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ivan_nik – :
This is a pretty good scent.
It’s semi-dark, semi-sweet and inoffensive. Does it smell generic? I don’t think so. It is a pretty tame perfume for a certain mood, and for a certain kind of person. Performance is not very good for an “Intense” version. Lasted 4 hours then becomes a skin scent and needs reapplication. I can imagine wearing this a lot as an office scent.
It’s very pleasant. It’s not commanding attention. It’s distinct, and people would think you smell great; but ultimately, it’s not that memorable. It is an interesting scent in a quiet kind of way. It does remind me of Montblanc Legend, the effect it has, anyway.
It’s for that clean guy at work that everybody knows, but keeps a low profile.
Sometimes, you just don’t want to stand out too much. That’s good too.
torum – :
I smelled this scent yesterday and I instantly FELL in love with this.. It’s SOOOO good, but sadly lasted only 4 and a half hours on my skin(
erkowa002 – :
Jimmy Choo Man Intense. The clean and cool Guy is back.
First thing to notice is how they improved the longevity and sillage on the intense version. When you spray this on, you will get an intense rush of tonka and patchouli which I enjoy. Lavender and geranium are also big players here.
Jimmy Choose Man Intense is nothing innovative, but it is a clean office scent you might want in your arsenal. You can go casual with this as well but don’t believe you will stand out much. It shares the same qualities as Coach for men: safe, pleasant, fun, versatile. Don’t snob this easy to like fragrance, it’s good to have a bottle like this one when you want to wear something that won’t antagonize the crowd. Sometimes you just want to be the nice guy and this fragrance fits the part perfectly.
It is also at least something you could wear for three seasons but forget extreme winter.
The bottle looks nice too, atomizer works like a charm, very wide mist.
I would recommend it to anyone new to the fragrance world but any experimented person could like this too as long you are still able to enjoy designers scents. If you’re bored with modern day generics, u can skip this one.
All in all, it is the kind of fragrance that is probably nobody’s favorite but at the same time, you might be surprised at how much you will reach for it for any kind of occasions.
Thanks for reading my review!
darginetrerge – :
Faveable listed this as the most masculine fragrances on the market today in a nationwide poll of female voters. So I guess it’s not as bad as the haters here claim here. I like it a lot.
296 – :
This fragrance is just like all of the so called generic fragrances on here they get people rating them bad when they haven’t worn or smelled the fragrance,how can people vote without even owning or ever wearing a fragrance?please stop rating fragrances wrong and disliking fragrances cause of the bottle or because others like it or dislike it,u have your own opinion and my opinion of this fragrance is that it’s a mixture of first instinct and Invictus,it gets 7 to 10 hours longevity and it will get u plenty attention from women,so what it smells like something else it smells amazing and it cost under 40,my personal rating is a 9 out 10 and could be a signature scent that could be worn all year around…….peace
(((–Deus–))) – :
It smells good but it’s too close to invictus. I personally don’t want to have more than one fragrance in my collection that smells clearly the same but it is still a good smelling fragrance.
Alekwetsjet – :
I’m new to the cologne world. I was using Acqua Di Gio for a while, but it’s very weak. At least for me. Perfumo and other brands have a little too much zing for me. Plus I wanted to wear something different that not everyone has.
I don’t care for colognes that are too “different” smelling. I do not like stuff that have too much “zing” to it.
I researched some top rated colognes. There are way too many and some are way too expensive. So I was at macy’s and smelled a few. Gucci Guilty, Sauvage, etc. I didn’t like any.
I tried Jimmy Choo Man and Jimmy Choo Man intense. They both smelled really good! Very fruity.
People might find it generic, but I guess I’m a generic kind of guy. I just like something that smells GOOD.
I found a good deal on a fragrance website so I ordered a 3.4 oz bottle of intense. Hopefully it’s as good as I thought.
alex312010 – :
It smells to me like sauvage mixed with suede I smell a small amount of fruity flower notes but mostly pepper and suede it’s got a really really nice atomizer and projects average but last a while on skin
rvf256elipseskism – :
boring and office safe. Very generic and weak to my nose. Not any better then the non intense version-save your money and get something else.
meduza30 – :
Do u wanna smell like a “boss” for an hour or two? Well if u do, this is the scent for u.
This scent screams out masculine and formal however it doesn’t last more than 2 hours
Overall – 7/10
denisow2010 – :
Jimmy Choo Man Intense is pretty awesome. Jimmy Choo Man Intense is perfect if you don’t have a mass market scent. I find Jimmy Choo Man Intense is very much Invictus but still has Jimmy Choo Man in it and even some elements of Usher He. That said, it is far more Invictus is smell and length. For some reason I do find Jimmy Choo Man Intense a little more cloying leaning than I do Invictus honestly, especially if you get a hot breeze. It isn’t cloying like a gourmand can be but it is a slight knock.
I feel Jimmy Choo Man Intense is a lavendar, melon, pepper and tonka heavy scent. Those fourr notes are the strongest that I notice. I do get some mandarin orange as well. These notes are honestly why I do find the comparisons to Invictus and Usher He I find on top of this being a true intense Jimmy Choo Man flanker. Jimmy Choo Man Intense performs really good. It lasts about seven hours on me with really good projection, like Invictus.
Jimmy Choo Man Intense is similar to Invictus in use and seasonality, though with the Jimmy Choo Man like all season. it can nearly be a signature scent except there is a lot of other scents in the Invictus wheelhouse: Azarro Wanted, Coach Man, Zara Seoul, Zara Man Blue Spirit, Cuba Paris Cuba Winner, Antonio Banderas King of Seduction Absolute, etc. It shouldn’t however be worn in formal settings.
I happen to love the scent. I happen to find this to be the best of the Invictus clones I’ve smelt and it had some originality to it. I rate this a 8.8 out of 10 and maybe a scent i can replace Invictus with.
evamariy – :
Wow! This one is really good! Better than the normal version,its more depth and dark,
The opening just like A&F first instinct with melon notes,combine with paco rabbane invictus aqua,
Then become this one,reminds me of new release coach for men,without ambroxan,
The dried down similar to paco rabbane invictus vibe,
I really love this one,!! longevity and perfomance 5-6 hours,,
Its panty dropper! Amazing!!!
Overall 10/10
michells – :
In dry down ,after 1 hour 95% same as Versace Dylan Blue.That is good.
soliko – :
While I get the comparisons to Invictus, I feel the need to distinguish this as it;s own frag.
The fact that this works well in the fall/winter months already sets it apart. It’s denser and deeper than Invictus, it gives a whole different feeling to the wearer, not to mention the fact that it’s much less screechy and synthetic than Invictus.
I happen to dislike Invictus and feel like it’s a freshie without any substance or depth, and that makes its sweetness unbearable IMHO. This one is sweet as well, no doubt, but it’s a sweet cold-weather frag which to me is much more acceptable.
I give it a 7/10, while I give Invictus a 3/10 just for the fact that it’s a crowd pleaser and it lasts/projects forever.
Aminciavacymn – :
In my opinion, this has a slight resemblance to the original Invictus simply because it is a sweeter scent. The best I could describe this fragrance is a more refined, creamier version of A&F First Instinct which I think is amazing also. All you “frag heads” bash these fragrances that smell amazing and get compliments from girls and I truly don’t understand it. Trust me, if you want to smell amazing and garner tons of positive compliments, buy this..
sam_stigmat – :
The funny thing about Jimmy Choo Man Intense is that at least for me, it bears less of a resemblance to its original namesake and more to the likes of Invictus and its innumerable analogs.
Where the original JCM leans more in the fresh peppery/fruity/patchouli direction of BdC and Acqua Essenziale, Intense removes the pink peppery kick and doubles down on the heavy sweet elements, using labdanum and tonka as co-anchors along with the prominent patchouli.
This one is sweet, but not cloyingly so, thanks to just enough florals. Aromatic, but not heavy after dry down. And, after several hours, it finally does soften up into something similar to the original Jimmy Choo Man – but by a wildly divergent route. This is much better than Invictus IMO, and like the JCM, this is definitely a scent that many women appreciate. Lots of compliments.
I am a HUGE fan of Versace Dylan Blue – my daily driver – and this one dries down to something akin to its sweeter, more relaxed cousin. The two have very little in common, but somehow I think they work in similar ways – hard to explain it.
Jimmy Choo Man Intense is a keeper for me.
jqf644JeomiWogkig – :
I tried it without any kind of positive expectations and i liked it. I mean the market is flooded with all those extremes and intenses which however are almost all alike. heavily sweet, cloying and poor craftmanship with no attention to detail. Yes, its clearly a patchouli scent but to my surprise that patchouli is well supported by other notes like lavender and orange so that the typical niffy patchouli smell is non existent in this one. Its not as intense as the name would suggest but its not as watery and fleeting known from other Choo products either.
atsoft – :
I have to agree this smell like an EXACT COPY of Paco Rabanne Invictus (the original) but doesn’t last as long, and price the SAME. For me, I don’t think its worth it because (1) you can buy the Original Invictus for the same price which has a beastly performance of 14hrs on my skin. Or you can go really cheap with a CUBA WINNER 100ml for $13, which mimmic the PB-Invictus smell for much less.
ego1 – :
I was at the fragrance store this afternoon,testing Jimmy Choo Intense and i have to say,this is really nice,clean and fresh scent that last long…testing around 1pm now is 9pm and i can stl smell the scent on my dry skin,after few times washing my hands,i will buy this one tomorrow…
Scent 10/10
Longevity 9/10
Sillage 9/10
The best time to wear this fragrance is fall of spring on fresh and windy weather…
niki007pro – :
I was at the mall today sniffing around and I noticed that a lot of these newer fragrances smell very similar to one another Jimmy choo man intense azzaro most wanted Mont Blanc legend spirit Invictus theirs another one can’t remember right now but it’s about 8 or 9 fragrances that smells almost the same with just slight tweaks but don’t get me wrong I like Jimmy choo fragrances for men but they smell similar to other fragrances that’s out
BloodySnail – :
Wore this to a Halloween party last weekend and received several nice compliments. It’s nothing really original and perhaps a bit too sweet in my opinion but people around me thought i smelled pretty good. Yeah, not the best performance but still I give it a Thumbs up.
gki – :
How in the hell can anyone say that patchouli is the main note? This is a very soft and fresh lavender and Tonka fragrance. It’s basically a poorly made Gris Clair by Serge Lutens. It would be ok as a date fragrance so I can see a bunch of guys buying it that are just getting into fragrances but the old heads know better.
tvi021JeomiWogkig – :
I got a sample of this, and how people could say this is bad, but rave about a synthetic mess like aqva amara is beyond me. I could easily see how this would be a lady killer. Pleasant, masculine, sweet, slightly fruity…great designer fragrance…just needs to last longer. Definite crowd pleaser and definite buy.
СУГРАТСКИЙ25 – :
Ok. Smelled it several times in the store and have been intrigued. Finally got hold of a sample. I want to like it. I am trying to like it. Scent is nice. One of a very few my daughter liked.
Longevity was not terrible. The dry down was a little powdery.
I will keep trying to see which side of this one that I will fall on.
z0_omz – :
I see a lot of negative reviews on this,and it’s true ,longevity ‘s really weak after 2 hrs and it’s smell similar to blue de chanel edp ,but as one guy pinpointed it’s a lady killer, I just got it for my birthday from my gf and she can’t stop ellining me, she got really good taste likes blue Dr channel and ysl la unit de l’homme from my collection. Will test it more but smell itself is really great and intense (first 1,5 hr) then kind of disappears ,I guess gonna have to carry pocket atomizer, also not a summer scent (got it 26th may ,25 degrees outside sunny
7191 – :
The scent of this fragrance is good, it’s sweet, somewhat like Invictus but, it throws in a little barbershop manliness. It is nothing mind blowing or game changing but, it is good. The problem with this fragrance is longevity, sillage and projection, it basically has none. After about an hour on my skin it is quite faint, after 2 hours it is gone with the wind, not detectable. For the price of this fragrance and the fact that it is labeled as an intense, this is a joke. I have been trying to sell my bottle for months at LESS than half price and I don’t have any takers. It seems that nobody else wants this fragrance either. Not trying to be too negative as I know a fragrance can be subjective but, this one I will say just stay away. It’s not worth the price, sorry Jimmy Choo, this was a fail.
dbrindalik – :
See, I’m torn on this one. On one hand, I’m in love with the scent itself, especially the initial blast and drydown.
There are bold, brash, creative frags out there, but in the frags I wear more regularly I look for something a little bit more subtle. Man Intense is right up my alley. It smells somewhat generic, yes, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing – generic, while boring, also means versatile.
And while it does smell similar to a host of other fragrances, Man Intense does a lot to distinguish itself from the rest. The melon puts a quirky little twist on it that really sets it apart from other similar smelling frags, and the black pepper gives it a much needed smokiness up close, pulled together by the smooth tonka bean base.
Here’s my problem: it doesn’t last.
A spray on each wrist and two on the neck disappear as though they’d never been there after four, five hours or so. What makes this even more jarring is how powerful the initial drydown is compared to the weak longevity and silage of the frag.
For me, personally, the scent was enough to offset the problems this frag has with longevity and strength.
I would, however, be extremely surprised if this was the case for everyone. So let this be a caution to you if you’re looking for a stronger, bolder fragrance – these, Man Intense (despite the name) is not.
As an aside, I can’t help but feel that Jimmy Choo Man Intense is what Jimmy Choo Man should’ve been in the first place. I really wish this was stronger. If an EDP version is ever released, then I know I’ll definitely be buying it in the future.
Scent: 9/10
Silage: 7/10
Longevity: 3/10
Overall: 6.5/10
idespible – :
You know…I enjoying writing thoughtful reviews that capture my feelings and experiences while wearing a fragrance but, honestly, this fragrance is a dud and nothing else needs be said; it’s generic, a little bit funky (not in a good way) and a not-too-stellar/kind-of-shabby scent. I’ll echo what everyone else has mentioned, “Jimmy Choo Man Intense is a safe pass.” Cheers!
smolnigor – :
I’ll write another review of how much I hate this…
If you want to smell like a pillar of dust, this is the PERFECT fit for you!
This smells like an old rag that has been dragged through the Midwest and back again!!
You’ve been warned…
Frankly… this is the worst fragrance that is being sold in stores today.
Terrible in every way and for crying out loud… STOP WEARING THIS TO THE OFFICE!!
dsl222InsuffBooni – :
I’d consider myself someone who enjoys a wide variety of fragrances,
But if there was an I hate this button I’d press it. To me this smells like a thick cloud of dust. Breathtaking… in the worst way possible. I can’t imagine that anyone would like this.
gpwrdm – :
The performance on this fragrance is moderate (much more than eveything out there currently). It smells really good on the initial blast. I discovered this smells like a refined high class one million but if you also poured a bit of “Halloween rock-on” into it but that goes away quickly . This is more of a younger, clubbing type of scent but lacks the power to perform as one. It projects for 1 hour before laying low. I do recommend this bottle but get a sample first to see if it fits your personality.
I don’t see the comparisons to invictus one bit with this one
Abnorobizonee – :
A clone of Invictus (a synthetic salty aquatic) with some elements of the regular Jimmy Choo Man which itself smells as a cheap clone of Bleu de Chanel. Big no from me.
Agineumpemype – :
I really wanted to love it, but I’m struggling to smell anything….what’s intense about it?
I still bought the bottle because I have mental problems..
inindIncona – :
I was really not impressed with this one
from Jimmy choo, melon and some pepper and
a synthetic note i dont like in the middlenotes,
as mentioned it last a bit longer than the previous
release but i guess thats not much of an achievment,
longevity is avrage, now 2 hours after applying it
is a weak skin scent. All i can say is try before you buy.
EDWARD11 – :
I am staring at the tester bottle and the notes are:
Top – Lavender, Honeydew Melon
Heart – Davana Oil, Black Pepper
Base – Cistus Absolute, Tonka Bean
I wouldn’t wear the original JC Man but I would wear this. It has a bit more oomph to it although they could have been a bit more generous with the oil content. We all know how popular EDPs are becoming for men.
Immortal – :
@SullyMems – If this is a lady killer then virtually any aqua/blue cologne is a lady killer too, which is nearly any cologne out there.
stalkerserg – :
I just had the opportunity to try this at Macy’s and the SA tried to convince me that it is an EDP when it’s clearly marked on the bottle as an EDT. That being said, I can see how she would think it was an EDP because it initially comes out of the bottle with both strength and purpose and the promise of decent longevity and sillage. It starts out bearing a quasi-similarity to Invictus, but then after a while turns into an even more generic, unremarkable scent (if that’s possible). I don’t want to say that it’s a flat-out copy cat, but it’s just like a million other modern scents lacking any qualities that differentiate it from many of the others. I like it, but I have at least 5 or six scents I can think of off the top of my head that dry down similarly, last longer and have better projection. That being said, chicks seem to dig this, so there’s a selling point I suppose.
In terms of longevity, this one is better than its predecessor, but here I am at about 2 hours after initial application and it’s faded pretty significantly with projection of about 4-6 inches. I doubt it will last beyond the 4 hour mark.
Vasylechko23 – :
This stuff smells amazing. Semi-dark, sexy, manly, and seems somewhat versatile to me. Here’s all I have to say about how women like it:
I asked the lady (older) at the Macy’s men’s fragrance counter what her favorite fragrance for men was. Her response was Jimmy Choo Man Intense. Walked across the mall and met another nice girl at Sephora, and to her I posed the same question. Her response was Jimmy Choo Man (they did not have the Intense in stock). I asked her if she knew about the Intense version, and she said she didn’t know that there was one. She asked me to go grab a strip, so I ran back to Macy’s, grabbed a test strip, and brought it back. She then had a new favorite – Jimmy Choo Man Intense.
Bottom line: this one is a lady killer.
Update: Wore this to a dance club. It got 10+ compliments in one evening. No joke. That’s all I have to say for how much women like it. I don’t understand all the hate. Yes, it has relatively poor performance, but overspray this and wear it to a club or a party and you are sure to see just how much women love this scent. It’s intoxicating to women. Irresistible.
IvaPurlina – :
I look forward to hearing more about this frag, the original one smelled amazing, but as previously said, longevity and projection was poor. If it’s the same smell with great longevity, we may have a huge thing here
dgoker-xxx – :
This seems to be the prevalent trend in mainstream perfumery today: they release a ho-hum, muted EDT with minimal longevity and terrible sillage and then a year or so later release the EDP/Intense version; the one that should have come out first anyway! It’s a clever marketing ploy and one that by all evidence, is paying off in spades for the manufacturers.