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Nicolai Parfumeur Createur Parfums De Nicolai Cuir Cuba Intense
Nicolai Parfumeur Createur

Parfums De Nicolai Cuir Cuba Intense

soft spicy
sweet
anis
fresh spicy
tobacco
gourmand
green
EDP · 2014 · unisex

Nicolai Parfumeur Createur is a niche French house known for refined, character-driven compositions that eschew mainstream trends. Founded by Patricia de Nicolaï, a fifth-generation perfumer, the house has built a reputation for distinctive fragrances that prioritize craftsmanship over commercial appeal.

Cuir Cuba Intense opens with a licorice-forward top built on star anise and mint, brightened by Sicilian lemon and anchored by tobacco. The heart softens into lavender and cumin with floral depth from ylang-ylang and magnolia, creating an unexpectedly aromatic middle phase. The base is where the fragrance reveals its true character: tobacco and hay combine with cedar and patchouli, while civet adds a subtle animalic warmth that prevents the composition from feeling too refined.

This is a fragrance for those seeking something genuinely unusual, not a safe skin scent. The licorice and anise opening is polarizing, but it settles into something more wearable as the spiced florals emerge. It works best in cooler weather and evening settings, where its herbal-tobacco-leather DNA can breathe without feeling oppressive. Cuir Cuba Intense suits The Homesteader, The Romantic, and The Sensualist.

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Main Accordsreported by community
soft spicy
100%
sweet
75%
anis
75%
fresh spicy
75%
tobacco
75%
gourmand
75%
green
75%
aromatic
50%
floral
50%
woody
50%
herbal
50%
Fragrance Notescommunity verified
Top · 0–30 min
Licorice
Licorice
Sweet, anise-like, and slightly medicinal, licorice adds a distinctive herbal sweetness that is completely its own. It's simultaneously comforting and slightly challenging, with a dark, slightly bitter edge beneath its sweetness. Found in orientals, gourmands, and some unexpected aromatic compositions where it adds an unusual twist.
Star Anise
Star Anise
Bold, licorice-like, and slightly medicinal, star anise is more forceful than fennel and deeper than anise seed. It has a warm, sweet spiciness that reads as exotic and slightly retro. Used in oriental and gourmand fragrances to add an assertive, distinctive character that is impossible to mistake for anything else.
Mint
Mint
Cool, sharp, and immediately recognizable, mint adds a clean, almost medicinal freshness that cuts through heavier notes. Spearmint is sweeter; peppermint is sharper. Either way, mint gives fragrances a lively, brisk quality that reads as alert and outdoorsy. Best used as an accent rather than a lead to avoid smelling like toothpaste.
Sicilian Lemon
Sicilian Lemon
The benchmark lemon in fine perfumery, cold-pressed from the skins of lemons grown on the Amalfi coast and in Sicily, with a vivid, almost luminous brightness. More complex than generic lemon: slightly floral, intensely fresh, with a depth that lifts entire compositions. The backbone of classic Italian colognes.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Lavender
Lavender
One of perfumery's most essential and beloved notes, clean, herbal, and slightly sweet with a calming, familiar quality that works in almost any context. Lavender is simultaneously the most versatile and the most human of ingredients: it appears in barbershop colognes, romantic florals, and sophisticated orientals alike. A note that simply works.
Cumin
Cumin
Warm, earthy, and slightly animalic, cumin is one of perfumery's most controversial spice notes because it has a distinctly body-heat quality. In small amounts it adds authentic warmth and depth; in larger doses it becomes sweaty and challenging. Used masterfully in masculine orientals and in Middle Eastern-inspired fragrances.
Coriander
Coriander
Warm, spicy, and faintly citrusy, coriander seed smells quite different from the green herb, with a dry, woody warmth and a slight floral quality. It adds a spiced, slightly exotic character to masculine fragrances without the sharpness of pepper or the sweetness of vanilla. A supporting spice note that adds complexity.
Ylang-Ylang
Ylang-Ylang
Magnolia
Magnolia
Creamy, lush, and faintly lemony, magnolia is a floral note with real presence, richer than peony but more accessible than jasmine. It has a velvety quality and a slight spice that stops it from being simply pretty. Used to add warmth and dimensionality to floral compositions.
Geranium
Geranium
Green, rosy, and slightly minty, geranium is one of perfumery's most useful ingredients, sitting at the intersection of floral, herbal, and green families. Rose geranium adds a natural, slightly ragged freshness to rose accords that synthetic rose can't match. It grounds floral compositions in something earthy and real.
Base · 3–12 hrs
Tobacco
Tobacco
Rich, sweet, slightly smoky and earthy, tobacco in perfumery is the idealized version: dried, cured, and faintly honeyed rather than ashy and stale. It adds a deep, contemplative warmth to oriental and woody fragrances. Tobacco fragrances feel settled and confident, the scent of someone who's entirely comfortable in their own skin.
Hay
Hay
Warm, sweet, and slightly smoky, the scent of dried grass and summer fields. Hay in perfumery reads as coumarin-adjacent: warm, powdery, and nostalgic, with an honest, agricultural quality that grounds sweeter notes. It adds the smell of the countryside to orientals and woods, making them feel warmer and more organic.
Cedar
Cedar
Patchouli
Patchouli
Dense, earthy, and darkly sweet, patchouli is the scent of damp soil and dried herbs with an almost chocolatey richness. It polarizes people because in high concentrations it's overwhelming, but as a supporting note it adds depth and longevity that almost nothing else can match. The backbone of countless oriental and chypre fragrances.
Civet
Civet
An animalic note with a raw, musky, slightly fecal quality that might sound unappealing but adds extraordinary depth and sensuality in small amounts. Natural civet is no longer used (it was obtained unethically); modern substitutes are kinder but similarly provocative. A hallmark of classic Chanel and Guerlain fragrances.
Liatris
Liatris
A North American wildflower also known as blazing star, with a distinctive soft, coumarin-like, and slightly honey-herbal character. Liatris adds a gentle, warm sweetness reminiscent of tonka bean and freshly cut hay. Rarely used alone, it typically appears as a supporting note in complex herbal and woody fougere compositions.
Who Wears ThisScent DNA matches
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The HomesteaderBest match81% match
Rooted, warm, and entirely self-sufficient.

Warm skin musks, sandalwood, soft cedar, clean vetiver. Grounding, intimate, unhurried.

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The Romantic81% match
Your fragrance is a love letter you never stop writing.

Warm roses, vanilla, amber, creamy musks. Soft, evolving, intimate.

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The Sensualist81% match
You fill the room without trying.

Warm, smooth, projecting. Leather, tobacco, dry amber, bold woods.

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Warm skin musks, sandalwood, soft cedar, clean vetiver. Grounding, intimate, unhurried.
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Scent Profile
soft spicy100%sweet75%anis75%fresh spicy75%tobacco75%
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Nicolai Parfumeur Createur Parfums De Nicolai Cuir Cuba Intense— Prices, Coupons & Buying Guide

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What does Nicolai Parfumeur Createur Parfums De Nicolai Cuir Cuba Intense smell like? +
Nicolai Parfumeur Createur is a niche French house known for refined, character-driven compositions that eschew mainstream trends. Founded by Patricia de Nicolaï, a fifth-generation perfumer, the house has built a reputation for distinctive fragrances that prioritize craftsmanship over commercial appeal. Cuir Cuba Intense opens with a licorice-forward top built on star anise and mint, brightened by Sicilian lemon and anchored by tobacco. The heart softens into lavender and cumin with floral depth from ylang-ylang and magnolia, creating an unexpectedly aromatic middle phase. The base is where the fragrance reveals its true character: tobacco and hay combine with cedar and patchouli, while civet adds a subtle animalic warmth that prevents the composition from feeling too refined. This is a fragrance for those seeking something genuinely unusual, not a safe skin scent. The licorice and anise opening is polarizing, but it settles into something more wearable as the spiced florals emerge. It works best in cooler weather and evening settings, where its herbal-tobacco-leather DNA can breathe without feeling oppressive. Cuir Cuba Intense suits The Homesteader, The Romantic, and The Sensualist.
What are the notes in Nicolai Parfumeur Createur Parfums De Nicolai Cuir Cuba Intense? +
Top: Licorice, Star Anise, Mint, Sicilian Lemon. Heart: Lavender, Cumin, Coriander, Ylang-Ylang, Magnolia, Geranium. Base: Tobacco, Hay, Cedar, Patchouli, Civet, Liatris.
What other fragrances smell like Nicolai Parfumeur Createur Parfums De Nicolai Cuir Cuba Intense? +
Based on shared notes, Nicolai Parfums De Nicolai Cuir Cuba Intense (Tobacco, Hay, Lavender, Cumin), Parfums de Marly Athénaïs (Cedar, Patchouli, Lavender, Geranium), Parfums de Marly Carios (Cedar, Patchouli, Lavender, Geranium), Parfums de Marly Castley (Cedar, Patchouli, Lavender, Geranium), Parfums de Marly Eragon (Cedar, Patchouli, Lavender, Geranium) may smell similar to Parfums De Nicolai Cuir Cuba Intense.
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Grey market retailers sell authentic fragrances sourced through unofficial distribution -- typically excess inventory from authorized distributors. The product is real and identical to retail. FragranceNet (est. 1997), Jomashop, and MaxAroma are well-established with millions of verified reviews.

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