Gucci’s 2011 warmer companion to Guilty Pour Homme by Jacques Huclier: lavender and coriander over orange blossom and amber.
At a glance
Guilty Intense Pour Homme is a 2011 eau de toilette by Gucci, composed by Jacques Huclier as a richer companion to Guilty Pour Homme. It is a woody aromatic: lavender, lemon and coriander over orange blossom and neroli, on a base of amber, cedar and patchouli.
It is no longer produced. It should not be confused with the new Guilty Pour Homme Eau de Toilette Intense of 2026, which is a different fragrance.
Creation and context
Fragrantica, Parfumo and The Scented Devil all date Guilty Intense Pour Homme to 2011, the same year as the original Guilty Pour Homme; Osmoz’s article on the original gives 2012. Fragrantica and The Scented Devil both credit Jacques Huclier of Givaudan, the perfumer of the original and of Thierry Mugler’s A*Men.
Gucci was then led by creative director Frida Giannini, and its fragrances were licensed to Procter & Gamble. Guilty had launched in 2010 with a Frank Miller film starring Evan Rachel Wood and Chris Evans, and the Pour Homme line followed in 2011 with the eau de toilette and this intense version. Fragrantica quotes the brand’s description of it as “provocative and a strong fragrance”, and lists it in 50 and 90 ml eau de toilette.
The Scented Devil describes it as Gucci’s more extroverted alternative to the quieter original, intended for evenings and cooler weather.
The composition
Gucci has not published the formula. The structure below uses only the materials that Fragrantica and Parfumo both list.
Fragrantica specifies Amalfi lemon, African orange flower and Virginia cedar, and files it as a woody aromatic; Parfumo’s community classifies it as sweet and woody. The Scented Devil explains the difference from the original: more amber and coriander, less of the transparent, slightly aquatic freshness, and less of the sweet ethyl maltol note, giving a thicker, more resinous and more traditional result.
Why it matters
Guilty Intense shows the standard way a designer house built a fragrance line in the 2010s: an eau de toilette and a stronger, darker variant launched together, followed by lighter and darker flankers. Its successors in the line include Guilty Black Pour Homme (2013) and Guilty Eau Pour Homme (2015).
The Scented Devil credits Huclier’s original Guilty Pour Homme with introducing a sweet ethyl maltol note into fresh aromatic fragrances, a style later taken up by Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s Amyris Homme and Paco Rabanne’s Invictus. Guilty Intense turned that sweetness down in favour of amber, and The Scented Devil suggests that its “intense” character was more about warmth than strength, which may explain why it never matched the original’s success.
Reformulation and editions
Guilty Intense Pour Homme was sold as an eau de toilette. Parfumo marks its production as apparently discontinued, and The Scented Devil reports that it survived the 2016 move of the Gucci licence from Procter & Gamble to Coty and was finally dropped in 2019.
In 2026 Gucci released a new Guilty Pour Homme Eau de Toilette Intense, listed by both Fragrantica and Parfumo. It is a separate composition with a salty, aquatic direction; Parfumo credits it to Paul Guerlain. Check the exact name and year before buying either, since the two share almost the same name.
Wearing it today
Expect a lavender, lemon and coriander opening, an orange-blossom heart, and a warm amber, cedar and patchouli base that is drier and less sweet than the original Guilty Pour Homme. Parfumo users rate its longevity and sillage as moderate.
It suits autumn and winter, evenings and the office. Because it is discontinued, buy from a reliable seller and check the box for “Intense” and the 2011-era packaging before paying a premium.