Ambre Cashmere Intense Nicolai Parfumeur Createur for women and men

The opening I find a bit too harsh, smelling like citrus and alcohol. The dry down is nicer, but I get nose blind to the subtle smell. Definitely a subtle scent and not very good projection. I like other amber scents more than this one

Fable:
In a white chamber, a woman in a red dress moves with flawless grace, her elegant ballet captivating the room. A solitary crystal chandelier casts a soft glow above her, as if she were the centerpiece of a luminous, ethereal stage. As I watch her, the very fabric of the room begins to dissolve, leaving only the pure, unadulterated beauty of her movements. Her dance is a poignant blend of clean, precise grace, with glimpses of passion and fire that shine through, casting flickers of light upon the immaculate surroundings. Yet, her poise and precision never waver, her dance remaining faultless and unsullied.


Rating:
Ambre Cashmere Intense by Nicolai Parfumeur Createur is a solid amber fragrance with a fresh, citrusy opening. The fragrance revolves around a prominent orris note, which imbues it with a smooth, clean blend when combined with the citrus. The warmth of amber and vanilla adds depth to the composition, but the soil-like quality of the orris may not be to everyone's taste. (I think that a cleaner and better quality orris would fit the overall composition better.) While the longevity is passable, the sillage may not meet expectations given the price point.

• Scent: 6/10
• Longevity: 5/10
• Sillage: 4/10
• Season: Winter - Spring
• Gender: Unisex
• Price-Value: Overpriced (because of the unsatisfactory sillage and only decent longevity)

I imagine a rococo lady dancing a graceful dance. When the music stops, she wipes her dewy forehead with a scented handkerchief and powders her nose. Then she is ready to seduce men without trying too hard. She is simply beautiful, feminine and delicate.
That is a picture I imagine, smelling this smooth, a bit vintage scent.

At first, vivid and spicy opening, replaced by strong iris. I love the cloves which is very distinctive and with tonka creates playfull combination. The base is warm, sensual. Labdanum is dominant point of it. On my skin: fabulous and sexy. It is not my favorite choice but I value it very highly.

Immediately familiar since I own and love Gucci Eyes of the Tiger. Very similar, but not as strong or as buttery smooth. Still good and worth looking into because it's definitely not a 1x1 comparison. This starts out a fairly mundane cashmere fragrance but it gets better when the citrus burns off and the violet, and little iris, amber and labdanum arrive.

The cloves and pepper are not prominent to my nose but they give it just a touch of spice. A very well blended fragrance. Proportionally this is sound without anything being truly dominant. Overall it's very good easy to wear and like. If you like this one, try Gucci Tiger, which I prefer over this. Ymmv.
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Scent 7.5/10
Performance TBD

yeah, very Nicolai ... noble, refined, elegant, unique, sophisticated, soft, gentle ...
not screaming anything generic ... just mature but not retro anyhow ... silent elegance
wise perfume path, stream, journey
and as somebody mentioned here ... it is toned down, tamed version of Ambre Imperial, not that powdery ...
clap to Nicolai perfumes, congratulation for this. I´ll make definitely a review on Youtube dedicated to this piece.

Is a lovely masculine skin fragance. Well crafted, old style. Remind me my father's Old Spice
Is another serious perfume from nicolai. Don't find in the maison never somethig sexy, cheerful, funny.
beyond the charm and the materials, all the fragrances of the house seem masculine, introverted, serious, they inspire a formal handshake greeting more than a hug

Love at first sniff. Gorgeous scent.

The opening is WOW. So vintage, warm and classical but lively. Something my grandmother would have loved, who was elegant, vain and not grandmotherly. I fall less in love with the dry down, but I’m not sure it’s a dealbreaker. It becomes pure powder but masculine leaning. I need to spend more time with this one.

This house hasn’t been jibing with me, and this one starts off on the wrong foot with its name - I don’t care for the overly cute convention of naming a scent after a barely-present note, and this one doubles-down by slapping “intense” at the end, while delivering something else entirely (similar to their Patchouli). I suppose they think it’s clever to make the wearer hunt about for the eponymous amber note, but I find the bait-and-switch distracting … like, I don’t think D&G’s Light Blue would have been such a smash hit if they’d called it “Jasmine Extrême” or something.

OK fine so it’s not much of an amber, what is it? A powdery-sweet orris-forward cloud, projecting a small bubble of classy femininity. This smells like a lady managing the servants in her stately manor, spending her days planning society events. But I’m no Mrs. Dalloway, and this is so not for me.

Okay, I had a spray of my Ambre Cashmere sample and at first was delighted by the pleasant sweetness of amber, musk and vanilla wafting around me. Then, something changed in the dry down, some other note was peeping through that was dank and bracken. I sniffed my wrists and there is an off note to me like a dirty wet, stale laundry rag. I am not sure what it is, maybe the orris root? I only catch it sometimes. I won't be buying a full bottle for this reason.

Intensely powdery, citrus-amber. Effervescent lemony-orange softened by sweet balsams and a lot of baby powder. Thick and syrupy, yet with a streak of fresh citrus and spices running through that feel like they're just barely failing to break the surface, a simmering pot on the cusp of boiling. Maintains a pleasant scent bubble that sorta sits between Prada L'Homme and Luna Rossa Black. The citrus fades as it dries down, leaving a powdery-musky amber. Moderately strong projection fades over 2-3hr, longevity 8-10hr.

Ever the bearer of bad news, I hate to say, I now remember why this fragrance is so nostalgic to me. Once beyond the hazy iris and violet tinged opening, Ambre Cashmere Intense is so very similar to a cheap perfume I had in the early 90s. Brace yourselves for what I am about to say . . . this is Chantilly, folks. Spicy, powdery, amber, Chantilly recreated(quite unintentionally I imagine!).

I know I’m not totally off my rocker either. They have 11 notes in common. The primary difference is the orris/violet/patchouli, whereas Chantilly has jasmine/orange blossom/ylang/oak moss. I was surprised to see Chantilly had leather, cloves, benzoin and tonka. But then again, I haven’t smelled Chantilly since I was 13/14. So something like 28 years. But this fragrance brought me right back once the puzzle pieces came together.

Overall this is a nice, powdery, sweetly spicy amber fragrance. I consider it feminine leaning, but that may be due to my connecting it back to Chantilly, and it’s lacy packaging and all that. Maybe Chantilly was ahead of it’s time.

So far the half dozen fragrances I’ve tested from this house have been misses for me. I’m still going to test Patchouli Intense and Musc Intense. I haven’t yet given up all hope😅

Really a perfect name for this frag--amber wrapped in a warm, soft cashmere blanket. The amber in this fragrance smells exactly like a block of amber I purchased at a souk in Morocco. Sweet and softly spicy, but not at all cloying. The amber doesn't fully reveal itself until quite a bit into the drydown, so have patience with this one. Another great creation from Nicolai.

A clean, warm, and soft blanket. Smells like it had just been washed for your use, and still excuses a gentle warmth from the dryer. A very comforting scent that is truly unisex.

A very nice amber fragrance, 100% unisex. A warm amber scent with a touch of lemon, iris and vanilla. For fall and winter, it is a cashmere in a bottle. Cocooning, soft. Sexy to my opinion, perfect for a cocooning night!
7/10

Getting citrus with an iris type haze covering it. Where is the amber?

Exceedingly smooth multi-faceted amber...terrific stuff. FB ordered. I got the PdN Discovery Set and Patricia doesn't know it...but she and I are kind of having a moment...

Not my favorite. Opens ambery sweet fluffy cashmere and dries down to an odd eastern medicinal scent, maybe a mix of iris and violet. Unique to be sure, but does not transport me to any kind of memories nor is it the type I love wearing day to day.

Scent: 6.5 / Sillage: 7.5 / Longevity: 7

nice, rounded amber... on the sweet syrupy side, but not toothachingly so, very gourmand. This one is balanced with slight citrus and woody notes, just ever so slightly supporting the prima ballerina, i.e. amber. It somehow falls more on the drier side, perhaps due to the woody note, which to me is more cedar-like than sandalwood.

Projection isn't stellar, and becomes closer to skin after the 5 hr mark. Still very nice from up close even at that stage.

P.S: 7 hours later, becomes a real yummm wowser.

All in all, a very decent amber, and even blind-buy safe.

Somehow all I get from this one is iris and violet. I don't know if it's my skin or my nose but the iris seems to overpower everything and I struggle to perceive the amber. I think I'm always sensitive to iris though so idk. It just overwhelms this for me.

Have it, love it! It's like a warm hug on that miserable day. Long-lasting and cuddling. makes me feel confident. It took me a few days to get from sample to 100 ml. I am not sure if it has any limitation gender or time of the day wise. The only one thing - I don't feel like reaching for it in the mid of summer.

This scent is the embodiment of how I think spending a night under the stars in the middle of a Middle Eastern desert will be. Belly dancing ladies, crackling fire somewhere in the distance, a blanket wrapped around your cold shoulders, the fabric of it laced with the scent of spices. Somewhere to the side is a buffet, which sends wafts of vanilla and warm caramel towards your nostrils as you gaze upon the magic, your eyes feasting on the once in a lifetime experience.

Longevity is bizarre, +12 hours. Sillage is very close to skin after 4-6 hours or so, but at times it can still carry upon a mild breeze.

10/10. This fragrance is heaven.

A flurry of sweet dreams. Get lost in the wonders of this masterpiece.
The asking price for 30ml is a steal. Nobody will smell like this around you.
Basically it's like wandering into the most luxurious candy spice store in the World.

Wow!!! Magnificent opening, I mean like it's almost too much for me to bear.
It's clearly a cashmere soft effect of fruity notes, sandalwood, musk and warm, fuzzy, creamy, aroma chemicals all swirling around but where will the dust settle? I had my money on a kind of strawberry shortcake, dolls head, with a ambrette musk cosiness and it's sort of that but changes quite significantly again.
It settles down after that initial storm of 'stuff' and it actually more citrusy in fact it smells almost EXACTLY like a Twister ice lolly (UK peeps will be down with that description I'm sure) flanked by synthetic orris and ambrettolide type musks, it's pretty fucking gorgeous. Stick these lovely materials in less competent hands and you might have a fairly pedestrian perfume on your hands whereas this is interesting, and really throws a curveball with that opening.
I'm still not sure I want a bottle though. This is the thing about Nicolai's work it's so wonderfully crafted that everything chimes on a similar, kind of classical frequency, making it hard for your favourites to stand out. I'm yet to find a Nicolai I find exceptional but they are generally speaking very, very, good.

Another frabjous day wearing a newly acquired perfume from the house of Nicolai.
The sun hasn't risen yet but I'm getting it's imminent radiance in the peppery citron and mandarin which Ambre Cashmere shoots up into molecular space.
Within minutes this olfactory atmosphere is powdery with an elegant iris shot through with a delicate, oh so refined violet. This violet's too spicy to be shrinking, but it's not insolent either.
I'm already loving the scent radiating out like the first rays of the sun, but when the labdanum, patchouli and amber surge up I'm engulfed in warm, luxurious tranquility.
This is a good-vibes callooh callay cry assuring me all is well in my world :)

Distillation:
golden sun appears
chasing the darkness away
sings callooh callay

When I couldn't find Sicily by D&G anymore, I started looking for a comparable scent and found this gem. It's now my all-time favorite. It's soft and powdery, clean, elegant. There are no faults.

Happy, easy to wear spicy iris amber. Has that casual elegance that is characteristic of Nicolai. Appropriate for any occasion.

This smells like my grandmother. Not ”like a grandmother” in the way some people might trashtalk L’heure Bleu or No 5, but like my actual grandmother. I loved that chainsmoking, constantly gum chewing old gal, but I never liked her perfume. I remember I used to think she smelled like an orange pile jacket. Most probably because that’s what she used to wear when she was cold.

Anyways, Ambre Cashmere Intense is tricky. I got a sample, tried it on paper and then the sample disappeared. As i remembered it, I loved the combination of citrus, orris root and amber, so I ordered another sample and when it arrived in the mail today I was so so happy, I had a little spray galore on paper and myself and now I just want to take off the orange pile jacket and take a shower. I don’t get the amber. It’s somewhere there but I can’t sense it through the sharp citrus, cold orris/violet and sweet cloying something.

But I can’t stop sniffing it either. I don’t know. I’m confused. I miss my grandmother.

I’ve made it a point to sample as many amber fragrances as I can get my hands on so I was excited to try Ambre Cashmere Intense from Nicolai, as I think this house has a very elegant DNA. However, something about the opening of this is so sickly and unpleasant to me. I think it’s the citron + musk. It does give a “cashmere” texture to the fragrance so they succeeded in that regard, but it’s more reminiscent of a worn sweater than a perfume. I really don’t like it. It dries down much better but I can’t get over the initial spray. Smells nothing like L’Ambre des Merveilles by Hermès, which is lovely all around.

It’s a clean Amber. I pick up the orris, citrus, Amber an vanilla. I agree that it may be interpreted as slightly sharp. It’s nothing mind blowing - but a nice scent in general. It’s not your typical amber scent - so if you’re looking for a robust, heavy Amber, this won’t be it. Good nonetheless!

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When I first sprayed it I was greeted with a sharp citrusy scent that abruptly morphed into spicy powder.
Within a few hours it gradually became warmer until it dried down into a soft powdery amber skin scent. This lasts on my skin for about 8 hours and much longer on clothes.
This reminds me of my childhood mornings back in the 90s when my father would wear his cologne before heading to work! This scent definitely leans masculine.

i am not sure why someone would wonder why a woman might like a particular scent. ain't nobody's business if they do.

fragrance conveys different things to different people.

a scent like ambre cashmere intense clearly hails from the house of nicolai. there is always a confident power in her creations. no exception here.

my first exposure to her creations was when i was wandering around the marais and liked the look of the boutique. no nonsense. ACI stays true to well crafted integrity which all sexes and genders can enjoy.

• Sharp even tart opening and even some little conifer tree note over sweet creamy amber.
• Orris root, citron and musk musk musk in dry down.

I love a well crafted amber and this is a smooth operator.

Ambre Cashmere Intense stays close to the body, making me believe it was not projecting. About an hour in, I got a compliment from another teacher— a plus in my perfume loving world.

Four hours in, pressing my nose to my wrist, Ambre Cashmere is very dry but still pretty. There’s citrus and patchouli in the opening, but the dry down is quiet and mostly woods, spices and orris. I think it’s pure class.

Initially I was not impressed but the more I wore it the better Ambre Cashmere became.

Office (or school setting) appropriate. Would not hesitate to add this to my collection.

Ambre Cashmere Intense is a lovely veil of scent that wears like a sheer scarf or a light silk blouse, with a transparency that depends not on fussy aromachemicals or plastic aquatics, but on excellent materials skillfully blended with a light touch and an eye towards real people who want real perfume for their real lives. It's graceful, and it speaks in a gentle murmer, whereas so many amber fragrances these days growl or even shout to make their presence known. I like a good growl, and the sexiness that entails, but I don't always want to broadcast my scent to the four winds, especially when I'm going to be in close quarters, at work or at dinner or shopping or just living my life, with people who may or may not be appreciative of perfume.

The secret weapon herein is iris, which keeps the perfume close to your body but also lends it diffuse sense of elegance. It's a different kind of elegance than Daim Blond, another quiet iris perfume, which has a lot more discernable orris butter, so much so that it suggests leather, and an almost sunny osmanthus/apricot accord that seems tentatively cheerful when I wear it, lit with a soft but intense glow from within. With Ambre Cashmere Intense, the vanilla and hints of warm spices are diffused and diaphonous. (Lots of people, including Luca Turin, get pepper from this, but I don't, unless it's a slightly peppery aspect of what I think is violet leaf, which sometimes reminds me a little of arugula--no Parma violets or purple candy here). Oriental lovers of Shalimar will appreciate the scent profile--vanilla, perhaps a touch of benzoin, a soft labdanum that suugests skin rather than leather, and just a hint of sweet opoponax to contribute incense to the perfume's overall luxurious profile--and lovers of Prada's Infusion series, or of Penhaligon's Iris Prima--will recognize a kindred spirit, a perfume that murmurs but doesn't mumble, that can go anywhere anytime and which will only reveal itself to someone who gets very close. In this age of faceless crowd pleasers and highly specific (not to mention expensive and often crude) nichery, a versatile but still complex perfume made of good materials that also smells distinctive is a rare find and worth making room for in your collection. Consider that the retail price comes in below most mainstram fragrances, and that Nicolai sensibly offer a 30ml size for those of us who already know we won't ever wear all the perfume we own, and Ambre Cashmere Intense is a no-brainer, especially as the weather turns colder and we need perfumes that comfort without distracting.

This is another underappreciated perfume from a terribly underrated house, and I urge you to give it a try if you're a fan of soft and/or spicy orientals and graceful iris-driven fragrances. On male skin, it reads as woody (but not metallic or aggressive), while its vanilla and incense accentuate femainine softness. Either way, it's discreet, refined and eminently wearable. Excllent work and another home run for Nicolai.

I'm going to be wearing this a LOT this fall and early winter. Just yum. Smoothly spicy, comforting, sweet, woody, and rich...this is a delight to wear.

On my skin the pepper note is strong. STRONG. It's a long lasting top note, and I enjoy this part very much. It really smells exactly like freshly ground pepper from black peppercorns, draped over iris, violet, and clove oranges. After a bit a buttery vanilla shows up, and a creamy sandalwood. There's really a lot going on in Ambre Cashmere for a good hour or two.

The pepper notes calm down a few hours in, becoming barely discernable, and the perfume becomes a lot smoother. It smells like labdanum, patchouli woods, resinous vanlilla, and faint spices of cinnamon and clove. It's so comforting and heavenly. The far dry down is a bit more ambery, lots more musky, and less spicy and woody. This is the ONLY part that disappoints me, I really wish that the base was a little stronger, say with an assertive sandalwood or something. Unfortunately, and oddly, the sandalwood only shows up in the top notes for me.

The projection is only strong at first, and the life of the perfume is a luxury skin scent that others will only smell if they get close, and 3 good sprays will give you 8+ hours of wear. Actually this is even a little bit sexy in that way, if I smelled this on the skin of a lover I'd probably swoon, and me myself I do feel a little sexy when I wear this.

This really is like wearing a warm long sleeved dress made of soft wool, or like cuddling on a couch with a clean, warm blanket and a hot tea. Very warming a comforting, but not too much in a foodie direction. This perfume has a wonderful "feel" to it that I really enjoy. Highly recommended, especially since, compared to other niche companies, they offer a reasonably priced 30 ml bottle at $65. My bottle will definitely last, since I only need to apply a few sprays at a time. Admittedly I do reapply at least once when I wear this, since I enjoy the beginning so much.

This is the third time I got it

Autumn - the hideously humid summer has finally gone in Tokyo and here we got a great season for wearing Ambre Cashmere. This perfume wraps you as a large, soft cashmere shawl. The scent is well balanced with the sourness and sweetness, enveloped by powdery iris with amber. The spicy clove and pepper add the warms like the Indian chai tea. Like most of the other Nicolai perfumes, the scent is not old fashioned but has a sort of vintage atmosphere as universal and timeless. And very noble.

One of my all-time favourite scents. Ordered a decant about a year ago based on the name, and ervery time I smell it I still get a 'wow, this is amazing'. The longest lasting fragrance in my collection, 24H+ on skin, infinitely on clothes.

Lemon cake with some spices, warm translucent amber and comforting cashmere. This scent is perfection. A little feminine, but perfection nonetheless.

What a surprise. I had no idea this would have something like the warm, dry orris accord in the opening. Like Iris Cendre but better. This shot to the top of my want list within ten minutes of applying.

Yum! I spritzed a sample of this from my discovery kit on my hand this morning. Of all the scents in the set, I do believe this is my favorite. The pepper and cloves give it a cinnamon mix on my skin. Very warm, spicy vanilla. I'm saving the rest of the sample for cooler fall weather.

It's been 4 hours since the test and the scent is still going strong, but a little creamier and less intense. I can't wait for the full day wear after the Texas summer. A very nice October/November scent!

Nicolai's Ambre did not meet my expectations at all. I was looking for something soft and caressing when I ordered a sample.

Cashmere, such a deceiving name. It's too peppery and harsh on my skin. Cloves make everything even worse - vanilla gets completely overshadowed by the spices.

This one smells too retro and cloying for my personal taste.

Oh my... What a beautiful scent! Little bit sweet, little bit warm and cosy. I'm a bit fan of patchouli intense and now I will be be fan of Amber Cashmere intense.

**Worth noting that the official sample spray vials don't say "Intense" on them, but they are indeed the same perfume: Ambre Cashmere Intense.**

Wrapped in the warm and cuddly embrace of Ambre Cashmere Intense by Parfums de Nicolai. This is a perfect perfume. I was about to overlook it because the top notes don't catch me, but the heart and the base notes are just the most warm, comforting scents ever.
I decided to break my "2018 no-buy" on this one, as I kept reaching for and emptying more than a few sample vials. It feels like my go-to for warm, sexy, cuddly, comforting and comfortable.
Its drydown really is perfect. Like being wrapped in the cologne scented sweater of your lover. Cashmere.

Lasts for ages, which is really nice. Sprayed at 7:30, still going strong at 2:30. If you spray at bed time, you'll wake up in a gloriously soft cloud of comfort.

5/10

This Nicolai smell like old ambermusk of the beguin of the last century plus vanilline plus some citrus and a noticeable hay note, yes, a sort of immortelle odour.
The first half an hour is a bit unstable, and "scaring", after become a fruity creamy aromatic gentle round hugging tonka-vanilla-musk.

Familiar, good, gourmand, comfortable, warm-soapy & fresh sweet. Almondy.
In a word: Lulling. Wool Blossoms.

I have tested a vial of the "non" intense version i presume.

This fragrance is complex! it whiffs between elements like a spark! it whiffs between oranges, vanilla as the soft note, amber, tonka bean, sandalwood, black pepper, citron, labdanum, & violets!

the sweet element in here is presented tenderly and quite sensual with some slight sourness for some light action.

I enjoyed the blend quite well! very interesting.

It does remind me of L'Ambre des Merveilles, because, well, amber, vanilla, labdanum, patchouli. This one reads sharper to me though, there is a smokiness in the base that I recognize from Vanille Tonka by the same house, though that one is even less edible than this (insert audible scoffing - hey, I got into perfume this year, I was practically raised in the modern era of gourmands and fruitchoulis). There is however a note in the drydown that upsets me slightly, and I can't for the life of me figure out what it is (a bit stale). For this reason I can't bring myself to call it a love.

So I went to Nicolai today to smell the new Ambre Cashmere. I tried it on 4 hours ago and it still smells beautifully unaltered on my wrist. I am a big fan of Patchouli intense, although after 3-4 hours all the patchouli has vanished and only the powdery scent is left.

I do not like Vanilla in general but I do love pepper. I am falling in love with this warm and spicy. I don't smell the amber nor the vanilla, but the perfume leaves a similar lush and warm scent behind.

I was going to replace my Patchouli intense but I think I will buy this one instead.

Beautiful amber with a real development that is high quality, warm and intriguing. Ambre Cashmere Intense opens on my skin with a nice lemony mandarine citron accord with a fresh sweetness. The spices emerge next for me, then a lot of labdanum which can be overpowering if you spray too much. The patchouli and wood can get a bit strong here for my taste as well, but the scent moves on to a sweet tonka spicy drydown that is reminiscent of Hermes's Ambre Narguile. Altogether lovely scent for a man or woman.

Good sillage and longevity on this one. On my second and third trials of this fragrance I used only 2 sprays, one on each arm, and that was perfect, with sillage for about 5 hours and longevity of 10 hours. To echo Roge's comments, this is definitely blind buy worthy. It was a blind buy for me and one of the best ever!

Striking similarities to Velvet Amber from Boss's private collection; plush enough to be deemed cashmere-like. Ambre Cashmere begins down that ostentatious path Nicolai is known for. Clocking in at 1000 fumes per second, your peers won't be able to escape the floral-amber-vanilla-labdanum-combo which fumigates the atmosphere like a fog machine. During this moment, you can't help but actualize the purchase of this bottle; certainly intriguing. Concoction wise, i can't say this is summarily similar to Tonka Imperial, but there were moments in the middle phase where i compared the two(obviously because of the tonka note). For me, not as gourmand as i expected it to be but not a demerit either. As a whole, the tranquility can't be ignored. I found the drydown to be similar to Ambre Fetiche. At this point in the fragrance, everything seem to crust over leaving a scent trail of aged amber and old vanilla extract....just think bottom of the barrel kind of vanilla. In total, Ambre Cashmere takes up about 6hrs of your life. The 1st 3hrs is when you're gonna be noticed the most. Good Stuff.

-Blind Buy Worthy-