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Leocesh – :
On my skin, in half an hour or before, the beautiful amber turns into salty … This ends. The smell is dense, probably as a balm.
kardasveta – :
This is a great balmy and hot amber, smoky and strong. It is sirupy when first sprayed and darkly sweet in a way, although projection is moderate. I only tested it so can’t really talk about longevity, but it is a very good ambery scent, check it out if you happen to love amber. Btw the bottle is gorgeous.
I compared it with the other Molinard’s Amber, which I bought and prefer. This Ambre Lumiere is pretty expensive when compared to the normal Amber, and it is also stronger, so I chose the normal Amber because I wanted something a bit lighter and less heady, but also cheaper 🙂
BKlyne – :
A beautiful amber, as I am biased and love most ambers, but I must say there is a subtle vintage quality about this one. Perhaps the herbal tone of the Eucalyptus, or the rose and lyang and vetiver…I don’t think this will be my Amber holy grail, but it is a nice one as most ambers are (to me) Goes quiet pretty quickly 🙁
Artem2709 – :
Je l’avais trop vite comparé à Ambre Sultan avec lequel il y a des similitudes, mais sans m’envahir ni provoquer de migraine, il remplit l’espace, se fait remarquer (et apprécier). Ce n’est pas un ambre douillet, mais plutôt un parfum solennel, herbeux, médicinal presque. Il y a une trace de Sables de Goutal. Les grains de résine semblent provenir de la manche d’un mage ou d’un sorcier. On pourrait les avoir cousus dans l’ourlet de la robe de Maléfice.
Une très belle découverte car j’ai pris le risque de le commander quasiment à l’aveugle. Je l’avais à peine senti l’été dernier.
La Maison Molinard confirme son talent et sa belle vitalité.
Quite risky because I blind bought it. And I was too quick to compare it with Ambre Sultan. Here, no headache at all but a very well blended surrounding herbal & vanillic amber. Very well done from Molinard! Projection is really good and my colleagues confirmed the quality of it, it really fits and fills my office and matches with autumn colors and atmosphere.
Not for the Millenials… This is a grown up fragrance.
Great longevity on scarves and in hoodies. Nice to rediscover it in the morning after, mixed with Habanita. Very comforting.
Surely on my short list of favourites for a long time.
desant007 – :
No. Just no. Very strange how something that has so many ingredients I like can be such a scrubber. Thank God it’s only a sample I tried. I love wood, incense, amber, tolu balm, rose… You name it… But this is a scent from long ago: totally overwhelming. Like when you smell a bottle of scent from the twenties a 100 years later. I know it was meant to be a scent from the twenties, but this is for lovers of the heaviest of heavy scents. I like my scents heavy but this is just too much. The eucalyptus in this is very disturbing as well. I have Ambre Sultan by Lutens, Ambre Gris by Balmain… Maybe this perfume just doesn’t agree with me, it’s best to make up your own mind.
motion – :
When first applied Ambre Lumière makes a big statement; you are hit by a strong smell of the most concentrated quintessence of herbs plus amber plus patchouli elixir and it all overwhelms your senses. It’s like inhaling instead of intaking a thick syrup and you don’t want to have it on, not that way, not that strong (think of Tiger Balm smell). It almost burns your nostrils and it’s too much but it’s good; sip some liquor, cognac, the best I mean, and it’s the same: so strong but so good. Twenty minutes into it and the scent tones down to a slightly powdery and acrid smell, as you feel it becomes yours and smells of pleasantly sweaty skin (maybe lemon and coriander keep it that way). If smelled from wafts, it is a well-rounded ambery and resiny fragrance, while if sniffing pulse-points directly it easily smells like gunpowder. There is an overall fiery feeling coming from the eucalyptus and later from the tolu balsam, so even by the drydown the scent is set a-light by these two elements, as if the smell were coming from a burning incense stick whose fire is silently lurking and emanating balmy wafts.
I like incense sticks so I also like this. I always use my sample with joy and will be sad when it finishes. I really recommend this fragrance for lovers of balmy and strong scents. By the way longevity is enormous and on clothes it stays for ever.