ZARA
INTENSE DARK EXCLUSIVE

2016

bergamot
apple
basil
mint
blackpepper
Tobacco
Tonka Bean
cashmeran

Intense Dark Exclusive is the (less popular) companion to Rich Warm Addictive in the Zara Tobacco Collection. However, I think it’s worth a sniff.

It was the first Zara that I properly tried out and have worn in my collection for some months. It’s also the strongest performing Zara that I’ve encountered thus far. But what does it smell like?

That’s a good question, with a less obvious answer. It’s called a tobacco fragrance, but I didn’t specifically get tobacco from it. As many people have noted, there seems to be coffee here, maybe some booze, some cardamom (mint?). A fragrance that it reminds me of is Kilian Intoxicated.