Guidance 2023

Guidance by Amouage
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7.7 / 10 348 Ratings
Guidance is a new perfume by Amouage for women and men and was released in 2023. The scent is sweet-creamy. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is being marketed by Sabco Group / Oman Perfumery.
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Main accords

Sweet
Creamy
Fruity
Floral
Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
HazelnutHazelnut PearPear FrankincenseFrankincense
Heart Notes Heart Notes
OsmanthusOsmanthus RoseRose Jasmine sambacJasmine sambac SaffronSaffron
Base Notes Base Notes
Akigalawood®Akigalawood® SandalwoodSandalwood AmbergrisAmbergris CistusCistus VanillaVanilla

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.7348 Ratings
Longevity
8.8319 Ratings
Sillage
8.4313 Ratings
Bottle
8.9291 Ratings
Value for money
6.1225 Ratings
Submitted by NicheOnly, last update on 28.11.2023.

Reviews

12 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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Sillage
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Longevity
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Scent
Schar002

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Schar002
Schar002
Top Review 22  
Try the Hype: The Temptation That Wasn't.
Hyped fragrances. Highly praised and praised as olfactory Offenbahrung, they screw my expectations into the unfulfillable. So also here ... why I followed the hype? The fragrance pyramid and the perfumer of my first "luxury bottle" have made me weak.

Following my fragrance experience. It should please no one feel attacked or deny me my sensibilities - thank you very much. :)

In the Opening it was really not my fragrance at all. I smell somehow only herbs,spice and something sweet ( pear), which for me also does not fit. Everything is inharmonious and leads to the Naserümpfen. Should probably be hazelnut? Personally, it reminds me of the herbaceous-spicy note in Angélique Noire, which I unfortunately do not like (no, the scents can not be compared at all that is my personal association! :) )

So our fragrance start was difficult and I really have to "force" myself not to wash off the fragrance right away. This difficult phase lasts far too long for me, as that I can see the fragrance as a candidate for purchase. There are quite fragrances with getting used to opening, which become so beautiful in the course that it is a candidate for purchase ... does not apply here.

After the spicy hazelnut is (finally) gone, then come the heart notes. Are quite nice, remind me of my Delina Exclusif - I spray equal times on the other back of the hand. Can not(!) Compare, probably my perception was influenced by the knowledge of the perfumer ;-)

Even in the heart notes, the fragrance thus "stands for itself". Rosy, floral and quite beautiful. Does not save the fragrance for me, unfortunately.

Conclusion: the fragrance wants a lot. Can also some. An opening, which I have not yet smelled so and nice drydown. Unfortunately, he combines everything I do not like fragrances or awakens the association with tested fragrances, which bother me.

Nevertheless, there is nothing comparable, direct associations could not really be strengthened, the fragrance or the composition is thus definitely unique!

At only 1. sprayer the intensity was really very strong and you have to really like the opening- then it is definitely a great fragrance!
Durability and sillage are comparable to the Delinas eg Delina Exclusif - here you have to like just as the opening as well as the fact that the fragrance even in small doses very radiated and holds well.
With the Guidance it was all too much for me, which I did not like. Pear, hazelnut... Spice... nope... was somehow exhausting and did not cuddle.
Was not my fragrance from the beginning to the end.
The opening I did not want to experience 2x, so the fragrance unfortunately had only 1st chance.

Absolutely no blind purchase candidate, necessarily test before!

And the moral of the story: "Don't follow the hype"
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Scent
Kellianca

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Kellianca
Kellianca
Very helpful Review 9  
Skin wood veil
Guidance is the woody scent I found without knowing I was looking for it. I just wanted to know what the hype was all about. I was expecting a sweet floral cream scent based on the popularity and the bottle - it kind of is. But it's much more of a fluffy woody scent with musky undertones (must be from the ambergris). It humanizes in the best way and surrounds you with a fragrant aura, all in one spray!

When you smell the sprayed area, you smell rose-fruit mishmash - especially in the first few minutes. Quite pleasant, but not so special. As soon as it spreads in the room and over the whole drydown, but this woody skininess comes out, which I have so not yet smelled anywhere. Totally complex! The sandalwood of Guidance reminds me of the one in Santal Calling by Ex Nihilo. It also has a bit of Orpheon by Diptyque for me. The also spreads similarly in the room, but seemed to me much soapy-vintage-iger Both I did not like, Guidance for it all the more.

Overall, it is a unique fragrance, about which a dear friend, who is otherwise not at all interested in perfume, said "if I could smell like only one perfume, then it would be just that, just so I would want to smell". If that means nothing...
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10
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10
Scent
Chiaracstr

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Chiaracstr
Chiaracstr
8  
If you really want to treat yourself...
...Guidance by Amouage lands in the shopping cart, is packaged, shipped and then unpacked at home. Then the magic begins.
I already smelled this fragrance on vacation and despite the heat, I still smelled Guidance on my wrist the next day. For me, Guidance smells like no other fragrance, so I had to have it, even if I had to pay a lot of money...
The pear, the hazelnut, the creaminess, the sweetness, all together it's pure luxury. This luxury lasts incredibly well, you only need 2 sprays. You will be able to smell it on your clothes until the next wash (and even a little after the wash).
Very feminine, very striking, but still not too out of the ordinary. It smells like a really expensive body lotion to me. Whereby, stop... This fragrance is incomparable.
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OlenkaH

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OlenkaH
OlenkaH
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Creamy nutty rose for the cooler days
This fragrance is one of those that present themselves differently depending on the season like a chameleon. For the first time I smelled him in the cool March and was simply and away thrilled. That was one of those rare "I've never smelled anything like this before" moments and poof Guidance was on my wish list. Then when I bought it in June and was excited about my new long-lasting vacation scent, I was quite surprised that it no longer "danced crystalline" on my skin. Now he came rather heavy, almost sticky-ambery and flat - compared to the cooler month - therefore.
With the now in October lower temperatures Guidance finally unfolds its seductive art again: Saffron shines brightly therefore with the creamy-nutty rose and soft amber around the bet.
The durability and the sillage are enormous! Here are enough for me a maximum of two sprays for the whole day fragrance enjoyment.

A great, very feminine fragrance, which in my opinion only develops its full charm at cooler temperatures. He has at the same time a nostalgic and modern character.
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Laurea

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Laurea
Laurea
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A very daring fragrance
So I think you either love him or you hate him!

All the reviews on TikTok referred to it smelling like a woman's intimate areas and I must say yes, the fragrance definitely has some of that.
It is a fragrance for special events, however, I would never wear it on a first date.

A spray is definitely enough - no more!

The silage is incredible, keeps several days on clothes. I had forgotten my scarf at my mother's and she said the hallway smelled like my perfume for 2 days until she noticed it was because of my scarf.

The scent is incomparable, I know of no scent that smells remotely like it. I personally recognize the pear, the hazelnut, however, not at all. The incense is also very strong, as well as the rose.

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NicheOnlyNicheOnly 11 months ago
9
Bottle
8
Sillage
9
Longevity
7.5
Scent
Patchouli Magnetik (also made by Bisch) w/ limited dirtiness. Mainly sweet (peachy vanilla), smells like a body cream. Feminine, non-summer.
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NoirAletheaNoirAlethea 2 months ago
9
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10
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10
Longevity
9.5
Scent
Nutty, woody, fruits.
Unlikely combination
that blows my socks off.

a haiku review.
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Hartsy3Hartsy3 5 months ago
8
Sillage
5
Longevity
6
Scent
Really strong, strange synthetic opening. Needs about 45 whole minutes to develop into the masterpiece people describe.
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CrazyupsCrazyups 4 days ago
Simply amazing Pear note makes this one a favorite from the house
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DiseasewitchDiseasewitch 12 days ago
10
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10
Sillage
10
Longevity
2
Scent
This is a fruity ambergris bomb in the worst way to my nose. It makes me recoil. A scrubber!
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