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02/26/2021
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Tea and vanilla - amber, warm
When it comes to amber, there is often a misunderstanding in the perfume world. Sometimes amber or ambergris, the gray substance from pot forest warms is meant, sometimes a fragrance chord that creates an amber-associating scent hint. This is often constructed from various resins and something sweet like vanilla or tonka. This sometimes goes into the gourmand direction. There are incredibly many amber fragrances, interpreted differently, for both sexes.
Amber Empire is a very nice representative of amber fragrances, even if it is none until the base, at least not mainly, because warm tea prevails here. The fragrance starts with dull zitrik and mild tea, bright floral notes nestle and steer the perfume from unisex realms into the feminine. The overall vibe of Amber Empire here is warm, cuddly and that lasts throughout the scent. Tea usually smells rather cooling, woolly like balm on me, but not here. This is achieved via the amber accord, which is really excellent here. It radiates from the base up into the top notes until it's all that remains.
The base is the real star of this perfume, as the naming also describes. A beautiful, feminine amber accord, whose finely adjusted sweetness comes from a vanilla note. This is wonderfully subdued by frankincense and myrrh, sandalwood and musk, and gets a dose of depth. The aforementioned resins are just above the perceptual threshold, only adding a bit of scratchy volume to the overall composition. Let's get back to the vanilla, which can have enormous differences in quality and smell in fragrances. This ranges from soggy sweet vanillin to a spicy dry pod that has little to do with the taste perception of vanilla. Here we have something in between, more milky rather than chewy, more mellow and light rather than overbearing. What comes out smells wonderfully cozy, reminiscent of authentic caramel that doesn't have to smell soo sugary. A cozy yet grown-up scent, perfect for the cold days. Especially the combination of tea and amber scent I like very much.
The durability is okay, but the sillage could be neater. For a reasonable scent veil you have to spray quite, at the price you can expect more.
The bottle shows up in the typical Atkinsons uniform. The logo is embedded on paper in a circular flattening, the cap as well as the bottle itself feel nice and heavy and valuable. The spray head gives a concentrated burst, but could mist more.
Amber Empire is a very nice representative of amber fragrances, even if it is none until the base, at least not mainly, because warm tea prevails here. The fragrance starts with dull zitrik and mild tea, bright floral notes nestle and steer the perfume from unisex realms into the feminine. The overall vibe of Amber Empire here is warm, cuddly and that lasts throughout the scent. Tea usually smells rather cooling, woolly like balm on me, but not here. This is achieved via the amber accord, which is really excellent here. It radiates from the base up into the top notes until it's all that remains.
The base is the real star of this perfume, as the naming also describes. A beautiful, feminine amber accord, whose finely adjusted sweetness comes from a vanilla note. This is wonderfully subdued by frankincense and myrrh, sandalwood and musk, and gets a dose of depth. The aforementioned resins are just above the perceptual threshold, only adding a bit of scratchy volume to the overall composition. Let's get back to the vanilla, which can have enormous differences in quality and smell in fragrances. This ranges from soggy sweet vanillin to a spicy dry pod that has little to do with the taste perception of vanilla. Here we have something in between, more milky rather than chewy, more mellow and light rather than overbearing. What comes out smells wonderfully cozy, reminiscent of authentic caramel that doesn't have to smell soo sugary. A cozy yet grown-up scent, perfect for the cold days. Especially the combination of tea and amber scent I like very much.
The durability is okay, but the sillage could be neater. For a reasonable scent veil you have to spray quite, at the price you can expect more.
The bottle shows up in the typical Atkinsons uniform. The logo is embedded on paper in a circular flattening, the cap as well as the bottle itself feel nice and heavy and valuable. The spray head gives a concentrated burst, but could mist more.
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