Description
After last year’s fragrant pair Amouage Fate, 2014 will certainly be marked by new editions Amouage Journey Man and Amouage Journey Woman, available in gold color flacons combined with crimson front part (face of the bottle), whose central part features Amouage logo and brand name.
We always expect a lot from the house of Amouage and the new Journey fragrances take us for an olfactive journey to the Orient by a mixture of precious ingredients. Women’s fragrance Journey Woman has been announced as a floral-fruity with accentuated leather notes while the version for men, Journey Man, is masculine and woody-spicy also accentuated with leather subtones.
Top notes of AMOUAGE Journey Woman open with juicy apricots, osmanthus blossom, nutmeg and cardamom. The heart of the composition encompasses a floral union of sambac jasmine and mimosa, enriched with honey and cedar. Base notes of the composition are deep and warm, created of tobacco, saffron, vanilla, cypriol and musk. The perfume is available as 50 and 100ml Eau de Parfum.
MkMs – :
Spritzed some on my wrist whilst at El Corte and it’s not bad but I’m not a fan. I think Spain’s dry air isn’t doing this one any favors. Perhaps humidity is the Journey Woman’s friend.
I like unisex fragrances but this one is masculine in such a way that I think of Old Spice. At the top it was a very lovely honey not as great as Slowdive’s honey but still lovely. It’s been an hour and that honey has sadly disappeared. I’m currently left with a spicy, peachy-but-not-quite scent that I like to smell but wouldn’t really want to smell like. I believe it’s the spice that lends the fragrance its masculinity. Could be my skin but I’m getting zero tobacco. Good sillage though. Not too much just enough to catch a sniff when my wrists are near.
I’m going to wash this off and try out the D600 I just bought 🙂
HurtMe69Times – :
I get wet tobacco, cedar and a hint of honey. Not a single floral note to be found here (on my skin anyway). While I dislike this scent on my skin, she was a blind buy so I will keep this for the cooler months and try to find another edp to layer with it, so it is wearable.
Dwehophegioke – :
My Day 7 with Amouage Journey.. I totally discarded it on my first spray but I absolutely love it now!
Day 1 – Tuscan style flowers all the way through UNTIL amazing vintage floral very subtle but haunting dry down.
Day 2 – leather type notes are suddenly there..!
Day 3 – honey, all about honey.. (in addition to everything else :-))
Day 4 – still honey, I am constantly sniffing the little bubble I am in, tremendously enjoying every little bit of it.
Day 5 – before the dry down – greens!!! How did not I notice them?
Day 6 – don’t care much what ingredients are 🙂 still sniffing… Main thing, the fragrance makes me feel better, makes me look better, heals me emotionally.. I do not think I ever experienced this with any other fragrance..
What will this journey bring to me ahead?..!!
Day 7 – my 2 ml sample has a last drop to enjoy.. Looking forward to purchasing a full size bottle.
10 out of 10
Yuss79 – :
I love their classic collection and even some of the garden collection, although less impressive (also for the price they come up at) but this one is a hard one. When I last bought Ubar the lady at the counter gave me half a bag full of samples of the ones I did not already have so home I was like a kid on Xmas morning waiting to sample them. But, sorry, disappointed with this one. It starts sharp on the fruity flowery note and then comes down to a rubbery plastic mimosa still with a sharp unpleasant note in the background. I think it’s the cedar and the jasmine but the whole comes out weird, unbalanced and, again, just sharp. As it dries down it becomes better, although quite plain and not really memorable, but the opening really puts me off. Anyway, this does not change my admiration for the brand and their other fragrances.
TankMD – :
One more edit to my review below:
Someone else mentioned a nod towards Amouage Sushine, which I adore and also own. I find them different enough to own both. I find sunshine brighter and the tobacco note much more pronounced, whereas Journey Woman is much more about the honey. There is a tobacco note if you look for it. But it is true that in the dry down, there is a nod towards Sunshine, but not enough for me to not have both. Î think of Hypnotic Poison more in Journeys opening for those brief 10/15 Minutes, than I do of Sunshinw for the duration of Journey.
mamilova83 – :
I won’t add anything that hasn’t already been mentioned below. I’m on the “Love it” team and ended up getting the FB.
What I will add is that some below are mentioning that it reminds them of something they can’t quite put their finger on. It’s only during the opening. And what it’s reminding us of is the vintage Dior Hypnotic Poison. Just in the opening.
But, not to mislead anyone who hasn’t smelled this yet, think of it as Hypnotic Poison’s elegant older sister. It’s only for the first 20 Minutes or so, then morphs to a gentle jasmine and honey tea that has an intimate sillage. In fact, while out recently with a friend that claims he is highly allergic to perfumes (sorry dude. I didn’t know and sprayed at least three times) he didn’t even notice I was wearing perfume until I said something and he had to come in and basically smell the skin where I had sprayed. On a side note, not only did he like it. He felt it was a high quality fragrance and it did not trigger any sort of allergies.
But I digress. I feel I identified what others below are being reminded of and it’s Dior HP the original. Which I was thrilled about, as the new version of HP is not the same and Journey Woman hits the notes that had made me love the original HP, but again, the more elegant HP.
While both perfumes are for any woman of any age, how I imagine it for that brief period that there is any similarity at all:
Original HP is a woman in her 20s, wearing fashionable jeans and a white tee and maybe a leather jacket and boots with a heel or something, going on a fun date, not trying too hard (or wanting to appear that way) but with a sexy and pronounced fashionable edge. It’s obvious though.
Amouage Journey Woman is a Woman in her late 30s wearing a wrap dress and heels with a shawl, completely owning her femininity, understanding its power and therefore not needing to flaunt it, for a more sophisticated date.
After this Amouage Journey Woman is a completely different journey that HP.
For that part of the review, just read what they others say below.
I love it. I wish it lasted and projected a little bit more.
cic372Unlogrere – :
The opening is a lovely osmanthus honeyed floral kissed with apricot and mimosa. Slowly the saffron tobacco and jasmine come in without fully taking over. There is a certain reflection of Sunshine in this. I didn’t get much spice and the longevity was only 6-7 hours, but that could have been in part because it was a dauber sample.
I’m not sure what I think of this yet. There were times when it was absolutely beautiful. I don’t think I like the combination of saffron, tobacco, and mimosa. It seems the powderiness gets a little ashy.
lqb814speagoessenda – :
Somehow the smoothness of cardamom, earthy nuttiness of nutmeg and the floral-fruit nuances of osmanthus deliver an accord not unlike heliotrope to me — tons! I love this curious arrangement that feels almost alien like. I can’t help thinking of expertly smoothed almond marzipan fondant on an Italian couture wedding cake.
The apricot note is warm and fruity but light, complementing the osmanthus perfectly. Mimosa adds a delicate spray of powdered sunshine and a gentle green pollination. The cedarwood note in the base is soft and airy, floating in concert with a light, clean musk. Tobacco is barely discernible, contributing a little warm, sweet air.
This feels like late spring during a warm evening sitting under a mimosa tree in filtered sunlight. Polished, yet naturally comfortable and pleasantly unique.
HakAlmottom – :
What a warm and comforting scent. For me a winter warmer with honey, tobacco and spices being the most prominent, then vanilla, mimosa and other florals jumping in. The mixture of tobacco, spices and flowers leaves a subtle hint reminiscent of incense.
Very beautiful, sweet, cozy and yet different from mass marketed fragrances.
Do I even need to mention its tremendous longevity and silage? Plus beautiful bottle.
Another masterpiece from amouage.
vavasik – :
Woah! The opening blast of honey in this is STRONG and incredibly sweet but then mellows out to something strangely rubbery, I can’t put my finger on what it reminds me of, but it’s unpleasant until the saffron really takes over. I love saffron in my paella, but when that is the only note you can smell on your skin, it’s less than ideal. This phase lasts on me for hours, longer than I care for.
Talk about a journey! I find myself picking up my arm intermittently throughout the day just to see if the saffron has worn off, it hasn’t, it’s a bit nauseating to me and a bit unbelievable how strongly this one note lasts for on me!
Dislike. Pass.
After about 6 hours of saffron, a note comes out that smells strangely similar to tom ford’s black orchid. The beautiful drydown.
Unfortunately, even though I can’t actually still smell the saffron, it radiated off my skin for SO long, i don’t think i could wear this fragrance, even for the beautiful drydown.
5/10
vahagngr – :
Just tried from a little dab on sample, truly unique and lovely. It has a certain viscosity, or heaviness. like most Amouage fumes have, its a gorgeous smooth blend of apricots, osmanthus , a clear candle wax note and some sweet drifts of fine vanillic tobacco. i’m not crazy about tobacco, but here it works. The whole scent is round, heavy and smooth like a syrup. No freshness whatsoever, only warmth and cosyness, in a fairly tenacious but somewhat quiet ( no huge sillage ) scent . Love it!
KrinPP – :
This one has a synthetic and fairly unpleasant undertone when the weather is cool, but it blooms in warmer seasons. Then it smells like jasmine-blended Earl Grey tea (Persian Earl Grey) with loads of honey and some invigorating spiciness. Quite nice, although not exactly my style (I don’t know why, but it just feels “wrong” on me). Journey is, nevertheless, worth checking out if you’re looking for a relatively substantial floral-fruity oriental that is suitable for summer.
The performance is slightly above average (nowhere near beast mode).
vnt495 – :
في البداية أود أن أقدم اعتذارا للعطر حيث أنني قد تأخرت عنه كثيرا
ودار أمواج ككل تستحق التجربة بمجرد الحصول على أحد عطورها للتجربة وربما للامتلاك أيضا – وهي بلا شك تستحق.
كتبت سابقا عن النسخة الرجالية من جيرني أنه عطر يجسد رحلة أمواج ومشوارها الناجح مع عطورها التي حظيت خلال سنوات قليلة بمكانة كبيرة نافست بها دور أخرى سبقتها بأكثر من مئتي سنة في هذا المجال.
النسخة النسائية التي بين أيدينا اليوم هي نسخة غير مسبوقة من أمواج.
فالعطر ليس آمنا أو مقبولا وربما لن يكون مفهوما من الجميع
ومن دون أن أدخل في متاهات التحليل التي أوجع بها رؤوسكم، سأقول وببساطة.
العطر يدور ما بين الجورماندية والفاكهية في قالب زهري شرقي، -اديني رجعت أعك من تاني-.
المكونان الرئيسيان هنا هما (المشمش + التوباكو)
بالفعل يبدو الأمر متناقضا، خاصة مع تصور فاكهة المشمش الطازجة المخملية الملمس مع التوباكو الحاد، ولكن من قال أن المشمش هنا هو بصورته الطازجة.
ما رأيكم بالعودة إلى الصورة الذهنية لتصور العطر.
لو تخيلت جلوسك في حديقة من أزهار الياسمين الدافئة في يوم مشمس دافيء وأمامك كوب كبير من عصير فاكهة المشمش المجففة المحلاة بالعسل.
نعم فأنا أميل تماما إلى أن المشمش الموجود هنا هو المجفف المسكر المذاب لصنع شراب حلو محلى بالعسل وليس في صورته الطازجة وإلا لكان العطر فجا مع دخول نوتة التوباكو.
الرحلة هنا ستكون من الافتتاحية بشراب المشمش وصولا للتوباكو في القاعدة.
مكونات الافتتاحية هي أتقن ما في العطر فإلى جوار المشمش هذا الوسط التابلي بوجود الهيل “القوي ممتد الأثر”، وجوزة الطيب “اللاذعة قليلا”، والدافيء أيضا لوجود زهرتي الياسمين والأوسمانثوس “برائحتها المعقدة الفاكهية الجلودية التي تشبه رائحة الخوخ والمشمش معا”
هذا الوسط يذكرني تماما بالعطر الرائع الفريد ” Berlin Im Winter ”
قلب العطر هو تمهيد رائع لدخول التوباكو
بداية بسكب العسل إلى شراب المشمش المجفف ليصبح التوباكو مكرملا
ثم أخشاب السيدار الفيرجينية ذات الطبيعة الدخانية العميقة
والأهم هنا هو وجود مكثف لزهرة الميموزا “التي تعطي رائحة دافئة جورماندية كالينسون لكنها ذات لمحات أنيمالكية كريمية”
الآن أصبحت الصورة مكتملة لاستقبال رائع بدخول التوباكو الذي سيشعل العطر حياة وفخامة
الفانيلا والمسك والزعفران هي مكملات لهذه الأجواء الشرقية الدافئة الجورماندية قليلا.
العطر بصورته النهائية أراه يوني سكس بشكل صريح
وربما يكون آمنا للرجال بالمقابل لا أراه يلائم شريحة كبيرة من النساء
فهو يحتاج شخصية قوية عاشقة للعطور وليس فقط تتعطر كنوع من المكملات الشخصية.
الثبات والفوحان جيدان جدا كجيرني الرجال تماما
Incandyabob – :
Journey has the darkest Apricot’s I ever smelled. Here in combination with Osmanthus, Ceder, Honey and Musk. To me unisex – that dark note it is. I don’t get any sweet or fruitysweet notes at all. I’m glad for my sample -this will not be a bottle to buy – but a great scent, not for my skin.
Journey har den mörkaste Aprikosnoten jag nånsin känt. Här i kombination med Osmanthus, Cederträ, Honung och Musk. För mig är denna unisex – så mörk i noterna är den. Inte fruktsöt alls. jag är jätteglad över mitt prov och jag kommer inte att köpa nån flaska. En superb doft men inte för min hud.
SeroOccuche – :
Peaches with a the weird smell of honey. Sometimes I find it sexy, sometimes I find it a meh.
It smells like peaches. Like plain peaches. Not the sweet smell of peach. No. Like a sugarless peach-flavored yogurt.
Diamex – :
Stunning opening, with a piercingly beautiful, shimmering floral note (the osmanthus? the mimosa? both?) over a smoky, rubbery base (smells like oud to me although there’s none listed.) Beautifully sweet, while at the same time the animalic chypre brings a wonderful sultriness. A sumptuous floriental that manages to be both ethereal and decadent at the same time. As it progresses the floral part softens and the animalic base becomes more prominent, finally drying down to a pleasant green floral as the tobacco/animalics fade away (that surprised me a bit). As another reviewer wrote, “Someone once asked me if I could choose to be with either a beautiful woman or an attractive one, whom would I rather pick? My answer is always the same: the attractive woman. Journey Woman is no ravishing beauty but she is undeniably attractive.”
Snake1980 – :
I don’t know how Amouage did it, but they managed to blend three notes that are tricky on my skin (honey, mimosa, and apricot) into a beautiful perfume. This smells like honeyed sweet tobacco on my skin. It gets darker as it dries, with the tobacco becoming less sweet over time. I also get a lot of saffron too from this. I’ve had a sample of this for a long time and came across it the other night. I had completely forgotten that I had some of my sample left over! I tried it and just fell in love with it. It definitely does best on my skin in cooler temps. I kept getting beautiful wafts of tobacco throughout the night, to the point where I finally sold myself on a bottle. Yep, Merry Christmas to me! I had to order from the UK, but it’ll be here before the holiday. I’m so excited! Until then, I’ll sniff what’s left of my sample. Thanks for another (wallet breaking) winner, Amouage!
nastradamus1 – :
The best perfume I ever smelled,it’s last forever!Finally I got my favorite scent !It’s a dream perfume,unbelievable…
LENS – :
Journey is sensual, rich and intoxicating. I get honey cedar and tobacco on my skin. It lasts for 12 hours plus and is a heavenly addition to this exotic line.
igor Sribnyy – :
I got to sample this thanks for lolvely Ms.Cherie.. I smell honey and suede , or some kind of soft leather, maybe camomile . Very warm, inviting, slightly animalic, intimate. Not necessarily feminine , sensual. I want it!
fqu952Unlogrere – :
My skin amplifies the tobacco in Amouage fragrances.
I love the opening of this – especially since I’m on a honey bender at the moment, but that doesn’t hang around long enough. It’s still there but the tobacco dominates.
SO, what I end up with is a sweet tobacco scent, which is too similar to what I get from Sunshine (even though the opening is completely different).
If the price was better I’d probably have both…
effedeemext – :
I wasn’t as lucky with the second sample from my set as with the first (see my review for Dia). I have the same experience as the reviewer Mbee: only tobacco, screeching and unpleasant on my skin. This effect with tobacco happened to me before, with ELDO’s Jasmin et Cigarette.
AntoreyDencor – :
Amouage Journey is the best ..i loved Amouage so much.
Another good from Amouage that gets better (Journey)..
very rich scent. amazing
enriched with honey and cedar. Base notes of the composition are deep and warm
sillage and longevity are so good
Excellent and Different, exotic and top quality.
Very long lasting and leaves a trail during first 12 hours.
women love it.Just buy it
karepin12 – :
The only note I can smell on my skin in this perfume is tobacco. I purchased a 1ml sample and have tried it out many times in different types of weather and the only thing that I get is tobacco.
nimro – :
“جِرنی”
رایحه ای شیک وبسیار جذاب وکاملا زنانه برای بانوانی که به ظاهر آراسته خود بسیار اهمیت می دهند.
بوی گل اُسمانتوس و شیرینی عسل رایحه ای کِرم گون و خامه ای در این عطر ایجاد کرده که در بازخورد اولیه فرد را مدهوش خود می کند.
شامه من علاوه بر رایحه گل اسمانتوس، رایحه برگ و شاخه های این گل را نیز تشخیص می دهد که طراوتی ویژه به عطر بخشیده،
این عطر برای من تداعی کننده مهمانی مجللی هست که در شبی از تابستان در باغی پر از گلها و درختان با طروات برگزار شده وحاضران با لباسهای مجلل و آراسته مشغول خوش گذرانی هستند.
پخش رایحه و دوام این عطر در پائیز و زمستان فوق العاده عالی هست 4 ساعت پخش بو ودوامی بیش از 24 ساعت روی پوست، اما در هوای گرم بین 1 ساعت پخش تا 4 ساعت دوام را تجربه کردم.
تقریبا از ابتدای اسپری کردن عطر تا انتهاء شاهد یک رایحه هستید “گل اسمانتوس و عسل” البته تغییر رایحه به سمت تنباکو و برگ و شاخه های بوته گلها نیز محسوس است ولی نه آنچنان که رایحه ای مستقل به حساب آید، درکل اگر در پی عطری جذاب و فوق العاده شیک و آرام بخش هستید جرنی زنانه گزینه ای بسیار ایده آل است.
بررسی خود را بنویسید!
hotaxis کامنت:
(سایت لوکس بایر (با امکان تست سمپل
vanillu – :
This smells like Mr. Sheen Furniture Polish. Sharp, hissy, aerated florals, with a bitter-sweet chemical aftertaste.
It doesn’t smell anything like the notes, and I sprayed from a tester bottle in a store, not a sample.
Horrible.
LinuraGamtova – :
Journey is very stuffy on my skin. I felt almost offended by it in the shop and looked for something to rub it off with. I do smell leather in it. Or maybe it is the tobacco/nutmeg combination that makes that impression? Not for me anyway.
Of the Amouage’s that I’ve tried so far I love Ubar, Beloved, Honour and Dia and I like Ciel and Sunshine. But I’m not found of Gold and Journey.
blingikalagaw – :
a while back, on facebook, a high school friend of mine got depressed and descended quite rapidly, eventually leading to meth addiction. i haven’t spoken to him in 15+ years, so i couldn’t’ve done anything, but anyway, i went back over his facebook after the fact, and traced the specific moment when his whole world turned to shit. it’s quite a morbid/morose thing to do, but i just wanted to get to the nucleus of his situation and examine the anatomy of his addiction. it was quite a harrowing experience…
anyway, i think i have just ‘got’ the moment when amouage went from fully-fledged arabic perfume house to a hollow quasi-arabian company selling perfume to westerners who may not know any better.
seriously, this smells like a million other western perfumes. in fact, this comes across like an avon perfume my mum has owned since the 1980s. it’s depressing “how far they done fell”; we’re talking about a company that would pump out attar after attar, each of them smelling like NOTHING i had ever smelt. and now they’re pushing this stuff.
this is the equivalent of gangsta rappers making christmas albums. this is really disappointing…they’ve lost their arabic roots and there is nothing ‘of the house’ about this. for me, this is the moment i mentioned at the start of this review…tragic. the honey is cloying, the floral elements are like something a celeb would put out. i just can’t see what quality/uniqueness/whatever warrants the price tag.
it’s almost depressing…
a year ago, i was in oman and i visited the showroom in muscat, hoping they would have the attars (as apparently that’s where all of the remaining attars around the world had been sent back to), and they didn’t want to answer my questions. they ignored answering my questions about their back catalogue of attars, focusing more on the others’ questions about ingredients etc. like some government official trying to silence any gossip about some hypothetical past indiscretion. like the history is being erased or re-written…
tragic.
most of the post-2003 output is quite meh, there are some magical scents, of course, but this is quite seriously poor. a scrubber.
never thought i’d be saying that about amouage. did no one proof-read this??? how did it get past quality control???
dudon21 – :
This is the ultimate comfort scent to me. The perfect ambiance for this would be a rainy day in early spring or autumn with the sun peaking through. Me, curled up on the sofa with a good read. A hot cup of jasmine tea.
Maybe it is the apricot that reminds me of an english breakfast? Amouage Journey feels simultaneously cozy like an English B&B and mysterious as if it traveled from a bygone era in the Orient.
Spacemaker1994 – :
I’m in love in this beauty since I’ve tried it for the first time.
It starts with a very aromatic apricot jam with honey accord. Then refreshing tea and herbs come to the scene and they somehow lift the whole sweetness up to a new level.
There is a distinct tobacco note, it’s not a harsh tobacco like in Chergui by Serge Lutens, it’s tender mild slightly fruity pipe tobacco. Nevertheless it does its job well, prevents the perfume from being overly sweet and cloying.
Overall this composition reminds me of a tea ceremony in a meadow and I think Alice from Alice in Wonderland could wear this perfume. Such a happy and playful fragrance!
nice22g – :
My grandma and then my mother used to make a special dessert.a wery nice warm creamy and delicious one;there was honey cardamom and saffron in it
Amouage journey smells just the same as that one for me&the only notes I can pick up ate these three
It is nostalgic and delicious and stays a lot but as a perfume I don’t want to smell like this;never ever
زماني ك بچه بودم مامان بزرگم و بعدتر مامانم ماه هاي محرم يه دسر محلي خاص درست ميكردن.ما بهش ميگفتيم كاچي عسلي كه علاوه بر كاچي شباهت هايي به شله زرد و فرني هم داشت و تو تركيباتش علاوه برآردبرنج(فك كنم)مقادير زيادي زعفران و عسل و هل استفاده ميشد
آمواژ جورني براي من دقيقا همون بو رو ميده..و تنها نت هايي ك ميتونم تو اين عطر متوجه شم همين سه مورده..يعني هل و زعفران و عسل
حالتي نوستالژيك برام داره؛ماندگاريش زياده و مسلما خوشمزست اما هرگز و بهيچ وجه نميخوام بعنوان يه عطر همچين بويي بدم
nanotell – :
What a sweet creamy floral nectar! It’s warm, slightly fruity, and voluptuously inviting! Then it becomes sheer, allowing other aspects to come out (Amouage website has it as “leather” as well as floral).
Once you get past the initial sweet shock, it becomes very natural and comforting, like a cashmere sweater pre-soaked in osmanthus tea mixed with honey and milk~ It’s absolutely gorgeous!
I’ve tested their entire woman’s collection in one setting (twice); it occurs to me that all of their stuff has an old world “grand perfume” feel (except Reflection), yet somehow showcases modern trend and taste, which makes the brand special.. Well, this one stands out the most since it doesn’t have that old world feel, yet is still rich (and uniquely wearable, but please DO NOT overdose)!
*My other favorites include Memoir, Interlude, Opus V, Jubilation XXV
liss696968 – :
im updating my update. as i spray this freaking gorgeous honey saffron effervescent monstrously good fragrance on in a happy-cloud this morning. … the more i wear this thing the more i love it; the more its curious dull sweetness and sense of movement and openness grows on me. it is so interesting … because, hell, i don’t really like florals. and def. i don’t like sweet but i looooove journey woman! a sweet floral that is neither sweet nor flowery! literally *fascinating* — i find myself stopping and wondering, how does it do this? be so one-pointed, and yet so full of possibility? the word for it is *tense* … it pulls in more than one direction at once, like some kind of sexual-tension. smooth, even obvious on top (honey, honey), but underneath there’s an important drama going on (jasmine-tobacco-saffron brawl). i can wear it for days. right now i don’t want to smell of anything else again, ever. it makes my skin feel a meter deep in flowers, bees, fur, smoke and springtime. i’m amazed by the luke warm reception it gets, but also glad if it remains off the radar! …this may be a subtle adventure, but it outscales all those shouty amouages by a million nuances in my opinion … compelling journey indeed 🙂
nigolis – :
I’m shocked to see the negative reviews on this, though Im realizing Amouage scents really change in different weather and with different body chemistry. It’s summer and very hot where I am. This scent develops so beautifully. Unlike others, the nutmeg and cardamom are the stars on my skin. It’s so lovely spicy and warm. I used my entire sample in two days because I couldn’t get enough. I’m going to purchase another sample before buying a full bottle because I’m actually afraid I received the wrong scent based on these reviews! Whatever I received is enchanting.
K0l0b0k_90 – :
First seconds are repulsive. 🙂 All I can smell is the tobacco or maybe the cypriol oil. I do not know the smell of it so I cannot tell if it is not a combination of tobacco and cypriol oil or just one of these ingredient itself. Nevertheless, once it dries down, what rests, is a very beautiful and warm scent. It stays strong throughout the day yet delicate. I would also call it luxurious. Although I expected the Journey to be very sweet, it actually is not. Surprisingly enough with all those sweet flowers and honey. I cannot smell particular notes in it because they all blend very nicely into a warm & woody-spicy scent. The Journey can make it into my top 5 perfume shelf. Men’s version is also very nice.
chuper80 – :
Oh I love it! It was kind of fruity on me at first, but later it was a nice floral, and now, after a long shower somewhat 3 hours ago, it was still pleasant and fresh on my elbow. I am so glad that my Journey scent is not that honey-dominent, for I can’t stand such sweetness on a warm day, especially with an empty stomach! I especially was (and still am) impressed when I was able to enjoy it when I was on my way home by metro this afternoon and as the breeze/draft/wind was passing by inside the tube…hmmm…really nice. I was grateful to test it at the counter after the salesday suggested it. I thought I would give Beloved a go but who would have thought I ended up with Journey eventually. It is a lovely surprise for me. Now I want a bottle!
maxumaniakk – :
There is no other house in my 20 years of perfume enthusiasm that makes me change my mind like the house of Amouage. I had to write a whole new review after re-visiting Journey Woman for probably the 14th time. Like Sunshine, Journey also requires warm weather to really blossom the right way on my skin. Now that the weather is warmer, I am finding this to be a much nicer perfume than I previously thought.
I never realized just how animalic the honey is. Like fine wine, olive oil, or coffee, honey also has countless flavor profiles and subtle nuances. There are times I had a spoonful of honey, and it was light and clean. Other times, I would sort of gag due to the pungent animalic flavor. The honey in Journey smells like the latter. I also smell intense saffron right from the start. Saffron has always smelled like honey to me, but also has a nuttiness about it. Now add stewed apricots and sweet osmanthus, and you have a perfume that just wreaks of honey, honey, and more honey. This is by far the most honey I have ever smelled in any perfume. I happen to love it.
In the heart, I clearly smell green tea and jasmine, which are necessary in order to balance the perfume and all its honey.
Journey reminds me of other syrupy peach perfumes on the market right now, especially Hedonist and Kiste. I own Hedonist, but it’s not animalic and contains spice. Kiste is very nice, but there is one note (patchouli?) that is too aggressive. Journey turns out to be just right.
Bzzzzz.
sawyer1989 – :
Wow , I really don’t like it.
In my opinion, it doesn’t deserve to be listed as an amouage perfume , and definitely doesn’t worth the price. I have a new untouched bottle I don’t know what to do with it.
The men’s version is way much better.
InfasyTannY – :
This is only the second Amouage I’ve tried, after Ciel. The reason I chose this was actually because reviewers didn’t seem to be liking it and since they felt the same way about Ciel (which I love), I figured maybe the less popular Amouage fragrances were the ones for me. Unfortunately, that wasn’t too smart of me!
This is… fine. It’s perfectly nice. But it’s boring. We all know Amouage perfumes are very expensive and I feel for that sort of money, we should be getting something really special. This is a perfume I’d happily pay mainstream prices for, but it lacks that extra “je ne sais quoi” that you’d look for from a house like this.
The honey overwhelms everything. I wish it was a bit more reigned in. It’s difficult to smell anything but honey for at least an hour. I was attracted to the promise of osmanthus because it’s one of my favourite notes, but I don’t really detect it at all, save for a slight whisper in the background.
It doesn’t remind me of Hedonist, like many of the other reviewers, but it does make me think of Back to Black by Killian.
The dry down offers some lovely jasmine and musk, but the honey still dominates. I enjoy the kick of white flowers, but there just isn’t enough of them. There’s a wisp of cedar that offers a nice woody kick. I’m disappointed not to get any of the nutmeg on me though.
This is perfectly nice. It’s just not special in any way and for my personal taste, the honey is too much. Ultimately, I find it forgettable.
mmb386Unlogrere – :
Whew! It was a relief to read the reviews after trying this. This does not smell like an Amouage. Typically I respect Amouage even when I can’t like them but this one does not impress. All I get is something that reminds me of bees – a vague white flower smell and maybe some honey. Pretty weak sauce. Plus it has poor projection. I put a big spray on my wrist and promptly forgot all about it. Only thought of it when I wondered what I was wearing.
vikakusha – :
I do not have much experience with Amouage, but I do not enjoy this at all. This is my second try and it hasn’t grown on me at all. Reminds me of Riccola honey lemon cough drops.
Andrei68 – :
With some exceptions made, I generally prefer Amouage feminines to masculines but surely not in this case. I’m aware I’m gonna swim against the stream here but I honestly don’t get JM. This has probably more to do with my personal tastes and penchant than to the fragrance itself but as a matter of fact, I just find Journey Woman a barely decent fruity floral.
The opening is too sickening sweet for me. A blast of honey and fruity-floral osmanthus with pale yellow floral facets. There’s a shy jasmine note trying to claim its presence but it’s overwhelmed by the apricot-y osmanthus. I rarely refer to fragrances as *feminine* or *masculine* but in this case this is really too gender-oriented for me. It gets a little better during the middle phase where sweetness is somewhat more balanced but still nothing that’s able to hold my attention. In fact I had to scrub it off as I really couldn’t find a single aspect to appreciate.
Now, I’m sure this does better on the right wearer but on me, I’m afraid this was 100% perfume-hell.
Ew. Sorry.
Rating: 4/10
alzamai – :
I don’t like honey; to be honest, I hate honey: in milk, in sweets, in cakes, imagine what I think about honey in perfumes.
I bought Epic- that I love- one week ago and seller sent me a sample of 1.5ml of this (and many others); well, chestnut-honey is main note I smell, and I’m addicted; totally.
If you promise not to pull my leg, I’ ll confess this perfume reminds me… sex (and, ehm..in a good way…); not sensuality, not a sensual woman, just sex. I wonder what and in which part of my life something that makes me to relate honey with sex has happened, why I can’ t remember, and, above all, why I still hate honey.
I also smell jasmine, vanilla