She is on her third bottle now. L'Antimatiere is a fantastic, subtle perfume with lots of natural ambergris which is very beautiful and interesting. It is not for everyone because it takes a while to tune the nose to ambergris the reason why some smell nothing.
It is not for those who want a loud announcement of their presence but for another kind of perfume user. The Unicorn is a stark, natural green violet, with a cool impression. Unusual as a "cool green" Last edited: Feb 26, Basenotes Plus.
Dec 31, I just saw that L'Artisan has these decorative pomander-like spheres that are filled with amber. Text from the L'Artisan site says, 'We have created an amber note made entirely of vegetable ingredients blended together to form a solid substance similar in nature to organic amber.
D Well-known member. Dec 4, I dont know who Amber is but im sure she smells great! Jan 22, To me, the amber note in many frags smells like Play-Doh. Thomas Martin Well-known member. Jun 28, Amber gris is what stays on your skin, after everthing else is gone. For me it smells like vanilla. In the end, the very end, both smell almost the same for me. Jan 21, One very very popular synthesis of both sides also heavy with 'fougere' notes and sandalwood though is Azzaro's classic Pour Homme and a most interesting modern kick off from all this is Guerlain's L'Instant especially the original woman's perfume do note that the last two are twisted but wildly successful modern takes on what you seem to be looking for the original smell of amber and ambergris.
Last edited: Mar 13, So, I'm gathering from this, that L'Artisan is interpreting amber as amber from sap, trees, etc. Jun 18, I do not agree is amber smells like vanilla. Natural Copal is the closest one can get to real amber without having to wait a couple million years.
Amber is a fossilised is that the right word? It does not have an actual smell unless you start to burn it. Copal, on the other hand, is used as a substitute for incense. Imagine smelling Tam Dao with a very, very oily base. Copal is not even close to being sweet. I always thought that Ambergris and amber were not related on origin or scent.
That said, I have never smelled real ambergris. I think that the real word perfumers should use is "resin" instead of amber, eventhought the latter sounds much more luxurious. So your question is not stupid at all, it is actually very intriguing Last edited: Nov 30, Xplo Well-known member. Feb 18, Wow, lots of confusion in this thread.
There are three things called "amber" associated with perfumery. The first is ambergris. It's produced in whale stomachs, possibly to protect them from hard sharp objects squid beaks, for instance , hence the nickname "whale vomit", although "whale pearl" might be just as accurate. Fresh ambergris is a byproduct of the whaling industry, but considered unsuitable for use in perfume; the good stuff spends years in the ocean before finally washing up on shore.
I haven't smelled the real thing, but the synthetics have a distinctive fresh-woody character with some resemblance to clary sage; the real thing is said to be smoother, more complex, and somewhat animalic. The second is mineral amber. This is fossilized tree sap. It's translucent and kind of an orange brown color, like honey; it is, I suspect, what the color "amber" refers to. Actually, this isn't used in perfumery at all; mineral amber has no smell unless it's heated by burning, or working with power tools and the smell is supposedly an unpleasant resinous or "burning plastic" smell.
According to some sources on the internet, it's possible to extract an oil from the resin, but the smell is similar to when it burns.
The third is perfume amber, which is often confused with mineral amber. Perfume amber isn't any kind of fossilized sap; it's a solid perfume, typically composed of labdanum, benzoin, and beeswax, with any number of other ingredients as the maker desires patchouli, frankincense, and vanilla being probably the most common. The scent is heavy, resinous, and sweet, but not particularly like ambergris. It's also possible to extract an amber oil from the solid, or to construct an amber oil by using extracts of the resin ingredients.
So when a scent says it has "amber" notes in it, which of these three do they mean? Unfortunately, there's no way to tell. Ambergris has a kind of legendary status, being known as a precious material that makes any perfume better but is too rare and expensive to use in modern commercial formulation.. The word "amber" has an evocative, mysterious quality that makes it sound desirable even to people who don't know what it is.
But since ambergris has its own word, I generally assume that when a perfume says it has amber in it, they mean the solid perfume kind..
Last edited: Jun 1, SculptureOfSoul Well-known member. Jul 2, Labdanum, the resin from the Rockrose plant Cistus Ladaniferus is the closest oil or absolute in chemical structure to true ambergris - although not having actually smelled the latter I can't say how similar they actually smell.
Labdanum is a very rich smelling substance though that goes through quite an evolution all by itself. Rich, resinous, hints of leather, myrhh like notes, and much more. SculptureOfSoul said:. Labdanum, the resin from the Rockrose plant Cistus Ladaniferus is the closest oil or absolute in chemical structure to true ambergris -.
Lian Basenotes Plus Basenotes Plus. May 10, I keep it locked away and still you can smell it if you open the cupboard. Mar 4, Throughout this thread nobody seems to have described what amber actually smells like, is it sweet, tart and sour, woody, animalic, balsamic ,?
Night Well-known member. Nov 11, Amber is not a material you can find in nature, it is made by men. This means that the smell varies a lot from one house to the other. To me it has to be balsamic, slightly animalic, medicinal and warm. Night said:. Amber is made of labdanum and vanilla.
All the other materials go on top musk, civet, patchouli, oakmoss, sage, etc. Ambregris is natural as you said. These are two different materials. Last edited: Aug 2, Lian said:. Nov 9, As previously stated, Amber smells like Azzaro PH, no, seriously, form my own experience, amber tends to smell smoky, a bit powdery, leathery and even a bit fleshy, all this with an above average lasting power.
Oslo-Fjord Well-known member. Aug 27, This is Vetiver and Amber.. Fresh Vetiver and warm Amber at the same time JickyMan Well-known member. I think this is a very pertinant question. As we can see, Amber is described by many people with many different discriptions and somehow try to come up with a collective idea about what many degrees of amber and ambergris smell like. I still struggle with pointing out the top, middle and bottom notes, but with time and reading here, I get a somewhat better understanding with threads like this.
I could go out and buy the coffret from LaLabo and try to study each of these accords, but being a full nose is not my goal. Perhaps someday I'll be a good nostril with any luck. Wearing it is like stepping into an empty room that a loved one has recently been in and sensing the absence of that person.
It is the scent of a life lived, with the sweetness of warm breath and the animalic musk of bodies. Alien is a woody jasmine fragranced forged in the heart of a star and sent careering down to Earth in an ultraviolet light beam.
It has a warm, golden heart that is a more transparent take on amber with none of the plushness or softness. Instead, woods are folded into the fray to bring a more angular, sharp touch. The result is a resplendent, igneous fragrance that catches the light like a sharply-cut diamond. It is literally out of this world…. As lovely as ever,,,,the ONLY perfume for me. Hard to find now, but this was an excellent purchase. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.
Well, quite simply, the amber is ground up, then mixed with a carrier ingredient. For solid perfumes, this might be something like beeswax. Different forms of amber offer different aromas. For example, amber perfume that features Egyptian-sourced amber is often sweeter and muskier. Amber from Tunisia, on the other hand, offers a far more spicy, heady scent. The thing that perfume-makers love most of all about amber, is that it works so well with many other ingredients.
Vetiver and citrus, on the other hand, liven it up considerably, making it punchier and more invigorating. Talk about versatile! Amber — romance fragrance or intense and exciting?
Well, how we perceive it today is largely thanks to its development in the 19 th century. At this time, perfume developers identified amber fragrance as its own olfactory genre.
These aromas are usually warm, exotic, and oriental in personality. Whoever knew that amber perfume could get so baffling, eh? Amber remains a much-prized ingredient to this day. Which leads us to the next question — what does amber oil perfume really smell like, and which is the best amber perfume? There are some aromas that are immediately recognisable, like citrus, pepper, sandalwood or oud oil. Amber, by contrast, is more used to add exoticism and richness.
Is amber perfume right for you? In all probability, yes. Most people tend to like fragrances that have a bit of personality, and amber helps to provide it. Without these rich base notes, the perfume would smell quite flat and uninteresting, so it plays an important role in many scents.
There are so many bestselling fragrances out there that feature this luxury ingredient. Here are just a few of our favourites.
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