Amberwood, from Clive Christian was released in 2022. The perfumer behind this creation is unknown. It has the top notes of Angelica, Bergamot, Pink Pepper, and Sage, middle notes of Helvetolide, Patchouli, Tobacco, and Woody Notes, and base notes of Agarwood (Oud), Ambroxan, Cashmere wood, Cypriol Oil or Nagarmotha, Labdanum, Musk, Orris Root, Sage, Tonka Bean, and Vanilla.
Amberwood is interesting, I’m having trouble deciding whether I like it or not. One things for sure though, Clive Christian are taking the piss with the price for a scent like this. It’s almost painfully boring, annoyingly simple and a little scratchy at that too. With a name like Amberwood, you’d be just as surprised as I was to smell no relevance to Amber whatsoever. It’s a sort of aromatic woody scent, with an overwhelming synthetic muskiness blanketing over everything. Sage sticks out to me, with its dry, slightly green qualities complimenting the array of synthetic musks and woods fairly well. To be honest it does smell pleasant, but it also smells cheap. I had a similar issue with Rock Rose, for a £500 fragrance you want to smell like royalty, where as this will have you smelling like Superdrug instead. Why would they market such a cheap and basic smelling scent as luxury? We may never know.