Opus XIV - Royal Tobacco Amouage 2022

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Opus XIV - Royal Tobacco is a new perfume by Amouage for women and men and was released in 2022. The scent is smoky-spicy. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is being marketed by Sabco Group / Oman Perfumery. Pronunciation

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Main accords

Smoky

Spicy

Resinous

Woody

Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Aniseed

Cardamom

Elemi resin

Frankincense oil

Basil

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Liquorice root

Tobacco absolute

Fenugreek

Orange blossom

Osmanthus

Lavender

Prunol

Rose

Base Notes

Frankincense

Assam oud

Benzoin

Bourbon vanilla

Gaiac wood

Labdanum

Myrrh

Peru balsam

Tonka bean

Birch tar

Musk

Vetiver

Perfumer

Cécile Zarokian

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Ratings

Scent

8.3247 Ratings

Longevity

9.1229 Ratings

Sillage

8.6229 Ratings

Bottle

9.2209 Ratings

Value for money

6.5156 Ratings

Submitted by Sniffer, last update on 28.09.2023.

Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/30/2022

SmellGoodGuy
47 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 9
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8.5
Scent

NicheOnly
26 Reviews

NicheOnly

6

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.

11/28/2022

10
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

ScentSlave
212 Reviews

ScentSlave

5

I was afraid when I smelled the opening…

… as I had just shelled out $300 for 100ml.

The opening is very “unique”, very strong, and definitely not for everyone. There’s so much happening at once, especially in that opening. Give it a while and it starts to settle in, and then you get an idea of where it’s going to take you.

It goes from a straight up incense vibe, very smokey, to a sweet, still smokey, very realistic feeling tobacco. A very HIGH QUALITY, expensive tobacco; very moist, and very dark. If you’re a tobacco connoisseur, you’ll know what I mean. It smells like a fantastic, high end pipe tobacco.

It’s very masculine on my skin.

This is done so well that when I smell it, I get very visual ideas. I imagine a very successful businessman, wearing a gray suit, with a sky blue shirt, and a striped necktie. He is carrying a brown leather briefcase, and he has a matching hat. Imagine old school mafia movies. That’s the guy who wears this.

It is suitable for the office, but only if it’s YOUR OWN office. If YOU run the show, it’s all good. Not just any office either. This is a high executive salesperson, or advertising executive. It leaves a “bad boy” vibe, but in the sense of business, if that makes sense. Not the Wall Street bad boy either. This is the guy who sells the big dollar contracts for the million dollar athletes, or a big money gambler.

Performance is stellar. 10+ hours of a 4ft+ bubble that has a sillage that sits for a LONG time. Took me a while to understand it, but now it has my imagination running wild.

05/18/2023

6
Pricing 7
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 7
Scent

Giles
70 Reviews

Giles

4

Not to sure

I love Amouage as a house and they have created some of my favourite to wear fragrances.
This one I'm not too sure about. It reminds of quite a few similar fragrances especially Fan Your Flames.
It might be my nose but I don't get much tobacco, just a load of smokey incense.
It's pleasant to wear and I would say totally not unisex, this is a male scent.
Definitely a cold night scent, not to be worn in warmer months.
It's ok bit just a bit samey.

03/19/2023

10
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

EnomisCVD
138 Reviews

EnomisCVD

4

Tobacco for the kings

Library collection, a collection designed by Amouage to offer fragrances characterized by unusual accords and scents that are always bold and unexpected.
Cécile Zarokian took inspiration in making this perfume from the tradition of 'El lector'; people who entertained Cuban cigar makers by reading novels and literary works.
Royal Incense and Royal Tobacco, Oman and Cuba.
Royal Tobacco represents the union of these two realities and their two most valuable traditional raw materials.
The accord that is created vertically characterizes the whole perfume. Around it, other notes such as licorice, basil and elemi add a multitude of nuances and contrasts that make the fragrance dynamic in its evolution.
Great work by Zarokian!

I am enjoying this "new life" of Amouage so much, starting with the packing and finishing of the bottles.

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