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Opus XIV - Royal Tobacco Amouage 2022

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A popular perfume by Amouage for women and men, released in 2022. The scent is smoky-spicy. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is being marketed by Sabco Group / Oman Perfumery.
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Main accords

Smoky

Spicy

Resinous

Oriental

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Aniseed

Frankincense oil

Cardamom

Elemi resin Basil

Basil

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Liquorice root

Tobacco absolute

Fenugreek

Bulgarian rose

Lavender

Orange blossom

Osmanthus absolute Prunol

Prunol

Base Notes

Frankincense

Gaiac wood Myrrh

Myrrh

Assam oud

Benzoin

Birch tar

Bourbon vanilla

Labdanum

Musk

Peru balsam

Tonka bean Vetiver

Vetiver

Perfumer

Cécile Zarokian

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Ratings

Scent

8.1637 Ratings

Longevity

9.0574 Ratings

Sillage

8.6577 Ratings

Bottle

8.9547 Ratings

Value for money

6.7462 Ratings

Submitted by Sniffer, last update on 07/30/2025.

Interesting Facts

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

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Reviews

30 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/17/2024

6
Pricing 10
Bottle 9
Sillage 10
Longevity 8
Scent

Wusubi
35 Reviews

Wusubi

Top Review 9

Opus XIV - Royal Liquorice

Sadly, I can't call this scent the king of tobacco anymore, but rather the queen of licorice. The king is dead, long live the queen. The original G batch was a lot smokier, presumably due to higher concentrations of incense and tobacco. I've tried H batch and well, let's say it's a different beast.

Current formulation dials down frankincense, allowing the prominent spices like anise and fenugreek to take over and blend with sugary licorice. After a while, I start getting whiffs of tobacco and the sillage is green, spicy and a bit herbal. However, the scent profile is quickly dominated by the sweet licorice.

Thankfully, the drydown stays true to Amouage's origins. I get some woodiness, honey-like myrrh and the creamy quality of benzoin and vanilla. There's also a smooth, slightly smoky leathery feel, I'm assuming that's birch tar and labdanum at play.

While tobacco slowly disappears throughout the drydown, licorice seems to be amped up to the point where it lasts forever, which makes Royal Tobacco sweet and mass-appealing. The performance is still decent, I get 10 hours on skin and 4 hours of projection.

If you're expecting a smoky tobacco scent, you'll be disappointed. In order to experience Cécile Zarokian's award-winning blend, look for the G batch. The current version is about anise, licorice, resins and a touch of tobacco. It's alright, but it doesn't live up to its name.

12/05/2024

8
Pricing 9
Sillage 10
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Smirky
450 Reviews

Smirky

Helpful Review 6

Awesome scent but needs more tobacco

This one is really good. Royal Tobacco starts off with a resinous, sweet opening. The tobacco and licorice appear a bit later with the sweetness diminishing a little. Overall, there is no bite or sharpness to the scent. It came across as very smooth - almost creamy. With so many notes plus the kitchen sink thrown in, I didn't get any standing out as such, outside of the tobacco and licorice. I'm assuming that means it's blended well. Sorta like a smooth resinous/woody tobacco licorice with a bit of sweetness. Very masculine fragrance; no way is this unisex.

Royal Tobacco is a performance powerhouse. Very good longevity - I got over 12 hours out of it. Leaves a strong trail for the first few hours with very good projection creating a large scent bubble.

Although I like the scent and have added it to my shopping list, I am somewhat disappointed that the tobacco note wasn't more prominent. Still on the search for a perfect tobacco fragrance for myself.

02/03/2025

8
Pricing 9
Bottle 9
Sillage 9
Longevity 10
Scent

Majid114
109 Reviews

Majid114

4

ROYAL TOBACCO

Opus XIV - Royal Tobacco from Arab Niche Haute Luxury Perfumery Amouage of the Sultanate of Oman is an Oriental Aromatic Amber Incense Tobacco Smoky Balsamic perfume. This fragrance was launched in 2022 and the perfumer who signs this fragrance is Cécile Zarokian.

In Royal Tobacco I already feel at the opening a sweet amber characteristic of the House and super smoky by the duet of incense and tobacco both the central inspiration of the fragrance and excellent quality, and already follows mixing the fine green spices with emphasis on an enveloping accord of liquorice with nuance of anise, the output is delicious.

Heading towards the center of the composition it begins to acquire a contrasting aspect: aromatic fresh and warm hojari frankincense at the same time; that even with the presence of a discreet floral bouquet that is very light although lavender is felt, but without being protagonist in any moment; the highlights of this composition are other ingredients.

Towards the base more smoky resins come as the famous 'oud of 'Assam sweet, fumed and animalic, the birch and more incense, the myrrh here brings a brief reminder of the overture and the vanilla accord with tonka reinforces the oriental amber facet signature of Amouage. A slightly woody background of musk finish this work of art of Perfumery; with an original and even innovative interpretation in a fragrance with tobacco in recent years.

This multifaceted perfume evolves quite in distinct phases and nuances, has a lot going on inside it is not only about tobacco and incense, it is complex without being chaotic and much less unbalanced, and in the drying at dusk of the fragrance is that resinous aspect of smoked woods counterbalancing the delicious aroma of a thin leaf of tobacco very soft and delicious for lovers of chords attuned to perfumes.

Spectacular Complex and Super Elegant Delicious Perfume!
It is undoubtedly one of the best if not the best tobacco fragrance I have ever felt.
Great Performance!
Creating the height of excellence of the best tobacco and incense in the world.
Another Masterpiece by Cécile Zarokian.
Must-have for lovers of tobacco perfumes!
Amouage Being Amouage!

09/30/2022

SmellGoodGuy
70 Reviews

SmellGoodGuy

Helpful Review 4

Anticlimactic

This smells of frankincense and fenugreek. Maybe if I took my time, smelled it a bit more, I would get tobacco and perhaps other notes, but, on it's face, this is 100 percent frankincense and fenugreek.

I say fenugreek not because I'm familiar with this note, but because of how everyone else described it and, yep, I get it. Discursively, adding it was quite brilliant. It works beautifully with the frankincense.

So while this is not a bad fragrance, it's not what it promises from the tin. You see "tobacco" and "Amouage" and you begin to conjure up fantasies of dense, rich, opulent tobacco. And when that expectation is met with a wildly different scent profile, it's rather anticlimactic. Albeit a good fragrance.

08/09/2022

8
Pricing 8
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8.5
Scent

NicheOnly
85 Reviews

NicheOnly

7

A statement maker

When you just smell the 2ml sample vial without even spraying it, it gives a lot of accords - the first thing you notice is the sweetness, but that is quickly followed with a deep smoky undertone. These same accords are transferred onto paper or skin. I partially get why people think it's fruity in the vial, but that won't show when you actually spray it.

So what does it smell like and what do the notes remind me of? If you just smell it on paper, the sweetness that you will notice at the top is driven by the licorice root, very similar to the vibe you get when you smell Initio's Oud for Happiness, a fresh-sweet all-year scent. On skin, at the opening, I get more smoky and ambery than I get the sweetness, but I do see some similarities in the air to Royal Crown's Sultan, a vanilla-oud gourmand, once we get out of the instant drydown.

As the scent evolves, it gets darker and darker. The base hits in a different way - I would compare it to asphalt being installed or a burnt tire (my interpretation of what the birch tar base note does). This hydrocarbon-type vibe is something you see in some other scents, e.g. Xerjoff's Don and Carner's Cuirs. You really have to smell it from up close to notice it.

The base has that Amouage DNA, but this is nothing like the animalic oud you get from Opus XIII Silver Oud (I saw it in the "Reminds me of" section of the other website). The birch tar and tobacco serve as a solid base to build upon, and the smoky-resinous spiciness is not something that goes away. Closer to Interlude, but there's not really anything like this in the market. Think of it as an evolution for the fruity-leather profile while also not being as "safe for work".

One thing that I do notice is that this doesn't actually perform as strong as some of the other scents from Amouage. Note: I am yet to try this in cold weather, given we are in August. My opinions are likely to change on this part, but for now, I think this sillage is not more than average (7/10) and the longevity will be there, but it won't be infinite-level like some oud fragrances (8/10 max).

I've tried a lot of stuff since I got into the hobby more than a year ago now, and this is an absolute standout. Certain to add it by the end of the year if not sooner. Extremely unique creation and not something that Amouage does a lot as a house (i.e. combining sweetness with harshness). I say that after I just went through Amouage's 12x2ml men's discovery. Objectively, this has too much going on for it to be mainstream and blind-buy safe, but if you're somebody that does this for the art of it and wants something that nobody else has, this is literally made for you. This isn't Naxos and this isn't Herod.

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