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Pleasantly surprised! :)
I have had an official sample from Amouage for a couple of years now, I can't believe I did not try this fragrance until more recently. That is the problem when you have a shit ton of fragrances along with samples.
Enclave to my surprise is a very nice & well constructed fragrance. It opens up with a beautiful spearmint & chocolate note. More so like those Andes chocolate mint thins? For those who know what they are, that is the smell I get & it is absolutely beautiful to my nose! The cardamom is very well blended as well as the other notes.
From what started as a fresh almost gourmand like opening going into the mid, the base starts to creep in & becomes a more earthy fragrance with the vetiver & patchouli coming into play. The cardamom remains throughout the base along with the vetiver & patchouli. I get no leather (thank goodness) as I can do without that note, especially with this fragrance, I was happy with how long this last on my skin. 8 hours if not a little more with medium projection. You will get noticed. This could be an all year round fragrance. Although, I think this will shine best in spring & autumn. It could also be a signature scent as well.
On the other hand, fans of this brand may be disappointed with this release as it is not the typical, strong, smokey, oudy middle eastern fragrance that their nose is used to. I personally think it fits their library as they need a fragrance or 5 like this to offset their normal themes. They have produced fresher fragrances over the years that are more designerish, yet still niche quality. This is one of them.
Every year for my birthday I always buy myself a new bottle of perfume & it normally expensive, this has just been added to one of the contenders for my birthday fragrance this year! :)
Enclave to my surprise is a very nice & well constructed fragrance. It opens up with a beautiful spearmint & chocolate note. More so like those Andes chocolate mint thins? For those who know what they are, that is the smell I get & it is absolutely beautiful to my nose! The cardamom is very well blended as well as the other notes.
From what started as a fresh almost gourmand like opening going into the mid, the base starts to creep in & becomes a more earthy fragrance with the vetiver & patchouli coming into play. The cardamom remains throughout the base along with the vetiver & patchouli. I get no leather (thank goodness) as I can do without that note, especially with this fragrance, I was happy with how long this last on my skin. 8 hours if not a little more with medium projection. You will get noticed. This could be an all year round fragrance. Although, I think this will shine best in spring & autumn. It could also be a signature scent as well.
On the other hand, fans of this brand may be disappointed with this release as it is not the typical, strong, smokey, oudy middle eastern fragrance that their nose is used to. I personally think it fits their library as they need a fragrance or 5 like this to offset their normal themes. They have produced fresher fragrances over the years that are more designerish, yet still niche quality. This is one of them.
Every year for my birthday I always buy myself a new bottle of perfume & it normally expensive, this has just been added to one of the contenders for my birthday fragrance this year! :)
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