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YSL Y EDP Intense is great, I think the dislike is due to the asinine trend of using concentrations to name frags but they're not really related, makes you think you're getting something else.

Intense is very similar to BDC Parfum: It's a god tier dumb reach fragrance for men over 30. I like the smell of the Y line, but I'm in my 40s;they're a little too youthful and bright for me to pull off.
Intense isn't a performance monster, its a separate fragrance from the previous Y line as well and would have been better named as something else. I don't really like the first ten minutes, the ginger makes it feel a little screechy but then it settles down into something elegant and smooth. The stars of the show are lavender, cedar and patchouli but to my nose everything else is very easily detectable. The notes aren't mindblowingly unique but they're handled well and there's a bit of smoky feel to the lavender and patchouli that makes it unique. The cedar isn't bright, sweet hamster cage cedar either. I have an oil diffuser and I use natural cedar oil in there. It smells like the Texas Cedarwood oil I use, sharp, slightly acrid, dry and smoky. It's a raw, unprocessed smell. Again, nothing unique here but the common notes are handled very well and blend together harmoniously. I expected this to smell like a cheap cash grab, and it's not. Ropion is credited with creating all of the Y frags but this feels different, like he gave a shit and made something with care. Intense feels calm,mature and professional. I wouldn't reach for it as my primary fragrance for a date but the smoky patchouli does give it enough sex appeal that it would absolutely work for a night out.

If you like BdC Parfum and Suavage Elixir, you'll like Y Intense and it's unique enough to not be redundant either. Performance is great,I work 12 hour shifts and it's easily detectable at the end of the day. I needed another dumb reach frag, this was well worth my money.