Impact Intense
Three different cedars sit in the base of Tommy Hilfiger Impact Intense Eau de Parfum, and that is the most telling thing about it: this is a dry scent wearing a sweet opening. Red apple leads, crisp and juicy and immediately recognisable, with bergamot brightening it and elemi adding a resinous, faintly lemony, slightly peppery lift that keeps the fruit from reading as a sweet shop. It is a friendly beginning and it is clearly meant to be.
The middle is where it thickens. Chestnut is the interesting inclusion, dry, nutty and faintly sweet, with none of the creaminess you might expect, and cardamom adds a cool aromatic spice over it. Then amber and labdanum arrive early, bringing resinous warmth and a leathery, slightly scorched richness, which is unusual this high up in a composition and gives the scent its weight. The finish is three kinds of cedar and nothing soft. Atlas cedar is dry and slightly smoky, virginia cedar is sharper and more like pencil shavings, texas cedar is rougher and drier again, and sandalwood is the only creamy element among them, smoothing the surface just enough. Eleven materials, and the last four of them are what you will be smelling at hour six. As an eau de parfum it has the oil to run eight hours or so, with firm projection for the first two and a dry close finish afterwards. Autumn and winter, evenings and colder days, and it is aimed at men. For anyone who likes a sweet opening but wants the scent to dry out properly rather than stay sugary, this is a sensible and well priced place to look. Released in 2021.
Tommy Hilfiger is an American fashion brand, launched in 1985 by the designer with a single menswear collection and based in New York, and owned by PVH since 2010. Its fragrances are licensed to the Estee Lauder Companies and developed through the Aramis side of that business.
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