Club de Nuit Intense Man

Armaf · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2015

Woody · Woody Amber Middle Easternmasculine

≈ $35 · 105ml · approx. retail

A smoky, fruity woody-amber — pineapple and blackcurrant over a birch-smoke and ambergris base. Famously bold and long-lasting.

Fruity Smoky Woody Amber Fresh Warm Spicy Musky

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Lemon Pineapple Bergamot Blackcurrant (Cassis)Apple

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Birch Jasmine Rose

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Musk Ambergris Patchouli Vanilla

Best for

SpringFallWinterDailyOfficeEvening

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