Bisch really does seem to be making the same perfume over and over again with slight tweaks. The difference here is it's cloyingly sweet alongside the usual Ganymede base.

Craaaazy perfume. This is as old-school as it gets. I got a miniature EDT from Vinted, and it's perfectly intact. Smokey, sweet, explosive, dirty and boozy. It reminds me of Tabu, not that it smells the same, but the style and effect of the perfume. Not sure I can pull it off outside my apartment (same as Tabu).

Crystal Saffron Extrait is already on sale at Dover Street Market in Paris. As if there needed to be a stronger version! Now I've tried it, and it's as expected, obnoxious chemical stench. It smells good but it's unwearably chemical and loud.

I didn't think I could love an Amouage more than I love Interlude Man, but this is it for me. Imitation Woman is spectacular. I normally can't stand blackcurrant in any guise in perfume, but this is some sort of addictive magic. And, it has distinct stages (three or four I reckon), all of which are as beautiful as each other. Stage one - floral psychadelia with minty blackcurrant Stage two - blackcurrant buds come to the fore with aldehydes and church incense wisping in and out Stage three - warm resinous incense with the sweetness of the initial florals coming back as a garnish Stage four - incense embers and smooth woods Incredible! Side note: this being for sale on Amouage website doesn't mean it's not being discontinued, they have to sell the remaining stock. They seem to be getting rid of all but the best selling perfumes from the Chris Chong era to focus on crowd-pleasers and expensive flankers. I'd say get this while it's there, as it is too weird and artistic to be retained by Monsieur Salmon with his anodyne commercial vision.

So, so sweet I feel like my teeth are going to fall out. The florals are very cloying with the sweetness. It's a struggle to get past this opening, but after a while the sweetness calms down and the ambrette becomes apparent, which is more pleasant. Barely perceptible "oud" that doesn't smell like oud. Meh, for this price (and for less) there are hundreds of other things that do this better, and I really hate the first 30 mins.

I agree with the below reviewer. There are many things in here. Given that there is no oud in this perfume (at least it certainly doesn't smell like it), and that this is therefore an oud accord, that one note will in fact be a combination of many woods, woody ambers, possibly patchouli, possibly cypriol, who knows, and I definitely agree that there's sandelwood too. If the brand insists there's oud, they must be doing a Guerlain, putting homeopathic amounts in so they can say it's there. It's not an oud perfume, it's a scratchy woody-amber perfume. It's not bad, but it's probably the least wearable of this collection I've come across (although I haven't smelled them all). It's a scratchy, screechy aroma-chemical soup, and certainly seems like an acquired taste to my nose. "I shouldn't say this but it's kind of a fake oud" - Pierre Negrin interview on Amouage's YouTube channel Update: 99% identical to Gucci Guilty Absolute, and 100% identical in the drydown.

Too sweet for me (sample kindly sent free of charge by MFK). They are really playing it safe nowadays. I can't remember the last time they released anything even slightly challenging. It's prestige blandness for people who aren't very into perfume. This one smells like a Xerjoff sugary oud nightmare with the oud part taken away.

À bin with a few days' worth of rotting apples and old flowers. On someone else I think this could work but my skin amps up the bin juice aspect.