Opens sweet and spicy on my skin. Cinnamon, cardamom balanced with the balsamic cirtus of elemi. Almost smokey woods are balanced with rich smooth vanilla.
Quite a festive scent, very grown up and sophisticated. Warming and cosy.
Fresh bright and clean citrus with zingy ginger. I much prefer the ginger here to L'Immensitie. I do like L'Immensitie, however have to be in the mood for it as I find the ginger overwhelming.
The delicate and soapy white florals turn this into a very lovely shower gel almost, not to talk down the scent, but that's what it reminds me of. The fresh, green, and slight bitter tea balance the soapiness well. I can see why this is so popular.
It was impossible for me to grasp this perfume at first. The first time I smelled it I thought it was like bin juice/Promise (which I also didn't like but now do like), but I've learned that with perfume, especially Amouage perfume, I should always try again (bar anything that turns my stomach).
I've completely come around now, and I find this to be a majestic, spectacular journey, almost unparalleled anywhere in the world of perfumery. I can't have a favourite Amouage, as they are all so bold, and it's so dependent on my mood and many other factors, but I think this one is about as genius as you can get, and perfectly represents Christopher Chong's creative vision, and the harmonious, wonderful repeated collaboration between him and Karine Vinchon Spehner over the years. What a beautiful way to end an era.
My original review:
"There's a lot going on here.
The opening for me is coconut and basil shoved in your face/up the nostrils before quickly making way for some vomity, poopy rotting fruit, with shit loads of syrupy sugar.
It's an assault on the senses, bearing no resemblance to the advertised notes (except the grapefruit) and is more like a Xerjoff than an Amouage. Sickly."
So so wrong on all counts!
I feel ashamed for comparing this to a Xerjoff. I'm figuratively slapping my wrists, and literally cringeing as I reread what I wrote 😅
The opening of this puts me off. The almost sickly sweet apple and honey? is fitting within the scope of the scent, but it's almost like artificial candy. However once this passes, and the sweet is replaced with dry green, it's much more me.
The patchouli adds a spicy green note, and the spices add warmth and comfort. This alongside a lovely leather and rose, mixed with dry papyrus almost reminds me of the galbanum leather combination from Vilhelm's Morning Chess. The sweetness does remain, however the musky green spicy leather is more prominent.
For a fragrance branded as neutral, as much as I don't buy into gendered fragrances, i'd consider this classically feminine, and quite vintage at that.
That said, APOM operns with an almost aldehydic sweet floral bomb, mostly white, but some of the creaminess of yellow.
As it settles, the lavender starts to peek in, noticible but nothing like a masculine blue lavender.
Also coming through is a wave of musky powderiness which carries on throughout.
On my skin, the vanilla isn't overly noticible, and definitely leans cool toned.
A pretty fragrance, that if I had to put a face to, it would be a wealthy older woman.
This starts off as a citrus bomb and then settles into ginger and neroli.
This is a really nice Vanilla fragrance.
This was blind buy worth amongst many other blind buys that never disappointed. I don't only smell the coffee that comes out of this, I feel it by heart.
Powdery and fruity. Leans female. Give this one plenty of time to dry down. The oud smell like poop, until it dries down.
Incensey and resiney. Strong and beautifu, but not for everyone.
Spicy freshy, with beast mode performance.
This stuff is so good! You get a spicy creamy sweet lemon. Performance it amazin, 8 hours. Strong projection. The price is really good. Some may say that it smells synthetic, but I don’t think so.
This one is citrus at its best. You can expect the same performance out of it, as you would Bleu D Chanel Parfum.
Gorgeous and delicate smell. It’s fresh citrus and herbal. I get maybe 2 hours be needing to reapply. Very unfortunate that it doesn’t last long.
Very beautiful fragrance! Great performance, 12 hours. Love the way the honey comes through. It has a touch of citrus and cinnamon. It’s heavy, yet light. I feel it was crafted beautifully. You can tell how good the ingredients are when you smell it.
To me, Torino 22 smelled good, but is more of a skin scent. It seems 2 dimensional, being that you get a mild eucalyptus and saffron smell. Kinda reminds me of BR540. I had to rea it after 4 hours. Would say that it’s mild perfomance makes it over priced for what it is.
Nice citrus floral fragrance. Overall it’s a nice scent. Grapefruit on the opening and florals thru the mid is great. It dries down to a nice woody scent. Longevity is 4-6 hrs, sillage is ok but definitely not a room filler. Cool easy reach for the spring and summer. Bottle with the gold flakes is a nice gimmick. I would give this about 6.5 due to the price but it’s a solid fragrance.
I mean it’s pretty good just feel you can get something better
I love it.
So good so nice
It’s a nice green and citrusy smell which sits nice on the skin. It does not project as much as I would like, but it does last a good 6-8 hours on skin. It‘s an easy reach for a chill and fresh scent, but I tend to reach for others over this. It’s an overall nice scent, but I would recommend spending your money elsewhere on others that do it better like LV Pacific Chill.
Un parfum superb, atât sticla cat și mirosul. Este un parfum fresh, cu bomboane, vanilat, ideal pentru vară. Persistenta pana la 2-3 ore pe piele, și până la 4 ore pe haine. Siaj nu foarte puternic. Raport calitate pret este incredibil. Singura chestie care îmi displace este ca, după vreo 2-3 ore eu nu l mai simt deloc.
This has been hyped everywhere and it’s a nice honey, floral little bit dusty and polleny. It’s pleasant but there are better florals out there for quarter of the price, namely Zara elegantly Tokyo which also has jasmine and a woody base. This is blended well but can be quite heady and yellow honey florals are not my thing. Scent 7/10
First some minutes it’s pure pineapple. then it melts down to more woody but calm scent. Do I like it? Yes I do. Will i recommend it and buy again? I don’t think so.
