FavaBeans

I keep Reminiscence Ambre around. For the price, there’s no good reason not to! Ambre is my perfume equivalent of a neutral earth toned merino knit wrap cardigan sweater. It has a comfortable, content-in-the-background vibe. It works in three seasons and lots of circumstances.

I find Ambre far less spicy than other reviewers, and I don’t buy the brand’s description if it as warm spicy. To me, Rem’s Ambre reads tepid, lukewarm, and room-temperature more than anything else in my collection. My guess is that perhaps the cloves land as spicy to some people - but for me they add just a wee bit of cooling lift to get the amberchouli aspects up off the floor.

This scent starts as it means to continue, so you can decide quickly if it is for you. I find it mostly sits in a vanilla powdery place, but dry enough and patchouli enough to keep it from feeling too femme or flirty. The musk is faintly detergent-like, but in an appealing way that cuts down on any dirtiness or scratchiness you might otherwise get from the patch.

One smells this perfume a lot on French women in their forties and fifties. It reminds me of France and may remind your Millennial French coworkers of their aunties. I’m down with that, personally, but it’s a good to know.