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Sandal Amber

8.1 / 10 60 Ratings
A popular perfume by Parfums Vintage for women and men. The release year is unknown. The scent is resinous-woody. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Resinous
Woody
Spicy
Smoky
Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
FrankincenseFrankincense
Heart Notes Heart Notes
AmberAmber SandalwoodSandalwood FrankincenseFrankincense
Base Notes Base Notes
LabdanumLabdanum PatchouliPatchouli VanillaVanilla
Ratings
Scent
8.160 Ratings
Longevity
8.054 Ratings
Sillage
7.754 Ratings
Bottle
7.657 Ratings
Value for money
7.027 Ratings
Submitted by Mosaik · last update on 01/13/2026.
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Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions
Indominable

23 Reviews
Indominable
Indominable
Helpful Review 3  
Sweet, earthy and resinous.
An ‘ABSOLUTE’ must if you like Tom Ford Amber Absolute. It is very strong and lasts forever, just a squirt or two is all you need. I love it the most after 3-4 hours, I can really smell some vanilla in there and it is incredible. Not quite up there with AA, but with better performance, availability and price. You must spray this on bare skin and let it dry, it will stain your clothing if it’s not.
Updated on 10/15/2022
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Chizza

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Chizza
Helpful Review 12  
When Sandalwood Meets Amber...
I won't be able to write such a dreamy comment as Floyd, but this perfume is worth a detailed discussion. Quite without a story. I stumbled upon it thanks to a sample from Pollita, which hit the mark perfectly in terms of taste for me. Even very much so, and I noticed today why.

One of my absolute favorites is Egoiste by Chanel. My wife usually rolls her eyes at that; I work in sales and thus have a need to be good in order to achieve bonuses. Keyword: elbow mentality. So it fits quite well, as I want to tell with a wink.
In any case, Sandal Amber reminds me of Egoiste. I don't find the scent to be that complex but wonderfully designed. The name of the perfume is, of course, the program. Amber and sandalwood. Wonderfully arranged. Creamy, intense, and then the incense. It contributes a smoky, wicked touch, for which the tobacco does the job in Egoiste. I also really like the base. Labdanum combined with vanilla creates this sweet-dark vanilla, far removed from vanilla a la Hypnotic Poison.

It’s a scent for days like today in April. Neither cold nor warm; the sky is overcast, and the cheerful mood becomes more serious, more contemplative, lingering in the selection of fragrances among the more distinguished scents. You feel comfortable with the fragrance and in the business world. Earlier, I was sitting in a meeting, listening to the other person, and caught a whiff of Sandal Amber - my wrist wafting to my nose - and it became clear to me that this is a scent that is confident, that is straight, Pollita really hit the mark!

The only question remains: where can you buy a bottle?
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Floyd

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Floyd
Top Review 32  
Darkly Dimming the Warm Waves
The coastal mist is bright here, hesperidic, as if filled with fluorescent citrus droplets, it glows brightly across the land yet is gray with dust and cool, as if it comes from a nearby chapel. The sea is surely far away, I do not hear the gentle rolling, smell no salt, just mist for a few minutes.
Then the amber rises in the haze, beginning to take on a reddish hue, the lemons enchanting in blood oranges, hiding deep within a core, almost like a fur, lost in amber. How old must this heavy flotsam be, that it has lost all sweetness, almost dragging itself mustily over sandalwood, which seems brittle beneath? For two or three hours, I watch speechlessly the spectacle of the citrus-pulsing mist, blood oranges becoming labdanum drops, shimmering black honey gradually permeating the archaic amber, which shimmers brownish, tamed by the dry sandalwood, almost caramel-like.
Then the sea comes, rolling wave after wave over patchouli sand the dark vanilla, washing away piece by piece first driftwood then amber along with bitter labdanum, enveloping me for another three to four hours in a cozy soft and warm embrace.
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Sandal Amber lives for me from its well-harmonizing contradictions: The Indian incense, which contrasts the citrus-bright slightly animalic musty amber, which in turn later, tamed by labdanum and sandalwood, sinks into patchouli-darkened vanilla, while remaining rather close to the skin from the beginning and lasting a good seven to nine hours.

(With thanks to Deadsoul)
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for older gentlemen.
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Amber, yes, but no sandalwood, I have a similar problem with it as with Ambre Sultan, the spices have "food" nuances, not for me
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Vanilla whispers: incense mist.
Patch tests the path with sandalwood.
Light dances. Spirit?
Voice: I am amber.
I shine for you.
How beautiful.
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In the center is glowing amber, surrounded by rich and dense sandalwood. Above is delicate incense and below a hint of vanilla.
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Salty is your warm smoke
Like patina
Lying on balsamic wood
Dry scotch vanilla inclusions
Honey-golden bitter smoke drop
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If Tom Ford's Amber Absolute smells like this, then it's truly one of the best amber fragrances on the market
Very dense, resinous scent like amber*
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4 years ago
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Oh dear, all the
dried thyme has
fallen into the wooden pot
with the amber reduction.
Now it's smoking...
Quick, get a strainer!
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amber-colored incense mist
thought-transcending
envelops and fills
with amber sandalwood warmth
floating over
vanilla-spun patch net
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My amber heart is smiling. This is one I'd love to have. So simple & yet so refined. A true delight. Made in the USA. Wow.
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gentle amber-animalic embedded in bright incense and sandalwood cuddle
contemplative scent for transitional weather
wonderfully soft-spicy
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