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saba1551 – :
Let me start by saying that this was not even 1% on my radar. I had never heard of Givenchy’s exclusive line, never seen it, also was not at all interested in a “incense” fragrance. Well little old me was strolling through Neiman Marcus doing some sniffing, then the SA hit me. I literally said before entering the store to my husband, I hope no one looks at me, talks to me, or gives me any judgement right now at these counters (mind you, I drove over an hour JUST to go to this store and sniff). So, the pretty lady asks if I need help, I say no and ask where some fragrance house was, and she says “well have you smelled any of the Givenchy exclusive line before?” And I said nope, didn’t know it existed. I told her I loved ouds, so she sprayed the oud one of course (which btw smells sooo good too) but then she sprayed this one. Holy moly. This was one of those LOVEs at first sniffs for me. It’s mysterious, captivating, alluring, and gorgeous incense. Let me just say that I dream about this smell and now I’m constantly searching for more incense fragrances. I would have already bought this one more than likely, but my husband says I have to leave something for him to get for a special occasion haha. So I must be patient, but oh my, it’s dreamy and worth your attention.
efremvad – :
I rarely like strong “incense” in any perfume. I guess that because I smelled too much of it growing up in an Asian country 🙂 I found incense in Jo Malone Rose Water & Vanilla Intense Cologne just too much for me to handle (it is in the loukhoum note). But I like it here a lot in Encens Divin.
Encens Divin is a fully mature oriental fragrances with beautiful presence of rose and other spices and wood. When I said “spice”, I don’t mean that it has to be always “harsh” or “sharp” to the nose, like in this case.
The opening offered a wakening peppery scent to my nose, kinda like a “fresh” kick in a way, but not overwhelming. I was excitedly waiting for more and was not disappointed. The beautiful queen rose made her entrance with sweet labdanum and comforting cedar wood. I normally expect the wood note to show up later as a base in most fragrances, but not here. I got to enjoy it right away. I guess the name kinda makes sense for this fragrance. It is all about warmth.
The incense in Encens Divin is quite interesting and takes on a different task, with the right amount as a supporting note, giving a smokey “veil” to the whole composition, rather than a strong, bold and overpowering note by itself. Wood, incense and floral rose notes eased me in to the next step of pleasure with the presence of soft oud, sweet amber and fluffy vanilla. So smooth, so precious, magnificent, relaxing and comforting. I think benzoin gives this combination of scents an overall “intensity”. Even though I did not quite get ginger, but I think it may have something to do with softening the heat of pepper. I drink ginger lemon water everyday and I find it rather “sweet” than “spicy” 🙂
Encens Divin reminds me of some other Rose and Oud fragrances, but it is more about the center WOOD in this one, while rose, incense, spices and other notes are well balanced in the back. Sillage and longevity are powerful. Encens Divin suits both genders nicely (but I’d rather enjoy it on me, more than on my husband, as it suits my taste and chemistry better). It is perfect for cooler/colder months. If you are into sweet spices and woody scent, don’t pass this one on. Give it a test.
Clitaunwini – :
Before spraying on Encens Divin, I was a little concerned about how sharp the top notes (pepper and ginger) would be in the opening but as it turns out, I had nothing to worry about. The opening was a slightly spicey resinous vanilla that reminded me of Ambre Tigré. Rose notes along with wood and incense followed soon afterwards. After a while, amber and treacle (molasses) notes came into play. A very nice olfactory experience.
Though I did enjoy Ambre Tigré, I would recommend saving your money and purchase Encens Divin instead as this is Ambre Tigré with a lot more depth.
Projection is around 6ft (2m) and is still noticable after 10 hours. Can easily be worn for any occasion – professional, leisure and intimate. During my first day of wearing Encens Divin, I received a few unsolicited compliments from co-workers.
Full bottle and signature scent worthy for both men and women.
10/10
dmz8 – :
As so far this perfume it’s nowhere to be found – in perfume shops and web supliers at least – I asked for help to get any kind of sample.
A good french friend sent me a plastic envelope with half a dozen sprays of Encens Divin inside. A lot better than a paper strip.
This has not been really a test but it was good enough for me to understand that Encens Divin is really divine.
It’s a bit “Montalish” – that’s means “good” for me – with a very nice “menáge à trois” between the rose, the amber and the oud/woody notes. It’s an Oriental Spicy “Oudish” fragrance, and a real good one. For me it’s a winner and maybe (just maybe) it may be considered an unisex fragrance although a bit – or several bits – to gourmand.
The opening is quite pepperish but it’s an enchanting one with the delicacy of the red pepper smothing the black pepper strenght.
The heart notes still reveal the enduring pepper notes but a magnific rose makes a superb entrance (Taif rose?) together with the strong two different cedar notes and the smoky amber probably due to labdanun and frankincense existing notes. You can already smell the high quality peaceful oud scent. The evolution is slow enough for you to perceive it.
The bottom notes do prepare the long final dry down with an enduring strong sweet amber (it’s not only the labdanun and incense any longer; amber and/or amberwood do provide a divine omnipresent sweet and smooth amber background ambience). The rose note does persist for quite a long time and the oud scent becomes stronger as well. There is a sweet smoky aura (tolu, benzoin, vanilla?) around this strong notes. The woody notes also become smoother as the ceder surrenders part of its strenght to the magnific oud, amber wood and amber scents.
After opening the envelope, I converted it into a flat open paper to let the dry down fully develop itself. The oud and amber scents do persist till the fragrance becomes a faint skin (plastic envelope) scent. It lasted for 15 hours but this longevity mark has been fooled by the conditions of my empiric test. I may risk an opinion of a skin longevity between 8 and 10 hours. Projection has been above average and quite constant in the first 3 hours. Sillage is average and I rated it as 5~6 feet for the first 3 hours. Again I may have been fooled for not having tested it on skin. When using it on the skin, I forecast the fragrance projection to die after 6 hours and then becoming a skin scent.
I first tested Thierry Mugler’s Muse the same way and my assumptions were very acurate.
Final thoughts:
This is a very fine fragrance. It’s really a pleaser and a not to miss fragrance for oriental scents lovers.
The componments quality must be very high as the perfume does really smell expensive and classy.
Performance is above average.
Even considering the limitations I had for this empiric test I would globally rate this fragrance with 9/10.