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Hope 2015

7.5 / 10 43 Ratings
A perfume by Agonist for women and men, released in 2015. The scent is woody-smoky. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Woody
Smoky
Spicy
Green
Resinous

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
JuniperJuniper Orange zestOrange zest Pink pepperPink pepper
Heart Notes Heart Notes
FrankincenseFrankincense CypressCypress CedarwoodCedarwood Black pepperBlack pepper ThymeThyme
Base Notes Base Notes
AmberAmber CypriolCypriol Candied orangeCandied orange VetiverVetiver
Ratings
Scent
7.543 Ratings
Longevity
7.834 Ratings
Sillage
6.936 Ratings
Bottle
7.842 Ratings
Submitted by Franfan20, last update on 08/09/2025.
Interesting Facts
The scent is the result of a collaboration with Swedish fashion brand Hope.

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Very helpful Review 8  
"Blondling" with Oranges
The fragrances from this brand that I have known so far have all been deep, dark, earthy, and heavy with incense.
I do enjoy these almost mysterious scent developments when amber and incense truly smoke and unleash their dark power!

Therefore, I am quite surprised at how bright and blonde the incense scent of "Hope" comes across; I already liked this in Linaris' "Fuoco Infernale."
"Blonde" incense has a certain lightness; it seems more ethereal than its dark relatives.
Now, in "Hope," this bright, yet still smoky incense meets orange aromas:
through their peel, it even comes across as slightly zesty at first.
Pink pepper provides a spicy foundation together with the needles and wood of juniper:
not quite suitable for the overly sensitive!
The opening is already quite powerful; it seems as if the Agonist scent devil has had a hand in this.
It seems that this will truly be a fantastic incense!
From its various scent pouches, this devilish scent magician conjures aromatic black pepper and herbal thyme: here, he also preserves a generously measured portion of bright incense.
All these ingredients go into a large bowl with fragrant cedar wood shavings; the cypress was brought by our scent devil from Tuscany! (There, its absence is least noticeable!)
The fire is ignited; the incense begins to smoke and envelops the previous aromas: no scent nuance, not the slightest detail is overlooked; all are embraced by the warm smoke!
Even now, inspiring energy spreads; this scent blend begins to vibrate softly.
It continues in a woody and smoky manner:
Cypriol, also known as Nagarmotha, is used in Indian medicine to promote male potency (and not just older men are said to rave about it).
It also proves quite stimulating to the senses here: everything seems to be in motion!
Vetiver also provides a certain earthiness in "Hope," before the magic of the smoke develops in light spirals towards its peak.
Amber also sets its golden lights here, and whoosh! another portion of candied orange lands in this spicy-smoky blend.
Thus, an amazing scent composition emerges, embedded in oranges!

In contrast to the mysterious dark scent beings of this brand, "Hope" remains bright and clear.
Perhaps this is part of its Nordic origin; which would be no surprise in this scent collaboration.
And yet, the longevity is surprising: "Hope" accompanies me with its magical smoke for several hours; it gradually becomes lighter and leaves behind only a fine trace of oranges at the end.

The variety of incense-laden fragrances has fascinated me for several years: as it does here!
"Hope" in the form of a bright scent spirit?
Why not? After all, hope has so many faces!
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This is really nice. It smells like burnt wood.
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Where candied oranges
Dive into amber
Brush through juniper bushes
Burning reddish glowing stuff
Balsamic from pine wood pipes
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Brilliant pyramid, but unfortunately too sweet and slightly fruity in reality. Objectively a successful incense alternative, but not for friends..
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Spicy wood & sweet resin, silver juniper sharpens, delicately fruity, smoky with a hint of bitterness. For "Baudelaire" fans.
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9
Frankincense with orange and cypriol. Unfortunately, not my thing. Category: sacred-synthetic. I wouldn't know when to wear it.
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5
Here all hope is lost. Terribly artificial-dirty rubbery ambroxan flanked by some pepper and diffuse woodiness. Quite nasty.
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5
Bitter fruit note, green variety, and bright, cool incense = just my thing.
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A campfire-smoked forest spirit stomps through the green-fruity underbrush, leaving a mysteriously spicy-animalic aura.
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"The production has apparently been discontinued" has caused some heartache. Not here. Too sweet, too synthetic, somewhat disrespectful.
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A rather pale woody-spicy incense scent without any edges. And it doesn't really want to be appealing either. Quite nice.
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