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7.5 / 10 122 Ratings
A popular perfume by Pierre Guillaume for women and men, released in 2010. The scent is sweet-spicy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Sweet
Spicy
Resinous
Woody
Oriental

Fragrance Notes

OpoponaxOpoponax Tonka beanTonka bean SandalwoodSandalwood CardamomCardamom Moroccan neroliMoroccan neroli MyrrhMyrrh

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.5122 Ratings
Longevity
7.796 Ratings
Sillage
6.889 Ratings
Bottle
7.183 Ratings
Value for money
6.817 Ratings
Submitted by Lav · last update on 09/17/2025.
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Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the Collection Noire collection.

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8 in-depth fragrance descriptions
Jubliant

70 Reviews
Jubliant
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What a lovely fragrance!
I dont smell any of the notes listed here.

It starts as a strong amber vanilla. It is very cozy and reminds me of sitting on my grandpas lap on a winter break infront of the fire. It smells like vanilla and amber with a hint of tobacco. As it develops it smells like TF Tobacco vanilla with a more honeyed tobacco and a hint of licorice.

It lasts SO long!
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WRoth

154 Reviews
WRoth
WRoth
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Ambre Céruléen
This fragrance opens with an accord that smells like vanilla cream infused with a drop of lemon juice. It is soft and powdery and vaguely reminds me of Ambre Gris, although Ambre Gris has more depth to it.  As the fragrance progresses a trace of bitter almond joins the main accord, but then it changes rather dramatically and the herbaceous, woody nature of the composition reveals itself to the wearer. The dry down is slightly foody again, smelling faintly of milk chocolate. This is a rather weak fragrance as it calms down considerably throughout its development.
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Can777

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Can777
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Nirvana
Time stands still today. The streets are deserted and not a soul to be seen or heard. My wife is comfortably lying on the sofa and is deeply relaxed. The dog is lying next to me, and I can hear his almost hypnotic and steady breathing. Deepest and purest harmony fills the house. A sense of peace spreads out like a tidal wave of profound security. So does my fragrance today, which could not be better chosen.

Ambre Céruléen
Pure magic from amber and opoponax makes this scent so unique in its beauty.
Waxy and soft, it washes over me. Like an avalanche of warmth and sensuality, it flows over my skin, deep into my innermost being. It settles like balm on tortured nerves and senses. This fragrance induces a state of weightlessness and bodilessness in me. A floating without time and space. Reduced to a minimum of fragrance notes, but potentiated to a maximum of sensual harmony and security. I never want to be without this scent.
Conclusion
Ambre Céruléen is for me a minimalist work of art, which consists of only two
beautiful components... Amber, which could not be deeper, warmer, and more resinous.
And opoponax, which in its smooth, waxy-warm, and creamy nature is hard to surpass. Tonka bean, sandalwood, and vervain are almost powerless against the two main actors.
Longevity: 6 to 8 hours of pure peace.
Sillage: Starts off strong, then quickly becomes intimate.
Unisex: Suitable for both genders. Both can use peace and harmony.

A scent as deeply harmonious as the nirvana of silence.
Balm for the soul and the spirit.
A gem among all the amber fragrances I have ever known.
Incredibly beautiful.
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Louce

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Amber Incognito
Amber fragrances were originally made for Louce and, as a pleasant side effect, they are also quite popular with others.
The enormously dark, rather dull-looking matte monument that characterizes amber scents is so distinctive and appears so massively dominant in fragrance compositions that a larger amber content gives the scent a direction and defines it within a segment of possible fragrance colors.
This ambre can be mixed with ambergris whale secretions (or the synthetic imitation of it) or amber, the natural, partially or mostly fully synthetic note in this direction (the stubborn understanding as amber [engl.: Amber] does not apply. The amber note is very uncommon and has nothing to do with what is understood as ambra/amber).

Emphasized amber fragrances almost always have a very similar rhythm, color tone, and base note due to this dominant amber predominance. Their impression is often even identical with only slight differing accents.
This wonderful amber beat is both a blessing and a curse: incomparably beautiful - but indeed comparable. The fragrances are very similar.

Ambre Céruléen (fr: sky blue amber) is the attempt to break this blessing-curse spell with Pierre Guillaume's wonder chemical weapon "Contemporary Phytoperfumery".
Ambre Céruléen aims to be a typical amber scent that appears atypical and is not woven according to the patterns our noses have long known and are bored of sniffing repeatedly.
Initially, this is fully realized: strangely uncharming, amber meets us with a radical vervain as a confident sidekick. The main note is bitter, angular, edgy, inelegant, harsh. Different, fundamentally different from the soft note one is familiar with. This amber comes across as cold and brusque. Quite masculine. Attractive, but around the corner, not direct. At the same time, this note is clearly and very characteristically amber. I recognize something there, even though it does not come across as recognizable. Irritating, confusing, exciting. Amber incognito.

As the scent develops, however, this strange-familiar amber note returns to a completely typical amber fashion. It takes a good 3 hours, and the very slow, gradual transformation is delightful to follow and sniff along, but in the end, opoponax resin, sandalwood, and tonka bean ensure that a very familiar amber accord remains. It then lingers as usual in a dull, warm-sweet darkness.

For amber aficionados.
For men who find the known amber facets "too feminine".
For anyone wanting to smell something entirely new within the framework of the very old.
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FLUidENTITY

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Fluid Devilish Wonder
Ambre Ceruléen is a heroically unleashed dramatic expression, a mighty storm that uproots trees and floods seas. What captivating inspiration must lie behind this fragrance? I do not know..!

Ambre Ceruléen captivates the wearer, no, it even completely takes over the wearer in a sweet, resinous, and oriental world. One is transported to a realm where pure wonders full of bliss are possible. The wonders are twofold: they are pure lustful, sinful, and vain seduction, yet so wonderful that one cannot imagine not succumbing to Ambre Ceruléen. The fragrance connects two poles: the power of the ancient, paired with modern elegant unabashed subjective expression. It devastates sanctuaries, it is vain and devilish. Ambre Ceruléen consumes the fire, it makes water dry up, nothing is safe from it, nothing will be safe from it.

These wonders are frightening, yet full of sublimity. One wants to fear Ambre Ceruléen, so mighty is it in its presence. An intense fearsome glow emanates from Ambre Ceruléen that one would not dare to refrain from praising it. The fragrance devours its surroundings. It enchants everything. It seizes the thoughts of those who come into contact with Ambre Ceruléen and does not let go. It takes possession of every soul it desires and does not release them. Ambre Ceruléen, you are the only fragrance that performs wonders, my spirit falters when you consume me.

Ambre Ceruléen conjures forth such a pure amber that one does not want to trust it despite all its sweet seductive power and oriental resinous magic. The amber that embraces one so caressingly is free from blemish. It is the shining showcase of the fragrance, recognizable at the beginning, and increasingly breaking through until it has left behind and absorbed the duality of Ambre Ceruléen.

Ambre Ceruléen is so voluminous and lushly constructed. It is pure vehemence that makes the fragrance so irresistible. Its path leads through intense resin that is so compellingly mild that one succumbs to Ambre Ceruléen despite its crushing unbridled power. The path continues towards the Orient. Oriental magic envelops the fragrant resin full of seductive power. As a synthesis, it leads to an almost blasphemous fragrant abundance of oriental irresistibility and sweet fiery allure, which is not only underscored by resin but defined by it. It is still the gentle mildness that gives the fragrance its special charm and a balance of gentleness and pure passion. Ambre Ceruléen accumulates abundance upon abundance and wealth upon wealth.

The wearer becomes addicted to this incredibly complete and multifaceted fragrance of power and calm. Who even knows how many captivating forces lie dormant within it? They result from the sweet seductive power that sandalwood and tonka bean exude. Escape is futile, one is caught up, one cannot escape, Ambre Ceruléen reigns from sea to sea, from river to the ends of the earth. The fragrance takes its course, it flows through the beginning that dwells within its end, and the end that dwells within its beginning. The heart of the fragrance is pure, yet not free from vice, which arises from the common seductive power that one cannot escape, yet Ambre Ceruléen will still be received in glory. There it steers full of its inherent magic. Perhaps the mixture of oriental resin and sweet seductive power is also full of deception and illusion, yet Ambre Ceruléen will never be swept away, until the end, there it is like a dream that fades upon waking, and whose image one never forgets.
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A rather pronounced powdery spicy-resinous Fall fragrance, balanced by its soft sweet-woody base. Clearly more female-oriented...
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The warm and cozy spices, the iris, and the resins convince
The verbena rings out metallically hard and fresh
Almost beautiful *
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I often like such intense opoponax
Tonka is quite sweet though
A slightly darker, resinous-spicy-sweet veil
Very dense and intoxicating
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Like an almond milk body lotion with a hint of Shalimar vibe (Opoponax). Quite pleasant. But for me, too much cosmetics, not enough perfume.
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A dark amber, spicy, very resinous with Tonka sweetness & a powdery iris veil. Firmly woven into an absolute feel-good unity. Noble!
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Like the protective, tender embrace of someone who loves you. Dreamily soft amber, spicy, full of tonka, smoky. Beautiful.
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The nirvana of amber and opoponax. Waxily soft, you flow over my skin and into my soul. With you, time stands still.
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Captivating amber scent: balsamic-tonka, lots of cinnamon, a bit of heliotrope I think I recognize. Doesn't suit me, but PG is top!
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The tonka scent in an amber dress: Strong, but not herbal. No acidity, lovely warmth. Perfect sillage. Thank you for coming my way.
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Skin-like powdery sweetness. Citrusy, resinous, balsamic. Heavy, oppressive, retro. Even in minimal dosage, it's too much for me.
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