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11/20/2019
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The name Amouage didn't mean anything to me with my until some time ago still very limited scent horizon. High priced fragrances were always out of reach for me and still are today And my interest in fragrances, which I can basically not afford, was accordingly also rather low.
But there are Parfumo and many dear members who help to expand the fragrance horizon bit by bit.
And so I got the opportunity to get to know the one or other scent of Amouage from time to time But I confess in my sincere way that the first experiences with Amouage fragrances were rather sobering.
I tried some men's fragrances and was quite disappointed. They all seemed to me very overloaded, very strongly spiced and very dense, thick almost to cut. Unacceptable for me.
Plus ingredients that I don't really get along with anyway. Oud, leather, smoke, animal kingdom. And in a potentised dose, so it seemed. That's exactly the right thing for me oud-leather-animalik-memme, namely to run away...
But as with so many things, there are exceptions. And if these notes fade into the background in a nice way and don't annoy me, then I even find fragrances in this direction very exciting and wearable.
So Epic Woman came to me and I became more and more friends with the fragrance. But the scent didn't make it easy for me either The prelude made me shy away from the start, because it was quite sharp and sharp on me. Cumin and a good portion of pepper. That in connection with smoke and many spices. At first the whole thing seems to me quite cool and repellent.
This difficult top note also lasts quite long until a nice spice is gradually introduced into the fragrance, a little floral also mixes in and softens the abrupt start. From this moment on, the fragrance becomes very pleasant for me. The sharp top note recedes and the scent doesn't challenge me as much as it did at the beginning.
Normally a fragrance is finished for me if it has not opened up to me within a certain period of time. But I also know by now that there are complex scents, where patience and effort are worthwhile.
The basis for which you really have to wait a long time is then for me the most beautiful phase of all. The fragrance has become quiet and is now still warm and spicy, balsamic and almost delicious. I can't get my nose away from the scented place anymore. It is altogether difficult to smell individual notes. Here everything was very closely and skilfully interwoven.
The name Epic is very cleverly chosen here, because the durability and flow are of almost epic width. I have rarely experienced such a persistent fragrance as this among modern appearances. Only the great vintage treasures, many of which have unfortunately already gone under, can do this. 15 hours is nothing at all, on clothes you still have something of the delicious base for days.
Now it turned out that I could test and compare two different versions of Epic Woman.
On the one hand, it is a bottling of the unreformulated version, which shines in all its glory and opulence, and a bottle of the current version, which a dear customer lent me for a while.
Oh, there are differences The current version is more tamed, milder, quieter and less cuddly at the beginning. It's balsamic-spicy much faster than the older version, but loses stamina and sillage.
I'm just a little torn up about what I'm supposed to find better. The long wait for the dreamlike beautiful base, so to speak as a reward, or the faster emergence of the same and the faster fading of the fragrance.
I think I'm leaning towards the former
But in conclusion, I would like to admit frankly and openly that the Amouage brand remains challenging and difficult for me. But at least I could see for myself that I like the Amouage ladies' department much better than the men's department.
Whether a fragrance from Amouage will ever actually move in with me, I don't know yet. But Epic Woman has what it takes. In the older version.
Because Epic Woman works great on men. The flacon in the dark green is a beautiful eye-catcher.
Many thanks to Renata, who made it possible for me to get to know her!
But there are Parfumo and many dear members who help to expand the fragrance horizon bit by bit.
And so I got the opportunity to get to know the one or other scent of Amouage from time to time But I confess in my sincere way that the first experiences with Amouage fragrances were rather sobering.
I tried some men's fragrances and was quite disappointed. They all seemed to me very overloaded, very strongly spiced and very dense, thick almost to cut. Unacceptable for me.
Plus ingredients that I don't really get along with anyway. Oud, leather, smoke, animal kingdom. And in a potentised dose, so it seemed. That's exactly the right thing for me oud-leather-animalik-memme, namely to run away...
But as with so many things, there are exceptions. And if these notes fade into the background in a nice way and don't annoy me, then I even find fragrances in this direction very exciting and wearable.
So Epic Woman came to me and I became more and more friends with the fragrance. But the scent didn't make it easy for me either The prelude made me shy away from the start, because it was quite sharp and sharp on me. Cumin and a good portion of pepper. That in connection with smoke and many spices. At first the whole thing seems to me quite cool and repellent.
This difficult top note also lasts quite long until a nice spice is gradually introduced into the fragrance, a little floral also mixes in and softens the abrupt start. From this moment on, the fragrance becomes very pleasant for me. The sharp top note recedes and the scent doesn't challenge me as much as it did at the beginning.
Normally a fragrance is finished for me if it has not opened up to me within a certain period of time. But I also know by now that there are complex scents, where patience and effort are worthwhile.
The basis for which you really have to wait a long time is then for me the most beautiful phase of all. The fragrance has become quiet and is now still warm and spicy, balsamic and almost delicious. I can't get my nose away from the scented place anymore. It is altogether difficult to smell individual notes. Here everything was very closely and skilfully interwoven.
The name Epic is very cleverly chosen here, because the durability and flow are of almost epic width. I have rarely experienced such a persistent fragrance as this among modern appearances. Only the great vintage treasures, many of which have unfortunately already gone under, can do this. 15 hours is nothing at all, on clothes you still have something of the delicious base for days.
Now it turned out that I could test and compare two different versions of Epic Woman.
On the one hand, it is a bottling of the unreformulated version, which shines in all its glory and opulence, and a bottle of the current version, which a dear customer lent me for a while.
Oh, there are differences The current version is more tamed, milder, quieter and less cuddly at the beginning. It's balsamic-spicy much faster than the older version, but loses stamina and sillage.
I'm just a little torn up about what I'm supposed to find better. The long wait for the dreamlike beautiful base, so to speak as a reward, or the faster emergence of the same and the faster fading of the fragrance.
I think I'm leaning towards the former
But in conclusion, I would like to admit frankly and openly that the Amouage brand remains challenging and difficult for me. But at least I could see for myself that I like the Amouage ladies' department much better than the men's department.
Whether a fragrance from Amouage will ever actually move in with me, I don't know yet. But Epic Woman has what it takes. In the older version.
Because Epic Woman works great on men. The flacon in the dark green is a beautiful eye-catcher.
Many thanks to Renata, who made it possible for me to get to know her!
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