, so don't know what the correct term is, but I suspect that they - whatever they are called - may be permanently affected). I've had a sick headache brewing all day, courtesy of my most recent particularly persistent bout of insomnia. This perfume has not helped one iota; I am now struggling with really severe nausea, despite scrubbing my hand to remove as much as possible. If I hadn't, I would definitely have hurled by now. This is not the fault of the notes, but of the sheer POWER of this stuff. I have never experienced anything like it, and am wondering whether the makers have adhered to IFRA rules. Clearly I am being facetious, but I cannot understand how this perfume can be so strong, have the nuclear half life of... I can't think of a suitable descriptor... But how can it be THIS strong??? Legally? This is an instant reaction review - I'll update later on longevity etc, but my gut feeling is that the longevity is going to be as insane as the strength and sillage. I think I will like this - possibly love it (when I don't feel sick). I bought on the basis of the notes - it's exactly my sort of perfume and I paid £23 for 50ml from a UK seller on eBay. I suspect it's going to last a long time, as I won't be able to tolerate wearing it if I have a hint of a headache. I will also be spraying it only once, which will probably last me two or three days.

Oh my what an assault to the senses! I got this perfume after reading the reviews from Duskfall and PerfumeKing14. Folks!, I am suffering 5 hours after spraying it. This is very very Potent. I forgot what i read in the reviews to go easy, but this was just a couple of sprays, and i can tell you, I loved it as soon as I sprayed it, then an hour later the fragrance got a life on its own. I feltl so sick, nauseated. I love incense, don't get me wrong, but I cannot smell it, its the tuberose. I don't like tuberose at all, and white musk. But let me not confuse anyone here, the combination of the other notes, like amber and patchouli I adore. Thats why this perfume works for me. I have mixed feeling at the moment, but i will spray it again tomorrow from a distance, and I am sure i will love it. As for longevity, this is great. Its not perfume you need to carry in your handbag inorder to top up later. Its not necessary. The powdery finish is quite comforting. For a blind buy, this is great.

What a fine surprise in such a chic bottle! After all those reformulated chemicals and enormously expensive fruit sauces (still wonder why do they call'em perfumes!!!). I was really really angry, and then came this great relief - Aura intense. If you need to wrap yourself in sth warm and calming, this is it. Of course, I recommend it only for sweet and strong perfume (or should I call it the real perfume?) lovers!

The 1st time I sprayed it, I said AMBER, but not today. I suppose I was compering it to other AMBER PERFUMES and my nose was full of that, covering even this strong concoction I'm still trying to figure out. I wouldn't say PATCHOULY comparing it to the essential oil I've got, maybe the one of Patchouli Patch(L'artisan). I think I can get also the ROSE or perhaps the sweetness come from the LITCHI. Definitely I get the SMOKINESS. It's a bit cold so maybe that's why this INTENSE AURA, lasted only about 4 hours.

So gooood & So expensive ... Aura by Swarovski intense Gold Edition in middle east and you can see Harrods exclusive edition.

100% Patchouli. Go very easy on the spraytrop, this one is loud and in you face big time. But after 1 hour I get a beautiful smell of Patchouli around me. Unisex almost male'ish.

The first couple minutes is just overwhelming Incensi Lorenzo Villoresi type incense - dry, bitter, elemish and very potent. The worst type for me personally. After a while a very sweet rose comes to the mixture, the incense tones down, and the scent evolves into something really deep and pleasant. I can't smell neither litchi nor white flowers just sweet, soft [ not in the meaning 'not strong' but more like warm blanket soft ;) ] resins and roses. A bit powdery maybe. Lovely and worth waiting for.

A real beauty, this should have been the first Swarovski release. It is rosy, smoky, insence ful and I can swear on a drop of safran inn there but I guess that's the lichi. This one can stand head up near by any good quality attar. I love it!

I think this is unfortunately discontinued, what a treasure, and what a short life, just because is not a crowd pleaser! O and yes, I found this bottle more cute than the initial Aura's.

Waay it is too heavy for me, i bought it blind and disappointed unfortunately, smells like Timeless Avon which is so intense such as Aura..