Intense Instant Crush

Sampling Mancera Intense Instant Crush, a 2025 release and follow-up/flanker to Instant Crush, released in 2019, which was very popular in the months following its release. The original is a pleasantly fresh, bright, sweet blend of vanilla, amber, jasmine, and rose, very easy for me to like, though I never quite loved it enough to buy a bottle. Intense Instant Crush is a considerable departure, in my opinion, less sweet and bright, with a suede-type note as the main difference, which changes the character entirely from being a bright fresh sparkly sweet floral gourmand to a leather-centered-but-still-sweet sort of blend. Intense feels denser but perhaps less boastful since Instant Crush is quite a performer, but overall, performance is comparable. Overall, I see Intense as a quite-different offering that probably works better for more serious occasions since it’s a little less sweet and bright. Both are very good, and I welcome this new version. I feel that it’s unlikely I would connect the two unless they were so named. I quite like both, though.

I blind bought this bottle and I was expecting something very different from what all the reviewers had said it was going to be like (not a big surprise). I would say the most powerful note in this frag is leather, which obviously gives way to some softer notes, which can be seen in the breakdown. Now for the HUGE problem. I used this stuff after showering and moisturizing, and it literally burned my skin so badly that I turned red. My face, my neck, my chest. It felt like somebody poured straight acid on my skin. I have only ever had an experience like this with one other bottle - Tobacco Touch, by Maison Alhambra. I think they use WAY too much alcohol in this frag.

Pretty unique fragrance for such a low level niche house. Hard to describe, similar to instant crush ofc but it smells alot more masculine and projects much more. its not smoky like most say, i dont know what kind of nose they have, its more spicey and less caramel based. Honestly this is red tobacco level projection and longevity, its on the cusp of being too much. not a bad frag just there are better, instant crush would be a better buy than intense. do not wear this during the day. 7.3/10

Sweet, instense scent with some darkness (the leather?). It's a mature scent, better suited to a more mature audience and perhaps that's the reason it scores so low in fragrantica, but I've yet to have someone smell it on me and dislike it. The problem is that on me it doesn't last that long and it doesn't smell to anyone who's not standing right next to me; the ratings here are really weird IMHO.

This is glorious for a leather lover like me. It is the closest thing to my beloved Dark Vanilla which is no longer being sold in the United States (sadness). It's warm and sexy and just perfect. The leather is dark but soft like cashmere. The salted caramel makes it less serious; less threatening, and definitely more wearable.