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Two vanillas instead of one is the simplest way to describe what Guerlain Mon Guerlain Eau de Parfum Intense does differently, and it changes the fragrance more than you would expect.
Tahitian vanilla and madagascan vanilla both sit in the middle here, and they are genuinely different materials. The tahitian is floral, creamy and a little fruity; the madagascan is darker, drier and closer to the pod itself. Together they give the centre of the fragrance a depth the original version does not have. Iris, sambac jasmine and rose are still there around them, cool powder, rich white flower and soft fullness respectively, but they now sit inside the vanilla rather than above it. The opening is lavender, bergamot and mandarin orange, and the mandarin is the new element at the top, adding a sweeter, rounder citrus than the original's cleaner start. Underneath, patchouli and licorice keep an earthy, cool bitterness in play, benzoin adds resin, australian sandalwood a thin dry wood and white musk a clean softness that smooths the whole base.
Delphine Jelk and Thierry Wasser are credited with it and the release year is 2019. This is the one to choose for cold weather and evenings, and for anyone who liked the original but wanted more of it: expect eight hours and a trail that carries. It is a feminine fragrance, and sweet enough that a light hand is sensible in company.
The house itself began in Paris in 1828, is owned by LVMH, and has built a good part of its reputation on vanilla since Shalimar in 1925. The Intense is the modern continuation of that habit, and the version to own if you have ever finished a bottle of the original and wished it were richer.
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