Strong cinnamon over a resinous, ambery base with saffron. Of course, there's no actual oud, but it's a lovely perfume, and quite different to the other MFK "ouds". After an hour this is leather. But not Tom Ford leather, this is realistic, worn Moroccan or Italian leather, like a bag bought from a souk that lasts for decades.

This has the same element of seeming "soaked" in sandalwood as the new essences line. I was very skeptical about this aging in barrels business but I have to admit that it does give a certain something to the scent. I'm not sure it's some wondrous new revelation, but it does give a nice creamy, rich base, which is sumptuous in a way you don't normally get. It's like sandalwood sings a baritone all the way through. This one smells sort of nutty, and more culinary than the original, and overall it's a bit more polite, though not much. An interesting digression from the OG, but not something I'd spend 500 euros on, not in a million years.

I've sampled three scents from Bertie's new brand and this is the least awful. So you can imagine, none of them have impressed me, but this one at least smells ok, whereas the others have been screechy, scratchy and cheap-smelling. This does smell cheap, and given BD's reputation for being the expert at rendering incense in various perfume guises, I'd expect something more original. It's a solid meh 🤷

Much more on the Montale side of the spectrum than the Amouage side if you know what I mean. Scratchy and lacking depth. Also, as this type of profile has been done to death, what's the point unless you have something new to offer. This certainly offers nothing new, just a cheap-smelling rehash of countless other perfumes.

Calone e stemone. Per me non ha nulla a che fare con Journey Woman. Questo profumo è economico e le sostanze chimiche aromatiche si distinguono immediatamente in modo riconoscibile. Un'esperienza molto deludente.

On my skin this smells exactly the same as Gold Man, which is my favourite Amouage perfume.

Molto simile a Sleight of Fern e in qualche modo simile a Beau de Jour. Troppo stucchevole per me, non è uno dei migliori Amouage. Bracken Woman è molto più interessante e audace.

Sulla carta, è come se Figment Woman si incrociasse con Synthetic Jungle. Molto acuto e verde, alto e psichedelico, un po' come potrebbe odorare la natura se fossi un cane, o una sorta di follia da film horror con triffidi. Non l'ho ancora indossato, ma probabilmente lo amerò quando lo farò. Sulla pelle, è meno folle (ma comunque folle). Ha quella caratteristica di Amouage di sembrare familiare molto rapidamente pur essendo unico. I fiori hanno più dolcezza e profondità per bilanciare il grido dell'apertura, e il cuoio assume un ruolo leggermente più secondario rispetto alla carta. È come una lettera d'amore ai classici fiori di cuoio verde, pur essendo molto moderno. Lo amo.

Smells exactly like any generic gourmandy amber or fake oud scent from cheap middle-eastern houses. It has no originality or edge, it just smells like cheap aroma-chemicals and caramel. Sort of like Xerjoff but with worse materials. It's a hate for me. Oh yes, it's just occurred to me that it smells like an even blander Milk by Commodity. If the Story of Your Life is "oh, a new release by a once-interesting niche house...could it be worth trying? No, it's boring and awful" then the name is appropriate.

Yogurt cremoso gourmand, molto più fruttato che floreale. Potrebbe facilmente risultare orribile se spruzzato eccessivamente, ma è una fragranza bellissima.