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klimentiy – :
It reminds me of Givenchy Organza .
ajinnaver – :
I think this was one of the last truly Amouage releases for women before they became more quirky and oddball, not that it’s a bad thing at all. This is a dry, elegant and truly oriental fragrance with tonnes of incense and dry, dusty spices. It’s not a big projector, but you can smell it and that’s all that counts really. Romantic and big in a small, understated way. There’s also a lovely fresh, dewy rose in there somewhere too.
jigan – :
This reminds me so much of 80s orientals; ambery plum, clove, soft powdery leather. It’s very lovely but at the same time feels too old fashioned for me. It does share a lot of the jeweled fruit tones I love in the Serge Lutens ambers, and is very rich and formal, not sweetbut it’s a classic heavy oriental. I’m not really a heavy oriental girl and the flashbacks to my early days don’t make me love it. It’s just too much of a been-there, done-that for me. I keep seeing the Mall in 1985.
Ar4iK33 – :
I get a dark syrupy over ripe plums. Almost like stewed prunes. The color is purple. Almost feels along the lines of original poison due to the plummyness I get from it. A bit sugary and thick. It could almost pass as an 80s perfume to my nose…that’s the feel it gives me. Like it should be worn with big hair and shoulder pads.
Makes a suitable nighttime winter fragrance.
passer – :
I wanted a gothy perfume and this was recommended to me in the forums by many fragranticans. It has a nice incense which is something I love in a perfume. It’s dark, mysterious, and has a vintage kind of smell. I detect some jasmine, rose, woods, and musk. But it’s mostly incense for the most part. It’s Great perfume that became one of my favorite scents. You can visit my wardrobe and see that I placed it on the favorite shelf.
Compliment getter for sure. I would repurchase.
DIABLO2332 – :
I have just tried this for the first time and I was taken back to the 90′ it also reminds me of Joop! Homme. The scent continues to evolve as I write this review, but I can confidently say that it would suit men as well as women.
cheeenaddo – :
I smell spicy smoky incense, dark leather, and dark syrupy fruits, with threads of jasmine and rose twining through it like jeweled vines. Like a scent dream from a dark and dangerous Faerie Land. Gorgeous and intoxicating!
tusian – :
Dark, gothic, vampiric. Only for dark queens! Became my favourite from the first spray.
an777 – :
You’re 23 years old and you’re visiting your girlfriend’s apartment. It’s the middle of a sunny day, but her windows are covered with black-out curtains, darkening the room. She’s burning some sticky incense on her dresser near a vase of dying roses that you had gotten her a few weeks ago. She’s wearing Pomegranate Burt’s Bees Lip Balm, and you can taste it as you share a sweet clove cigar together and watch these bright lines of light escape through her curtains and pass through the smoke to dance on her ceiling. She lays her head on your chest while you slowly run your fingers through her vanilla hair. Memoir Woman by Amouage.
Alexander_k – :
I have a twelve fragrance sampler set from Amouage and I’m finding most of them to be disappointing so far unfortunately. This was not an exception, Despite garnering a compliment from my husband…this perfume wore me, I didn’t wear it. Starts off with a thick fruity blast similar to grape Kool Aid which was relatively pleasant… and then quickly a dusty, dry smoke similar to stale cigarettes shows up and the fruity/cigarette accords clashed with each other for a good hour or so. I quit smoking two years ago and one of the reasons was to NOT smell like that anymore…
Leather is not my favorite accord and it really dominates this scent, or maybe it just seems that way when a note shows up that you don’t like. No point did I really feel comfortable or sexy in it, maybe about 20% of me thought it was alright, if you know what I mean. Once it dried down it became more wearable, vaguely fruity and the dustiness faded away. I can see the intrigue and can see this working well on the right skin chemistry, Amouage has exceptionally well crafted fragrances and the quality is apparent but this one didn’t evoke any thing that I want to feel when I’m wearing a fragrance.
FoewCoemi – :
Oh my lord, this bowled me over. I was worried the labdanum would be a turn-off (it usually ruins perfumes for me), but this is so well blended that it makes me actually LIKE the labdanum note! Other than that, I get big white flowers mixed with incense. I like incense, but incense frags tend to disappoint me by smelling too dry, more like smoke and less like the resins. This is NOT dry — “sticky” is a good word.
As for how it develops: an hour into the dry-down, it’s mostly sweet incense and indolic white flowers. Two hours in, the fruity quality becomes very pronounced — the syrupy, plummy quality that other reviewers mentioned. Eleven hours after applying, I could still smell musk and floral sweetness.
My husband — who is not a fume-head but has been gamely along for the ride — said, “This was the second Amouage fragrance that was so great it got through my ignorance and made me appreciate perfume as a high art.” (The first was Bracken, which he loved so much that he instantly agreed it was an acceptable extravagant purchase.)
It takes a seriously skilled nose to mix notes so that none of them stand out and advertise themselves, but instead they all work together to create something entirely NEW. That kind of nose is like the rare author whose writing you can sink into without ever noticing the apparatus or the mechanics of the text itself.
Negativ – :
Sweet, floral, incense chypre. Whew! There’s quite a lot going on here. Plummy and syrupy. There’s a strange, almost sticky, candied jasmine (the jasmine is *huge* in the opening). I’m guessing the medicinal note is the wormwood. Dense, heady, and complex. Reminds me of Dior Poison (plus wormwood) except that it doesn’t take itself as seriously. Sexy and dramatic but upbeat.
Kirdishov – :
Sultry, provocative, mysterious, versed. I have a hard time imagining this perfume on a bubbly woman – the manic pixie dream girl type. Amazing scent! Really worth the price! Sillage and longevity are great! Balmy and also somewhat minty. So strong it clears my respiratory system! Good for night time and, on a lighter note, for days you have a flu.
globus-8800mail.ru – :
Intoxicated.
Amouage’s Memoir possesses a feather-like quality, a tender yet sophisticated combination of cardamon, wormwood and incense. The smokiness is more on the well-blended, consistent side rather than progression of various notes through time. She leaves an impression of sweet and remote sorrow, gradually fading into darkness.
Imagery: In the dim lit room of her Mind Palace, she sat by the stained glass window in absolute serene silence, unconcerned with her chipped vinyl manicure, and her died thin cigar. After an unidentifiable moment she sighed, and started burning pages of an unwritten memoir.
Surprising longitivtiy with decent, but not overwhelming sillage, in my opinion the pricy nature is perhaps justified. The general atmosphere reminds me a gentler, feminine version of Serge Lutens’ Cannibale.
9/10. A dark and ambient elegy that is thinly veiled as a memoir.
Million555 – :
Very unique and very very nice!
I think Memoir is the perfect name for this, somehow, and the bottle is gorgeous.
The fragrance itself is very thick-smelling and so well blended you don’t really notice individual notes so much. I’ve never smelled a perfume so well blended!
Sillage is nice and it almost has a disappear-reappear quality to it like many Arabian attars have. It’s a very mysterious smelling perfume so this quality works well.
Honestly, I’d say this is quite unisex but on a woman, it calls to mind femme fatales from the old film noirs like Ava Gardner. Seductive, mysterious.
Deroxgyoge – :
Please don’t relay on reviewers. I strongly recommend to smell it before you buy.
I blind bought it for my wife and unfortunately was a big fail .
Greg0ry – :
Opens up warm and smoky but with a hint of sweetness until it just reads as a sweet tangerine. I eventually smell softly sweet white flowers and jasmine, but honeyed and a bit too sweet before it becomes a balsamic floral. Thankfully the sweetness wears off a bit and it becomes a modern chypre, elegant and refined. 6 hours later, it settles into a mellow rose leathery incense clove mixture that I can’t quite get enough of.
For some reason my SO doesn’t like it at all but i find it intoxicating and can’t stop smelling it.
8/10
gubik – :
Deliciously smoky incense, mostly labdanum and cardamom to open. Sweet spices, dark with a touch of resin and amber — mulled cloves with a slightly boozy sour edge that reminds me of saffron. Perhaps a sharp iteration of styrax.
I detect only subtle leather, perhaps like a warm, musky animal pelt as Memoir fuses with my skin.
Warm, sensual flowers in the background, a touch rosey, a little narcotic like jasmine, and incredibly well blended into the dry earthy base.
Memoir is sexy and dark, sultry yet not overtly loud. “I am woman; hear me sizzle…”
SNNjaguar – :
Hi guys. Can anyone tell me if the vintage version without magnet in lid is worth paying extra for?
I’ve found a pre-re-formulated bottle. It’s around $50 more than a standard bottle. Please PM me if you can answer. Thanks in advance!
zoobik420 – :
I find that many amouages have a cheap, synthetic quality to them and this is no exception. It does remind me of L’agent except you can find L’agent for under $30 and it smells much more expensive. If you like arabian perfumes, save your money on amouage and try the countless cheaper arabian attars out there!
auau – :
Mohd93, I completely agree with you. I am a huge fan of L’agent, and there’s only a fleeting similarity in the initial spritz, and then it’s gone although both are clearly in the darker realms of fragrances. Envelops one in a cloud of warm spice and smoke, and manages to do this in a way even one as me who has a problem with too much spices can appreciate. The cardamom in the notes was almost enough for me to not get a sample, but luckily it is blended so well in with the rest that I don’t smell it.
Unisex, great quality, lasting power is ridiculous and the strength of the scent could be weaponized, one spritz from a tester is more than enough to last a whole day so a full bottle would last me a lifetime.
cbkbxtd – :
My favorite Amouage scent so far which I’m planning on buying as soon as I can.
To me, it’s a beautiful scent from start to finish. But am I the only one who doesn’t find this similar to L’agent? To me, L’agent is more earthy, and drier, not sweet at all. But Memoir has a slight sweetness (not edible), like..grape incense? It’s very slight but it’s beautiful.
It’s very hard to describe this scent. I definitely smell Cloves and Incense the most, they’re beautiful together. I detect a lot of spices and balsamic notes in the background. It’s a beautiful, dark scent, and quite unisex.
Definitely my next purchase.
ЛЕЧИ – :
1 tiny spray on my hand – and it explodes into my face – oh dear!
But after 20 minutes Memoir has calmed down and I start to smell a great insence note mixed with leather, clove, cardamom and labdanum. Very unisex to me, I must say. A great scent for cooler weather – with the spicy notes, leather and clove – in hot weather I think this will be cloying.
totohka – :
Immediately I got the “dark fantasy fruit” that a reviewer noted below, and for hours it stained whatever other notes might have been present. The overall complexity and depth of the scent were immediately apparent, but to my nose, the fruit overtook all.
However: it made a positive impression on several bystanders, both male and female. The sillage and longevity are far-reaching in both space and time. And it did change over its many hours, with the drydown emerging far less fruity and more woody/musky.
Amouage Memoir packs a Dita von Teese kind of wallop– juicy, carnal glamour. Very Black Swan. Its obverse is Boucheron, a blonde Valkyrie of a scent, almost disdainful of sexual love.
KarLik – :
I have been a fan of other Amouage perfumes for a while but only just tried Memoir. It’s magnificent.
It conjures up visions of elegant women in 1950s Paris in immaculate evening gowns with long black gloves being driven down the Champs Elysees for secret assignations with mysterious men…. It shouts danger and mystery whilst tempting its followers down to the underworld.
tonkih – :
I think the main players in Memoir are civet (although not listed as a note) and smoke. I don’t get the leather. (Which I’m glad about)
Intense and unique. I wish I bought this instead of Lyric woman.
Performance is BEAST and that’s 2 smalls sprays from a 2ml sample.
Amouage are renowned for their ‘heavy delivery’ spray nozzles,
I’d say, ‘strictly one’ spray!
Love Amouage quality! LOVE Memoir!
* edit, lasted 20 hours PLUS on my skin. Sprayed it at night, smelt great all day, right up to the 24 hour mark. It even overpowered other perfumes I applied on the following day!
Yes performance is remarkably amazing
This is one of the longest lasting Amouage in the ‘woman’ range.
Ticks all my boxes.
antongolovko – :
Memoir woman opens up with a warm infusion of spices that dry down into a sweet, dark and complex incense accord. This is a dark and daring fragrance for a confident woman.
Great performance and the quality of the ingredients is excellent.
ciiuhmvltbs – :
I just started exloring the world of Amouage, as i am trying to uprage my fragrance to a niche one.
Bought samplers 6 of them, planning to go in for more, since the brand is absolutely gorgeous!
Memoir was the first I tried out out of the bunch. It is a warm womanly scent that makes me having such a demure mood. I am in love with it.
It starts of sweet, and quite wintery scent, that reminds me of (don’t bash me for this but..) a Christmas fare in my hometown. It smells like plums, punch and warmth. I know there is no plum note in the perfume, i presumed it was the honeyflowers and the cinnamon blending with my skin that gave the impression…
The fragrance settles down to a sweet and delicious incense with a swirling background of other notes on my skin after two hours.
The “pluminess’ returns every once in a while, and it wrapes me up in a fuzzy blanket of scent.
What i love the most is, it shows different sides to it the closer your nose egts to the skin. Further away it is a richer and more mature version of Hypnotic poison by Dior, but as you get closer it unforld into swinrling notes of flowery notes sweetness and spices.
It is truly intoxicating, and it lasts. I got 7-9 hours out of it without retouch and any extreme changes to the scent itself.
Gorgeous, I’ll be getting it for chirstmas this year 😉
genesisxuhickson – :
Even now, after several years of smelling them, I’m often slow to roll around to the love side with Amouage fragrances. Almost without exception, I first smell them and think, What’s the big deal? Eventually, I tend to fall hard, wondering what *wasn’t* the big deal and how I could have possibly missed it for so long.
Memoir is one of my favorites, and true to form I sat with it for a year before I picked up the small atomizer I’d been given and was suddenly blown away. It’s rich but mellow, possibly more caramelized than some would like, sitting firmly, to me, in an androgynous zone that makes it perfect for anyone who likes an emphatic scent and probably a poor choice for anyone who likes a declarative side of the fence.
Maybe I’m alone in this but it reminds me a lot of Joop Homme – as Joop Homme used to be or could have been, without the plastic effrontery of that 1990’s atomic fragrance. I often get compliments when I wear this scent; not just “you smell good” but “what is that, where did you get it, how can I get it,” etc.
Andreykaka – :
if I wanted to blindbuy an amouage for myself,memoir was my last choice.I’m not into chypers,notes list is unfamiliar and kind of frightening for me and I’ve heard lots of comments like:memoir is too heavy and arabic,it’s bitter and manly and whatsoever from my friends.I even didn’t like to try it and I have to thank my friend that sent me a sample of it among others
Before talking about my experience with memoir I have to give you some information about my taste in perfumes:
I HATE clove.I HATE labdanum.I dislike incense when it’s dominant. I like suede and leather when it appears soft,warm and clean but I hate it when it’s heavy or dirty.I don’t know how wormwood smells but I usually dislike anything categorized as “herbs,greens and fougere”.I usually don’t like cardamom and pink pepper and more important than all of these:I can’t tolerate animalic notes when I can actually smell them.there are some exceptions of perfumes with civet or castareum in them that I like but I had a terrible experience of this note in an other amouage perfume (amouage fate which was a blindbuy, it has couple of my favorite notes but smells awful and dirty on me.It was followed by plenty of embarrassing negative comments from whoever smelled it on me).
I’m not good at describing chypres because I’m new to lots of these notes.Trying amouage memoir was one of biggest surprises in my perfume-sampling life.IT WAS A LIKE AT FIRST SNIFF FOR ME!!
it smells very different from my usual faves and it deeply reminds me men cologne’s.maybe because I’m used to experience most of these notes in my daddy’s and sometimes hubby’s wardrobe not in mine.
it’s dark.I can get what other comments mean by dominant green note,yes but it’s very dark green,almost blackish,so don’t think of something vegagative and herbal.it’s very spicy but don’t think of dry powdery pepper that usually gives me a sorethroat.spices are very well blended hear.all of them,so memoir doesn’t smell like kitchen’s cabinet.spices are melted in it’s balsamic base so there is no irritaiting dryness.it’s balmy and oh so deliciously spicy.it doesnt make me think of listed spices.it smells like cinnamon and black pepper to my nose and these are my favorites.call me crazy but I feel something like a dark fruit dipped in honey here,something like plum in poison or femme
rochas or rihanna rouge.this invisible fruity thing adds slightest hint of sweetness and lush fruity undertone which balances other note’s bitter dryness
florals aren’t the main player here but I can feel they’re there,and I agree with below review.it somehow reminds coco chanel but I like memoir better.
leather is detectable on me after first hour but this smokey leather doesn’t smell like burnt tyre.leather is warm and envloping like human skin.I can’t tell about different phases and changes of notes.not yet since it’s deep and complex and it needs several wearings to conclude,for now I can just say it opens with a rich fruity-spicy-ambery scent(though there’s no fruit or amber in it)and has a warm,deep and sensual woody-leathery-musky base which is drier and darker but also has a softness.most of the notes which I was afraid of them didn’t stand out on me.I could feel incense but I don’t dislike it here.I also think that I can find traces of castareum but it’s not the animalic stink bomb which I was scared of.I can’t call it a clean scent but it’s not dirty either.what lasts after couple of hours on me is a soft scent of leather, a smokey and dark but also a good quality and expensive one and something warm and powdery
memoir is so well blended and balanced that nothing seems too much in it.
longevity is great and sillage is crazy speacially in first hours.although I find it a seductive femme fetal scent,it’s also wearable for men
I have to try it more and after my sample ends I’m gonna decide to buy a bottle of it or not.my biggest concern is about costareum and I don’t want to repeat my bad experience with amouage fate.my skin can’t get along with that note and it smells really bad on me.I hope this note doesn’t show itself on my skin when I fullwear it.if costareum doesn’t bother me I can say I looove it and am gonna save to buy a bottle
❤️❤️❤️❤️
Данилл – :
What a striking scent!
I obtained a generous sample of Memoir Woman for a special occasion and I must say it is the perfect companion for a long black evening gown.
Memoir is a seamlessly blended dark and green chypre with a very prominent leather note. I feel like a mysterious witch when I wear it. I really don’t get the similarities with L’Agent, which is a fabulous scent too, but Memoir is greener, deeper and more imposing. It reminds me of Magie Noire (the way it was back in the 80’s); not necessarily similar per se, but they give out a same kind of vibe. Memoir might not be a sexy scent in the modern sense. It’s not girly, flirty, sugar sweet or cuddly. Instead, Memoir seduces with power and danger! It will attract fearless confident men (who can also wear it). ;D
The performance is top-notch, as can be expected.
EDIT: Wearing it again and it’s so gorgeous! I’m seriously considering of investing in a full bottle at some point (even though the price is ridiculous and well beyond what I consider reasonable for a perfume). Addictive stuff.
AlexMaisky – :
I’m using a sample sent by a close friend…boy, does she know my taste! This is enervating, complex, but not pretentious, deep green & deliciously spicy.
The wormwood permeates all layers, but this is an advantage rather than a take over. I won’t go note for note, others have covered that very well,suffice to say this is an intriguing & alluring fragrance, with very good staying power. Yes, I’m saving up…
EDIT. The wait is over, my FB arrived this afternoon & I am cocooned in its sexy perfection. This is a big love, right up there with Oud Divin & Dior Addict. Not at all similar, just examples of my idea of perfection.Worth every cent. 🙂
and40309 – :
Well the opening was nice but then became very smokey, I mean just alot of smoke. I am reminded of being out all night at a Bon fire party and my clothes smelled of wood smoke.
LESHA21 – :
hmm. not really … i enjoyed reading the reviews here, and thought i might love Memoir, but the sample kicks in with such a sharp load of pepper and honey flowers mixed with bitter incense, that, woah,i almost wanted to scrub it. … ive had trouble with amouage openings before though,and know they can lead onto wonderful alternate universes, so … i waited. hmm.. it all softens of course and sweet, dusty leather emerges, but … i still wasnt really happy wearing it. it reminds me a wee bit of Dolce and Gabbana Pour Homme circa 1998, citrusy pepper and smoke … which i loved on a glamorous man at that time but … yeah, i guess ive moved on. this one is just not for me.
bylik987 – :
I adore Memoir … this is intriguingly sexy! I adore spices, wood, smoke, leathery, this ticks all the boxes. The package is divine, and the fragrance itself is masterpiece…after this, I got introduced to other incredible fragrance from Amouage. Can I say – I feel like paying a visit to Muscat because of Amouage!
VALDUNAEV_72 – :
I never intended to test any Amouage as the price is so high. I know that perfume is an art form for some, but mainly I just want to smell good. However, I was sent a sample of this and was absolutely stunned by the quality. This was rich, big and beautiful as I imagine perfumes used to be when I hear people lamenting pre-1990s formulae (which is basically when my nose met perfume).
This is complex, with the coca cola aldehydes that work as they do in Bois des Iles, along with soft leather, florals and spices. There are cooler notes – incense I can identify, the wormwood I could not have named – that add a green note and a sense of space that stop this becoming too dense an oriental.
The sillage is lovely – expansive but not overwhelming – and the longevity and quality are fantastic. I love this but it didn’t make my heart skip a beat, so it is still won’t be added to my collection. But if the notes look good to you and you need something big, dark and a little fragile, I strongly recommend this one.
bbaasterrasay – :
No, not Poison, nor L’Agent. Not at all. Well, I guess if you stretch your imagination, there is some minor similarity, but not much.
I have and love Poison. Had and liked L’Agent. This is a whole different ballgame. Memoir, to me, is in a class of its own, and it is the only Amouage that I’ve seriously fallen for.
This must smell a bit different on everyone. On me (non-magnetic, snap on cap bottle) I get little leather. The leather is black and smooth and supple. There is a distinct sweetness, some fantasy dark fruit. A discrete touch of incense, and just the right amount of cloves. Perfectly arranged fragrance, I think.
Memoir has none of the harsh smokiness of L’Agent. Nor any of the wonderful Tuberose of Poison.
This is a stand by itself fragrance, one of my top favorites. Lingers forever on me.
cpa747bedyWelty – :
So many beautiful comments and I sincerely apologise for writing a bad one, but we need them both, this is why this page is here.
Memoir was my first and only scrubber. I can take almost anything on my hand and patiently wait till it develops and shows other/better sides, but this one didn’t make it. And I tried it again and the same happened.
People say dark and mysterious… I had vintage Posion that this perfume is compared to but to me they have absolutely nothing in common. Poison is (was) romantic and seductive, and Memoir is scary smell of vampires and witches and creatures from the dark side.
When I smell it all I see is Transilvania, night, grof Drakula’s castle surrounded by swamps and cemetery, and the smell inside the castle, the humidity, mold, the dead and vampires.. that is how Memoir smells to me.
Not for a blind buy.
tollik – :
COCO Chanel EDP meets bulgarian rose. The best of all Amouages I tried so far, sweet smooth, elegant and not overwhelming. Drydown similar to Vanille Inscence by Atelir Cologne. Good stuff, but bit pricy.
olyuska – :
I am falling in love with this fragrance but it wasn’t love at first sniff – this is one that had to grow on me. It is a dark, sweet, mysterious and very bitter scent. It’s spicy, floral, musky… I do detect hints of leather but not a soft creamy suede-like leather (just the tinge of a leather-like tobacco note). The incense in this is unusual in that there isn’t much smoke (instead it’s bitter and dry), quite different from what I expected. I’m not a huge fan of smoky incense, so this is a great thing. I love Amouage, and Memoir is one of my favorites.
Moshatinpavel – :
This is SEXY.
There is much sweetness here, but this is no celebrity sugar bomb. It’s chewy sweet tobacco and leather and flowers that dry down to mildly masculine (to my nose) incense. As ever for Amouage, beautifully blended.
Sillage is moderate (2 sprays of the EDP), but it lasts all day, and long into the night while getting better and better.
I love it for myself, but long to smell it on a man.
bbj – :
*****
wow wow wow – a stunning perfume and imo the best from amouage. bold and elegant, almost rough in its intense sensuality – black leather, intoxicating incense, warm spices, carnivorous flowers, all blended together perfectly. makes me feel dark and decadent, strong, sexual. i don’t think this is a very feminine perfume, quite the contrary it leans unisex. there’s both class and austerity to it, but its darkness is pervasive and its sexuality of the controversial kind. what’s even more surprising is how nostalgic it gets at times, almost gloomy. this is a creature of the night, longing for its lost love and innocence, filling up with darkness and exploring the shadows.
ovechkin – :
It does has the Dior Poison style. Poison is exotic flowers, vanilla and sandalwood, Memoir is leathery wood. Both has the similar dark sensuality. Meanwhile, Memoir can be wear by men.
A perfume for business occasion and royal meetings.
Ramdler09 – :
Amazing perfume and nothing compares. Major compliments when I wear this!
هذا جميل جدا!!!
vesabserb – :
For some reason I dont get very much incense on my skin. I get cherry jam and black tea smell with a bit of rubber. It dries down to a pleasant creamy rose and oud.
Its a little old fashioned (in a good way). To be fair, I believe that it may develop much better in warm weather. Its very cold and snowy where I am today.
zohan2 – :
I thought I would really like this at first but after awhile, it started to remind me of those home perms my Mom would give me as a kid – specifically the conditioner you use after taking out the curlers. I want to try it again though and I’ll update my review if my impression changes.
Update: Tried it again and really tried to like it but in the end… get out the curlers, we’re getting a perm!
igla1981 – :
Wow!! This is not my usual type of fragrance, as I normally gravitate toward green florals, but I was excited to try it from a lovely gift coffret of six mini Amouage perfumes. Memoir is amazing. Many reviewers have said it reminds them of the original Poison. I used to wear Poison in the 1980s and this is much, much better. I do understand that impression, though, but to me Poison was very plummy and I smell no fruit in Memoir other than the spicy orange in the opening.
As soon as I dabbed Memoir on my wrist, I got a strong whiff of cardamom and orange, with a herbal undercurrent from the wormwood, aka artemisia. The small dabs on my wrists left a slight sheen of oil, showing a high concentration of perfume essence. A little goes a long way! This would be easy to overdo, which would be a shame as its powerhouse sillage could overwhelm an appreciation of its nuances.
The orange vanishes very early but the cardamom lingers. Next come the incense and clove, mostly incense on my skin, freshened up by the floral notes. I can’t distinguish most of those, other than jasmine, but the combination is gorgeous. The incense is the strongest note on me at this stage, followed by the combination of jasmine and clove. A rose peeks out once in a while but on me, it comes and goes.
I am writing this as it dries down; it is becoming more woodsy but the incense is still dominant, which I am enjoying. The wood notes have a pleasantly smoky quality which suits fall and winter weather. The longer this dries down, the more the styrax emerges, with balsamic, resinous tones of spices, smoke, incense and just a touch of leather. The balsamic aspect is only slightly sweet, not cloying at all.
I am so under-dressed for Memoir right now! Wearing it, I feel as if I should have just come from a beauty salon with nails and hair done, and about to put on a fabulous dress and good jewelry for an expensive dinner out or elegant society party.
This is a very high-quality perfume. Not sure it’s worth paying the usual high price for a large bottle but this could easily become the signature scent for the right person, so maybe it would be money well spent.
Jjjeronimo – :
Amouage Memoir Woman is the darkest and most regal perfume I’ve ever had the the pleasure of smelling. This could have been worn by a queen during a very dark period in time. The words that come to mind are gothic, baroque, and medieval. It smells of heavy leather, absinthe/wormwood, incense and some other dark magic that sends you into an ominous black storm cloud of fragrance. It will engulf you. One spray will send the dark magic of this perfume around a room. Everyone will smell you and no one will have a clue what you are wearing. It lasts all day. A character you may imagine wearing this would be Maleficent. An occasion to wear this may be during a seance. Just kidding, I love this dark beauty and I wear this any day of the week. Wear it cautiously as