Amyris Homme Maison Francis Kurkdjian 2012 Eau de Toilette

I’m am an Iris lover and I think this is the most unique, wearable iris perfume that I’ve tried. Nothing smells quite like it.
It opens with clean, sharp notes and then it goes into more of a creamy floral, but still keeping something from the sharpness that makes you feel fresh.
I’ve also compared it with the extrait version, but for me the extrait doesn’t quite hit the same, so I prefer the EDT.

Amyris Homme is a niche take on a designer fragrance. Francis has taken his abilities to make likable designer fragrances and made this one even better.
Slightly sweet but fresh and sexy from start to mid. Dry down is to me close to Prada l’homme but better.
The fragrance projects well and last well over 8 hours on my skin
Can be worn at all occasions and would be a great signature scent.
Perfect for all ages

My first niche fragrance. I bought it at auction blind when I started getting more serious about 7 years ago with my collection. When I first smelled it, it was a big surprise. I've never known anything like it in the mainstream. Completely different. Something new. This fragrance is the very beginning of my niche world. It is still absolutely unique, it can be worn anytime and anywhere. It is certainly wearable by a woman. Although I already have dozens more niche scents in my collection, I will never forget the first one that opened the door for me. And it's so good, I keep coming back to it.

Amyris Homme opens with a very fresh light herbal rosemary note coupling with a bright bergamot-like orange citrus giving the scent an overall almost herbal aquatic vibe. The herbal citrus open remains into the early heart notes, before a synthetic dry woody accord from the base starts to peep through and then dominate the scent through the mid-heart notes through the dry-down as the top notes finally disappear, joined by a supporting slightly powdery iris. Projection is below average and longevity is excellent.

Amyris Homme starts out very nice, and its fresh rosemary and citrus opening had me liking the scent from the start... Unfortunately its dreaded synthetic dry-woody accord (almost certainly derived by the use of norlimbanol) dominates the mid-heart through the dry-down, completely ruining the experience, making the scent smell very generic like so many others. Amyris Homme is not a bad composition, but it does not distinguish itself and at its relatively high price per ml that just is not good enough (come to think of it, it is not good enough regardless). Amyris Homme earns a disappointing above average 2.5 to 3 stars out of 5.

At the first sniff, Amyris homme gives me a sense of sweetness and a little hint of freshness of citrous and floral. As an old school man, I usually avoid the sweet scents, and in my opinion Amyris homme is far too sweet for my taste, but after a while I change my mind.

I tried it at MFK shop. Immediately after first sniffed from the testing paper, I told the shopping assistance that " It's far too sweet and it is not my type". I kept the testing paper and came home. On the way home I cannot stop to sniff that testing paper. I sniffed it again and again. After a while I admitted to myself that "I love this kind of sweetness".

I don't know how Mr. Kurkdjian blend this scent. It is very sweet but in the good masculine way. I can feel that it is the scents of the luxury but easy to wear. I can imagine about a successful kind man. I can imagine about a man who had more than enough and try to give more than to earn more.

Next day I returned to buy this juice. I used it very often as my signature scents. It is very versatile, I mainly used it in office time and with 2 more sprays it can be used for evening events too.

The longevity of this scent is about 6-8 hours, not bad for EDT version. Suitable for summer and spring. Worth for your money.