Description
Once upon a time, there was a traveler who set sail on an endless journey to the Orient. Along the way he found some exotic commodities, such as labdanum, mixed spices, rose water, and brown sugar. He continued surprising himself with discovery of ambers, the precious stones, and soon he became so obsessed with amber.
A contemporary take on oriental theme fragrance. It opens with a blast of labdanum and mixed spices, followed by dashes of green, creamy rose and caramellic brown sugar notes. Amber, being the heart of the scent, soon makes its grandiose appearance, accompanied by rare notes of civet and castoreum which add an unusual touch to the oriental composition. Notes of sandalwood, vanilla, tonka bean further enhance the amber heart, lending the scent a splash of powderiness and creaminess.
Available as ethanol-free Eau De Parfum 50 ML. Eternal Voyage was launched in 2016.
svc364Bessinepome – :
Looks like someone in Fragranceland is a student of the game. This has the DNA of the 1980’s with sillage and longevity turned up to yuppie levels. One spray could last forever like the HeLa cell. Eternal Voyage is so strong when sprayed it’s worn like a banner. The spirit of this perfume is blatant, expensive and ungovernable. This isn’t just a scent, this is more like a partition separating the millennials from the old fuddy duddys. On my skin, the rose is the bride never the bridesmaid. The other paranymphs of ingredients are x factors that vye positionally for the most ostentatious note. A good portion of the scent was escorted by a fried brown sugar element that subsequently turned fizzy. I don’t know the name of this perfumer but who ever it is must have entered a “Who can make the strongest sandlewood” contest. Whoever you may be, I declare you the winner by a LONG shot!! The resins here are no holds barred. Smells like the amber was extracted immediately from cavern walls directly onto your skin. As you can see, there is civet and castoreum in the mix but the composition manages to be animalic without becoming summarily animalic. Contradiction..I know. You’ll see what i mean once you try it. Sensationalized adjectives aside, Eternal Voyage had me thinking about all the cliches from the 80’s such as big hair and loud make-up. I’m pretty sure this wasn’t the intent of Auphorie but thanks anyway for that accidental nostalgia.
BLIND BUY WORTHY
Lesinscestifs – :
I had a decant waiting to be tested, and since I was going out this afternoon for some Halloween festivities, I figured “Eternal Voyage? Like, hmmm, death?” The name was perfect, LOL. Without looking at the notes, I spritzed it on. I was hoping for massive clouds of incense, and that is exactly what I got.
A deliciously fruity opening caught me off guard. It did not smell like citrus, but more tropical. It was sweet and tantalizingly juicy–maybe peach mixed with syrupy pineapple?
The fruit quickly settled on my skin while some of the best incense I have ever smelled in my life began to develop. It smelled just like a smoky headshop full of joss sticks mixed with incense from the most sacred East Asian temples. East meets West. Such thick, black, billowy curls of the smoothest incense–like being at a hookah bar because you get all of the heavenly aromas without the coughing.
Did it remind me of death? Yes. I pictured a ritual in which a body was laid out on a stone table, incense burning, and torches lit on each side. I haven’t had images like this come to mind since Anubis, and I would easily place Eternal Voyage into that category of incense, the kind that takes you not only to another place but to an ancient, maybe mythical, time.
Interwoven with all the incense, it smelled a teency bit like men’s cologne, like something musky, spicy (nutmeg?) and herbal (lavender?). Barbershop-fougere. Sexy, actually.
Several hours later, as I was driving home, I kept thinking about toffee, which was odd. I told myself that it can’t possibly be my new favorite incense perfume. I actually wasn’t sure if I was really smelling it or if it was my imagination. Then I got home and looked up the notes–brown sugar! It’s a note that I inadvertently noticed, yet Eternal Voyage doesn’t strike me as gourmand at all. It’s not particularly sweet.
Eternal Voyage is blowing my mind the way that something from Slumberhouse does. It’s thought-provoking, constantly mutating, and it contains notes that don’t appear to have rhyme or reason “on paper”, yet pour them into a bottle and shake, and they make something that nobody has ever smelled before. THIS is perfumery! It is truly artistic.
I know that Miyako got a well-deserved 2016 Art and Olfaction award, but Eternal Voyage is going to be “my” Auphorie perfume.
georg.on – :
Very surprising and strong citrus opening, and it stays like that a long-long time. So long that you dont think it is going to change. Then it becomes tonka-amber. In the drydown it´s like special edition “Shalimar sur la Route de Tonka.” If I´m not buying is because of too much tonka, sadly not my favourite note.
allisonscottsi – :
I drained my sample of this one fairly quickly and is my favorite from the 3 I tried from the line.
It opens with a slightly soapy, sunny, warm rose, and settles to a delicious vanilla/amber with hints of the opening remaining. Sort of gourmand but not really edible smelling, and all fairly light and buoyant. I found it really wearable, high-quality smelling, and grew to like the oil base. Seems like it would span most season(tested it in the brutal heat this summer)and I did get a compliment on it, which is always a plus! It’s on my full bottle wishlist.