Love Eau Intense by Chloé

It’s the fragrance Princess Diana surely wore. So delicate, sweet, spontaneous, and elegant. I detect rice powder, but to be honest, it’s because of how powdery it is, not a heavy powder like Flower by Kenzo. No, not at all, in this one you truly feel the delicacy.

Love, obviously, is Love. For me, a warm, maternal, unforgettable, enveloping, and timeless interpretation of love. Extreme femininity. This vintage scent always evokes a walk through the historic center of some European city at dusk on an autumn day. It’s beauty… with a misplaced or hidden sensuality due to its creaminess. One of my favorites, but only when I need to feel romantic and feminine. On days I need vitality, energy, or unleashed sensuality, I look for something with less poetry. It’s one of the most beautiful and balanced perfumes I’ve ever heard of… As if they mixed all the violet flowers in the world and wrapped them in slightly sweetened cotton. There are many copies of Love, but none of Love Intense, which had extreme creaminess and delicacy, sadly discontinued and at prohibitive prices on the black market. Its trail wasn’t strong, it was moderate, just like its longevity, but I’ll never forget the exquisiteness of its scent.

Love Chloé Intense is the eighth wonder for those who love powdery scents. What a gem. It opens with a majestically soft iris but with the most beautiful flowers you can imagine: narcissus, lilacs, it also carries wisteria, all very beautiful, not suffocating. It’s worth saying that these are some of my favorite flowers. It forms a beautiful floral ensemble in the opening that doesn’t overwhelm but is tremendously personal. As minutes pass, one of the undisputed protagonists enters the scene: heliotrope, along with a very natural vanilla, nothing gourmand. It’s a true delight to start noticing how the situation sweetens so elegantly, with purity… The perfume sweetens ‘delicately’ but with firmness, never with recklessness. It’s not the typical sweet of these times, it’s a powdery sweet that clearly resonates with a vintage taste, like a beautiful black and white photo of a lovely woman. Whoever adores powdery perfumes, smells of iris, of wrist, of talc, of soft and delicate chic girls, of antique powder rooms, of old wisteria stone soaps… Here it is, it’s a true gem and I consider it indispensable within the treasures of those who delight in sweet, powdery, fluffy floral aromas, because that’s its residual scent that stays constant for a couple of hours. It’s a fragrance for a non-clumsy being, rather intelligent, soft, youthful, gentle, not arrogant but with personality. That type of person who never says a mean word but knows where they stand and when asked which side they’re on, they know to courageously say their own. I also see a very bohemian part, of a person who doesn’t lead such a conventional life, but who gets passionate sitting by a lake, a pond, or a calm river with their easel to paint, giving no more attention to life than to the pure beauty around them, a person withdrawn in their things, with a somewhat dreamy, very romantic and ethereal temperament. Price is a determining factor, as I believe it’s one of the most expensive perfumes from this house, but it performs wonderfully, has good fixation, and the trail, without being very prominent, you can feel it well.

Beautiful perfume. What I love most is that scent that lingers on the skin after the initial notes fade. It’s super long-lasting and persistent, both on skin and clothes. It feels feminine, delicate, youthful, and powdery, with that clean touch typical of many Chloé fragrances. Maybe the opening is a bit strong and very floral, but it fades quickly, leaving something incredibly fine and lovely. I adore it.

Enigmatic and sexy fragrance, powdery and soft, nothing heavy. I love it, for days like those where you wake up wanting to feel beautiful and different. Excellent trail, but on my skin it doesn’t last too long.