What does it smell like?
Main smell: lavender and amber. It opens with bergamot and grapefruit, moves to cedar and honeysuckle and dries down to amber and amberwood.
- Came out
- 2017
- Lasts
- 6 to 9 hours
- Best in
- winter
Captain Intense notes
Top notes
What you smell first
Heart notes
The main smell
Base notes
What stays on your skin
Smell profile
Main accords
How strong each part of the smell is
Best seasons and time of day
About Molyneux Captain Intense Intense / Parfum-like
Captain Intense Intense / Parfum-like comes from Molyneux.
Other Molyneux perfumes
The house has 20 perfumes here, led by Quartz Rose, Quartz Addiction and Vivre.
Captain Intense through the year
The best time of year to wear it is winter and summer. It is less suited to spring. Ranked by season: winter, summer, fall and spring. If you need something for spring, Tom Ford is a better fit.
Sillage and projection
Projection is strong: people around you will notice it. Two sprays are usually enough. It spreads further than Tom Ford and Philipp Plein Parfums Philipp Plein No Limits Super Fresh.
The style of Captain Intense
The strongest accord is lavender (100%), followed by amber and woody. You will probably like it if you enjoy lavender and amber smells and notes like cedar and amber. Less obvious notes include passionfruit, leather and ambroxan. Perfume fans rate it 4.06 out of 5.
For work or for evenings
It works in the day and at night.
More from this line
There are 3 other versions of this perfume, released between 1975 and 2015.
Perfumes that smell like Captain Intense
Similar picks to try: Dior Fahrenheit (7 shared notes), Clive Christian Jump Up And Kiss Me Hedonistic (6 shared notes), Tom Ford (5 shared notes) and Philipp Plein Parfums Philipp Plein No Limits Super Fresh (6 shared notes).
Questions people ask
When did Captain Intense come out?
It came out in 2017.
Can women wear Captain Intense?
It is made for men, but anyone who likes the smell can wear it.
Does it last long?
It lasts about 6 to 9 hours on skin.