Intuition for Men (2002)
by Estée Lauder

Intuition belongs to the same clan of innocuously limp woody oriental masculines as Burberry’s Brit, Chanel's Allure Homme, and Armani’s (Black) Code. Amazingly, its blandness leaves even those soporific porridges smelling positively provocative.

After a vague and feeble lemon top note that fails to conceal the opening burst of alcohol, Intuition settles into drab accord of amber, coumarin, and vanilla, distinguished (if I may abuse the term,) only by a consummate lack of character. A dash of nutmeg that’s no doubt intended to add grit to the otherwise flabby consistency is far too irresolute to make an impact.

As you may already have intuited (yuck yuck), the fragrance is neither potent nor persistent. Not that it matters; Intuition makes so little impression that I don’t even miss it once it’s gone. While a fragrance as insipid as this could offend nobody, I can’t imagine actually liking it. If you’re after a woody oriental, I suggest you ignore Intuition and spend your money on something you’ll remember after twenty minutes. Héritage, Jaïpur Homme, or L’Instant pour Homme would all do just fine.

18th September, 2011.

I'm a little surprised by all of the negative reviews here. Somebody summed it up as "nice" and I think that's an apt description. No, it's not going to rock your world but then, where in the rule book does it say a fragrance has too? Can a fragrance not just be a pleasant, enjoyable scent?

I like the way this works on my skin. It's not a heavyweight. It goes on light and stays light. I found myself earlier standing there, having a think about something or other and then noticing this scent. I thought "is that me??" and sure enough it was. I thought "you smell pretty good!".

It is on the sweet side of the spectrum, clean and romantic in style. I read talk of Pheromones but I'm not sure that's strictly true. I remember the same was said of YSL's Kouros but it was never the case.

I enjoy wearing this as it's a pleasant change to some of the heavyweights and aquatics that I normally go for. I have had compliments and no complaints. I can't sum it up any further than saying, as has already been said, it's a nice fragrance that has an edge of romanticism about it thanks to it's sweet edge. There is a very lite amount of spiciness too it that just gives it a boost of warmth.

The pyramid is:
Top Notes: Sage Absolute, Cucumber, Nutmeg, Cardamom.

Middle Notes: Patchouli, Cedarwood.

Base Notes: Amber, Myrrh, Labdanum.

3rd July, 2011.

This offering from Lauder is certainly not awful, nor is it spectacular. For those who think the sweet/spice combo in Opium Pour Homme is too much, this mellower rendition may be just the ticket.

Intuition is at root a vanilla/nutmeg/cinnamon scent. On me it does have decent longevity. Sillage is mild, so I don't quite get all of the comments about offending people within a wide radius.

The name is silly for a men's flanker but the bottle is pretty cool in a modernist abstract way. I enjoy this well enough and it'd probably be pretty good on a young man as a first scent.

6th October, 2010.

Got this as a gift from a college gf who presumably liked it. Me, not so much. It has been a few years since I have smelled it but I do remember it seeming rather feminine. That's about all I can recall. I guess the fact that it made such a weak impression on me and I never remotely had the desire to re-up when the bottle ran out says something.

28th June, 2010.

This is the most uninteresting, unremarkable fragrance I’ve tried in a long time. My first impression is that it is synthetic – not hugely synthetic… just err… blah synthetic. Then it’s generic but not grossly generic, just “Hmmm… I can’t think of a more suitable word than ‘generic.’” It’s sort of aquatic, I guess, and it has some cedar in the heart notes. It’s not sweet and it’s not not-sweet. It’s supposed to have a resinous drydown. I don’t get any drydown at all. Intuition has weak sillage and unimpressive longevity. Totally forgettable.

1st February, 2010.

this is a nice smelling cologne for men, my wife enjoys it and she is very picky due to the fact she suffers from migraines and i got to be careful of what i wear.

it is a lite clean smelling cologne, i don't get any musk which is cool because all my other colognes have musk and they all begin to smell the same after a while but this one stays unique.

yes it could be used on male or female but so could creed green irish tweed and no one seems to complain about that.

if your looking to break away into something unique and different that women due seem to enjoy this is it.

i bought it due to a recommendation from the girl behind the store counter and i have no regrets. and i would definetly recommend it to a friend.

2 thumbs up!!!!!!

19th January, 2010.