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vd777 – :
Wearing this today for the first time, from a sample I received with another purchase. Oh my lord! I can’t stop sniffing my arm, this is amazing, deeeelicious incense and caramel that keeps on wafting after almost eight hours and only one single spray! This is fantastic quality and blending, I want this in a big bottle. It comes close to the perfect incense scent for me, and I’ve tried a few.
infoppyenasia – :
I really wanted to love it. I love caramel and liqorice, but all I get is a sweet mixture of resins and hazelnuts.
I have tried only 3 sprays and it projected for about 2 hours, then lingered closer to the skin (and Tshirt). The drydown was a bit “dated”, like my grandma’s perfumes – not yummy. Overall the longevity was OK, about 6 hours.
It is bitter sweet and absolutely not what I was expected from the notes. So try before you buy.
xxZMEIxx – :
How on earth this has so many votes for caramel being that prominent is amazing. This is straight up hazelnuts with a dry backbone that’s not on the sweet side at all until the very late drydown. Just dry and very dusty. Was hoping for a sweet gourmand but this ones far from it. all I get is a dusty wooden cabin in the woods filled with hazelnuts and hay. Reminds me of history, like older times in general.
Андерсон – :
Not yummy. I feel hay a lot. Even old-fashioned.
semengod – :
I have changed my mind about this a couple of times. This is definitely someone’s perfect scent but not mine.
The opening was almost realistic honey and balsamic vinegar with sweet and full incense. Then it turned slowly to dry vanilla and slight velvety nag champa. I took a short nap and woke up to a delicious smell and it was me! Dry cocoa with full warm sweet incense. Heavy smooth velvety banana texture throughout.
Incredibly rich but not overly sweet. Definitely lasts and needs to be applied with a light hand. Interesting since some reviewers felt this was weak but I can’t put on too little. Very nice scent and worth trying
evgen0507 – :
Like most other Parfumerie Générale scents I’ve tried, Aomassai is very original and very well made – an unexpected combination of high quality, natural-smelling notes. It’s so unique that I like it despite the fact that it doesn’t quite work for me personally.
The reason for that is largely the way the caramel note almost always misbehaves on my skin: the smoky or even burned aspect of it usually entirely obliterates the sweet side. And some soft sweetness would be just what this scent needs to tie it together and balance it, because as it is it’s almost overwhelmingly woody and dry. The hazelnut here is shockingly realistic and very dusty, nutty in a woody rather than gourmand way, and the other notes only serve to emphasize that (at least the ones that I get: lots of resins, some hay and a little liquorice). Add to that the way the caramel only adds more smoke for me, instead of softening the scent a bit, and the result is a scent that I find interesting rather than enjoyable, and just a little too much on the masculine side of unisex for my own taste. After a while it does calm down and warm up considerably, and it even gets a little sweeter, but it never really feels like “me”.
So it’s a pass for me, but this isn’t a bad review by any means – do try it if you get the chance; it might work better for you, and even if it doesn’t it’s definitely still worth experiencing.
Dimass – :
I have a dislike for gourmands, I find them synthetic and cloying, however this is my favorite scent and the moment. It smells so natural. Utterly convincing hazelnut and sweet caramel which is balanced with bitter, earthy resins and woods so they never become too much. The quality of the ingredients is phenomenal, everything has the impression of being completely natural. Balance is spot on and the hint of orange is genius, it complements the top and bottom notes binding everything together, it’s like placing the final piece of a jigsaw puzzle.
licPefPlobirl – :
I’ve tried this twice now. Each time I hate how it goes on-so dry and dusty! It’s only after a good hour that I can smell the sweetness and it’s a little bit creamy by then. But by then it’s a skin scent only, so I won’t be buying this one.
honSpoomnoN – :
This opens with a big blast of licorice. This note mellows out after 30 minutes to an hour while still remaining present. It’s joined and balanced by the hazelnuts, caramel, and resins. At this point, the perfume starts to fade away. The licorice in the opening is way too strong for my taste. I could handle it as a supporting note but not as the main one. Sillage is soft, longevity is poor. Big dislike for me.
gloomybars – :
This fragrance has the most beautiful opening I have ever smelled! Love at first sniff. Oh my god this gorgeous! The first minutes of this fragrance is dominated by sweet caramel and hazelnut. So incredibly delicious. As gourmand as it gets. Words can’t express how lovely this fragrance smells. I could shower in this! The caramel disappears rather quickly on my skin unfortunately, and it turns in to a dry and dusty smell of old books. I still love it, even though I prefer the opening over the dry down. This bottle is a gem of delicious delight. My precious!
Just a warning, the hay note in this fragrance is very noticeable and might be a bit off putting to some.
Update: As I have gotten to know this fragrance better I feel the need to update my review. This fragrance transforms several times throughout it’s duration. It starts out very sweet and rich, then it gets incredibly bitter, this is when the note of hay is prominent. After 30 minutes it turns into a subtle, warm and smoky scent. The hay note disappears, so does the hazelnut, but the caramel lingers. At this final stage this fragrance performs as a grown up gourmand. It doesn’t really project, but has a moderate sillage and when layered a couple of times on the skin will last through a entire workday.
vlad559 – :
Mouthwatering roasted hazelnuts with bitter hulls, warmed with earthy, spiced licorice — dark and herbal.
As I work my way through this gastronomic delight, Aomassai becomes sweeter with a creamy caramel fudge.
A touch of incense balances the gourmand notes; ambery resins offer a glint of class and a cleansing smattering of soap. The grasses of hay and vetiver are dry and crisp and contrast beautifully against the sweet notes.
Aomassai never becomes calorie laden but is deliciously captivating all the way.
Галинка1987 – :
Gorgeous. Walnutty, slightly bitter but only slightly, not too sweet, like roasted walnuts drizzled in a tiny bit of honey. This would make for a great scent in the winter months.
speis – :
Tolu+Old books
A woody gourmand. However, tolu only promises a hint of vanilla not being it and this way PG10 is bitter sweet woody, never cloying, its sweetness coming from combined sweet honeyed facets of hazelnut, tolu, licorice and hay.
dimasy7 – :
We got off to a bad start, Aomassai and I, with bitter Hay notes mixed with old-fashioned barbershop Shaving Foam. Things got more awkward when Carmelized sugar walks in.
But! With 10 minutes of patience, that odd mix transforms into something quite lovely: I’m getting the liquorish, hazelnut, coffee, and bitter orange! Now it’s more like Nez a Nez’ Foret de Becharre, my dear old friend. Skin chemistry and individual experience is an amazing thing. While the sweetness-factor is tame, this leans ‘masculine gourmand’.
If at first it’s a bit jolting, perseverence wins the day. “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” — Jean Jacques Rousseau
Aleks3008 – :
I keep falling in love with this over and over again..
It’s the essential perfume for a great night out or a party or a love encounter…
Rich or..complex – if you find that word more suitable.
I love every ingridient and they go so well together. On me its the hazel and liquorice that stands out the most, got that rich foody smell to it, strange but I like it.
I love liquorice in perfumes and no wonder (!) it’s my fav candy too ! If you wan’t to find something similar I would recommend CARNER Barcelona’s El Born , that really has got the vibe, slightly lighter and with a tad sweeter drydown.
Please never discontinue this !!!
effect09 – :
This is really nice although I thought it would be a gourmand looking at the list of notes. On my skin it is first and foremost a slightly sweet herbal/hay with a touch of licorice. The resins, woods and spices become more evident after an hour and then it becomes more aromatic as the vetiver makes its presence known. It’s sort of a three dimensional fragrance where you can smell sweetness behind or beneath a veil of vetiver, licorice and hay.
This would be nice to wear on a late summers evening after the hay has been packaged ready before the autumn rains.
Poor silage and average longevity.
parkurist18 – :
This was a little bit of a disappointment. The smell was pleasant, like some delicious candy – not too sweet and a little bit salty – but it was too linear and even boring to my nose.
yura-number1 – :
Incredible,
Sweet Milk Toffee with Hazelnuts. Almost like sitting in front of the most delicious award winning dessert in the world and waiting to dive in.
If you like gourmand perfumes…. This is the Mother Supreme in The Pastry Kitchen
nmy200Diobtetty – :
Sweet hazelnut and wood resin opening. Not the dry, heady hazelnut of Praline de Santal, but a more tamed and smoky variety. One needn’t be a hazelnut lover to enjoy this. Resin, vetiver and some unidentified woody note, land this on the masculine side of the unisex spectrum, making it feel most at home on a man.
As the scent warms up on the skin, it turns creamier and woodier. The hazelnut moves slightly to the background, never loosing that delicious sweet smokiness of the opening.
Spices join in timidly and a beautifully balanced tart note, perhaps the bitter orange, keeps things from becoming too sweet or too heated. What a beautiful composition!
typikkk – :
Dusty sweetness, recognizably gourmand but also dry and smoky. There is something a little too animalistic in the opening for me. It’s a lot of hay in conjunction with something I thought was honey (but I don’t see it listed) that reminds me a little too much of my earlier years spent with horses and the dusty, animalistic stalls which I spent a lot of time cleaning 🙂 It’s not a literal interpretation of that, I don’t want to scare anyone off from trying it, but if you have spent time with horses perhaps you know if it. Depending on your fondness for hay it might be a very pleasant aspect of the fragrance. Once that settles down however it presents a lot of sweetness, again in that arid, smoked way that is so beautiful and comforting. Wore about 6 hours on my skin before fading, moderate projection.
DR_PRISTUP – :
another fantastic example of what PG does so well – the micro niche of “non-edible gourmand”. it’s sweet but it ain’t, it’s burnt but it’s soft, it’s foody but resinous. it takes real talent & chutzpah to bring this all together and make it satisfying and interesting to wear every time.
Siffrediano – :
Great drydown, pleasant heart, a bit too raw-green-hay-ish starter. Mainly, as describing heart and drydown, its roasted hazelnuts with its skins in caramel glaze – not a cheap treat on a railway station for sure, but a dessert served in a posh restaurant in Nice. I like that details very well pronounced – not nuts, but its fresh clusters at first, with leafy involucre. Thank goodness for the caramel is not sticky, its truly is a dry glaze, which doesn’t overtake the nutty aroma. After two hours- pleasant eastern resinous skin scent, that I wish would have started an hour earlier.
7 out of 10.
3946 – :
This smells a bit like inhaling a soft, moist Licorice Allsort -the multi-couloured cube-shaped one that looks like a sandwich. It has a soft, molasses-like sweetness, but is not overtly sticky or cloying. The texture is enhanced by the dry, summery hay note, which makes the fragrance feel very warm, relaxed and bohemian.
As it develops, there is the slightest tinge of something smoky, like a distant candle being extinguished, but I do not smell incense in its typical form and nor do I get much greenness from the vetiver.
It is quite linear and, on my skin, extremely faint. I would need a good few sprays just to make this project. However it is certainly a very pleasant and under-stated gourmand.
NILS07 – :
ho sempre una certa ritrosia ad indossare questo eccentrico e sofisticato profumo gourmand, perchè, prima del suo assestamento, le note di testa al mio naso sono un tantino nauseabonde. trattasi di un bouquet iniziale simile a caramello rovente, o chessò, nocciole glassate bruciate. fortunatamente la persistenza di questa fase è assai limitata, e quindi si può rapidamente passare al godimento, per la sottoscritta, dato da liquirizia, note legnose e incenso. nessun sentore, invece, di vetiver e di sandalo, che compaiono nella piramide.
alex48 – :
This is one of the more sophisticated and classy gourmands available. It is sweet but not over the top sweet like many in the same category. The woody notes balance it out perfectly while it retains it’s gourmand qualities. The smooth hazelnut is the most dominant note on my skin and I love it! This and Bois De Copabia are two that I love from PG and are surely worth sampling if you are looking for a mild gourmand.
Spircuchnic – :
A delicious gourmand, muddied up with a crapton of woods.
My first impression of this is spicy, chocolate-y hazelnut coffee… spilled on the playground, melting into a freshly laid blanket of mulch/woodchips.
I would imagine this scent would fare better on a man, where the ultra-woods would be more fitting in this particular composition, and softened.
Way into the drydown, the woods have faded and I certainly do get the chewy caramel (finally), and if I could purchase a full bottle of JUST this portion of the scent – I would!
ak47 – :
One of the most beautiful fragrances available. It’s gourmandish without being too sweet. Just perfect.
ivashka1333 – :
My immediate reaction to this was that its a more masculine option to Jo Malone’s Ginger Biscuit. It gives me the same impression of a holiday cookie, but the licorice makes it a little too manly for my taste. Great scent tho.
eMorgun – :
Thoughts so far…
I have totally been locked in a humidor full of Ding Dongs.
sergiy6119 – :
Aomassai is another delicious creation by Pierre Guillaume. This perfume is overloaded with the creamiest caramel imaginable. It reminds me of when my brother makes caramel at home; all that butter, sugar, and cream, and we put it on top of vanilla ice cream. It smells like a decadent vanilla bean custard. Sinfully good!
The kicker here is that there is a lot of resins too, and licorice giving a unique and aromatic herbal effect. To me this is the perfect gourmand for men, as so many men wonder if they can wear sweets. Yes they can–but this one is exceptional.
KinMan – :
I tend to shy away from gourmands, but I read reviews for this along the lines of “this would be a great gourmand if it wasn’t for all the funk and nastiness!”. Well, I happen to love funk and nastiness so I asked my boyfriend for a bottle for my birthday.
The opening is basically caramel, hazelnut and hay. Lots of hay. Probably where the funk/nastiness vibe comes in. There is a certain plasticky smell here as well, but I actually really like it. It smells like children’s toys.
In the drydown, there is caramel, licorice and spices but tempered by wood and resin. So it’s sweet, but not screeching. A pleasant, earthy sweetness.
All the gourmands that people say make them want to eat their own skin, to me smell like burning plastic and vanilla extract. Thankfully, Aomassai has none of that and my skin stays intact.
Artem_SuslovDoc – :
I do get a chocolate syrup vibe, particularly in the top. Sadly, I also get a plasticine vibe that makes this one downright objectionable on my skin. I have this issue with virtually all PG scents — at least, the half dozen I’ve tried — and I begin to suspect that somebody at this house is having a good laugh at spiking delicious gourmands with funky industrial fumes. Frustrating.
GGGG – :
Love, love, love!!! I absolutely love this scent! It is a little sweet (but that depends from person to person, my husband thinks it is very sweet) with a deep undertone. Yes, this perfume takes you directly in to the deep underworld, where you meet the sweet Eurydice again.Handsome Orpheus will swimm with Eurydice in a bad filled with caramel and spices and everything will be O.K.
spoudgedulp – :
The first phase is a strong and sharp scent of coffee? with a lot of incense and all that very sweet. The incense makes it too masculine for my taste. Then it calms down and it becomes one of the best sweet scents I have ever smell, and it could be the one I am looking for if it wasn’t for the incense. Very dominant.
projekt111 – :
(blind test: grabbed at random outa sample bag)
“Hm, sugar, I recognize this as an old fashioned candy I used to eat… wait, tobacco. A candy cigarette! Touch of incense? But it’s warm still, mm…”
EDITING review having worn a few more times:
My bf says it smells like toasting marshmallows, but to me it’s mostly a resin-sweet hay scent, which I find very enjoyable.Very yummy, but unfortunately my skin at least amps the vetiver, a LOT. It’s kinda like Uomo for men, but without the leather and with incense instead of vetiver. Vetiver’s a note I really struggle with since I find it very peppery and masculine, but the hazy sweetness makes me keep wanting to come back and sniff the sample only the be rebuffed again by the woody pepperiness. Maybe it fairs better on a guy?
Seems muted testing in the cold this time. I can’t wait til spring and warmer weather (i.e. not below freezing) to see if the magic of this returns on my skin. I could’ve sworn it was so much richer and smokier and caramelized the earlier times I wore it…
SErg2109 – :
I thought I would love this perfume based on all the good reviews, but I’m disappointed. For me, the opening notes of my sample are wet earth and patchouli. I like my woods, but this was dirty! It took a few minutes to even smell the caramel, and it was too herbal to be sweet. My husband referred to it as “bohemian witchy,” which, coming from him, is not a compliment. Happily, later on the earthy notes subsided, and the creamy caramel was lovely and close to the skin. But I just can’t abide smelling like a burial when I first spray a perfume. I wouldn’t mind putting a little on my pillow at night, though – maybe a half hour before I go to bed so i can just enjoy the sweetness.
IgorEXE – :
lol, same happened, this was my short review/
Aomassai… so easy to remember. Has a strong personality like Arabie SL, but no similarity. Tasty thick caramel, as many have said already, smells like a luxurious dessert served with a cup of coffee. But there you feel some herbal note too, which makes it a bit sharp, but unique. Brillant!!
vum567speagoessenda – :
The opening: a thick patch of too much caramel and hazelnut slaps you in the face.
This quickly fades though into a beautiful spicy wood freshness with vetiver and hay, accompanied by a twist of licorice.
Very Refined and Yum!
I admire this second stage, it is superbly composed.
It leaves me wondering where all the previous -oppressive- sweetness went.
Probably justifiably downgraded to serve the above mentioned concoction.
I only wish this second stage was a tad stronger.
Or have I become so numb while testing heavy fumes, that any perfume will have to blow my head of in order to be able to appreciate any sillage?…
Again, must try!
note:
The previous review of a guest obviously is my own: while writing I apparently was logged out, and, pushing the enter key, my review appeared under the name of guest…
vitaz83 – :
130) the only one in the crowd
Ca fait plaisir de sentir un parfum patissier qui ne se vautre pas (trop) dans le sucre. Noisettes caramélisées et vanillées, de l’encens, du vétiver et des épices pour apporter un équilibre et améliorer la composition.
Je trouve que l’aspect cuisson intense apporte beaucoup au genre patissier(gourmand), le rendant portable et moins écoeurant. Il y a une comparaison à faire avec Jeux de Peau de SL, un toast avec confiture, Black de CdG, céréales fumées et réglisse…oui en fait comme souvent en cuisine tout est dans la cuisson!
Longue tenue et faible sillage
It’s nice to smell a pastry perfume that does not wallow (too much) in sugar. Caramelized hazelnuts and vanilla, incense vétiver and spices to bring balance and improve the composition.
I think intense baking aspect brings a lot to patissier (greedy) gender, making it bearable and less disgusting. There is a comparison to make with Jeux de Peau SL, toast with jam, Black by CdG, smoky cereal and licorice… yes in fact as often in the cooking it’s all about baking!
The best one in the PG line.
Good longevity butweak sillage.
aaoii – :
Smoky woods with a touch of caramel sweetness, wood resin is present from the beginning, and makes Aomassai cuddly winter-dispelling scent. When I think Aomassai – I think bright red cashmere sweater: same elegance and comfort. Strong spices don’t make the scent too homey, they are bright and noticeable. A wonderful choice for winter when I want to smell classy and mysterious.
The drydown is too simple though – just intense caramel smell, very sweet. I wish it were more sophisticated.
tilimili – :
The opening with notes of liquorice and not quite caramel, more like some sweet pie is very clear. I don’t understand any references to pee or sweaty people in woods, it must be the influence of the respective skins.
On me the wood and hazelnut notes are very week. There are some faint reminiscence of vetyver, but that’s all on the woody side.
I agree with a former review that the head is much stronger than the rest. So I feel like adding another and another spray every couple of minutes. However the rest is very nice too because of the orange peel or orange preserve note. So the sweetness of the start turns to a slightly citrusy, very light bitternes.
All very warm and well balanced, this is a perfume which requires a certain concentration to fully appreciate. Unisex.
Compared with SL Fille aux aiguilles, I find Aomassai lighter and warmer, less solemn, less dark.
maydaylox – :
A lumberjack eating caramel popcorn. I’m a fan, but I wouldn’t wear it.
rxz226intitytek – :
I was so exited to try this because by just looking at the notes it looks like a work of art, the reviews look great too. But when I applied it to my skin over and over and over, all I got was Grandma! And the base was the worst, it smelled like synthetic burned sugar. Sad 🙁 not for me
Edit:
I pulled out the sample once again… Very interesting how skin chemistry can make it or break it.. This is a very deep interesting scent… I smell wood and sweetness that is very unique… Definitely going to give this fragrance a fourth chance, it takes a while to understand it.
Zahar05 – :
At first I got a blast of sweet and spicy licorice with an incense/wood backdrop. I was starting to worry it might not be for me, but of course I knew it would soften. About a half hour later, the sharp licorice note had faded. I could smell a smoky, balmy, nutty, woody caramel. It was nice but still a little masculine for my taste (as far as gourmands go). An hour later, the smokiness and woodiness faded a lot and there was a soft, sweet nutty caramel with only a hint of incense, and loads of vanilla. It really reminds me of the drydown of Bond No. 9 Success is a Job in New York. I swear there is a sweet vanilla in there even though it’s not listed in the notes. Anyways, 3 hours later and it’s still going strong. I really wasn’t a huge fan of the first hour or so, but now I really like it. Definitely yummy!!
nastyasi – :
Nice caramel start with liqourice. This scent is just amazing and one of the best sweet smelling scents i have ever tried and i have tried quite a few now. The sweetness does tone down alot after the first hour but doesn’t dissapear completly but tones down alot the incense and the vetiver come out alot in the drydown to give it a clean feel with the sweetness of toasted hazelnut caramel poping up now and again to remind you the sweeter qualities of the scent. Amazing in the cooler months. I always get 6-8 hours with this fragrance with decent siallage. anyone sitting near you or an arms length will smell it for sure. If you like angel men but want something less known than this is worth a try.
Scent 10/10
NedyFermetese – :
I got this as a sample and I’m utterly convinced by the reviews that they must have messed up! From the bottle and on first spray it smells sickenly sweet (and I love sweet scents). My son has declared that it smells quite offensive (his exact words were that it smelled like ‘pee’). On dry down it gets less offensive but it reminds me of a barn. I was so looking forward to this pick and thought I’d fall in love with it for sure! However, I do know someone that loves the smell of a farm so I’ll be sure to pass it along!
danikkos – :
Aomassai makes me happy and sad. Happy because it’s a beautiful fragrance, it smells like freshly made tiramisu and crème brûlée served to you together on a plate with a good cup of coffee on the side.It has a warm, sweet yet sharp comforting smell in which I would like to bathe myself, preferably on cold evenings in front of a fire place. Then,after an hour,it starts to fade rapidly resulting in some sort of panic that makes me spray it more and more because I don’t want it to leave me. The thought that I will be finishing the bottle quickly makes me sad already..
klest-7777 – :
It grew on me. I almost gave the sample away, but there was something sexy that whispered to me in the dark one night. Soft, sweet spices (never pungent or sharp), sweet hint of pipe tobacco (but not an ashtray like TF Tobacco Vanille), hot amaretto by a fire, with a lingering thick sweetness. A whiff of licorice – just a whiff. All swirled together into something incredibly sensual, complex and hard to forget. “ANOTHER bottle of perfume just came in the mail today!?”
Retterixhiese – :
I think I’ve found my signature gourmand.
This is heaven!
Imagine a strong bitter hazelnut liqueur… no sweetness in there, just the roasted nuts amplified by a dose of sexy licorice… oh my…
So wearable for both sexes… it doesn’t get annoying as many gourmands do and it definitely doesn’t convert the wearer in a weird experience for third parties lol.
I hope Jeux de peau doesn’t get upset or jealous… I can have two gourmies in my heart, can’t I?
Hooked!
igrywkinaelky – :
Aomassai opens with a rich caramel note that leaves me with my mouth watering! Right after a couple seconds the hazelnut appears giving some depth to this fragrance in a very balanced way. A dessert, a very well crafted and edible dessert with nothing exaggerated in it. In Aomassai the sweetness presents itself in a soft way that throughout time shows us the amber aspect o it.
Queellant – :
I’m editing my review…I think in the beginning the deep nature of this gourmand was not quite my thing… but it worked it’s magic on my senses and now I can’t get enough. I think my tastes are changing as I experiment with darker woods and smoky resins. This one is just dreamy!
eldegotte – :
This definitely will go down on my love but can’t wear list, it opens with strong caramel really spot on with underlying dark and nutty resinous, incense notes but then poof gone! Where did it go?
Unfortunately liked the perfume very much but it didn’t like my skin! It ran away just as I was getting the lovely dense sweet liquorice smell after the first burst of caramel.
So disappointing, having just sprayed again and again to make sure the same thing happens, yes unfortunately gone in minutes. I can just faintly smell it a little very close to my skin but that’s all.
You win some you lose some!!
olnnhprgfn – :
Sharp spicy resin and incense plus licorice. And right after the opening something goes wrong on my skin. It smells like a burning wood for me (I’ve been expecting to get cozy scent from hazelnuts and my favorite notes vetiver and resin), but I guess, it is licorice and incense that ruins the whole composition. I’m glad I’ve tried it but I would suggest sampling this before buying the whole bottle.
vargan – :
WOW! I just smelled this today and I am in love. I MUST save up my money to buy a full size of ths fragrance because I always want to have it with me. always. I have FINALLY found a licorice that I love. Oh, it’s so good. Wait I have to have another sniff…mmm.
Yes, it is very sweet, but there is the incense in there to change from bubble-gum Barbie to let me nibble your neck.
In a way, it smells like christmas, but the part of Christmas where you are in a Catholic church filled with pastries for after the service, while the priests are swinging that incense burner. It also reminds me slightly of a cross between pfefferneuse cookies and mexican wedding cake cookies. both of those are sold around christmas.
But don’t fear that you will be smelling like the christmas tree and pumpkin pie. This is a sit in front of the fireplace with your sweetie, sipping a hot spiked beverage, nibbling sweet cookies kind of fragrance.
If you don’t like sweetness in your fragrace, you may not be able to get past it with Aomassai, but if you do like a little sweet with your spice, give this one a shot.
Yuriy_77 – :
This is a great unisex scent!! Honestly perfect for men or women with the perfect balance of all those notes. I smell all of them, except maybe veyiver and it’s blended perfectly. I’m not a fan of resin or licorice much and they are here but neither are string enough to make me hate it. I definitely get the gourmand caramel but it’s not cloying or overly sweet. It’s not my favorite scent ever but really well done.
GamFumndiusia – :
Be not mistaken about ‘sweet’ or ‘gourmand’! On my skin, Aomassai is very masculine. After a nice opening that reminds me of Poison, I smell a woodsy, soapy licorice, with indeed a hint of toasted hazelnuts… Smells like my former boyfriend’s atershave, or old-fashioned Gilette shaving foam.
murza771 – :
When I dabbed this on I was a little taken aback – it smells like a candle! The licorice note helps to keep it from being burningly sweet. It’s delicious but something I would perfume pillows and curtains with in cold months rather than myself.
autolifan – :
Anyone into gourmandic fragrances should try Aomassai as it’s one of the most complex, original and compelling compositions in the genre. Caramel, nuts and vanilla represented in their roasted/smoky side. Burnt sugar, hints of incense and “sweet” liquorice join the party in the drydown. Dark, deep and very distinctive.
While I’m usually not into gourmandic fragrances I believe Aomassai brings this genre to a brand new level that’s far from being cloying, overly sweet or simply “appetizing”, introducing some darkness and mistery to a cathegory that too often is an end in itself.
Rating: 8/10
butterflyyy – :
I do not get any coffee at all! None! Nor licorice, that I’ve noted. (It’s got to be a chemistry thing) But I definitely do get caramel, and when I say caramel, I mean hot butter and browned sugar. And with this is the smell of wood smoke. As a rule, I’m not a huge lover of gourmands, but when I want something sweet and warm and comforting, this is one of the ones I like. It’s not just sweet, it’s got depth and it is interesting.
Also, when I wear this, I get compliments. I’ve even gotten compliments from friends who don’t like or wear perfume.
It lasts all day and it’s got some throwing power.
dakker – :
The entire experience of wearing Aomassai is not unlike being ‘owned’ by a rather slinky black cat.
The opening feels a little shaky and rough like a cat circling your lap, looking for the ultimate comfortable spot of your skin to make its own; there is milky coffee and something ashy, maybe charbroiled liquorice root.
Once it settles, like a cat it slowly relaxes into slumber. At first, it is still conscious and twitching; here some liquorice, there some sof