The Odyssey Collection

Search Amouage 2023

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7.9 / 10 194 Ratings

Search is a new perfume by Amouage for women and men and was released in 2023. The scent is citrusy-smoky. The longevity is above-average. It is being marketed by Sabco Group / Oman Perfumery.

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Main accords

Citrus

Smoky

Fresh

Woody

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Lemon

Lime

Mandarin orange

Heart Notes

Omani green frankincense

Elemi resin

Black pepper

Base Notes

Cade juniper

Gaiac wood

Vetiver

Perfumer

Alexis Grugeon

Ratings

Scent

7.9194 Ratings

Longevity

8.2165 Ratings

Sillage

7.7165 Ratings

Bottle

8.6157 Ratings

Value for money

6.4118 Ratings

Submitted by NicheOnly, last update on 14.04.2024.

Interesting Facts

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

Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

10/20/2023

7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

Dennis1104
279 Reviews

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Dennis1104

What a cool freshi ?!

The Search has really surprised me. This fragrance is at the beginning of a pure fresh lemon sea with lime.
In addition, this very slightly peppery component and really a kind of incense veil that lays around the fragrance. The incense is used but quite gently and actually has green-looking facets.

Over time, I even had the feeling like a kind of sea breeze or what seaweed-like to perceive. So very slight echoes of a Giardino Benessere Salaria or Acqua di Sale of Profumum Roma I have perceived.

This impression is then but with time also passed again and I have again more this lemon sensed, a slightly mentholisch angehauchte lemon.
A certain spiciness is also perceived.
Towards the end, it also gains woody impressions.

The performance of the fragrance is solid. I would like to give the durability a 7.5, but unfortunately that does not work. From therefore we make times an 8 out of it.

Tests this fragrance gladly times from.

01/03/2024

Katemorganb
16 Reviews

Katemorganb

Helpful Review 2

Stunning

Bright, zesty, peppery, and beautifully dry. This is a stunning resinous citrus with a subtle smoky quality, like burning the happiest incense in the world. It is meditative, but not in a "before bed," sleepy kind of way, more in a "just woken up" kind of way, or a mid-afternoon pick-me-up.

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite things to wear, and I know my sample will probably not last me long unless I save it only for special occasions. A decant is probably in my future.

02/01/2024

8
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Ambross
7 Reviews

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Ambross

In the concept room

In the concept space beyond Terre d'Hermès Eau Givrée and Dior Homme Sport (2021), I imagine this study in the niche anteroom of good designers. Here, costs are not yet seriously spared, unfinished visions are simply presented in the original material in a visionary way. The lemony lemon is more than just the somewhat limited series decor you get from the TdH EA. Here you get the best, lively, fresh fruit from the market. It lies richly, floatingly bedded on the slightly juniper fresh Olibanum Vetiver smoke mist. Somewhat out of season cold campfire by the water images come to mind, so not far from a more adult interpretation of Imagination. Go to the LV website and take a look at the presentation to get a rough impression. The luxury remains, but the (modern French) pleasantness gives way to a more grown-up, relaxed intangibility. It should be a stunner and, in my mind, find its zenith for gentlemen at serious night out events like a visit to an amphitheater on a windy late summer sunset. Definitely dress code at least shirt to bring it all out.
Back to the comparison with the, perhaps distant, pop competitors, I must note that even if no such romance can be evoked, for me both of the aforementioned have not only lost qualities through a setup for mass release. Both seem much more developed, much more versatile. I generally like the mineral side of TdH EA better, which to a certain extent has a similar function to the incense etc fog. TdH is probably generally familiar to the Search target group, but ironically the most similar in terms of fruit - the EA - is now clearly the youngest, for me a state of the art, contemporary, bleeding edge citrus fragrance. In this nature, the overlap is drastically reduced in my opinion. If the Search is the SL, the EA is the ... EQ SLK or something, there's nothing in the Mercedes range at the moment.
With the DHS, we're moving away from relaxed professional ideationally distanced smooth cool chill flow experiences, away from the lemon, towards the lime, towards the advertised punch in the fr* so you can think about how a pretty similar ingredient list can be built under the sign of acute attention. Brett hard and dynamic, perhaps in comparison the spiritual M4 Competition, may bring you the actual fun you were originally looking for in the category when you first sought out the value "fast" citrus experience.

In my opinion, this fragrance is ultimately somewhat incomplete or unrounded. The two components strapped together are simply not enough for me. For me, it remains more of a concept, which as a preliminary stage of countless others has ultimately only been articulated elsewhere. The incense also makes the fragrance too old for me. Personally, I belong neither to the SL nor the TdH target group. The everyday suitability of citrus-dominant natural fragrances is generally high, yet I don't see it in any realistic selection for the office, crafts, dating or ordinary leisure activities.

Fragrance pers. Taste 6.5/10
Fragrance quality 8.6/10
HS Pretty good
Flacon - sample ca 1-2ML from Amouage 8/10,
We should all use such mini atomizers in the souk if they are not too expensive, because the ones Amouage uses are really awesome. Despite their tiny size, they have minimal pressure and a good spray volume. In comparison, almost everything we send ourselves here privately is really a 3/10.

01/07/2024

7
Pricing 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 9
Scent

Omnipotato
52 Reviews

Omnipotato

Citrus and Smoke

Got another sample of this with a recent purchase and wanted to give it a full review in addition to my short statement almost a year ago now, which I think wasn't very descriptive.

First off, in my opinion this is one of the best creations of the Renaud Salmon era, along with Opus XIV - Royal Tobacco and Opus XV - King Blue. Like those, this is an incredibly creative and unique perfume, but unlike them, it is relatively simple in its composition and complexity. Essentially, it is a combination of two accords: citrus and smoke.

Alexis Grugeon said in an interview that he was inspired by a cocktail in a NYC bar which featured lemon, lime, and mezcal. Mezcal is a quite smoky spirit made from agave, which, when combined with the citruses, enhanced its terpenic aspects. He decided to do something similar with this fragrance, using citruses to enhance the fresher aspects of the Omani frankincense he was working with.

So the fragrance starts off with a blast of almost sour lemon. The other citruses, namely, lime, mandarin, and bergamot, take a backseat and are only used to round out the very photorealistic and juicy lemon accord. In the opening, you are also treated to a preview of the frankincense accord via the black pepper note.

The incense accord does not give off the churchy or religious sense like other smoky incense fragrances. It reminds me of when I was at my wife's cousin's house and he had a fire pit going in his backyard, and at the end of the evening he threw some frankincense resin in to give it a nicer smell. Definitely more of a "wood fire" note than a lightly smoked incense.

These two accords which seem so distant harmonize in the most beautiful way. The frankincense extends the life of the volatile citrus notes and the lemon gives life and energy to the fire. What a treat to experience this one again! And I think a full bottle is going higher up on my wish list!

03/26/2024

7
Sillage 8
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Systemshaak
7 Reviews

Systemshaak

A Citrus Fragrance With A Lot of Depth

My first day with Amouage Search was a challenge. The decant itself smelled like fresh lemon, and from there I thought I knew what I was in for - after all, my preferences tend to lean toward citrus/bergamot top notes and an incense base with a little vetiver kick sometimes. Usually, with these kinds of fragrances, the citrus notes disappear after a while and I'm left with a soothing base for the rest of the day. That's it, right?

Nope! The strong smoke in Search (and I think that's from the elemi) first registered with me as "motor oil" before mellowing out into "okay, a good oil on fire, maybe?" Somewhere beyond the smoke was this promise of an herbal, botanical finish. And this lemon was weird! I couldn't place it!

To be fair, this scent challenge was accompanied by some weird experiences. I played a Jeff Minter arcade game in VR (for those who don't know, that's just about as weird as my experience) and vibed for a while. The next day, I sprayed it and watched Dune 2 in a theater. Surrealism, loud colors, brash noise, deserts, and this thing were blending so well together.

Now I've come full circle on it. That's not just lemon, and that's not just *any* lemon, there's a blend of citrus things going on, and the whole scent seems to last a while *including* the citrus (so probably they're using a lot of peels too). That's not just oil on fire, it's a wonderful-smelling oil transformed by it. The herbal notes in the background center it in reality.

Now I like this scent far too much, it's ridiculously expensive, and I only have a decant (hence why I'm not rating the bottle). Send help. Well played, Amouage.