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sherifsaf – :
This is not an original composition. But here we have the HIGHEST quality ingredients. The best birch, a nice violet, some ionona, beautiful patchouli, amazing Damascene rose and an amazing bergamote. WOW.
leex2 – :
This perfume reminds me of a very stylish mature women in Baroque paintings dressed in black velvet who is coming inside her castle from the snow. It smells really expensive just like a very exclusive perfume which is made for a queen.
colchak.al – :
I got this on a great deal online it was supposed to be a tester but came with cap and very nice box. However, this perfume is very femenine, seriously don’t be fooled by the ‘unisex’ marketing. I have so many unisex perfumes and I am not really picky about slight tendency yet this one is excessively femenine in my opinion. Has a very similar vibe to Black Orchid with less projection and perfirmance and the the orchid note, it is a bit dark and intoxicating and no there is no leather note in this, atleast not easily detectable and very medicinal.
I don’t really see a man pull this off. Not office friendly, not kids/babies friendly (children) tends to be a bit too much for their noses.
In terms of quality of schent, it is quite good but not my piece of cake and I don’t see my wife or anyone around me might like it. It is a bit unique but I can understand if someone ends up loving this one.
6.5/10 due to the fact that the price doesn’t justify the quality at this level. 310$ oh yea sorry, was a bit shocked at first spray.
Update: I am actually falling in love with this one. hmm maybe I was expecting a different scent when i first go tthis, but it seems to be very much unique.
touchhh – :
I have a full bottle of this, i purchased it recently. And i hate it! Anyone want to swap with another armani prive bottle??
Deroxcxkft – :
Feminine to the 10th degree. I’d never wear this. Straight violet bomb on a smooth leather base. Very powdery as well.
TATARIN 116 – :
It’s ok…. A little masculine for me to wear on a regular basis, but nice
gonta – :
This was a blind buy, and it was not good. It smells like powdery violet. I get a blast of leather in the first ten minutes or so. I definitley smell black leather, but it’s not a dark, brooding fragrance whatsoever. The base is sweeter; benzoin-ish. The problem for me is that from top to bottom, it all smells like chemicals! All very highly synthetic, just like their Myrrh. Aromachemical soups. I have zero interest in trying anything else from this line.
ncNx – :
Powdery and sharp.Absolutely feminie. Hard to rock this one as a man but you can. Just not worth the price in my opinion.
fffffffffffff – :
Voici le genre de parfum qui ne ressemble pas aux autres, il a vraiment un truc de spécial que l’on peut sentir dés les premières seconde après vaporisation…
un cuir mélanger avec de la bergamote, de la violet et de la rose, la vanille avec du poudrée… sincèrement c’est un parfum dur a exprimer, il est doux et fort a la fois.
c’est un parfum mystérieux et dangereusement séducteur
bli777z777nes_59 – :
Fruity, Smoky and Powdery Leather Chypre..the first impression is that of a strictly feminine scent…on a second glance the kinky gentleman can really wear this with a good outcome from them Ladies!
smessiona – :
This is an absolutely amazing and fantasticly thick fragrance that focuses on a beautiful violet and a really nice dark and smoky birch that reminds of leather. Behind that there is also a dark patchouli and some roses.
Immediately when I spray it on there is a big cloud puffing up. A cloud filled with this thick mix of violet and birch. It feels like the entire apartment has transformed so the walls are made of leather, that there are big birch trees growing up from the floor and that violets, patchouli leaves and a few roses are raining down from the ceiling.
Later the dark and smoky part of the birch settles down and it gets alot softer. At this point the roses gets a little bit more prominent together with a soft and very, very light, warming hint of benzoin, labdanum and vanilla. But it still is the violet and the leathery birch that has the leading role in this incredibly beautiful creation that stays on my skin all day long.
Cuir Améthyste is the first fragrance I’ve tried from Armanis exclusive line Armani/Privē and it immediately took a place in the top together with my all time favourite fragrances. I love it!
srmss – :
Sweet, floral, powdery, & slightly sharp. More feminine than masculine. I like it but way too steep of a price.
smignee – :
Al mio naso belle violette croccanti con betulla e coriandolo ad effetto camoscio.
Il tutto spalmato con crema alla rosa.
Non conosco bottega veneta.
Trovo simile a Daim blond.
Cuir A suona piu acuto. Quasi stridulo con odore di cera d’api.
Cuir A e’come una sorella maggiore di qualche anno.
Personalmente preferisco Daim b che trovo piu verace, giovane e moderno.
L’albicocca in coppia al camoscio e’perfezione.
Cuir A dura dritto e il triplo di Daim B!
Femminile,adatto di giorno ma non svanira’ la notte.
Da indossare solo,esclusivamente,tassativamente, con abbigliamento in pelle.
prihodkosn – :
An absolute dream of a perfume. Rich and creamy, beautiful labdanum leather, gorgeous really superb birch leather – lots of beautiful leather – and a glorious, velvety, soft, rich, luxurious divine rose, combined with the most beautiful patchouli! It’s such and exquisite perfume, so good. So gorgeous. A beautiful powdery violet is the star performer though, soft, rich and smooth, delicate, powdery and sensuous. Feminine and alluring totally. And I adore it. Truly adore this perfume. And it lasts for ages! Always 14 hours, sometimes more, and so rich and strong, but gentle and intoxicating. Fantastic.
pss729Bessinepome – :
This is a very soapy powdery but refined iris, I don’t get much leather and don’t see it among st the notes either. Maybe a hint. Nice fragrance, just doesn’t really stand out for me.
balextert – :
This smells just like the sweets I use to have as a kid “Parma Violets”. Its a very 1 dimensional and flat fragrance.
Fraug – :
Since I first tried Cuir Amethyst I had it down as a very tame leather flanked by notes I normally associate with cosmetics. Yesterday I tested this again after some time and for the first time I got the impression of an expensive handbag that someone took to the beach. I can’t believe how that impression of sea breeze redolent with brine escaped me all the other times but it is so strong.
Deaclecrojepe4 – :
My favorite perfume at the moment. What a beautiful arrangement of notes in this masterpiece. From start to finish it is just pure suave creamy smoothness. Elegant, versatile, sexy, different. Try it.
AngelMraka – :
Very pretty fragrance but not quite for me.
I have a full 100ml bottle for grabs or swaps.
martcom – :
kind of a feminine version of Dior Fahrenheit with extra creamy rose! matured & glamorous,mysterious & classic.
Sklyarov60 – :
This juice is smooth and creamy, a warm soft floral with slightly resinous dry down. I definitely don’t get leather here, not even a bit. This scent is beautiful as it is.
Tahflully – :
Creamy and gentle , slightly powdery woodiness with light and a little animalistic patchouli .
10/10
The best for woman and man but i think is better for man
tata1831 – :
Few months ago, when the lady in perfume shop showed me this perfume, I really became mesmerized. But it was damn expensive. I tried all the shops in three cities to find it on cheaper price or during sale season. Yesterday, I bought it. Its really amazing, I used it at morning today, but even after 9 hours, its fragrance from my shirt is coming to my nostrils.
MukhiilvaM – :
I have Bottega Veneta and Daim Blond and I think Cuir Amethyste sits in the middle of both of these. More akin to BV but has a slightly less deep vibe and with a slightly deeper vibe than is in Daim Blonde.
Overall, in separate reviews I have said I prefer Daim Blonde over Bottega Veneta but if it came down to the wire I prefer Cuir Amethyste over Bottega Veneta and Daim Blonde. It combines the best elements of both.
A tiny spray goes a long way.
паря – :
The moment I applied Cuir Amethyste, I was reminded of a cluster of delightful iris-cedar compositions from Heeley, Serge Lutens, et al. Turns out this is supposed to more about leather and violet! No matter, it smells very nice to my nose from start to finish.
I very much enjoyed the opening as a familiar and aesthetically appealing combination. Then, as the perfume dries down, I smell more violet and less iris, but the leather remains a cedary suede. Of course, that’s a good thing, to my nose, which finds dark oily leather a bit overwhelming in many perfumes.
The only remaining question is: does this one cost as much as the others I love so much? Since this is from the “Privé” collection, I suspect that it does. I may have to content myself with reflecting on the memory of this lovely perfume.
Алексей 13 – :
Really want to try this, it seems interesting. Love leather notes and adore BV. I really like the Fragrantica website as it is a wonderful resource for info on perfumes. My only gripe is that the information is never consistent. The perfume notes are not always correct and in this instance it is not mentioned that Michel Almairac is the perfumer for this particular scent.
Edit: Finally tried it and it’s lovely. It smells so similar to Bottega Veneta.Too similar. The difference is the powdery violet (which i really like though) and the leather smells more like a real, warm leather. Not a cold, new leather. I don’t get any of the top notes which is a shame as they are lovely. To my nose the two main notes in this perfume are the leather and the violet. And although the leather note is really good, I would not buy this perfume for myself. I prefer to get the BV as it is more complex than this and smells so much better on me. It might smell good on men that like sweet perfumes, as it has a slight sweet dry down.
Наг – :
Armani Prive Cuir Amethyste is a powdery, sweet scent of violet. I also recognize some coriander in the background. But I don´t get any cuir out of it. The Vioelet smells rich an gets me all the time the comparsion to scents from Clive Christian.
By the way, I don´t find anything similar with RBR Incognito like mentioned below.
full_babanmos – :
This is really the kissing cousin of Tom Fords Black Violet. I really love this scent just as the Tom Ford but sadly Black Violet was discontinued and those Cuir Amethyste has filled my void! It starts off with the Black Violet vibe then the separation of the two starts to come out. Cuir Amethyste kicks in the leather and soon moves past the floral state and into this kinda white leather vibe, still giving you a hint of crushed flowers that somehow never really leave but continues hang around the leather notes. it really is a well blended fragrance. I remember the first sniff i got of Cuir Amethyste was at Nieman Marcus and i look at the sales rep and said this is Black Violet by Tom Ford and just so happens the Tom Ford Rep was across the way and went to the back store room and bought a huge bottle of the Black Violet, it looked like a medicine bottle with Black Violet written with a Sharpe, and we compared the two side by side and the similarities where astonishing!
Winkiller – :
RaJuR real deep kool on YOUTUBE…… Official Signature Scent……..Cuir Amethyst. I’ve been in the fragrance game for 15 months, and ALMOST claimed Byredo 1996 as my signature. After 114 niche bottles of fragrances from more than a few houses…..THIS IS THE ONE. No need to describe it.
ira96 – :
My favorite and very similar to Icognito by Rouge Bunny Rouge
Kaitlyn_fromAC – :
I adore this, but it a little strange. Its not really violet or leather, but a magnificent combination of the two. I really hit the violet leathers and found that many of them ended up smelling like a purse. CA is by far the most unique of this combination. The dry down is brilliant too! The green quality behind the darker notes just tingles the nose a little, which is something I love. I am mostly a fan of fragrances that blend so well you are not able to specifically pick out certain notes, to me that is when the fragrance stands out as unique. We all know what violet smells like, we all know what leather smells like, you don’t know what Cuir Amethyste smells like until you wear it.
zybr74 – :
Cuir Amethyste is my holy grail violet fragrance. It is just amazing!
A dry powdery violet full of elegance with soft & smooth suede-like leather that is arising from the birch note, and just a hint of supporting patchouli and vanilla in the background.
Simply noble and fine!
tvv70 – :
I thought I had found my ultimate dark Violet scent when I bought Tom Fords Black Violet…..which I love to no end….Violet is my favourite note and I have quite a few Violet perfumes, with TF Black Violet being the cherry on the top…..But Amethyst is now right up there with TF, when I bought a mini sample I was expecting something very similar to TF, and although it IS similar, I can tell the difference…..and as such, I need a full bottle of this in my life! On first application I get Violets….then it turns into smokey/leathery Violet and its beautiful. It lasts a good 6-7 hours on me which is about normal. I wear safe floral scents for work, but I think that this would also be good for work too, its not heady or in-yer-face. It smells classy and expensive….( because it is)
k104 – :
A luminous floral more than a leather scent, Cuir Amethyst’s focus is on semi-sweet violets with a bit of powder trailing behind it.
It starts out as a purple jelly bean—candied and chewy. Technically, it’s spiced violet, but it doesn’t smell even remotely natural. Instead, it’s like a sugary glow with some sherbet pockets. Style-wise, it reminds me quite a bit of Myrrh Imperiale—a scent that, like this, had a tenuous connection to its descriptive title, relying instead on oodles of sugar rather than myrrh. Similarly, there’s barely any connection to leather here at all, although you can sort of sense that it’s buried in there somewhere. If anything, it’s a soft suede, but I’d be more inclined to describe it as vinyl. Having said all that, it’s a pleasant enough fragrance, but like several of the scents in this line, the effect it seeks to produce is quite vague.
So, don’t come to this for the leather as you won’t find it. Come to it expecting grape juice and jelly beans and you won’t be disappointed. A pleasant enough fruity floral scent overall that’s not overly obnoxious, but it doesn’t fit the refined style of the bottle or the tailored character of the clothing line. It’d be better suited in a bottle shaped like a cartoon animal or something more pop. Fun, a bit cheap-smelling, but likable enough in small doses.
bqv936Diobtetty – :
Updating my Mortica Addams fragrance and wearing it for the many hundredth time. I bought three bottles when the perfume went to discounters for a brief time while being remarketed. Likened to Daim Blonde by me and others I spent some time wearing Bottega Veneta over Xmas and find Cuir Amethyste closer to BV than DB. As Little Parrot states in an earlier review Cuir Amethyste is a Michel Almairac composition. I seem to have a weakness for his fragrances. It hasn’t lost its appeal and far from living in the Dead Marshes of many perfumes I own it is still the one that could be my signature scent if I wasn’t so unfaithful
olio94 – :
For some who are interested in the nose behind….Michel Almairac created this gem for Armani prive, not christine nagel.
samvel…. – :
i don’t quite understand why people are voting that this is a winter fragrance this is the pearl of the spring when it’s breezy and at breezy summer nights beside your fresh cold lemonade and your beloved one i wear it as a man and sometimes people refer to slight femininity but i don’t care pass the start and it’s romance bottled in a fancy bottle
alpet1978 – :
Place all the swears you are aware of in a sentence followed by the word beautiful and you have an appropriate description but its a bit linear the leather leaning to prominence as you move through its life time
ubyyza – :
J’ai essayé ce côté “cuir noir” et je dois dire que celui-ci est plus d’une odeur de cuir. Il offre une entrée huileux sombre, alors que dans “Black Leather” le cuir est en fait pas l’étoile. Il est mélangé avec un bois de santal très lisse, qui présente un peu plus doux.
Après une heure “Amethyst de cuir” est encore forte, mais il se sent très doux et poudré. “Cuir Noir” est plus subtile par comparrison, mais je pense a la meilleure idée.
narek12354 – :
I went to Neimann Marcus and tried the Armani Prive line. Close to 15 scents were presented to me. Out of all the scents, this was the only one captivated my nose and far the best. I liked it so much so I purchased it right then. The salesperson was surprised I picked it. She said it’s not a popular product. That made me want it more because that means not a lot of people are wearing it.
But, I highly recommend this fragrance. It’s a 10/10 for me.
zit 44 – :
IOh boy, this one I want, but it’s so expensive! It’s $210 for 100mL! But I’ve had a think about it, and decided it’s worth it.
I have never smelled anything like this before. It is a masterpiece. Utterly fantastic and deserving of the award it won! Christine Nagel is one of my favourite noses, and she has not lowered her standards with this addition to the Armani Prive line.
Cuir Amethyste… or “Amethyst Leather”. I was told it was meant to smell like the little tin boxes the trench-soldiers had in World War II. I was also told that it’s meant to smell a lot like birch bark, which I can’t properly identify (I live in Australia; we don’t have birch).
This is a strange, wonderful fragrance. Nothing comes near it in terms of originality, olfactory structure or overall idea. I tried to think of perfumes that are similar, but its nearest cousins were miles away. The closest I got was the Tom Ford range – but I was only seeing similarities in terms of originality and “darkness”, not any particular perfume.
This is mysterious and dark to say the least. It has a good dose of “I’m smelling something in here, which I can’t tell what it is”. It is not sweet at all.
What I can say is that it starts out classic and dry, and progressively becomes richer, deeper and more “purple”. I know this is an unusual way of describing a scent, but I hope I’m appealing to the people who have experienced this type of colour identification before. I can actually “smell” the amethyst increasing throughout the drydown. I “feel” the purple. (I’m sorry, but I have to defend myself from the people who claim assigning a colour to a perfume is ridiculous. I’m not crazy. Synesthesia does exist: it’s the mixing of different senses, which has been well documented in the scientific literature.)
But I can’t figure out what the purple note is… I don’t think it’s just the violet on its own. It is too complex and sophisticated. It’s just magical!
You start to smell more woods later, which I love.
My advice is, if you appreciate complex, sophisticated, mature scents – then try this! But if you like the sweet, fruity, or even the floral scents they’re flogging on the market all the time – keep away! I don’t consider myself a perfume snob (because I recognize everyone’s entitled to like what they like, based on personality and age) but I would only expect people who enjoy complex, subtle perfumes to like it as much as I do.
UPDATE: the only leather scent I will ever want or need. Stuff the $258!!
tata1831 – :
This is impossible to describe for me, but I like it alot. It’s unlike anything else I’ve ever smelled. Not typically feminine, but interesting and spicy at the same time as it is light. I think the name fits it perfectly, this might be what an Amethyste smells like.
gringohay – :
Just when you think you’ve experienced the entire range of violet combinations you’re hit with this.
I think it’s safe to say I’m a big fan of violets and this is a new accord to me, understated, powdery yet wearable and utterly enjoyable.
Armani have hit the spot yet again with this juice I’d say it gives me the feeling of a Violet centric juice that really doesn’t have a ‘usual’ (whatever that is?) violet feel. What I mean is that it will intrigue violet fans like me but is different enough to appeal to people who don’t traditionally like the smell of violets. It could be the combination with rose which maybe changes the character some…you definitely get the rose as it dries down.
Smoothing this out is patchouli and vanilla with the darker touch of birch which does create a kind of leathery effect. I wouldn’t agree that it is a smokey leather more of a smooth suede and birch has a woody undertone which makes this smell really good on me but would be equally at home on a woman and possibly better suited.
A classy Violet then which I will recommend to my friend who would love this fragrance. I wouldn’t wear it though, I get my violet hit from Hommage L’Homme and Fahrenheit stuff like that.
BORN_IN_USSR – :
Oh….this is just divine! I am a huge fan of Serge Lutens Bois line (I have Feminite du Bois, Bois de Violette and Bois et Fruits because I could not decide between the 3 because I love them so) and this is extremely similar to those only more ethereal and a bit sweeter and juicier because of the fruit notes. Plus a touch of leather. It is just luscious and if you are a fan of the way SL does bois then I promise you can not go wrong with this!! Full blown swoon material for me. Total wrist sniffer!! Reminds me of a cross between Serge Lutens and Tom Ford Black Violet and Plum Japonais. Just total deep purple heaven!
edik06152000 – :
First impressions:
Didn’t care for the opening. It smells very mineral – esque. Definitely very uniqe. The floral seems subdued slightly by the other notes. Birch is what I detect most, which to me kind of smells like dirt.
It gets better as it goes along, but it’s definitely not something i’d want to wear. I can appreciate it’s beauty, however.
firsten20 – :
WOODSY LEATHERY VIOLET
Cuir amethist is one of my new favourites of all time. Truly a master piece. I have to make room on my top shelf for this one.
The leather is achieved by combining the birch and the patchouli as there is no leather in this. Gives a very realistic fresh smell of suede and a fruity resinous effect . I smell violets and a hint of coriander , it gives it sort of a purple suede , fruity effect, I adore. The rose keeps this perfume fresh ! Very much comparable to Lutens. Bois line , especially bois de violets and bois de fruit , as well as feminite de bois. Could be a close relative to those mentioned. Its luminous , dark but airy , very similar to Serge Lutens character indeed. As well as similar to Bottega Veneta . This is one of my favourite fragrances ever.
Smoxiamiz – :
This is very attractive. The opening has a similarity to Guerlain chypre fatal. amethyst is smoother more refined, notes are not identical but does have a similarity in the opening with a improved latitude.
Its dry down is so beautiful clean and pleasing a gentle attractive appeal. Not my preference, even so, Its undeniable a very well formulated composition.
menecyhothner – :
Gorgeous top notes,and an especially lovely bergamot in there, led me to believe I was in for something very special. However I was not impressed with the violet/leather combo. As the leather note strengthened and deepened, the violet seemed to get ever more cloying to my nose. I was left with an olfactory impression of brand new leather boots marinading in violet syrup. Just goes to show that using the best quality ingredients doesn’t always result in a great perfume.
ClezeripLover – :
I love this…however is smells like Jovoy L’Enfant Terrible
Ромашкин – :
It’s a shame that the Armani Prive scents are so difficult to obtain. They deserve a spray on American arms.
The opening notes include coriander, bergamot and patchouli. Rose makes fleeting appearances but succumbs to a stronger violet presence with a powdery veil.
Over all, the birch pushes a distinctive and soft slightly smokey leather accord. The leather note very gradually gives away its strength to violet with a small patchouli base in the dry down. This stage lasts quite a while with a faint soapiness in the mix.
The next gradual change occurs very slowly as the base notes join the composition at least an hour or more after the initial spray. Labdanum, benzoin and vanilla combine to assert a warm ambery base with soft violet and leather overtones.
Cuir Amethyste is a long lasting fragrance for me and seems useful for men or women. The bottle is masculine, but still attractive on the dresser. I especially like the acrylic top that has been created to look like a piece of polished amethyst. Nice.
This EDP by Armani does not seem special enough to warrant the price. Nevertheless, it is pleasant enough to garner a loyal following.
patahov56 – :
The purple top would suggest that it’s geared toward cooler months but i think it’s suitable all year round. I admit that it does have some kind of mechanical note lingering throughout but it’s definitely not a reason to be deterred from trying this. I was kinda pissed that Armani went up on the price for this stuff(damn bastards). I liked this stuff so much that i bought it anyway.
DJONI382 – :
Unusual smell – perfume which require attitude.
Ideal for men in suits and women wearing haute couture and jewelry from Cartier, Tiffany etc.
Not for dummies in jeans and sneakers.
J’adore ce parfum!
dpb295Diobtetty – :
Have you heard the story of doctor Zhivago? No? Well, you can read the book or you can see the movie, there are several versions of it. Or you can use Armani Privé Cuir Améthyste. You will at least smell like Pasternak’s love story: intense, smooth, bittersweet and everlasting. If you want to try this you must love heavy notes. Don’t let yourself be fooled by the rose and the violet, they are not there to lighten, only to sweeten the dark leather. Nothing for girls looking for another floral fruity, gourmand or innocent white bouquet.
shadowmaster – :
I think my opinion on this fragrance runs contrary to most of the reviews; on my skin, leather is clearly the distinctive note, but not a smooth leather, rather a scent of wet animal hide, underlayed with a very sweet note. None of the depth expected in the base, either. Well, for all those that love it, it just does not work on me.
zyama03 – :
Criticism of Cuir Amethyste appears to have taken two routes. 1) It’s luxurious and lush and I love it. 2) It’s synthetic and cheap and I don’t like it. I’ll take one from column A and one from column B. It does have a roughness that suggests that the details weren’t as important as both the distinctiveness and in-your-faceness. And from the flower to the fruit to the leather/vinyl/plastic notes (the “cuir”, I guess) there is chemical twang that most would instinctively call synthetic. The topnotes of CA always give me the same gestalt: grape/violet/ink. A sort of Bois de Violette on meth.
So, yes, from column A I’ll take the chemo-freak factor, but from column B I’ll take the, “I like it!”
What’s compelling though is the disjointed narrative it gives you. The stages of CA over time don’t line up. The topnotes shouldn’t logically lead to the heartnotes, and you end up in a drydown that leaves you wondering how you got there. Some of the notes, the flavors, last from start to finish—sweet yet juiceless fruit; powdery, woody floral; plastic-ink.—but the tone is all over the map. The topnotes are high-pitched yet dense, the heart is powdery and resinous-sweet, the base is fairly woody but with some of that inky sweetness remaining. Moving from one phase to the next is less confusing than just nonsensical. Any moment of the fragrance can be likeable, but to the wearer, who’s there for the whole ride, in feels incorrect. Not distressing or off-putting, just objectively incorrect like a misspelling.
But wrong can be more fun than right, so I’m coming down in favor of incorrectness. Is it that the perfumer tried for leather and then got ink? Is it that Armani just had to have “cuir” in the title? Was Almairac looking for that cool inky effect as in Comme des Garcons 2 Woman? (If so, he got it.) Since so many perfumes get it right I take it that leather isn’t a terribly difficult note to achieve in perfumery. So I choose to believe that the perfumer was aiming for a fun, fake, fantasy leather along the lines of Etat Libre’s Vierges et Toreros or Parfumerie Generale’s Psychotrope. This perfume should be presented as a well-executed oddball. Cuir Amethyste is more of a fun perfume than serious one and seems out of place in the Armani world of grim luxury. The name, the packaging, the imagery all suggest numb sparsity, high fashion’s proxy for serenity. Put this stuff in something like Juicy Couture’s spangle bottle, call it, “Violet Vinyl”, charge ¼ the price (you’d make your profit on volume) and it’d sell like mad.
Xeroxffhmh – :
smoky at first, then became smooth after a while. very rich, dark and sweet. more violet than leather. a little bit feminine. smells expensive!
Vitalym – :
Morticia Addams wears this fragrance! The turpentine grabs your larynx and sends your sinuses to Arizona. Do not adjust your set!
Eventually it settles into being different and the same. Disconcerting. Who are you? Crack the leather whip and tame it.
Have a jelly bean with your tanned hide. Don’t try to understand it. Unconditional love is what it wants. Run with the foxes and hunt with the hounds. Unearthly. Maybe it’s me after all.
Evgen 629 – :
reminds me of Profumo by Acqua di parma
ainuritet – :
Leather is not my fav note, but violet is. This is more about violet than leather for me. Sweet, elegant, sensuous, mysterious. I can smell vanilla, too. Perfectly balanced, has a lot of faces – can go well with a business dress and also and can fit to a decadent black outfit for a night out for femme fatal.
Leather is luxurious, smooth, velvety, a brand new handbag. Violet is a luscious pouget of the freshly picked up violets in the field.
Reminds me of the violet in Tom Ford´s Black Violet, my no.1 violet frag.
Will certainly not go unnoticed although it stays close to the skin. Lasting power is average on my skin.
Biostinger – :
Now, Giorgio says that this fragrance has leather/cuir in it, and I argue that because leather in this perfume is strange.
if that is right and this has leather in it, this wouldn’t be the wild Tunisian one you can burn with a fuse and get out of the store without pardon and with a whistle between your lips – this would be some of those modern leather jackets, which are ultra thin, overdesigned, too expensive and treated with chemicals.
on my skin it opens with incensy coriander spiced rose, violet powder, and the famous strange leather chord. in those few magnificent moments Cuir Amethyst smells unfathomable and really dark, like night sky without any stars; smells like unknown, unexplored depths. but then poof! spices and incense infused roses disappear, no more magic, and I’m left with only so much powdery violet that I could swear there is an orris root here somewhere, and of course, patchouli leathery chord that tries to prove too much (if not real leather as claimed by Mr.Giorgio, I guess it’s a combination of birch and labdanum, thus explaining the strangeness).
heart of this fragrance is unimaginative and I have already smelled so many like it before, that dry powder, monotonous hours of violet-dominated leather, and all together, reminiscent of ELDO Puitan des Palaces.
it ends in a slightly powdery patchouli vanilla with a resinous odor.
Aura/sillage is mediocre to me(even leans towards weak), and durability is around 6h.
Cuir Amethyste hasn’t become my second skin.
arest187 – :
It smells violet and dark. A very unique smell and it def for winter when you are wearing leather jacket or all in bl