Hi there Posse. Found this half used V Intense decant in a drawer during the sales clean up. I’ve long loved Robert Piguet fragrances. We had Joe Garces come to Sydney back in 2013 with the Nouvelle Collection and he was enthralling. Piguet had just done a few new frags and he gave a mini masterclass in how perfumes are emotionally linked through our nose to our brains and our hearts. It was fun and informative and gave my already reverent thoughts if the house a buff and polish.
V Intense by Robert Piguet 2014
Piguet give these featured accords:
Top: Bergamot, pear, saffron
Heart: Rose, ylang-ylang, plum
Base: Patchouli, incense, sandalwood, white musk
The beautiful squeal of fruit and citrus opens V Intense. It’s sweet but in a fruity way rather than confectionary. It’s also tart. This is a fragrance for people who like to smell like a good time. I can so imagine it being the after work drinks or dressed up event spritz. Fun, fruity, flirty and yet sophisticated enough that the over 40s will not feel like carcass dressed up as mutton wearing it.
The fruitiness carries through to the heart but with the added smooth floralcy of ylang. There is also a very clove-y zing of spice that is unnamed in the V Intense notes list.
About 40 minutes in V Intense takes a darker turn. The patchouli/woods combo is rich and deep. While it plays a bass line the fruit still has a piccolo descant. So interesting and captivating. Dry down is all smoldering and powerful sensuality.
While the opening feels very feminine oriented, V Intense dry down could be one of those famed old Caron style scents. Very beautifully balanced, modern masculine leaning, woodsy gorgeousness. Done in a smooth, slippery, elegant style.
Did you? Would you? Does V Intense read like it might float your boat?
Portia xx
I tried Visa years ago, and enjoyed its easy wearing citrus (it’s been a long while), but I was in my hunt for Art in perfumes and it wasn’t out there enough.
V Intense sounds fun! You are such an enabler! Influencer 😀 I have to say my tastes have shifted and I don’t wear what I now consider stunt perfumes as often. Fracas and Bandit are wonderful, but they both wear me instead of vice versa.
Weird thought…it really comes down to why we choose a perfume. To intrigue our own senses, to bolster or armor for an event, to attract a mate, as a fashion accessory or to simply project a pleasant aura. I’m sure there are many more reasons. I’m most likely to wear intriguing or art perfumes on my day off, when I’ll be home or just running errands.
V Intense sounds like it could be a very pleasant aura. Now I’m off to find a sample. Be well!!
Hey there HemlockSillage,
Sunt Perfumes. I love it and am stealing it for future use. Yes, I have cupboards full of the weird and wonderful, then come back to easy, comfortable and lovely nine times out of 10.
V Intense is very wearable, but also just a little sideways.
Portia xx
This is a new Visa? I liked that one. But my go-to ones from this house are Bandit and Fracas
Yeah, they are so good it’s hard to see the rest Tom. I get that.
Portia xx
You are killinggggg me, I really wish there were a Piguet store near here. I like several of them (have not tried this one) but the only bottle I own is Fracas.
Sorry March.
Did you ever try its earlier iteration Visa?
Portia x
I remember when Piguet came out with these fragrances. I tried a few but don’t think V Intense was one of them. I remember liking one or two and getting decants, but when they were gone, I didn’t need more.
Fair call Maya.
How many of us long term perfumistas need more than 5ml of anything new?
Portia x
Your question got me laughing, because the answer is me!
Samples are 1-2ml for me, but decants come after samples and are 8-10ml. That usually lasts me a while. For some perfumes that’s enough. Of course there are those occasional perfumes that I fall for crazily and instantly 😉 Don’t we all sometimes.
YAY!
Glad to give you a laugh Maya.
YES! we all fall. It’s part of the fun.
I love Piguet ( especially Fracas) and I love a ( teeny) hit of clove in perfume ( l’Origan is a favorite) so this might make me a Very Happy Musette!
AH! Musette. It just might.
Portia x
I’ve never heard of this one Portia. Thanks for the “introduction!”
Hey DinaC,
It’s a refurbishing of Visa. Did you ever try it back then?
Portia xx
Visa sounds familiar. Might have sampled at one of the high end dept stores when I was breezing through. Like others, there was a time when I loved and wore Fracas a lot!
Oh yes, it’s SO good. Fracas is still sensational.
Def the time of year for fruitiness. I have finally reached a liking of Fracas, and enjoy Bandit. Never tried this but will when I cross its path.
Do they still have Piguet in stores in the UK Cinnamon?
Portia xx
Actually, they do — and a lot of different ones in different places. Some I’ve never heard of. Next time I’m up country will have a look.
One day I’ll be back in London and we can go together.
Or, we’ll be in Paris at the same time and can indulge there.
YES!
Somehow I’ve never clicked with Piguet. I’ve owned Fracas but she wore me. Bandit has my name all over it theoretically. In reality, not so much. Though when I met the now Queen Camilla she smelled wonderful. I never explored the newer releases. V doesn’t sound up my street but you have spurred me on to try some of the others.
Hi Alityke,
Bummer about Fracas and Bandit.
I’d love to hear how anothery of the other Piguet’s wear for you.
Portia xx