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Imitation Woman Amouage 2018

7.6 / 10 224 Ratings

A popular perfume by Amouage for women, released in 2018. The scent is floral-fruity. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is being marketed by Sabco Group / Oman Perfumery.
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Main accords

Floral

Fruity

Sweet

Spicy

Green

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Orange blossom Rose

Rose

Ylang-ylang Jasmine

Jasmine

Heart Notes

Blackcurrant bud

Aldehydes

Liquorice

Base Notes

Frankincense

Patchouli

Sandalwood

Perfumer

Pierre Negrin

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Scent

7.6224 Ratings

Longevity

8.5191 Ratings

Sillage

8.1192 Ratings

Bottle

8.9196 Ratings

Value for money

7.192 Ratings

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6 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/26/2025

10Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Chrysoptera
105 Reviews

Chrysoptera

Helpful Review 4

Zany joy

Imitation Woman is giddy, almost unhinged genius, like a virtuoso jazz performance. This fragrance is composed of notes that ought to be discordant but work together beautifully. The opening is all orange blossom and candy ylang ylang. Then blackcurrant, powdery soapiness, and black licorice make strange and lovely harmony. Then in creep the sandalwood, frankincense, and patchouli. The top and heart notes continue to flicker off and on over the base. I have so far found many Amouage fragrances easy to love, and despite her strangeness, Imitation Woman is one of them. Fascinating and easy to love. Wowza.

06/26/2024

9Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

Ninamariah
311 Reviews

Ninamariah

Helpful Review 4

Underrated Amouage

AMOUAGE Imitation Woman
Pierre Negrin 2018
Unisex imo
“Life Imitates art”

Like this fascinating bottle the scent itself as well is neon colored and a chameleon. It sounds strange but after smelling the scent the term makes sense. First of all the scent is very unique and different than all other Amouages. Secondly the combination of notes is very interesting.

White ORANGE BLOSSOM, JASMINE and ROSES in the opening are surrounded with captivating mix of BLACK CURRANT BUDS which is not juicy (it’s not the fruit itself, it’s buds!), ALDEHYDES which is not soapy or frosted, and LICORICE which is not sweet neither Anis. YLANG-YLANG in the opening is not tropical like sweet or sour. Nothing in this scent can’t be imagined with the list of notes. It’s one of the most difficult to put into the words.

All the notes are somewhat abstract and something which you haven’t experienced before. The result is vivid, a little bit vinyl like but not synthetic, nor cloying. It’s very enchanting, it’s airy enough yet vibrant without being sticky or headache-inducing. After wearing it a couple of times you will notice that it’s astoundingly wearable, versatile and charming yet totally unique. The drydown is heavenly and polished , even intoxicating, with SANDALWOOD, PATCHOULI and INSENCE while all the other notes stay there until the end creating this magical concoction.

This scent is called as Chypre Floral in many places which it is not. I don’t know why so many scents are called as “Chypre” nowadays without its characteristic note pyramid.

Men’s counterpart Imitation Man is not for me. It’s very artistic but too plastic imo. Definitely worth to try though. EDIT: In love with that one too! The review will follow.

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06/01/2018

9Scent 9Longevity 6Sillage

First
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A Shell Game

I believe everyone knows these shell game players who skillfully move small, hollow cones in public places while the audience has to guess under which cone the ball is. The clever shell game players mostly refrain from using their tricks at first and let the crowd believe that guessing is quite simple, as the ball is often under the shell where one would expect it. This makes one tempted to join in. But beware - as soon as you do, the shell game player employs their tricks, and the ball is suddenly never where you expected it with considerable certainty.

Imitation Woman is a brilliant shell game player who pulls out all the stops.

It starts with the fact that under the top note cone, there are not the expected flowers listed in the pyramid, but an impressive blackcurrant bush and something musty that reminds me of the somewhat stinky scent of certain composite flowers when you get your nose very close. Uff, I thought spontaneously, this will not be another Amouage favorite of mine. The blackcurrant is present in bloom, leaf, and fruit simultaneously, and indeed, I notice for the first time that this scent of blackcurrant bushes has a similarity to licorice. I find that interesting and am nonetheless glad that the licorice hints remain in the background. Gradually, as if moved by a ghostly hand, the mustiness slowly moderates, and I sense something floral.

The floral note becomes stronger, and after about 2 hours, I smell a rich, intense floral scent that strangely I cannot assign to any specific flower. But one thing becomes clear: here we have the heart note cone, under which the shell game player skillfully conjures up the lush bouquet described as the "top note." Now I begin to like the scent more and more. That I cannot really name the flowers individually, I attribute to aldehydes, which gently and radiantly give the scent class and a hint of nostalgia for elegant yet cheerful ladies' perfumes from the 1970s. Nevertheless, Imitation does not come across as a classic or even outdated, as a honey sweetness gradually joins in, which was not found in fragrances back then. There is still a trace of the blackcurrant bush, which gives it a certain bitterness. The aldehydic floral cornucopia under the heart note shell also receives a hint of cinnamon, which I find extremely pleasant. The shell game player has completely confused me: should I learn to love this scent so much that I would like to wear it more often?

Surprise! The base note cone also does not contain what was expected: instead of incense and sandalwood, I detect tonka, a bit of musk, and more honey with cinnamon. The musk feels like the musk from the 70s, but not the variant that reminds one of hairspray, rather one with a hint of "Wild Love" by Nerval. It is one of the few musk notes that I like all around. The mustiness has completely disappeared, and the blackcurrant bush is now hardly noticeable, let alone the licorice.
Every now and then, brilliant flowers still flash through. Only as expected does a fine and subtle note of patchouli make itself known.

Barely 2 hours of stinky undertone next to impressive blackcurrant seems, in light of well over 10 hours of dreamy, brilliant flowers and wonderfully soft honey-tonka-musk-cinnamon-patchouli base, suddenly somewhat insignificant.

Kudos, this shell game has it all: one no longer knows where the top note stands and whether the heart note is in the right place. After this clever twist of swapping the two, one thinks, at least under the third shell, it can only be what was expected - but think again!
Fascinating and shimmering like its bottle, this magic has now captivated me, and I play again and again.

I thank Frlsmilla for the sharing, not without issuing a warning: Beware, shell games can be addictive!

12/16/2018

10Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Shahar
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Shahar

Top Review 57

"The Laws of Imitation"

The English word 'imitation' is ambiguous and, moreover, imprecise. It is not to be equated with 'imitation' in the sense of 'fake'; it can also mean 'copy' or 'inspiration'.
So Amouage is being discreet and mysterious with this name. And they have primarily thought about whether the word itself has a nice sound (which was not the case with 'Bräkkn', 'Müffs', or 'Fikmänt').
The concept of the fragrance once again walks completely independent paths; somehow, Amouage seems to have no desire for a corporate philosophy as a company: neither do the perfumes have to be oriental or reveal their geographical origin, nor do they have a consistent signature or motto. While "Lilac Love" and "Love Tuberose" convey the impression of pleasantness as a standard, since "Beach Hut," "Bracken," and the unspeakable "Myths," one knows that creative perfumers can simply let loose. There is no other explanation for it!
When you line up the last six released Amouage perfumes, it almost borders on reckless abandon what Amouage allows itself.
As a mundane business economist, I find this strategically very bold and positive. But it is also in the nature of most people to not find so much change appealing and to grumble that the "new" Amouages are not "real" Amouages at all.
For people like me, this is a stroke of luck - none of the "old" ones would have ever made it to my collection.
Precisely for this reason, I ordered a decant of IMITATION: the dismal rating of 6.7 seemed to hold the greatest potential for surprise.
I already have a 'safe compliment catcher scent' for people who don't want to step on anyone's toes: LILAC LOVE. It's so mass-compatible that I always feel a bit ashamed to wear it.
IMITATION is certainly not mass-compatible! Imitation has nothing to do with 'fake' - I have never smelled anything like it. It does not shock like "Myths" or the burnt-out Indian beach hut, and it is not as austere as "Bracken," yet it polarizes more than it should please.
With "Blossom Love," Amouage already showed that they are not afraid of cheap chewing gum notes. What is cheesy there is a sour-fruity chewy candy note in IMITATION. A very ambivalent note: on one hand, you can actually recognize a natural black currant that is still half green (berry, NOT flower!), on the other hand, it has a hint of Klostein: artificial, squeaky, inedible. The licorice has partially fallen out of the Katjes bag.
The scent starts with the volume of a starting airplane: the 3 K - chewy candy, Klostein, and Katjes dominate the heart notes; none of the listed top notes are perceivable. Perhaps rose, ylang, jasmine, and orange blossoms are included - who knows? Aldehydes give it a proletarian twist.
In our youth, there has been a widespread party custom: you soak several bags of sour apple rings in vodka, and that gets eaten. If it is not all eaten, after 24 hours, a uniform, toxic green, sweet-sour jelly forms. There are people who are crazy about it, and I have always been convinced: anyone who likes that is not quite right in the head.
Now the heart note in the sillage is an exact copy of this jelly, which I find really cool, and now the question is: WHAT am I if I want to smell like this??
I also do not find the listed base notes; the jelly note becomes darker-fruity, more mature, and sweet in a nobler way (= not proletarian) over time, the Klostein disappears, and you can no longer catch and kill fruit flies with the scent.
The vanished top notes can now be guessed and save their reputation with stubborn longevity.
Phew. Let’s start again! I find it INCREDIBLY GREAT! But I also belong to the people who have no problem annoying others. This may distort my judgment. Imitation is sheer olfactory harassment and the opposite of sexy. (I thought so, but EVERY man I asked in my circle hates the stuff)
Still, I imagine it would be great to wear this winter scent in a fully packed bus with closed windows. That would be the perfect revenge for all the stinky things I had to endure. (the high summer version already exists with Coeur du Desert).
Or to wear it in the office for a week...
Or to force my husband to endure a romantic evening with me and this scent!
I’m sure I can think of more nasty things; I really like IMITATION and its penetrance suits me. Imitation is young, cheeky, fussy, and impertinent. To wear it, you need strong nerves, courage, and a very elegant appearance (which masks the loudmouth effect).
And it is ONLY for women. Absolute no-go zone for men! Or to put it in the sensitive words of my husband: “Don’t spray that devil stuff on me! I’ll surely lose my balls!”
Nothing beats a romantic closing word!

PS: When I have the bottle, I will place it on one of my favorite books ("The Laws of Imitation" by Gabriel Tarde) and take a nice photo of the two.

11/18/2021

9.5Scent 10Longevity 9Sillage

Alilove
30 Reviews

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Alilove

Very helpful Review 10

The Night as a Seductress; A Time Travel to the 70s.

"And now, out into the night and after the adventure." whispers this incredibly mysterious fragrance to all interested parties and wearers. According to the creator Christopher Chang, it is meant to reflect the exuberant multicultural era of the 70s and capture the glowing energy that prevailed in his hometown of New York.
It was inspired by the wild happenings at the legendary Studio 54, where diverse lifestyles and cultures collided. A new disco revolution was brought to life.
We are dealing here with a timeless, colorful, demanding, and multifaceted fragrance. Its character is dazzling, yet not transparent and easy to handle; nevertheless, it captivates everyone around with its mystically wicked aura and playful provocation.
"Imitation Woman" starts with a initially zesty, refreshing tart blackcurrant, which, however, gains more ripeness and depth over time, becoming sweeter and fuller-bodied, like blood-red ripe wine, ripe fruit, and carries a veil of magical eroticism through fine licorice nuances, thus appearing directly as an insatiable seductress. Delicate white flowers skillfully sneak in, ensuring that the fragrance remains interesting and does not drift into the ordinary. Aldehydes evoke 70s associations and the typical vintage touch, without coming off as old-fashioned or dusty.
Sandalwood brings to mind wooden furniture from the 70s. Patchouli and incense rekindle memories of hippie incense sticks, old club chairs, worn leather sofas, smoke clouds, spilled mixed drinks in rundown discos, where people celebrated exuberantly and unrestrained until dawn.
Rarely have I smelled such an exciting and thrilling fragrance that cannot be compared to any other. The fragrance veil makes the wearer appear even more mysterious and ensures "head-turner" moments.
Definitely not for everyone and clearly intended for the evening/night (the moon is on your side;) ) and not for every day.
For me, it is also absolutely unisex, and just as erotic and attractive on a man.

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Diseasewitch

1 year ago

8Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Like a sophisticated bag of not-too-sweet peach rings with a hint of licorice and a grounded base. Familiar yet unique. Beautiful!

Evannell

1 year ago

7.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Strong jasmine, blackcurrant leaves. Would be nice to layer this with some basic leather scent. Nothing in common with the man version.

Sweetsmell75

7 years ago

9Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Don't be so strict now ;)
Once you get past the opening, it becomes
a nectar-sweet floral dance with a mint topping!
*woody-creamy-beautiful*

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Jumi

7 years ago

5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Drama, baby! Jasmine is hysterically crying after rival O-Blüte made the stage slippery with soap. Meanwhile, Joha-berry is stealing the show.

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Verbena

7 years ago

6.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

A lollipop flies, licked, into the bushes. The cat hisses. Rain steals the sweetness from the children's party. A clown cries. The party is over.

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Rieke2021

2 years ago

8.5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

After a tart juniper start, an aldehyde-fresh, opulent vintage floral scent. Slightly sweet + soapy. In the dry down, hippie vibes with patch + smoke. Sexy.

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Pluto

4 years ago

8Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Starts with Badedas (I like it) then green, scratchy blackcurrant...later licorice sweetness...believe me, it works...I wouldn't have thought so.

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Melody

7 years ago

10Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Dark fruit kissed by delicate spicy mint scent
wrapped in roses
sinks to the earth
mildly resinous, finely woody, speckled with fruit
dreamy beautiful

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