I love Drakkar Noir for its awesome shaving foam vibe, smells so good. And its woody and leathery, and fresh and crisp. Drakkar Noir is the absolute balls 💈🧼💪
For me personally, I have to give it to the Intense. I love the original, I think it still smells really good, but it doesn't last very long and it's also very much a product of it's time. Intense is longer lasting and stronger, and it's far more approachable for younger people. I'm in my 30s, this is a perfect 30 year old working class man's night out fragrance whereas I think Noir is much more for guys in their 50s, even though I wear it sometimes and enjoy it. I'm loving the Intense ATM, I think it's pretty damn fantastic for the price. Reminds me a lot of Aramis Special Blend, but with the Drakkar Noir DNA instead of the Aramis DNA.
I'd say the reverse. Intense is more mature to me. Spice and Harder warm notes. DN feels like I am 18 again. Bout to hit some night clubs. Intense had me feeling like I should be reading a book sipping a sharp Colombian roast. (I feel similarly about CK's Obession)
I'm a huge Drakkar Noir fan and still wear it till this day so I naturally blind bought the latest Drakkar Intense. Let me just say it's a big disappointment for me because to my nose, it smells absolutely nothing alike! I guess I had too much expectation that it would smell like DN and perhaps it was my fault for having such high hopes.
I don´t know if it has been mentioned here before but the original version is DRAKKAR from 1972 and NOT Drakkar Noir from 1982. Therefore it should be compared to the Drakkar´72, which is very rare and hard to get.
No flankers are created for current production products. It is not the Drakkar line, it is the Drakkar Noir line. All flankers are flankers of Drakkkar Noir. For example, all Cool Water versions are Flankers of Cool Water, and if Cool Water was discontinued, one of its flankers would take its place.
What a nice Intense intro Mr. Smelly lol but my vote is for Drakkar Noir, Old school scent yeah but very manly. Live here in the Philippines and the climate is more heat days. It will last longer to my body chemistry up to 1day especially to my clothes. Give compliments around even wearing a white shirt and jeans 😄
Unfortunately I usually can only spray cologne on my clothes because there's something in most colognes that gets my heart racing a little bit, probably the alcohol
Current Lapidus has a pretty harsh opening. Drydown is wearable. Funny intro and DN is really good. As for the Intense I don't know, I'm kind of pleased with my recent bottle of Pierre Cardin pM edt.
I absolutely love this scent, but to me it is way too weak for a scent that is supposed to be an eau de parfum concentration. It also doesn't last that long even as a skin scent. Oh well, it's cheap and smells great.
no matter the weather your reviews always make me laugh. :) i had this i think in early 90s but was reformulated somewhat, I'm still looking for an original. but will try this. i think its very unique and confidence to pull it of. I'm after an 80s/90s dirty deep patchouli fragrance ! what would you suggest MR SMELLY . thanks
Unfortunately, you have tested a counterfeit version of this classic perfume DRAKKAR NOIR. Around 2020, this cheap imitation of DRAKKAR NOIR was sold for a short time in many perfumeries and drugstores in Germany. The original perfume is currently being offered again. I got it today - and now I'm very happy. .......................... Very important: You can recognize the imitation because the "P" of PARIS is very close to the "Y" of GUY. You show this bottle in the video. In the original bottle, the "P" is more spaced to the right. Please be sure to get this version!
Drakkar Noir is deeply mentholated. I would assume that the new Intense flanker is not nearly as mentholated? UPDATE: Got my bottle and test wore. No, not mentholated but there is a BIT of detectable Drakkar Noir DNA detectable in the background. All in all I'm a bit disappointed. Its OK, but I'm a little disappointed in the scent profile and very disappointed in the performance. It'll be nothing more than an OK Office Scent for me.
@@UmiDaaa Are you seriously suggesting that Ukraine are the 'aggressors' in this situation? If you are you are being lied to. The people being killed are Ukrainians and they are being killed by Russians. Breaching the territorial integrity of sovereign States is illegal under the Kellogg-Briand Pact and Article 2 of the UN Charter. Additionally my reference was an attempt at making a deadly serious subject somewhat 'lighter', it was not an attempt to invite every idiot who could not tell that to make comments on my post. .
I wonder...did Guy Laroche anticipate the drama...Noir flanker or not? You convinced me - it's probably not a flanker of Drakkar. However, I'm not convinced it's a flanker of Noir. Is there a 3rd possibility?
Hola ¡Qué curioso! Todos hablan de Drakkar Intense pero Guy Laroche no reconoce ni desconoce eate lanzamiento, por lo que es imposible adquirirla en un establecimiento formal, propiciando y alimentando la piraterìa. En México es imposible. Algunos youtubers, recomiendan comprar en tiendas pirata, otros venden ellos mismos, pero se abastecen en estas tiendas. A ambos los conoces. DIGAMOS NOOO A LA PIRATERIA... existen tiendas que venden al mismo precio con garantìa de satisfacción y facturan sin aumentar el precio.
This all seems a bit dodgy. Why is Drakkar Intense not promoted on the Guy Laroche website? Why is it apparently only available on EBay? Who really is selling this?
It's all Chinese knockoffs. Interpol and US border patrol have seized around 300 kilos of Drakkar. Poor people that have to smuggle it their bodies so this demand can be met.
If I could save some dude $20 I will let me say that this perfume is absolutely straight garbage. I grew up on the original OG I have been using it on and off for 35 years. It was the "Intense" labeling that convinced me to buy it. It is IMPOTENT an absolutely worthless. It is by far the singular worst bottle in my entire collection. You have to waste half a bottle just to get half a scent. It is weak and has absolutely no projection. This is the equivalent of An unfinished handjob. Guys don't spend your $20 on this. Everyone in my perfume collective circle agrees this has been a complete and utter waste. What is disappointment. I absolutely loved Drakkar Noir.... This has been one of the biggest failures of 2024.😢 Beware all these UA-cam Hype Artists😂😂😂😂
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I love Drakkar Noir for its awesome shaving foam vibe, smells so good. And its woody and leathery, and fresh and crisp. Drakkar Noir is the absolute balls 💈🧼💪
For me personally, I have to give it to the Intense. I love the original, I think it still smells really good, but it doesn't last very long and it's also very much a product of it's time. Intense is longer lasting and stronger, and it's far more approachable for younger people. I'm in my 30s, this is a perfect 30 year old working class man's night out fragrance whereas I think Noir is much more for guys in their 50s, even though I wear it sometimes and enjoy it. I'm loving the Intense ATM, I think it's pretty damn fantastic for the price. Reminds me a lot of Aramis Special Blend, but with the Drakkar Noir DNA instead of the Aramis DNA.
Defintely a very enjoyable new release Marc.
I'd say the reverse.
Intense is more mature to me.
Spice and Harder warm notes.
DN feels like I am 18 again. Bout to hit some night clubs.
Intense had me feeling like I should be reading a book sipping a sharp Colombian roast. (I feel similarly about CK's Obession)
I'm a huge Drakkar Noir fan and still wear it till this day so I naturally blind bought the latest Drakkar Intense. Let me just say it's a big disappointment for me because to my nose, it smells absolutely nothing alike! I guess I had too much expectation that it would smell like DN and perhaps it was my fault for having such high hopes.
Definitely your fault.
@@CanadianPhinsFan853😂
Intense has pretty much nothing to do with Noir.
Great video Dan, really informative and you've convinced me...
I'm buying Lapidus Pour Homme 😎
Thank you so much Al!
Defo buy LPH. It’s IMO the best fragrance of the 80’s. Although strong it’s more wearable than the other 80,s classics.
I've got ample bottles of Ted Lapidus Pour Homme, for when the shìt hits the fan. Seriously I love the stuff.
It’s great! Thanks Paulie!
The intro was very funny..your posts are on point and I like that you feature older and classic fragrances...Thank you sir...
Well put, got a bottle recently for 15 quid. Blind buy and not disappointed for the money, a good easy grab nice frag 🤟🤷🏻♂️
I don´t know if it has been mentioned here before but the original version is DRAKKAR from 1972 and NOT Drakkar Noir from 1982.
Therefore it should be compared to the Drakkar´72, which is very rare and hard to get.
He literally said that in the video
No flankers are created for current production products. It is not the Drakkar line, it is the Drakkar Noir line. All flankers are flankers of Drakkkar Noir. For example, all Cool Water versions are Flankers of Cool Water, and if Cool Water was discontinued, one of its flankers would take its place.
Awesome video. People forget it only cost $20 a very good smell.
What a nice Intense intro Mr. Smelly lol but my vote is for Drakkar Noir, Old school scent yeah but very manly. Live here in the Philippines and the climate is more heat days. It will last longer to my body chemistry up to 1day especially to my clothes. Give compliments around even wearing a white shirt and jeans 😄
Intro was hilarious! Love your work Mr. Smelly. The production just gets better and better.
Thank you so much MAJ!
Unfortunately I usually can only spray cologne on my clothes because there's something in most colognes that gets my heart racing a little bit, probably the alcohol
Current Lapidus has a pretty harsh opening. Drydown is wearable. Funny intro and DN is really good. As for the Intense I don't know, I'm kind of pleased with my recent bottle of Pierre Cardin pM edt.
I owned that Lapidus scent several years ago. It was beast level strong. Too much to wear out in public! 😳
I absolutely love this scent, but to me it is way too weak for a scent that is supposed to be an eau de parfum concentration. It also doesn't last that long even as a skin scent. Oh well, it's cheap and smells great.
I love lapidus PH. That honey and civet are a bomb. I wear it for myself.
Thanks for sharing and also for the review 👍👍👍
Thank you.
Is this a summer scent ?
Great intro with the air raid siren and insight on them purchasing both asap
no matter the weather your reviews always make me laugh. :) i had this i think in early 90s but was reformulated somewhat, I'm still looking for an original. but will try this. i think its very unique and confidence to pull it of. I'm after an 80s/90s dirty deep patchouli fragrance ! what would you suggest MR SMELLY . thanks
Thanks Carl. Heritage by Guerlain is a superb patchouli scent.
@@MrSmelly1977 thanks 😁 will try and get hold of a bottle
Great review and I enjoyed it and I'm going to try it and have a blessed night
Thanks Michael!
You welcome keep up the good work
I stand by my “It’s a10” statement Mr Smelly. I do understand though why some people are disappointed.
Thanks Mike!
great vid, subbed and i cant wait to get my bottle.
Unfortunately, you have tested a counterfeit version of this classic perfume DRAKKAR NOIR.
Around 2020, this cheap imitation of DRAKKAR NOIR was sold for a short time in many perfumeries and drugstores in Germany.
The original perfume is currently being offered again.
I got it today - and now I'm very happy.
..........................
Very important:
You can recognize the imitation because the "P" of PARIS is very close to the "Y" of GUY. You show this bottle in the video. In the original bottle, the "P" is more spaced to the right.
Please be sure to get this version!
Wow great eye! I can’t believe people would bootleg a fragrance as cheap as drakkar
Got one already
Drakkar Noir is deeply mentholated. I would assume that the new Intense flanker is not nearly as mentholated?
UPDATE: Got my bottle and test wore. No, not mentholated but there is a BIT of detectable Drakkar Noir DNA detectable in the background. All in all I'm a bit disappointed. Its OK, but I'm a little disappointed in the scent profile and very disappointed in the performance. It'll be nothing more than an OK Office Scent for me.
It does have a slight Newport note.
Love the intro
Thank you Aleksandar!
So does Vladimir Vladimiravich, he has just entered Ukraine in search of some Ted Lapidus Pour Homme and Drakkar Intense.... 🤣😂🤣
@@SimonTBam Coz they left no choice to Vladimir Vladimirovich, and it's quite inappropriate comparison, when innocent people are being killed.
@@UmiDaaa Are you seriously suggesting that Ukraine are the 'aggressors' in this situation?
If you are you are being lied to.
The people being killed are Ukrainians and they are being killed by Russians. Breaching the territorial integrity of sovereign States is illegal under the Kellogg-Briand Pact and Article 2 of the UN Charter.
Additionally my reference was an attempt at making a deadly serious subject somewhat 'lighter', it was not an attempt to invite every idiot who could not tell that to make comments on my post. .
@@SimonTBam look in the mirror and you'll find an idiot there. Let's stop this.
Have not turned in for ages, glad I dropped in.
Hello Danillon. Glad to have you back. Many thanks.
The intense version (for me) is more about what it's lacking from the original......ain't that some crazy shit!?
Sensational intro!
Thank you so much Michael !
My neighbah Mr Smelly has been on a role here lately with legit entertaining content. Keep it up man.
Thank you so much John!
I wonder...did Guy Laroche anticipate the drama...Noir flanker or not? You convinced me - it's probably not a flanker of Drakkar. However, I'm not convinced it's a flanker of Noir. Is there a 3rd possibility?
Thanks Mike! You never know!?!? The mystery deepens.
It's a copy of the Original Drakkar from I believe the 70's
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Loving the intro Dan 😂 I tried to find the intense on eBay but no luck yet. Looking forward to trying it
Thanks Jeannie! Are you in UK?
@@MrSmelly1977 yes
@@scent_jeannie it was sold out but it’s back on eBay uk
@@MrSmelly1977 brilliant Dan thanks so much for letting me know ☺️
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Drakkar Intense for the W
that intro was da bomb lol
They should have taken a page out of azzaros book with Thier iteration of intense
Remarkable review
Thank you!!
Liked for the opening alone :-D
Thank you!
Brilliant intro
Great intro!
Thanks David!
The start was really good Dan loved it...Lol
Thank you Terry!
Dear Lord LOL MrSmelly made my day with that intro. Leader of the worldwide fragrance community
Thank you
Thank you!
So hard to find in the US
Hola ¡Qué curioso! Todos hablan de Drakkar Intense pero Guy Laroche no reconoce ni desconoce eate lanzamiento, por lo que es imposible adquirirla en un establecimiento formal, propiciando y alimentando la piraterìa. En México es imposible. Algunos youtubers, recomiendan comprar en tiendas pirata, otros venden ellos mismos, pero se abastecen en estas tiendas. A ambos los conoces. DIGAMOS NOOO A LA PIRATERIA... existen tiendas que venden al mismo precio con garantìa de satisfacción y facturan sin aumentar el precio.
Holy shit a intense version
Hairy chested uncle🤣🤣
This all seems a bit dodgy.
Why is Drakkar Intense not promoted on the Guy Laroche website?
Why is it apparently only available on EBay? Who really is selling this?
It's all Chinese knockoffs. Interpol and US border patrol have seized around 300 kilos of Drakkar. Poor people that have to smuggle it their bodies so this demand can be met.
@@johnavi sounds legit :p
You should be in mafia movies.
Please man lapidus is piss its not long lasting at all went Tru 3 bottles absolutely waste of money..last abt 3 hours very feint too
They smell nothing alike
🤣🤣🤣 that intro
Thank you.
LMAO! Awesome..🤯
thanks Dan!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Not a flanker to Noir
Its more a reimagining of the original 1972 Drakkar
My FAVORITE English dude!!! Im 57 and I grew up weaned on Drakkar Noir... Drakkar Intense is like an UN-finished handjob ! What an utter let down
If I could save some dude $20 I will let me say that this perfume is absolutely straight garbage. I grew up on the original OG I have been using it on and off for 35 years. It was the "Intense" labeling that convinced me to buy it.
It is IMPOTENT an absolutely worthless. It is by far the singular worst bottle in my entire collection. You have to waste
half a bottle
just to get
half a scent. It is weak and has absolutely no projection. This is the equivalent of An unfinished handjob. Guys don't spend your $20 on this. Everyone in my perfume collective circle agrees this has been a complete and utter waste. What is disappointment. I absolutely loved Drakkar Noir.... This has been one of the biggest failures of 2024.😢
Beware all these UA-cam Hype Artists😂😂😂😂