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Perfumer
Intense Cafe
feminine
Created by Pierre Montale
Intense Cafe by Montale is a Oriental Vanilla fragrance for women and men. Intense Cafe was launched in 2013. The nose behind this fragrance is Pierre Montale. Top note is Floral Notes; middle notes are Rose and Coffee; base notes are Vanila, White Musk and Amber.
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Best Season
100%
Win
36%
Spr
16%
Sum
95%
Fall
Day & Night
65%
Day
83%
Night
Olfactory Pyramid
From opening to dry-down, intensity based on community voting.
Opening
Evolution
Dry-down
Top Notes0 – 15 min
Base Notes3 h – end
User Ratings
9,950 votes
3.95
Love it
4.1k41%
Like it
3.3k33%
OK
9179%
Dislike
1.3k13%
Hate it
3333%
Community Insights
MixedBased on 75 community opinions from Reddit
6.5
/ 10 community score
Intense Cafe is a divisive fragrance with exceptional performance that leans heavily toward sweet rose rather than coffee despite its name. While many appreciate its compliment-generating power and longevity, others find the synthetic rose note overwhelming and nauseating, particularly on first application. It performs best with minimal application and benefits from being worn a few hours before social situations.
Strengths
- Excellent performance and longevity
- Beautiful powdery rose note with good blending
- Great value compared to similar luxury fragrances
- Improves significantly after 3+ hours of wear
Weaknesses
- Extremely potent with synthetic, screechy qualities at first application
- Rose-heavy with minimal detectable coffee note despite the name
- Very polarizing - many find the rose synthetic and nauseating
- Requires very light application to be wearable
Best for
Evening wear and special occasionsThose who love powdery rose fragrancesBudget-conscious shoppers seeking high performanceApplication after 3+ hours when initial synthetics fade
AI-generated summary based on public community discussions. Not affiliated with the opinions' authors.
