Givenchy

Play Intense

  • For men
  • Eau de Toilette
  • 2010

Play Intense is a playful and enveloping gourmand fragrance signed Givenchy. It opens on coffee and bergamot, reveals vetiver and praline at its heart and rests on a base of patchouli and tonka bean.

Main accords

Pyramid & evolution

Unofficial sources Data drawn from unofficial sources, not from the house: this pyramid (like the year and gender shown) may contain discrepancies.

  1. Opening First minutes

    Coffee · Bergamot

  2. Heart ~30 min to 2 h

    Vetiver · Praline

  3. Base Several hours

    Patchouli · Tonka bean

What its composition says

  • 2 materials on top, 2 in the heart, 2 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
  • Praline: its rarest material, which only 40 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue contain — about one in 50.
  • Bergamot: conversely, one of the most widely used materials in the catalogue — 43% of the analysed perfumes contain it.
  • Gourmand, woody and citrus: 3 registers of raw materials share its palette, with gourmand supplying 3 of 6.

Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.

Scent profile

Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.

Wear time Good
7 to 9 h estimated on skin
Projection Generous
fills a room

Ideal seasons

  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter

Time of day

  • Day
  • Evening

At ease in mild weather, 15 to 22 °C (59 to 72 °F).

If Play Intense by Givenchy seduces, it is through its enveloping warmth: a sensual trail that settles in and that you want to find on yourself again.

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