Our take
What does Sì Passione Intense smell like?
Armani turned Sì Passione up a notch in 2020 with this Eau de Parfum Intense, billed as a woody floral. The red bottle keeps its lacquered glass, only darker. It starts with blackcurrant nectar, thick as syrup, the thread that runs through the whole Sì line. The heart rests on two jasmines. One is sunny and the other fleshier, and together they stay loud without drowning the fruit. Depth arrives in the base. Dark patchouli wraps around vanilla extract, and the skin takes on an almost woody warmth. The 2017 Sì Passione is rosier and fizzier. This Intense feels more serious. It is still a relative of the original Sì and keeps its blackcurrant. On skin the patchouli grows stronger as the evening goes on, and the fruit slowly gives way. Few flankers in the line are this dark.
When to wear it
For dinner or a winter night out. One or two sprays and no more, as the blackcurrant turns cloying in excess.
It belongs to the Floral, Woody family. Sì Passione Intense is one of 52 creations by Giorgio Armani in our encyclopedia.
