Dior Homme Intense (2007)
by Christian Dior

Ok, so I'm actually wearing my DHI (reformulated) for the first time... I did 3 sprays (well actually 4 because I had to respray an area since I missed the first time lol.) Anyway, I LOVE it. The makeup feel lasts a little under 2hrs on my skin and it's nowhere near as potent as DH, so I don't mind it. After that, it smells super sexy and sophisticated. I can't really explain WHAT it smells like. The best I can think of is a Pear, wearing lipstick, while drinking hot chocolate (try and picture that.) I'm wearing it to work so, the smell is slightly out of place. I feel like I should be on a date or at an upscale bar. Projection is great, especially when my skin tends to absorb colognes like a sponge. I got 2 compliments today so I know it's projecting, even after 5hrs. Longevity is amazing I've had it on since 10am, and it is now 6pm and I can still smell it on my neck. Reformulation or not, I am 100% satisfied with this purchase. especailly at $106 shipped for 100ml

23rd January, 2012.

I prefer the edt ordinary version  despite this more intense version is also an interesting beast. If you privilege the strict balance between the fresh citrus-flowers-lavender and the oriental notes in order to wear an averagely sweet, buttery (lipstick) and slightly balmy, powdery and hesperidate concoction than you will choose the edt, on the contrary if you crave for a more intensely spicy, chocolatey, dark and sensuous version, more stressed in benzoin, chocolate and amber, than you will go for Dior Homme Intense. The note of iris is still there but less royal, sharp and  starring while indeed a bit overshadowed by chocolate, a more stressed cinnamon and balsams. The outcome is a candied and caramellous floral dust with a tasty consistence, a touch of bitterness (spices, dark chocolate?) and coolness (citrus-lavender), the juxtaposition of different levels of mildness and a more obscure and mysterious  wake of spices, vetiver and cocoa beans. Very long projection and good lasting power. Not bad.

15th January, 2012.

Sorry, but for me this is far too feminine and sweet. As others have said the lipstick/make-up smelll is totally overwhelming.

I never get past the cloying sweetness of the fragrance. It's funny, I do find the people the companies get to advertise their fragrance do in some sense embody the scent (I give their marketing departments kudos) and for me I can totally see this fragrance on a smooth, slick, slightly feminine, slightly insincere operator - just like Jude Law!

Not for me I'm afraid.

30th December, 2011.

An amazing, caramelic, citrusy, dark, bright scent that captures looks and enthralls beauty. It is just as mystical as his brother, Dior's Homme. It opens up with the waxy iris blended with that sweet note, and becomes darker and more citrusy.
An absolute masterpiece.

11th December, 2011.

I just realized that my new bottle of DIH is the reformulated one! It has the black collar and the date of manufacturation is April 2011...so...I can find slight differences between these two...overall in the middle notes where i guess they replace the cocoa wiht the pear, but i repeat a slightly difference that if you don't have a trained nose you weren't able to know which one is which.
The sillage of the new DHI is weaker than the vintage formula, but maybe it's until the bottle loose some alcohol and the perfume become more oily...

PD: Big Thumbs up for the vintage formula!!!

27th October, 2011. (Last Edited: 13rd November, 2011.)

I don't understand why people love it so much.

I get the lipstick note which is dominating the whole scent.

Who likes the smell of lipstick? I don't like at all, my girlfriend said that it smells like synthetic carrot.

This one is really weird. I would give it a thumb down but it's not so bad that you can't wear it.

23rd October, 2011.