Zara For Him Red Edition Intense

I like this a lot! I was a fan of Zara For Him Red Edition (I still have 100ml of the first batch), which I personally find even more good then Zara Red Temptation. In Zara, For Him Red Edition I really can smell the effect of the evernyl, which makes the whole composition much more chic and airy then Red Temptation, more serious and refined. It is also less sweet then Red Temptation, it has that beautifully powdery touch similar in smell to old eyeshadows (no talcum powder), and it has a pinch of that Baccarat Rouge magic (it is the ambergris in Baccarat, I think). Red Temptation is almost become dozzinal now, it is much more heavy and static, but Red For Him preserved some of that bewitching aura of the original Baccarat Rouge. That being said, when I saw this new Intense edition I was of course very, very curious. For Him Red Edition Intense opens just like the og Red For Him, with a light orange smell and a somewhat aromatic touch, I personally didn't smell any distinct bergamot note; I can still feel some of that jasmin plus saffron core, and the crystalized amber / candy floss backbone, the real difference in Intense lies, of course, in the dry down which is very, very creamy! It is a blend of round woody notes and tonka, almost like a lactonic caramel feel (almost!). It is indeed much closer to Baccarat Rouge Extract version, more sweet and nutty then the original For Him Red Edition (although not much almondy like Baccarat Rouge Extract). Persistence and sillage are just like the first batch of Red For Him, very good on both I would say. Is it worth it, if one already has For Him Red Edition og? It depends...if you are a fan of the fragrance, yes, I would say surely, because you can easily layer them, or choose this one when you want something more round and creamy and the og when you want something more airy and etherial; but, if you are just a sporadic user of this type of fragrance, then maybe you can avoid, you would find them too much similar. Edit: it is 80% different from Red Temptation Elixir, I would say. I have both and I am very sure of it, they are not the same fragrance in different bottles, just as For Him Red Edition and Red Temptation og are not the same juice.

"BR540 for Men" The "title" basically says it all. (sorry I copypasted my review from Parfumo, I'm lazy) It's more pungent and less musky than the original, making it more unisex towards masculine smelling to my nose, it's like they tried to go for a twist on BR450 targeted towards men, it is still VERY sweet but not in a candy cotton fluffy type of sweetness that could appeal female wearers, this has a strange...almost rubbery undertone to it, which makes it 100 times better than the original IMHO. Performance is really good, I go noseblind to it almost immediately but it lasts 7-8 hours on my skin, I put the fragrance in my backpack when I bought it and it leaked a TINY bit (so that's a thumbs down for QC, even though I really really like the bottle except for the cap), well, my backpack still smells a bit of the fragrance after a week. It's a solid buy, try and grab it before it gets discontinued or weakened as Zara usually does with newer batches or new releases. Straight 9/10.

For 1 year and a half i've been looking for a BR540 dupe. Tried pretty much all the popular ones. Let me tell you this, forget Armaf, Lattafa, Al Haramain, French Avenue... forget all their clones and attempts. THIS is the one you want. BR540 Extrait period, checks every box.. So smooth, clean and ON POINT. Also better blended than the ME ones, even straight out of the box. Who would've thought that Zara would be the one to actually make the best dupe of BR540, in fact, considering the newest BR540 batches (2023 onwards), this is even better. And going opposite of every Zara fragrance, this one actually performs! This thing will pump out of your skin for 10h easy, and on clothes you gotta do 2 cycles of laundry to get the scent off of them. You will most likely go noseblind after a few hours, only for it to come back at night and hit you in the face again like goddamn Freddy Krueger. My search is over, i already grabbed 2 back up bottles of this. Straight up gem.

So I compared this intense version with the og Red for Him, and here is what I have concluded: First of all, both are very close imitations of BR540 EDP, which I own, showing good projection and longevity. 15 minutes in, they smell nearly identical. Og Red for Him, being an EDP, has a better throw and smells very similar to BR540. However, at initial spray, there exists a weird seaweed note that luckily fades in ten minutes. Once the note dissipates, I’d be hard pressed to tell the difference between BR540 and Red for Him. The Intense version doesn’t have that seaweed note but a stronger wood base. It is rounder and smoother. It makes me wonder why anyone would pay the price tag of a 70ml BR540 when basically the same thing goes for $35/100ml? Go sniff it at the store yourself. *BR540 extrait, from my memory, has a distinct orange top note, which is lacking in both of these imitations.

Its a very fruity, sweet smell, i would associate this with red in my mind so i see what they did there. Like a cherry syrup (or cotton candy). Performance is great, feels really high quality, isn't really cloying but can induce headache if you overspray it. It easily fills the room so don't overspray it. I am gonna test the longevity until tomorrow. Edit: After a full day, it was quite faint on clothes and skin so i had to reapply, it lost its sillage after 6 hours. But wasn't completely gone even after a full day. Sticks closely on skin and clothes after a day. Edit: layering with versace eros worked well for me Sillage: 10/10. Longevity: 8/10 Scent: 8.5/10 (if you like sweet+sour smells)