Yves Saint Laurent
L’Homme Intense
Woody Spicy · 2013 · Anne Flipo
Longevity
Good
Sillage
Moderate
Occasion
Smart Casual / Social
Seasonality
Winter
Black pepper and bergamot give way to a supple leather over cedar. Warmer and darker than the original L'Homme, it holds a quiet tension between the peppery top and the smooth, worn-leather base.
Taste Profile
The Anchor
The Dry Warmth
Warm enough to be felt. Dry enough to mean it.
There is warmth here but nothing soft about it. It arrives without apology and stays without asking. Substance over comfort, every time.
See your own Taste Map →How L’Homme Intense smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, L’Homme Intense reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory, and keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.
L’Homme Intense reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 87th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
L’Homme Intense sits mid-range on projection, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle.
L’Homme Intense sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 63rd percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
L’Homme Intense arrives seamless, as a single impression rather than parts. That is 11th percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
L’Homme Intense keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 29th percentile for sweetness across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.
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