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The Ambergris Caleidoscope 2024

The Ambergris Caleidoscope by N•O•A•M
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8.4 / 10 34 Ratings
A new and limited perfume by N•O•A•M for women and men, released in 2024. The scent is spicy-animal. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
Limited
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Main accords

Spicy
Animal
Smoky
Woody
Citrus

Fragrance Notes

Black musk attarBlack musk attar Kaffir limeKaffir lime CastoreumCastoreum Hyraceum absoluteHyraceum absolute Jasmine sambac absoluteJasmine sambac absolute LimeLime Amber absoluteAmber absolute BergamotBergamot Cambodian oudCambodian oud Cinnamon leafCinnamon leaf CorianderCoriander Corsican cypressCorsican cypress East Indian oudEast Indian oud GeraniumGeranium Honey absoluteHoney absolute Jasminum grandiflorum absoluteJasminum grandiflorum absolute Madagascan elemiMadagascan elemi NeroliNeroli Thai oudThai oud Timor sandalwoodTimor sandalwood Vietnamese oudVietnamese oud White ambergrisWhite ambergris Ylang-ylangYlang-ylang AmbergrisAmbergris AmbreineAmbreine Black pepperBlack pepper Blackcurrant budBlackcurrant bud Bourbon vanilla absoluteBourbon vanilla absolute Nigerian incenseNigerian incense Osmanthus absoluteOsmanthus absolute Sweet acacia absoluteSweet acacia absolute Frankincense CO2Frankincense CO2 Pipe tobacco smokePipe tobacco smoke
Ratings
Scent
8.434 Ratings
Longevity
8.026 Ratings
Sillage
7.425 Ratings
Bottle
7.523 Ratings
Submitted by Floyd, last update on 04/12/2025.
Interesting Facts
20 bottles have been made.
The fragrance was part of the collection "Essences".

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3 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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Scent
Kazuo

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Kazuo
Kazuo
Helpful Review 10  
The view through the kaleidoscope
An explorer stands on deck, his ship made of creaking wood breaking through the waves. The sun, already strong in the sky, bathes the sea in golden light. Seagulls circle high above, writing and dancing with the salty and rough wind of the sea that blows impetuously through the sails. The explorer doesn't carry much with him, just the bare essentials: a kaleidoscope hanging from a leather strap around his neck.

With curious eyes, he lifts the kaleidoscope and looks through it. The world shatters into colors and shapes, but there, among all the iridescence, he sees something special: an island, untouched, lush green and fresh. He turns the kaleidoscope a little and suddenly limes appear, countless, bright green and juicy and shimmering. A strong desire sweeps through him, he must go there, he wants to feel the scent and freshness of the island.

With firm resolve, he sets course for the mysterious coast. Later, as he sails through the spray, he takes another look through the kaleidoscope. He is still on Kurz, but this time it shows him more: the island is not uninhabited. A people live there, a harmonious, peaceful life. He sees them collecting honey directly from the honeycombs deep in the forest, a dense forest of various fragrant woods. The honey shines golden, almost like liquid light.

At last he docks. The air of the island welcomes him with a fragrance that immediately envelops him: a salty breeze, infused with the citrusy freshness of limes, mixed with the warm aroma of woods and honey. He is greeted warmly by the islanders. By the fire, on which resins are steaming, flowers lie next to them, gathered in the shade of the forest. Sandalwood and vanilla lend the scene a complementary creaminess.

The island is a kaleidoscope of scents: green, citrusy, salty, creamy, sweet and at the same time warm and complex. Every time he looks through his kaleidoscope again, he discovers new details, new facets that combine to form a deep, harmonious overall picture.

The explorer, which is me, puts the kaleidoscope down and suddenly I realize that I am in the snow again. It's cold outside, frosty, while inside the Advent candles are burning and I can smell the spruce that stands as a Christmas tree in the living room.

What contrasts, what a journey. Thank you NOAM for taking us with you. I like to look through this kaleidoscope again from time to time. It took me a long time to put this fragrance into words, a very long time indeed, and now I have finally been able to write them down.
9 Comments
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10
Longevity
9.5
Scent
BeJot

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BeJot
BeJot
Very helpful Review 12  
The Caleidoscope dance
In the middle of the city... Is that you? Yes! How long has it been since we've seen each other? Joy flows through my body. Let me embrace you! Your hair, tart, fresh, like limes and cypresses. Your skin is honey-sweet. Your clothes soft wood, sewn with resin threads. The leather collar with ylang buttons. Belly to belly, a dance inside. Deep inside, familiarity. Your laughter, neroli bright. You throw your head back, start to turn, to turn me. Closely entwined, faster and faster. A dance, light and wild at the same time. Our laughter in syncopation, with intervals that don't need the ground beneath our feet. We float along the street in ever lighter circles. Carried by fine incense and amber. With hearts beating wildly with joy, we land...in the middle of life.
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With heartfelt thanks to Floyd for the opportunity to dance this beautiful dance! The fragrance is a gem, a treasure that will always be special.
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7
Sillage
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Longevity
9.5
Scent
Floyd

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Floyd
Floyd
Top Review 57  
Take up thy caleidoscope and walk
In your search for new shores, you look through the flesh of lime tree roots like through a theater glass. You feel no waves, there's just a little salt off the bow in the billowing mists, drops of citrus oils swirling inside like spray from the flora of foreign islands. Take your kaleidoscope, start walking. Cypress crowns appear, disappear in the incense above the beaches, behind them you spy furry soils that rise and fall as they breathe. Bellies of klipshrike-like creatures, warm spicy amber bubbles bursting like flowing slides in honey, slow motion over dirty blossoms writhing on the ground, withering away, becoming one with the resinous earths.
Oh, Fiona, you should see this! All the leathery osmanthus blossoms in silky shimmering beaver dresses. How the resin grains create new images whenever we turn the prism. How the sandalwood planks now drift away to dust, to soft smoke over rotten bark, distant clouds of beluga vanilla reflected in dark amber lakes in the heart of the innermost islands.
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New Oceans And Meridians (N.O.A.M. Botanical Perfumes) is an olfactory space-time travel agency, leaving familiar shores, creating visually stunning art, surrounding you with faraway places, enveloping you in adventure and being totally wearable. The Swiss label uses only high-quality natural raw materials for its complex compositions. It maintains personal contact with small distilleries, retailers and manufacturers. Once again, it is the rarity of the sometimes expensive materials that forces the small manufactory to limit the edition to twenty bottles.
The fact that you discover new facets every time you wear it is probably the reason for the name. "The Ambergris Caleidoscope" begins with light green, rooty-esperidic notes (kaffir lime, bergamot) over gently animalic-resinous (hyraceum, elemi) aromas. Sometimes it is the neroli that makes its presence felt in the opening with incense resins, interwoven with the ethereal Corsican cypress. Under the subtly salty ambergris, the animal notes soon become somewhat clearer, the warm spicy vegan black musk attar and the hyraceum are sometimes underlined by slightly indolic jasmine, then again by leathery facets (civet, osmanthus). In this phase, the fragrance reminds me of Fiona by TSVGA. A labdanum-like honey initially forms the backbone of the heart alongside the ambergris, alternating with rotten bark (oud) against a smoky background of sandalwood powder, dark vanilla, black sacra incense and various resins. In the base, amber and benzoin in particular form the depth of the lake underneath, which lingers on the skin for a long time. The kaleidoscope is surprisingly transparent and multi-layered in its complexity of notes and remains moderate in its projection.
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