Guy Laroche DRAKKAR INTENSE Review | New Warm, Spicy, Boozy Take On Original Drakkar/Drakkar Noir
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Guy Laroche DRAKKAR INTENSE Review | New Warm, Spicy, Boozy Take On Original Drakkar/Drakkar Noir
My thoughts on the new Guy Laroche Drakkar Intense is the topic in today's video. Exciting Fragrance, I love it as it totally reminds me of the original and then some. Find out what the and then some is by watching my video today. Have you sampled Guy Laroche Drakkar Intense yet? Or have you been anticipating this one? And were you a fan of the original Drakkar Noir? Please let me know, add a comment below so that I can find out. Thank you for watching today's video! :)
NEW DRAKKAR INTENSE 50 years after the original Drakkar 40 years after Drakkar Noir
Concentration: EDP
Prices: 50mL/$58 100mL/$77 approximate
Perfumer? N/A
Guy Laroche Drakkar Intense Notes:
Top: Bergamot, Absinth, Coriander, Rosemary
Heart: Lavender, Clary Sage, Juniper Berry
Base: Patchouli, Vanilla, Suede, Moss
Guy Laroche Drakkar Intense Stand Out Notes: Lavender, Vanilla, Coriander, Absinth, Patchouli, Moss, Clary Sage
Guy Laroche Drakkar Intense Accords: Aromatic, Spicy, Warm, Herbal, Vanillic, Amber, Boozy, Woody, Leather
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The "House of Guy Laroche" is being released through L'Oreal. As soon as I saw the box at 3:38, I knew Drakkar was being licensed by L'Oreal. That's why you see so much information. Note the ingredients line. Even though it wasn't clear, I was able to make out the letters "F I L" on the last line of the ingredients. That's the formula code (apart from the batch code). FIL stands for "Fragrance Ingredients List". It's on every L'Oreal produced fragrance box. That's why the boxes shouldn't be thrown away and also why you and every reviewer should mention formula codes. It's the only way to tell future reformulations.
I wore Drakkar Noir in the 1980's when it first was released. I think I went through 2 splash bottles before I bought it again from Amazon about 7 years ago. Hopefully, this intense version will show up here at the discounters or the rack stores. I'd rather hear your take on projection and sillage, if any. Longevity as a skin scent is of no interest to me. I have too many scents where I can smell a base note 18 hours later or more from a half inch away.
Drakkar Intense is supposed to be comapred with the original Drakkar NOT Drakkar Noir, the new Drakkar Intense version is supposed to be a continuation of the original one.
I have it. Got a tester. I am 52 and remember and still wear original. I enjoy this one very much. Works well in cold weather. anxious to try it in heat. Wont blow your mind but is very enjoyable and glad to have it.
Born August of '71. My go to's back in the 80's ... I started with Pierre Cardin then to Geoffrey Beene "Gray Flannel", then finally to Drakkar Noir in the late 80's. I look forward to trying this scent!
I'm from 1975 and Drakkar Noir was my intro to fragrances. My friend next door wore it and I found it very nice. Next one was Dunhill Edition and the rest is history. Really interested in this one.
I just got my bottle Drakkar Noir today and I really do like it. My father used to wear it in the 90ts and I ordered it as a blind buy, because I had good memories of it, but didn`t really knew the detailled scent. My age is in the mid 40ts now and I am positivly surprised by Drakkar Noir, because its fresh and masculine ina way you don´t find in todays fragrances. The lavender in the top note is the part some people may find a bit strange and cold, but I find it interesting. So now I am interested to check out Drakkar Intense also.
YES! Drakkar Noir is one of the most iconic men's fragrances to me. I absolutely love it! Yes get the new Intense. Seems a bit more robust! :)
I'm 58 and love almost all chypres and fougeres or fougerey-type fragrances. When you said "absinthe," I knew I had to get this one. I love the smell of licorice, ouzo, absinthe, and my very favorite - oak moss. 😍🤩
I am 47 years old and enjoy the original Drakkar. Looking forward to this new one. It appears to be available via Ebay in the U.S. Keep up the fantastic content! 👍🏾
Age 34 this fragrance reminds me of my uncles. This was the 'do it all' fragrance when I was a child.
Admittedly I'm not excited about this fragrance.
I was excited about you being excited about the release.
I’m 22, got noir as a handmedown in my teens, and I’ve been obsessed ever since. It’s a classic and pairs well with my style. The ladies always get excited saying I smell like their Dad or Uncle hahaha
I’m 52 and I have never owned Drakkar. In college, every guy I knew wore it. The hallways of my dorm smelled like a Drakkar factory. So I ‘moved on to something else, and why I started wearing Dior Fahrenheit. I didn’t want to smell like everyone else…even not knowing anything about fragrances.
I’m currently sampling Pasha de Cartier Parfum based on your review and I’m really enjoying it. I might pick up a bottle. I’ve never tried anything from Drakkar, so maybe I’ll give it a go.
OOH! :)
I can't wait!
Hope this will arrive soon in Southern-Africa.
Thank you so much for your review!
I'm in my 40s... I usally go after smells that are a mix of sweet and fresh, and thought I'd try this one... Not sure if I'll like it, really not into Barber Shop type of sents but I'll try it... my main go to for years was diesel fuel for life, and in my younger days I used joop here and there... Anyways, thanks for your take on this one 😎✌️
I'm the same age and Drakkar Noir is what I associate with the smell of cologne growing up in the 1980s. Great to hear your thoughts on this new Drakkar Intense, and I'm interested if it's a modernized version!
I'm 52... And I wore this back in the 80s well! Back then, I really enjoyed three fragrances in particular, Kuros by Yves Saint Laurent, Quorum, by Puig and of course Drakkar Noir. Those were great times! 😀👍
I wore "Drakkar Noir" in the 1990s and I loved it very much- I still can love how that fragrance used to be like. I remember that it had excellent overall performance, and it was much thicker and just overall better than it currently is. I do plan to try this new one. I own "Pasha de Cartier Parfum" and I don't know if I'll ever get to try "Azzaro Pour Homme Intense", so I hope to try "Drakkar Intense". I think that it's interesting that the company Guy Laroche is paying attention to a certain trend concerning those aforementioned fragrances.
I too remember Azzaro from the 80s. Loved it!
I'm about 9 years younger than you and I remember the Noir being extremely popular among teens well into the early to mid 90s. I know my brother and cousin wore it a lot. I never had a bottle myself (I was a CK One and Eternity guy back then), but I did enjoy it and would sometimes use my brother's. I'm excited to try this new iteration, though. It seems interesting.
John from Tacoma here. I too wore this fragrance for years and it was one of the most complemented on. I'll be 62 next year and have many fond memories wearing DRAKKAR NOIR.
Just ordered it. Since we are the same age, we have some similar life experience. I can say that Drakkar was my first "signature scent" in high school. Still have a bottle of the after shave. Warm fuzzies, for sure! I loved Lauder's Metropolis back then, too. I wish it were still made. I still have little bottle with some in it. Thank you!
Great first impressions video and I enjoyed it and I can't wait to see the full review when you test it out and have a blessed day
Oh Sebastian, I'm digging you digging this in an 80s way. 51 years old right here like many other comments surrounded by the powerhouse frags of the 80s Eau Sauvage was mine then. I gotta get this. Dig it
I wore Drakkar in highschool for years. I am 56 now. I just purchased the 100ML Intense for only 30 euros. I have not worn it long enough to decide which I prefer. I definitely see the intense I might only wear it in late fall and winter and for an evening out.
My dad had this back then! Smelled great will have to buy him this as a gift !
Drakkar INTENSE is a flanker to the original Drakkar (1972) and NOT the wildly more popular and iconic at this point, Noir version.
Yes we know, we definitely know. But no one knows or has worn the original Drakkar. But most people wore or know of Drakkar Noir!
@@ThePerfumeGuy I personally wore the original version of Drakkar and it is completely different from the Drakkar Noir.
@@TheNoireDesireothers have not
I am 29 and I'm excited for this.
I am 38 and I used to sneak into my dads bathroom as a kid and spray this on. Definitely excited about this one.
I’m 41 and used to exclusively wear Drakkar Noir over a decade ago (geez I’m so old 😂!). However, I’m now obsessed with niche fragrances, in particular, Montale Intense Cafe, Aoud Forest, Mancera Aoud Gold, Molinard Lavende and Initio Rehab 😁😆
I wore it 4 decades ago along with CK's Obsession the year that first came out, so what should I say?! I'm really OLD! Back then, you could get splash bottles of all this stuff! I'm surprised you didn't mention Red Tobacco in your niche list.
I'm 48 and got hyped when I saw this was coming out! I don't know how many bottles I used of this, I know at least 3 in high school
OOH almost like me in my high school years! :)
@@ThePerfumeGuy I remember I got 2 bottles from the grocery store I worked at 😆 🤣
50. Drakkar was one of my favorites back in the day next to Polo & Obsession. Began wearing fragrances when I was 12.
60... very very excited about it. I used the Drakkar Noir my younger days. Thank you so much for this video.
I’m only 21 and I never happened to smell the original, nor the Noir. Regardless, I’d love to try them all. Not a fan of oakmoss all that much, but I heard so much about Noir and this new release having amber, oh my!
Interestingly enough, oakmoss may not smell how you think it smells. I just got a bottle of the 'essential oil' today (really more a thick sticky resin). The smell is very subtle, earthy, not really something you can imagine standing out in a full composition much.
Different oakmoss preparations may smell differently, but this one reminds me very much of the actual raw material itself which is all over the forests where I live.
Given all the excitement about it among fragrance lovers, the material itself was initially quite underwhelming. Then I realised how tenacious it is - you can't get the stuff off your skin! It's obvious why it's a base note now.
Was a little skeptical of this when it launched, but you've convinced me to get a bottle.
Every time I get the notification for one of your videos I’m hoping it will be of the Thin Wild Mercury house. Especially how this one relates to their Whisky 1969.
Very pumped for this release! I turn 29 this month and I’ve been rockin Drakkar Noir since I was a kid! Have always adored that scent.
I really like it. To me it’s much different than my vintage drakkar noir though
Definitely a must buy for me, I never really had a bottle of Noir, but I always liked the scent, I used more Jacomo, Polo Green, Lagerfeld OG and Calvin. Good to know that this one is that good, thank you Sebastian!!!
Great news
Sounds like it has a little muscle, the old drakkar, had a soft piney almost powdered, and yes I m a little older than you Sebastian! Also looking for the new Joop release
Will be ordering...I'm a lil older than you (52), so Drakkar Noir was one of my high school go-tos as well! We also have Carolina Herrera and Bulgari boutiques here, so I'm gonna check on their new fragrances you mentioned in the other video, too!
Thanks, as always, for the reviews!
Gosh I haven’t seen this appear here at the stores in the USA most likely it’s not gonna get a launch here going to go straight to the discounters at least as of now!
@@ThePerfumeGuy I see it advertised online at Fragrancenet, Etsy, Ebay, and Amazon.
I just got my bottle in the mail today. I really really love this scent. It reminds me of that sweet, powdery, barbershop sent that's clean and aromatic.
It's so good!
I’m in my 30’s and I am extremely excited for this! I’m a bit of a drakkar noir fan.
That's awesome!!!
Can’t believe you did this video today. Just ordered a bottle yesterday based on your upcoming releases video. 👍
Great content again , well done . Love it.You are my number 1 inspired reviewer, thanks god I found your Chanel , God bless you.
Had this for a month and I think it's a modern take on Drakkar Noir and to back that up my 16 year old Son as brought is own bottle of Drakkar intense and he didn't like Noir!! Said it was to old fogie 😁
LOL! ;)
I'm 26, been loving Drakkar Noir since I was 21 years old, and I can't wait to try the intense version. Always got a thing for the classics. Fougeres are the best!
Thanks for the review, I ordered mine yesterday so I'm grateful to have heard your take on this new release!
I have it for 2 weeks bought at Marionnaud France for 51€ with a coupon , 100ml. I also have Drakkar noir. I did not find it close to the original as you did, except a slight resemblance at the very late dry down. For me it's a a completely different smell but I really like it. It think it's warmer. This is quite close to Aramis Spécial Blend I also own. it's closer to Aramis Spécial Blend than Pasha parfum or Azzaro.
I’m 41 and I wear this as a Summer date night fragrance. I bought this on Amazon for $22
You look young for your age . Looking for the description of the fragance is for cold kind of spring ish usage .
Great Review as always Sebastian...I recently bought a Botlle of Pasha de Cartier Parfum and I love it. Now I'm wondering if Drakkar Intense will come to Brazil.
Drakkar Noir was the first fragrance I smelled. I was about 4 years old and hanging out in my step-brother's room (He was around 16). Saw that black beauty sitting on the shelf and sprayed it. One of the first fragrances I bought once I later began buying frags in my teens
Great review Seb definitely need to check it out. 👍
Think this is going to get a blind buy, have so many good memories of wearing Drakar Noir that I’m already curious about it. Speaking of intense, do you have any info about Azzaro Pour Homme Intense being discontinued? Hasn’t been available anywhere for some time…
The review that I've been waiting on! This sounds great and the nostalgia level is thru the roof.
Ooh yes!!
Original Drakkar was magnificent. For me, Drakkar Noir didn't cut it. Looking forward to this new fragrance. I am 67
I also work Drakkar Noir back in the 80s. I was in my twenties. I even had a Drakkar Noir duffel bag which came with a bottle of the fragrance. It wasn't the first fragrance that got me into scents (that would be Aramis), but I wore it so much that I got really sick of it. I haven't smelled it in years.
I'm 25 and using Drakkar noir as my daily perfume
Appreciate the take. Bit more positive than the ones I've seen thus far, but I'm glad it conforms to our expectations. If they went in the direction of a nutty gourmand I probably would've hit something. 😄 My hand I guess. Ouchie.
Thank you for the in-depth review of this one. I've been waiting impatiently to find out more about this scent.
It sounds like it will make a great inexpensive daily wear for me. Gonna have to figure out where to get it, though. Thanks again!
Thank you for another fantastic review!!!
I own this and bought it on eBay USA, and I definitely smell the boozy absinthe note it smells like this old school gum drop with sugared wood. This eau de parfum, lasted 24 hours on my skin 15 hours of the 24 hours was a skin scent, but still it lasts and lasts and lasts, I also tested it in the highest heat for 3 hours and it did not even mark it, as if I still had it on, so this fragrance is so well built, and lasts and had to be scrubbed off. Not that it was projecting and radiating but still obviously still a scent on my skin after 109 degree hot yoga for 3 hours. Sweating. Very nice!
Thanks Sebastian, great review. Can't wait to get a bottle for myself to go with my bottle Drakkar Noir!
I own Azzaro Pour Homme EDT and the Intense (EDP) version. You mentioned a Parfum version a few times, do you have a link for this one(?) as I can't seem to find it anywhere, please and thank you. Cheers, Paul.
I think he was referring to Azzaro Intense and Pashe de Cartier parfum.
I do EXACTLY same thing-- ALWAYS spray inside the box initially to see how it smells ;)
Im 54 and cant wait to get this juice. I beat you though. I went through 10 bottles, but put it to bed in the nineties. Now I have no. 11 for nostalgic reasons, not what it used to be. Have high hopes for intense.
What did you replace it with in the '90's. I wore it in the 1980's, and a bit of the '90's but I remember that decade for wearing Lagerfeld Photo, Halston Catalyst for Men and my CK Obsession for dates.
I was able to score a tester of the Intense off eBay and I love it. Yes it reminds me of the original which I also love and this makes a denser richer and boozier take. Perfect for this time of year. Great first impressions!
I'm 41 and very excited about this release.
Awesome!!!
Sounds intriguing. Love the comments. They have my creative engine running! Lol. So I'm wondering if something like Galactomyces might not buff out the orchid/alcohol edges of vanilla in the modern versions? Or black ear mushroom filtrate? I think the latter could turn sharp though. Thanks for another fabulous journey into fragrance land. Byeee
Possibly trying a little hard given this is now dirt cheap?
@@russellmoxham5625 What part if my comment discussed the cost? Besides which real vanilla orchid extract from the beans is decidedly not cheap. If you are talking about vanillin that can be extracted from other parts of the plant, be synthesized and from other species, that is cheap but not true vanilla oil or extracts.
Sounds really promising for me, really excited to smell it. I hope they release it here soon before the warm weather starts
@Shawn S thanks yeah right after I posted that I went on there just to see and found a few bottles all around that price. Def gonna have to pick one up
Found a small bottle at marshallls on clearance for $10. The opening smelled a lot like ck one shock for men which I already own and rarely wear. Maybe I’ll go back and buy it
Wow, that's really cheap for a good fragrance like this.
Bought a bottle of the original drakkar noir a year or two ago. The opening is pure nostalgia. Brought me back to my teen years. What I didn’t remember was the dry down. I found it very far from the pleasantness of the opening turning into a quite overpowering sandalwood smell. How is the dry down of this one?
I just ended up with a more vintage bottle although bottled in 2004 of Drakkar Noir and I can certainly see differences with the more modern one. This is quite nice though! :)
Awesome review, Sebastian, thanks so much! Looking forward to it! About the Azzaro, I guess you meant the Intense, which is an EDP, right? There is no Azzaro pour Homme Parfum, or is there?
As with many of your videos which involve fragrances I have, smelling right now as I write the original Drakkar Noir, as well as the Azzaro pour Homme Intense.
PS. Same as you, early 50s here
Damn I thought that was a Parfum you’re right it’s the intense!! But definitely it’s very boozy!! 🥃🥃🥃
@@ThePerfumeGuy Yes smelling it right now, it's wonderful! SOTD for tomorrow chosen :)
Drakkar Noir original is the absolute balls 💈🧼💪
I Love this Fragrance
I received 2 weeks ago as a tester
I'm exactly your age, 51, and I absolutely remember when Drakkar Noir hit. I don't have the most pleasant memories of it. It marked the first time boys in school started bathing in cologne. You could smell people coming from down the hall, you could smell them from across the classroom. Haha! But it did two important things for me: it made me interested in colognes, and it made me look elsewhere for a signature scent (I wound up going with Xeryus Givenchy, which was a really good alternative to what Drakkar was doing, but sadly doesn't hold up today - in my opinion it has lost its magic). But I'm excited for the people who are excited about this. And although I'm a teacher now, I suspect I won't have to experience people dousing themselves with this scent (which is good since the intense version would probably take it to a new level - although now, having finished the video, sounds like intense is actually softer than the original).
You inspired me to get a bottle of Ambre Precieux, I can't imagine a better scent (yet, I'll keep trying). Also loving Chypre Mousse, and just excited in general to be super getting into frags now, thanks to you and the community, but I am likely to take a pass on Drakkar. =) Keep up the great work!
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I was looking forward to this review of course to get your take comparing to DN. I'm in your generation, an 80s guy. I think I still have one of my skinny ties in a drawer somewhere. One of my most traumatic memories from the era is when my Members Only jacket was stolen.
I have not tried any of the DN flankers nor the original. Of course I have a bottle which I purchased around 2000 and the juice is still good.
I'm 50's like you man! We are youngs! 😉
I wore Drakkar Noir in the late 80s. It was ok, heavy. But then a friend started wearing it and I didn't like the way it smelled on him and I could no longer enjoy it. But i'd like to sample it (and Intense) because I'm curious.
I think I switched to Lagerfeld Photo in 1990 after wearing Drakkar in the 1980's, but continued wearing CK's Obsession until Halston Catalyst for men arrived on the scene. Pierre Cardin Musk was also terrific.
I used to have Drakkar Noir and loved it!
Oh cool!! It’s a good one! 😀
They still have the original drakkar roll on oils which smells stronger and better than noir, it's a soap smell that's fresh.
Sebastián - is it reminiscent to Sauvage Elixir? It reminds me of drakkar noir edt
No Sauvage absolutely not. Similar notes perhaps but this smells old school!! :)
Is there any warmth to it or boozines ?
Why you keep comparing this with drakkar Noir? This was released for the 50th anniversary of the original drakkar in 1972! So please consider this fact! Thanks for your review🙏
I remember Noir from long ago. That scent wouldn't do for me anymore. My tastes have changed over the years. Enjoy 👍
This is really good stuff!
I love it! I agree with you!!
I’m 42, & I’m excited about trying this new Drakkar fragrance. I’m just like you, I have fond memories associated with using Drakkar Noir as a youth, & I still love it to this day! It’s a classic….. 🖤
Hi Sebastian! I'm pretty excited and I'm 48 :-)
Super!
nice vid cant wait to get my bottle
I believe this is meant to be a flanker of the Original Drakkar as opposed to Drakkar Noir, however not entirely sure.
🙏thanks for the review
Hi, I am 28 and I am excited.
Wonderful!
Intrigued 🤔 quick question(cause I'm to lazy to check myself) do you use a shipping forwarder or does that site offer international shipping?
Friends, but thinking of a shipping forwarder myself! It’s about time!!
66 and Drakar Noir still give me a reminder of my youth.
So is this based off of drakkar noir from 82? Or the original drakkar from 72? I thought it was suppose to be a flanker off the original.
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I remember when "Drakkar Noir" was much thicker than it currently is, i.e. thicker because of all of that oak moss which they used to put in it. I'm glad to hear that a new flanker of "Drakkar" is thick. Also, I've been thinking that vanilla and/or booziness is being used to replace oak moss (in modern perfumery in a lot of fragrances) as something which can make a fragrance have good overall performance and/or thickness: "Drakkar Intense" seems to be another example of that (at least in regards to thickness).
I miss oakmoss so much! I think Halston Z-14 had a good bit as well.
I will buy this as soon as it is available in USA !!
WOOHOO!! Keep me posted! :)
@@ThePerfumeGuy I just ordered Lagerfeld Classic Grey...???.....a flanker of the original Lagerfeld Classic.....I have NO IDEA about it...!!!....Have you seen/heard anything about it...???..notes..?? ect...!!
I only know the name, I'm 45....
I've been doing diamond painting while listening... 🌹