Note Pyramid
Intense
Drakkar Intense Eau de Parfum is the darker and more concentrated reading of a very familiar style, dated 2022, and the material that sets it apart is wormwood.
Wormwood is bitter, green and faintly wild, a herbal material with a reputation for being difficult, and placed at the front it makes the opening sharper and stranger than you expect it to be. Around it, coriander adds a green peppery lift, rosemary a dry resinous bite and bergamot the bright citrus that stops the opening turning medicinal.
The heart is classical and well made. Lavender is herbal and clean with a powdery edge, clary sage brings a slightly musty sweetness, and juniper berry adds a cool resinous snap with a dry bite to it. These three are the backbone of the whole fragrance and they last a long time on skin.
The base is easily the most interesting part of it. Patchouli gives earth and damp depth, oakmoss a bitter green moss, lavender returns underneath to keep the herbal thread running, and suede adds a dry, soft, napped texture that is unusual in a scent of this kind and gives the finish a quality the rest of the style lacks. Ten materials, used without clutter.
At eau de parfum strength it carries more oil than the traditional version of this style, which means real presence for two or three hours and a long close wear afterwards. It suits autumn and winter, evenings, and a man who likes dry aromatic fragrance and wants more of it rather than something sweeter. The Drakkar line is made under licence by L'Oreal and the name belongs to Guy Laroche in Paris, a house whose perfume arm has been part of L'Oreal since the late 1960s.
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