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Just bought Rive Gauche Intense Pour Homme

post #1 of 17
12/10/11 at 4:44pm
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Is similar, better, worse than the original?

Longevity and sillage compared to the original?

I LOOOOOVE the regular, so rich, versatile, dense, smooth, powerful, oh god i think it fit me almost entirely.
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post #2 of 17
12/10/11 at 4:54pm
Parabens! I'm sure you are going to like it. Enjoy it.
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post #3 of 17
12/10/11 at 5:10pm
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I like the original better. Rive Gauche Intense is thicker, richer, soapier, but also much more linear. I bought RGIPH first because I didn't like the top notes of RGPH. I loved it at first, but got bored by it because it was so linear. Then I went back to RGPH and I really enjoy it. On me longevity & sillage are more or less the same for both...
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post #4 of 17
12/10/11 at 5:44pm
IMO: almost identical. the intense is a little more green , the first 5 minute, then , is the same.
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post #5 of 17
12/10/11 at 5:59pm
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IMO: almost identical. the intense is a little more green , the first 5 minute, then , is the same.

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post #6 of 17
12/10/11 at 6:31pm
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Well, so basically i paid about twice the price for half the quantity of almost the same fragrance?
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post #7 of 17
12/10/11 at 6:59pm
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Well, so basically i paid about twice the price for half the quantity of almost the same fragrance?

Pretty much...
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post #8 of 17
12/10/11 at 7:24pm
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Well, so basically i paid about twice the price for half the quantity of almost the same fragrance?

Not in my opinion. Intense loses some of the barbershop vibe for a darker/deeper/heavier feel. The patchouli is more concentrated too. I personally prefer this version although I seem to be in the minority.
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post #9 of 17
12/11/11 at 1:20am
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Not in my opinion. Intense loses some of the barbershop vibe for a darker/deeper/heavier feel. The patchouli is more concentrated too. I personally prefer this version although I seem to be in the minority.

I like the Intense quite a bit too! For me, the Intense has a more luxurious, dressed-up, big-evening kind of feel to it. Nobody will mistake the Intense for shaving-foam or anything like that. The Intense is awesome!
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post #10 of 17
12/11/11 at 2:03am
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I like the Intense quite a bit too! For me, the Intense has a more luxurious, dressed-up, big-evening kind of feel to it. Nobody will mistake the Intense for shaving-foam or anything like that. The Intense is awesome!

But the question is, will the Intense make women bite you?
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post #11 of 17
12/11/11 at 5:13am
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So im starting to get more excited about the Intense again.
There are no differences in longevity and sillage, right?
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post #12 of 17
12/11/11 at 5:54am
I had a sample of Intense and enjoyed it more than my bottle of standard Rive Gauche. I traded my bottle away because I didn't think it was that special. I have since revisited RG and still don't find it anything to rave about. It is nice but smells too much like grooming product aka shave cream. That's not a bad thing but use classic shave cream if you want that smell. I am not fond of any cologne that comes across as smelling like shower gel, shave foam or body spray deodorant. I had been on the hunt for Intense but no luck. So I am revisiting Tuscany and have thought about Azzaro PH which was RG inspiration.
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post #13 of 17
12/12/11 at 3:58am
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Originally Posted by d4N13L View Post

So im starting to get more excited about the Intense again.
There are no differences in longevity and sillage, right?

Not that I've noticed.
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post #14 of 17
12/12/11 at 8:34am
I've been trying to seek out a bottle of this. I haven't tried it, but the bottle seems really nice. I really like the regular RG pH, but don't really wear it alot.
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post #15 of 17
2/1/12 at 2:24am
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I received my bottle last week. Very good stuff.

Very sweet (much more than the regular), and a little velvety. More nocturne than the regular.
Fantastic sillage (more than the regular) and equal longevity.

Thumbs up.
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post #16 of 17
2/1/12 at 3:05am
Slightly off topic I'm afraid but I just want to say how excellent Rive Gauche smells to me right now. (The temperature has gone into the minus numbers in northern England the last few days and I have really noticed the difference in the scent.)
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post #17 of 17
2/1/12 at 3:15am
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I really like the regular RG pH, but don't really wear it alot.

I feel the same way. I was thinking of getting a backup of Rive Gauche PH since the reissue seems worse, but it will take me many years before I go through my current 4.2oz bottle.
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