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Opus VII - Reckless Leather Amouage 2013

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Opus VII - Reckless Leather is a popular perfume by Amouage for women and men and was released in 2013. The scent is spicy-woody. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is being marketed by Sabco Group / Oman Perfumery. Pronunciation

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Main accords

Spicy

Woody

Oriental

Smoky

Leathery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Galbanum

Cardamom

Nutmeg

Pink pepper

Fenugreek

Heart Notes

Leather

Oud

Patchouli

Ambergris

Ambrox

Base Notes

Cypriol

Frankincense

Costus root

Muscone

Sandalwood

Perfumers

Alberto Morillas, Pierre Negrin

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Ratings

Scent

7.5227 Ratings

Longevity

8.9193 Ratings

Sillage

8.3193 Ratings

Bottle

8.3188 Ratings

Value for money

6.361 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 31.03.2024.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the "The Library Collection" collection.

Reviews

9 in-depth fragrance descriptions

10/13/2015

4
Scent

Silverfire
130 Reviews

Silverfire

5

Think Berkeley Breathed, Not Mozart

Admittedly, Amogue has set the standard in gothic perfumery with Memoir Man, so I entered this experience expecting great things. Even allowing for that bias and unhinging that, Opus VII is a disappointment. It is, in two words, a confused journey.

The scent opens deep, oily, almost medicinal with a streak of woods and vanilla. I have no idea which way this path is going to lead, but it soon takes me into a field of blooming stuffy flowers. I am reminded of Boucheron here, although with acrid undertones. Perhaps not all is well in this field? I shouldn't sleep here.

The silage begins at a foot and recedes as I travel onward, leaving the flowers behind, and encountering my old foe stryax. Yes, this is the chemist's basement smell, which isn't terrible, except in that it is terribly common, and a real disappointment from Amogue. Even the longevity suffers, clocking in at no more than six hours. Given how expensive this line is, you'd be better off with something that lasts (like ahem, Memoir Man). Thus, you should think of Opus VII in terms of Berkeley Breathed's comic strips, not Mozart.

04/28/2022

10
Pricing 10
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

EnCuirNoir
6 Reviews

EnCuirNoir

Helpful Review 2

Animaux nocturnes

Upon application you get thrown in the midst of a surreal nightmare. Deep dark green.

A personal review:
Some years ago I came across Opus VII in a shop, the bottle was the darkest shade of green, and the first spray too, to my surprise, had not kept anything back and smelled nightmarishly dark and green, it was loud and sharp and so new to me, I looked at the SA in shock and just said wow what is this! I'm not into greens, let alone one so overtly over the top and deeply insane. But for the next days I started craving it more and more wanting to face that shock, I ended up going back opening the cap of the tester, thinking yes this is it, buying and falling in love with it. The love itself felt like a mistake/hate at first full wearings, like a struggle, I knew it's mine but it felt too insane at times, years later now I know every single detail about Opus VII, I enjoy the smooth musc under its rough face, I find the pissy leather as beautiful as a panther marking its territory and not at all repulsive, I enjoy the ridiculously dark green opening, the galbanum, frankincense and the oakmoss. And all the struggle makes VII more special to me than a love at first sniff. And to be honest I still am ready for a fight whenever it calls me to wear it!

What does it make me feel? Lost in a dark forest. What do I imagine when wearing this? There's an strong wild being lurking in the depth of this forest, like I said it took me some wearings to befriend her. Who do I imagine wearing it? Honestly noone famous irl comes to mind, it belongs to someone who's seen things that most couldn't handle, he's cold, elegant. A modern lone cowboy with a bike and a dark past. In short, Taylor Kitsch in True Detective S2.

To whom do I recommend it? If you like green perfumes, the oldschool ones, if you can handle One Man Show or vintage Quorum this will blow your mind. And it will keep doing so for many wearings, with its depth and complexity. If you like animalics, leathers, dark gothic perfumes try it you may like it, if you want something new challenging dark and really niche you're in for a treat test it you'll have fun even if you decide it's not for you. if you keep looking for "panty droppers" or consider Aventus or Office as the Holy Grail, don't bother with this. If you want something not offensive, no it's not here, this will turn heads, every single one, and some of them will be in disgust.

VII lasts a day and then some, projects like sirens for 5 hours and then strongly for another 5 before being reduced to smooth muscy green leather for it's long lasting final act which feels like a whole strong perfume on itself! (I have the first batch, but I doubt it was ever changed)

Don't blindbuy, and when testing hang on tight through the darkest green of perfumery, may you tame the beast.

11/08/2023

10
Pricing 10
Bottle 9
Sillage 9
Longevity 7
Scent

Burak46
39 Reviews

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Burak46

3

Undecided

I usually try to approach every fragrance analytically. I almost study a fragrance so that I can form an opinion after a short time.

But with this one ... I'm at a loss. In terms of fragrance, it's exactly what I like. Complex, multi-layered, masculine, leather, oud and so on and so forth.

The problem is I can't categorize it no matter how crazy it sounds haha :)) On one side it is full of the fresh ambroxan bomb with the pepper. Opposite are: nutmeg, oud, cypriol which gives the fragrance its heaviness. It is very special in its direction, you will hardly find a similar fragrance DNA, the only thing that bothers me is a sweaty note that I can't for the life of me assign where it comes from. I don't know if I should give it time or if I should listen to my gut feeling.

08/06/2023

5
Pricing 7
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 7
Scent

Thatbwoy
89 Reviews

Thatbwoy

3

Recklessly cautious about this leather

If you are old enough to have been a kid, teenager or a guy in your early twenties in the 90s and hung out around guys who were into 'Urban' interests (yeah I'm being cute), and say you walking into an 'Urban' barbers around this . The kind of place with just the bare minimum of mirrors, chairs, a multi speaker HiFi system tuned into a pirate station or a mix tape created by one of the regulars. These places if you are unfamiliar were where you learnt all the information, you dedicated whole afternoons to getting your hair cut, the places would be filled with stories, jokes, secrets, discussion and arguments. I remember I wanted a particular hairstyle so I made my way to a barber's in Wembley, North London. Should've gone to the one my friend told me about in Luton, as the one in Wembley was one my Dad had taken me to years before and well it was like the Channel Four sitcom 'Desmond's' but with less warmth and less humour. Anyway as I was waiting a guy came in out of the typical British winter and he had on a Deep red Avirex leather bomber jacket.

This fragrance smells like that jacket and barber's; I am torn as the nostalgia brings back a weird fondness but the slight acrid burn of the leather and there's a bitterness (possibly the green notes) in it also that puts me off at the same intrigues me. I really am unsure about this . I do think it could be something I could wear sometime after 'getting used to it' but currently I don't think its quite me.

03/13/2023

9
Bottle 9
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

2run
7 Reviews

2run

2

green oriental

nicely done green notes on smoky dark leather.
frankincense oud and resines create a dark deep suphisticated smell that by pile of spices like cardamom nutmeg and pepper takes a complete oriental dark spicy vibe while green notes like fenugreek and galbanum are in contrast with it and when these two opposite accords reach to eachother this contrast makes a extraordinary aroma that i have never experienced till now and this makes this perfume distinctive and lovely.now the whole above composition settle on ambery accords which smooth them and boost its orientality.
I really love it and one of the best offers from the house

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