# Opus XV – King Blue

**Brand:** Amouage · **Perfumer:** Alexis Grugeon, Hamid Merati\-Kashani · **Year:** 2023
**Rating:** 4.8 / 5 (5 ratings) · **Popularity:** #159

## Notes
**Top:** ブラックカラント, マンダリンオレンジ, ピンクペッパー
**Heart:** アンバー, オリバナム（乳香）
**Base:** 沈香（ウード）, レザー, オーク, パチョリ, サンダルウッド

## About Amouage
アムアージュは、オマーンで精巧に作られた豪華で洗練されたフレグランスで知られる高級香水ブランドである。それぞれの香りは、豊かな素材と伝統的な芸術性を融合させたユニークなストーリーを語り、目の肥えた人々にエレガンスと時代を超えた魅力を呼び起こします。

## Top reviews
- ★5/5 — Fall, Winter — Special — "Incensey and resiney. Strong and beautifu, but not for everyone."
- ★5/5 — "This is way better than people credit it for. Sadly though, it's like a slightly less magical Dead of Night (with no real oud unlike the strangelove), and as I own the latter, I don't need this. But if you want DON but would prefer to spend 500 euros instead of 1000 (LOL!) this could be the one. As another reviewer said, don't judge it by shoving your nose into it, as it doesn't do it justice."
- ★5/5 — Spring, Summer — "I loved Silver Oud but I fell in love with King Blue more because it’s more wearable and easy reach, it doesn’t need a certain kind of mood. It needs certain kind of clothes though or no clothes at all. Assam Oud in King Blue is not as brash as it is in its predecessor Silver Oud and the leather which is quite strong in it is utterly tame in King Blue. I adore this scent. It’s so addictive with it…"
- ★5/5 — Spring, Summer — "This absolutely stinks, but in a good way. performance is insane, can still smell it on my clothes the next day. smells very close to jubilation after the opening, as its settling you can smell something woody and fruity and that amber hits you. 8.3/10"
- ★4/5 — Fall, Winter — "King Blue has been described as one of the stinkiest and most animalic ouds on the mass market, but I’m not sure I agree. It’s definitely got a pungent brutality about it, the likes of which is unusually bold for what is becoming a very mainstream house - I think it’s great. It’s refreshing in a market full of boring rose-ouds which all smell the same. The note of oud here, which I’m assuming is j…"

## Related on Fragplace
- More by [Alexis Grugeon](https://fragplace.com/ja/perfumers/1324/alexis-grugeon.md)
- More by [Hamid Merati\-Kashani](https://fragplace.com/ja/perfumers/137/hamid-merati-kashani.md)
- More from [Amouage](https://fragplace.com/ja/brands/427/amouage.md)

---
Canonical: https://fragplace.com/ja/fragrances/35639/amouage/opus-xv-king-blue