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Lyric Woman Amouage 2008 Eau de Parfum

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A popular perfume by Amouage for women, released in 2008. The scent is floral-spicy. The longevity is above-average. It is being marketed by Sabco Group / Oman Perfumery.
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Main accords

Floral

Spicy

Oriental

Woody

Powdery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Cardamom

Cinnamon

Bergamot

Ginger

Heart Notes

Rose

Geranium

Iris

Jasmine sambac

Ylang-ylang

Angelica

Base Notes

Frankincense Musk

Musk

Oakmoss

Patchouli

Sandalwood

Tonka bean Vanilla

Vanilla

Woods

Vetiver

Perfumer

Daniel Maurel

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Ratings

Scent

8.0552 Ratings

Longevity

8.4442 Ratings

Sillage

7.5441 Ratings

Bottle

8.6414 Ratings

Value for money

6.1109 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 06/24/2025.

Interesting Facts

According to Christopher Chong, creative director of Amouage, the beautiful, unconventional voice of Maria Callas was the inspiration for this fragrance. One would have tried to capture her entire spectrum, from innocence to dramatic tragedy. The most important thing is to preserve the poetic nature of the scent while creating a chord that evolves with dramatic force, which is achieved through the juxtaposition of rose and angelica.

The fragrance is part of the "Main" collection.

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Reviews

14 in-depth fragrance descriptions

06/19/2014

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

Top Review 14

new role

Rose is a flower in the same way that sandalwood is a wood, and vanilla is a spice. Each is so definitive of its category, that it supersedes the classification. With this star quality rose tends to be difficult to hide. The only reason this predicament isn't a problem is that nobody wants to hide the rose.

But if you are a perfumer, there is another nagging problem with the rose: the Beauty Dilemma. The scent of rose is beautiful. So what? What do you do with it? After the the soliflor, the rose chypre, the bouquet, the amber-rose, the rose-oud, the thorny rose--what do you do? Lyric Woman finds a new role for rose and it's not just the same schtick with a different costume and a new score. Rose isn't the star. In Lyric, rose is the narrator.

Lyric has an awful lot packed into it, yet it doesn't come off as overburdened. The Rose serves to temper the experience from the fireworks of bergamot in the topnotes through the spicy heart to the resinous-rose finale. The rose mediates the huge cast of other notes, and the perfume feels lighter than you would expect. No less potent, just not so demanding. The basenotes are a pleasant surprise. The rose-frankincense pairing apparent from the very start of the perfume remains to the end, but there's a savory, nutty quality as well that suggests sandalwood or saffron. Exciting ride, soft landing.

From a land of a multi-millennial tradition of rose-incense pairings come this little twist. We've seen all the ingredients before, but it's a new recipe.

from scenthurdle.com

02/20/2012

10
Sillage 10
Longevity 8
Scent

Sherapop
1239 Reviews

Sherapop

8

A Perfect Signature Scent for Anna Nicole Smith

When former pole dancer Anna Nicole Smith's monthly income leapt from $240 to $50K, she was probably looking for something to fill the role played up to that point in her life by Dana TABU, and Amouage LYRIC WOMAN would have done quite nicely. Alas, it was produced in 2008, fourteen years after her marriage and, may she rest in peace, one year after her tragic passing.

I mean disrespect neither to Anna Nicole nor to Amouage in saying this, for LYRIC WOMAN is one sizzling number, both sumptuous and powerfully seductive at the same time. There is definitely a touch of the je ne sais quoi that only TABU provides, and it's nice to know that upwardly mobile wild and crazy gals are not *required* to don aldehyde bombs such as no. 5 and the like.

LYRIC offers deep velvety, blackish-red roses amidst enough oriental components to make the composition something of an exotic dream complete with smoky dens of ill-repute. This is a marvelous perfume, and should my income ever skyrocket to $50K per month, I might well don it now and then too!

01/30/2012

7.5
Bottle 10
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 10
Scent

Lola82
361 Reviews

Lola82

Helpful Review 7

Amouage Amore

Circa 1928 a Brothal/cafe in a fictional
district seedy rundown with Chinese lattices made of dark Burgandy torn velvet curtians make by yester years
Cigerette Burns' Cats Roaming around
Black lacqaured beaded curtian hangs
overdoor murky brown red with white flowers wallpaper over the walls
Red lights Dimmly gives a sensual
intrigue that you can't Dechipher Questioning yourself what is this is this a dream of a reality

Old men Smoking Opium Fat Barmaids laughing with the customers. A place Artists Washed up actors Actresses
Authors Transvestites Bums degenerates The Lowest of the Low And discuss things that will make the Puritans
or any decent Church goer to shock.
you walk across the hallway and come to a room where everything Goes Origies
Drinking Opium the Beautiful people people are there drugs A silent Black and white Movie projecting on the screen Featuring Theda Bara also known
Arab Death. with her Black Bulging eyes
Glaring opan your soul
and Next to you is an actor of your wildest dreams Tony Leung as the charactor from the movie L'Amant (The Lovers)
Next the You.
This is not a Good girl Perfume
This will make Velma Kelly a Saint
If you want to be sexy or be a little naughty This is it.

04/01/2016

6
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

MasterLi
375 Reviews

MasterLi

Helpful Review 5

A masterfully composed... beautifully made fragrance.

Now, first of all, this is a perfume with a spectacular composition. If we listed all the notes here, you would think that it would be too much. A spicy rose, with cardamom, incense, vanilla, cinnamon, tonka bean & sandalwood. I can't detect all the other notes but I know that they are present. There is also a burst of bergamot and something light. However what is incredible about this composition, is that it remains light. It remains sheer, not heavy, too cloying, or overwhelming.

I think Amouage Lyric Woman is a truly beautiful fragrance. Often we get tired of the note of Rose in many perfumes, but again this house has managed to surprise me. A rose with a host of other players, perfectly blended in with them. The rose is not dominant, but it "accentuates" the other notes, and lets them shine individually. I admire this fragrance very much.

Even though it is marketed as female, I enjoy wearing it, and actually find it extremely unisex. It's a dark, intriguing fragrance, it's very "grown up" and sophisticated to my nose. It would wear equally well on a man or on a woman. It's expensive, so get a sample or decant first. I think you'll be surprised by how well blended this one is. Very good.

06/27/2024

Ninamariah
249 Reviews

Ninamariah

3

The review of the new formula and comparing it with old one

I’m totally in love with this scent. I don’t know how to put this into the words but this is absolutely gorgeous. I never believed that I can adore so much as spicy scent as this is: Cinnamon and Cardamom with Ginger are detectable not only in the opening but remain beautifully even in the dry down. That blend is intoxicating, very oriental like is the note of the rose. It’s not traditional fresh rose or sweet “jammy” rose, it’s dark and spicy and challenging to detect. If you don’t like roses, you can still like this. All notes here are somewhat unusual. Sandalwood is dominant note (on my skin) from the compex perfectly blended base and it’s as well spicy - everything in this scent is covered with spices.

My bottle is quite new batch and straight away after I got the bottle in my hands I was spraying this 10 times in the air and it took two months to start to perform well. I’m more than curious to try the original batch some day but on the other hand this is amazing and I don’t want to ruin my love for this. I think the main differences are the way how Oakmoss and Musk perform in the base. The scent doesn’t feel out dated but it’s delightfully different than all the scents released during last years. (Got an old formula and comparing them below.)

This is a big ️

Top: Bergamot, Spicy Cardamom, Cinnamon, Ginger

Heart: Rose, Angelica, Jasmine, Ylang-ylang, Geranium, Orris

Base: Oakmoss, Musk, Wood, Patchouli, Vetiver, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Tonka Bean, Frankincense

AMOUAGE LYRIC WOMAN
Old vs. new

The in depth review of the new one written earlier!

Meanwhile trying to find an old big bottle of Lyric Woman I luckily found a mini bottle of it. I was thinking that there is a huge difference between them but surprisingly the new one is not a catastrophe. They are just like two different concentrations. So yes, the new one is diluted but as I am an oversprayer I have to admit that I love that one as well.

An old one is oilier and there is a lot of pure Rose oil in it which I was expecting since this scent has been described as having a rich Rosy heart. The formula is more concentrated but I think that Lyric Limited Edition Perfume Extract is very close to the old one. Old one is rounder and more polished than the new one like always with extracts and the new one is spicier which is not a bad thing. When the scent evolves they come closer to each others. Like always with extracts an old ones stays closer to the skin while the new formula is projecting more. After 12 hours sleep there is barely nothing left of more concentrated one, just soft hints of base notes while the new one is still smelling the same yet not so strong.

My conclusion: instead of paying crazy prices for an old bottle I’m happy with my new one. It didn’t move into the swap list. If I find an extract version some day I will buy it but not because I need it.

I hope this comparison helps you to choose between them but whatever is your choice the scent is gorgeous for sure!

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