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Journey Man 2014

Journey Man by Amouage
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Journey Man is a popular perfume by Amouage for men and was released in 2014. The scent is spicy-smoky. The longevity is above-average. It is being marketed by Sabco Group / Oman Perfumery.
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Main accords

Spicy
Smoky
Woody
Oriental
Resinous

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
Sichuan pepperSichuan pepper Bitter orangeBitter orange CardamomCardamom BergamotBergamot NeroliNeroli
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Juniper berryJuniper berry Frankincense resinFrankincense resin TobaccoTobacco GeraniolGeraniol
Base Notes Base Notes
CypriolCypriol AmbroxAmbrox LeatherLeather Tonka beanTonka bean

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8.1675 Ratings
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8.5584 Ratings
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8.0595 Ratings
Bottle
9.0571 Ratings
Value for money
6.7245 Ratings
Submitted by Freeestyler, last update on 22.03.2024.
Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the "Main" collection.

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Chizza

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Chizza
Chizza
Top Review 15  
Pepper or pepper, that is the question here
Mummy's smart boy, who I am, I bought Journey blind like so many fragrances before him, because not everyone learns. I imagined the strong one and the first test smelled like the result when I seasoned dishes: hopelessly too much pepper. At least not too much salt. Then I asked myself the question: would I like to smell like I eat spice? Actually no, but...

Yes, but, as I must confess by now. Of all the ingredients I can hardly smell anything in detail. The title Journey hits the mark, as one cannot help but travel to the place of the plant Szechuan. As I read, this is China. I imagine the story behind the scent like this: Alberto and Pierre were on a plane together, brainstorming on a new scent. Alberto had to make up for something, keyword Bvlgari Man Extreme or something. He only knew that he would put in Ambrox, leather and whatever else was going on. And then he'd buy some weird stuff from Amouage With Pierre at his side, the man had brought out the Interlude and could go crazy, that would be something!
But Alberto was torn from his daydreams: "Mayday, mayday, we're going to crash! Everyone to your parachutes!" Alberto and Pierre acted fast, the parachutes pulled off and off they went! Since the plane was not so high above the ground, the landing was hard despite the parachute. Both got knocked out and fainted. When they woke up, the air was shimmering, a bit musty and sharp. "You Alberto, where are we?", Pierre asked. "By chance there's a sign, we've landed in Sichuan and in a pepper plantation!"
"That smells... weird! Quick, fill up a sack before we go and get help! I can do that especially well with..." "Introduce the tonka bean," Alberto continued the sentence with a smile. Both laughed out loud and history was written
Actually Journey smells great in its own way. Biting pepper in scorching heat, the spicy juniper, incense fresh from the altar boy and the spicy cardamom, which makes the beginning so infernally hot, that's how you could describe Journey.
This is not a fragrance for everyone, you have to want to stand out or the wearer must not care. Only: who wears it? I didn't know for the life of me, I thought and was suddenly torn from my thoughts. "Mulberry leaf?" - "No thanks, Bud, no gum for me."
Now it was clear to me whose signature fragrance this could be and that the wearer and the fragrance could be described as uncompromising, tough, taciturn. And that some wearers even go so far as to buy Journey blind. And then, after several tests, to be really enthusiastic
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Noneya

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Noneya
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Journey - The journey to the precious treasures of the Orient
Journey was my personal ticket to the world of niche fragrances. It all started when I was looking for an alternative to my then 4 designer frags. I asked my followers on a platform for perfume suggestions. Quite a few designers were suggested to me again and just then Amouage Journey Man. The name alone was mysterious, the bottle even more extraordinary. So I read a lot on the World Wide Web and listened to various perfume reviews on YouTube. I was curious, so I started looking at the perfume boutiques I trusted. No one had this fragrance in stock! So I figured this fragrance must be rare - I still didn't want to blindly buy a bottle for that much money (Little Did I know...) so on a business trip to the US that winter, I ordered myself a 5 ml bottling. The first time wearing it was magical - the spices, the woods, the pepper and that sweetness - what a scent! My designer-accustomed nose was totally overwhelmed at first, and the first evening in the hotel room heard a pleasant, long-lasting sweetness on my wrist. I was impressed with this 12 hour longevity and continued to wear it tentatively for the following week as I only had this small bottling. Back in Germany, I started to look intensively into Amouage and a few months later got hold of sample after sample and gradually added several full bottles of Amouage to my collection (suddenly the price didn't seem high anymore - magic!). The presentation, the scent, the durability is really worth its price - majestic, noble, oriental, unique and enchanting - that's what I associate with Journey Man, as with some other perfumes from the house of Amouage - the enthusiasm does not tear off. :-)
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Amirdoust

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Amirdoust
Amirdoust
Helpful Review 7  
A Crowd-Pleasing Amouage
It seems as if Amouage is making changes in its perfume making strategy. Once its scents were very bold powerhouse masculines. Now, it seems that with the midnight flower collection and last year's Journey duo, Amoauge is trying to make polished scents that can be used as signature scents for the well dressed average (with a sense of style) consumer.
Now on to Journey....
Journey opens with a fresh yet spicy and smoky aroma. I say fresh because the the bergamot and neroli give it a fresh and a minute soapy edge and spicy because the sichuan pepper is the star of this fragrance. As time passes one is treated to a nice (yet repetitive and familiar) tobacco note that is paired with cardamon and incense. The base is relatively generic as it is composed of musk ,leather, and tonka beans.
From my review it may seem that I thought of Journey as an average fragrance, but that is not the case. It is a classical smelling fragrance (as if from the late 80's) done very very well. The projection is above average and so is longevity but is sub-par based upon Amouage's standards (which as I said is because Amouage is trying to make this mainstream and versatile and isn't necessarily a bad thing).
A good Amouage for even those who previously disliked this Omani brand's offerings.

BTW: It has a gorgeous bottle and the picture I took isn't doing justice to this beauty
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Fqjcior

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Fqjcior
Fqjcior
Very helpful Review 4  
Purely masculine.
“At first smell” Journey Man seems like a typical Amouage scent – having this woody-spicy and incense character. It is not the first time when the brand uses pepper, incense, musk, ambergris and lots more of other used in this recipe ingredients. It has to be admitted though that the Sichuan pepper essence smells stunningly beautiful, aromatic and vibrating here. Still the start-off would not be like it actually is if it was not for a quite big dose of cardamom, which in this amount appears for the second time in the Omani perfumes (previously, fans of this intense fragrance could be satisfied like that in 2010 when Opus IV was launched). This quite intense and ruthless pepper-cardamom start-off has been coated with a mix of bergamon and neroli. The heart incorporates vibrating molecules of juniper berries, which link the spicy pepper with dry-woody cypriol, smoky incense and strongly present note of tobacco. According to the list of notes we can find also here pure geraniol, subtle rose-smelling molecule that in nature appears, among others, in ripe tobacco (worth noting, cigarette manufactures use geraniol to scent their products). It is clear then that perfumers decided to strengthen and in a way to ripe the tobacco note by adding geraniol. These procedures that consist of mixing the natural aromatic essence with one or more aromatic molecules, which in fact are present in nature but in limited amounts, to strengthen chosen aspects of natural fragrance are quite common in modern perfumery. For the surprisingly strong note of tobacco we have to wait though. In my case it appeared after 3-4h after settling and when there is no more pepper and cardamom going on in the air and the smell itself starts to get more dry, rough and woody-incense. At this stage cypriol can be vividly smelled. This, as it turned out, became my favourite aromatic molecule responsible for this dry, powdery woody tones present in such smells like Opus VI by Pierre Negrin and Dora Arnaud and also Opus VII by Negrin and Alberto Morillas (the same duet that introduced Journey Man), Timbuktu by L’Artisan or deeply regretted Gucci Pour Homme. Nonetheless, Journey Man is partly penetrating similar olfactory regions as Michael Almairac’s perfume so I recommend this scent to all those keen on Gucci.

The base is quite characteristic, mixing sweet and bitter note of strengthen with geraniol tobacco with a characteristic dry and woody note of cypriol. Everything intensified by tonka, musk and ambrox. During the last stage Journey Man resembles some other perfume which I reviewed earlier but unfortunately I cannot recall the name now. Anyway, the smell gets masculine, elegant and intriguing. It is really good. With every next try I come to a conclusion that the tobacco note is the dark horse of the whole composition. The note has been put into the whole smell perfectly, so when it comes to the fore, it smells incredibly – realistically but not in the negative way of course, at the same time it is intriguing and sensual. Above all it is purely masculine.

The so called working parameters of the scent can be classified as very good. Sillage is very good. The smell as a whole is strong and vivid and during the first few hours projects around the bearer within a couple of meters and can be easily noticeable by interested environment. It has been 7 hours after I sprayed it onto me and I can still smell it quite vividly; the smell itself can last more than 12 hours.

I have no doubt that Journey Man is yet another great fragrance introduced by Amouage that is slowly becoming one of my favourites of this brand, right next to Opus VII and Interlude Man. Having it on me is a pure pleasure. It makes me feel really special. In fact that is the quintessence of this hobby…

main notes: Sichuan pepper, cardamon, bergamot, neroli, juniper berries, incense, geraniol, tobacco leaf, tonka, cypriol, leather, musc, ambrox

launched in: 2014

perfumer: Alberto Morillas/ Pierre Negrin
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Giggs1980

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Wandering far and wide.....
My very first real oriental fragrance that I bought was Journey by Amouage. This is also my first Amouage fragrance, which I have smelled.
He has not convinced me at the beginning.
But after about 2 hours I could not take my nose from the arm.
The tobacco becomes so soft and fine, as if I were in an oriental tobacco house far away from Europe.
And it's so portable. I love it with every breath. I had never smelled anything so spicy fine before.
I don't smell the bergamot at all. But it makes the fragrance the way it is. Unique, very very noble and wonderful.
This is a perfume for the seasoned man of the world.
I wear it in winter and autumn.
There he belongs.
The H/S is bombastic. But do not expect that you get compliments with the fragrance. He is just too special for that.
I also make the fragrance just for me on.
The bottle is also very beautiful and noble and belongs for me to the top ten of the most beautiful bottles.
I hope that this journey with Amouage still very very long.
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FragSlackerFragSlacker 8 months ago
I wanted to like this, but I can’t stand Ambroxan; it ruins ever fragrance that it touches. I wish houses would stop using it.
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HgscentHgscent 1 year ago
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Opening citrus, then pepper, spice and incense in the background, this is an amazing balanced scent that can be used for many occasions.
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BoBoChampBoBoChamp 2 years ago
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A gently leathery, dry, yet resinous oriental earthy-spicy Fall fragrance, with a rather pungent and peppery, citric spicy-green opening.
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PauloViegasPauloViegas 2 years ago
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Spicy, smoky, leathery tobacco.
Been there, done that... But not for this price.
Ouch!
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HajuvanaHajuvana 6 years ago
Probably the most mainstreamish masculine by Amouage & despite (or because of) that, I love it. Immaculate performance. Signature potential.
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