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Юджин – :
Opus IX defines niche perfumery in my mind. It is my second favorite dirty jasmine smell after Xerjoff Al-Khatt but tells a complete different story. Opens on my skin with photo realistic night blooming jasmine that feel freshly picked placed into a composition that I have never remotely smelled prior. I had a carded sample that I smelled once a day for over a week slowly warming up to it. From bewilderment to an undeniable deep primal need, a full bottle was not an option. This to me is a gem, not only because of the quality, performance but because it is honest in its duality. Raw truth, beauty, drama. Opus IX radiates epic levels of theater and I love it for that very reason.
nata777 – :
Amouage IX 100ml bottle
Artistic storytelling from Christopher Chong. I like his direction and underneath his put together personal exterior thrives a creative, passionate man. Here in Amouage IX sit back in your favorite chair, relax with a drink and let this play and enjoy like your favorite music…
It opens rather strongly with black pepper, insence, sweet ambergris and floral jasmine. For a moment it reminded me one of the accords used in Fate but with the volume turned up with the pepper to grab your attention immediately. Its a performance in a bottle, artistic twists, turns and resolutions.
Once the opening subsides a rich creamy, sweet, waxy camellia accord surfaces. A blooming beauty that hasnt been done before. The woods, animalics keep this warm on cold winter days and like the opera its based on, you have its highs, lows and textures in its story.
Its chic, modern, dramatic in its sillage and longevity..a one of a kind unique fragrance with its Amouage silky polish. Its modern yet something is haunting to years past when the great operatic divas were larger than life and even more demanding. The more I wear it, the easier it is to understand its brilliant nature so do give this one multiple wearings. Its not for newbies to the fragrance game but more of an advanced course..so enjoy the performance and bravo for the daring to release such a scent
Revision: Camellia becomes much more creamy and beautiful in the warm spring nights. I really do think most Amouage are calibrated for warmer weather.
Taurnilia – :
A spicy jasmine bomb.
bestandikkey – :
A very different composition and a rare one to,combining two animalic ingredients masterfully blending and controlling them not being offensive and even appealing,like Tarzan wearing a suit .
Imagine a window its view on an ocean which you can’t see in this foggy night stones all over the shore,inside the room there is a white cardboard ready to draw on beside it a brush dropping a red paint ,with Jasmine spread here and there and a wild cat walking around the room.
I think the ambergris is the main player here and its smell is best described as marine, animalic, sweet.
An excellent composition you should take a look upon ,very seductive and appealing ,take people`s breath and make you noticed.
But take care don`t judge so quickly take your time be patient because as all opus collection it is impossible to judge on first sniff,it is like a ride take it to the end.
One of my top five even may be my number one not that versatile with very good projection and longevity.
Score 9/10 .
Makstyru – :
i love it its for men for sure. 10/10
3D – :
Once I sprayed this on my hand it opened with Oud, even though it isn’t listed, I could clearly smell Oud, and I thought “oh well, I guess I hate this”.
A few minutes later I started to smell Animalic Jasmine, the Civet is clearly there, the Jasmine is somewhat stinky yet it reminds me of soap at the same time. This scent feels quite Aldehydic too, has the same vibe as those classic 70s/80s scent.. probably because of the strong Civet note.
After an hour of smelling it, I think I actually enjoy this a lot. It’s definitely not a safe scent, and I think more women would enjoy this than men, since it has a lot of Jasmine. Honestly, I don’t care, I’d buy this for myself and enjoy every drop. I feel very POSH wearing this.
Resident1948 – :
Feminine all the way! It is good; But lady good , No sir this is not for guys!
I tried my sample and decided to pass on the remainder to my Wife,
Thanks,
viking2269 – :
In search of skanky ambergris jasmine, Opus IX came as a contender. Honestly, I am envious of all of you who smell the purported jasmine bomb. Perhaps, like Ouch! notes, this fragrance is weather dependent and worth a revisit. (EDT: since owning this bottle Opus IX and I have become better acquainted… jasmine totally blooms, waxy and dark).
At first spray on this cold, gloomy day, the jasmine is quite green and watery to my nose, morphing quickly into a hit of salty ambergris, raw, dry leather, vetiver root, and sweet, fresh sawdust, with a hint of soured milk and a touch of glossy vinyl (maybe waxy, lipsticky beeswax? I’m hearing you nada); somewhat androgynous and bearing hallmarks typical to both sexes at once, as opposed to being sexless; erotic and fascinating; quite to my liking. A dry, vintage vein, yet with contemporarily synthetic accents and akin to something I would find in a Costume National bottle. I can’t get enough of these intriguing contrasts.
The inspiration: the opera La traviata (or the fallen woman), written by Giuseppe Verdi. But let’s not stop there. Verdi was inspired by a theatrical performance of Alexandre Dumas’, fils novel The Lady of the Camellias — Dumas, fils, illegitimate son of a dressmaker and Alexandre Dumas (The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers), and who was not legally recognized by his novelist father until the age of 7.
Dumas, fils falls for a courtesan later in life, believed to be the inspiration for Lady of the Camellias. In his psuedo-autobiographical novel, the central character, Marguerite wears a red camellia to signal her lovers that she is menstruating and unavailable, and a white camellia to elicit invitations. And she is the object of bourgeois Armand’s desire. Separated by Armand’s father’s efforts to thwart the illicit relationship, Marguerite eventually dies of consumption before she and Armand find fulfillment in their love.
Opus IX is this: beautifully tragic in the most heartbreaking way, written on a parched manuscript forgotten in a vintage wooden bureau drawer, littered with fragments of dessicated, rancid flowers, contrasted by a waxy neoteric composition. The story behind the inspiration of the fragrance really helps me understand the artistry behind the perfume, right down to the color of the flacon and reference to the illusory scent of camellias. For me, worthy of consideration as a signature, and yes, I’d like to reserve a full bottle of tickets to this magnificent olfactory performance.
Keni111 – :
اپوس 9؛ تکرار نتها
اپوس 9 با رایحه ی گل یاس کار خودش رو آغاز میکنه که در کنارش یه رایحه یی که گلی هست ولی بنظرم آشنا نمیاد وجود داره. رایحه ی گل یاس بیش از 80 در صد تاپ نت اپوس 9 رو شامل میشه و اون 20 در صد دیگه به احتمال زیاد مربوط به گلی بنام کاملیا هست. گل کاملیا گلی است که کمتر در صنعت عطر سازی استفاده میشه. بطوریکه با بررسی های آماری که انجام دادم؛ متوجه شدم که تنها 0.16% از کل عطرهای زنانه ( ونه یونیسکس ) از این گل در آنها استفاده شده. و جالب هم هست که عطری که فقط مخصوص آقایون باشه و در اون از گل کاملیا استفاده شده باشه؛ تنها یک مورد وجود داره که اون هم عطری از برند
Bath House
و بنام
Bergamot and Amber
هست. منظورم اینه که گل کاملیا خیلی خیلی بندرت در عطرسازی کاربرد داره و با وجود استفاده از این گل در اپوس 9 رایحه ی کلی عطر در نتهای آغازین خیلی تغییر محسوسی نکرده
بعد از حدود 2 ساعت عطر تغییر بوی کمی میده و بوی سیوت که یه بوی حیوانی هست به عطر افزوده میشه. جالبه که حسی که این بوی حیوانی در من ایجاد کرد؛ دقیقا شبیه به احساسی بود که این رایحه در اپوس 5 از برند آمواژ در من بوجود آورد. یعنی یه حسی که انگار گیرنده های بویایی در اثر برخورد با این مولکول قلقلک میان و یکم مور مورشون به اصطلاح میشه. بوی سیوت در اینجا ( دقیقا مثل اپوس 5 ) اصلا حس حیوانی در فرد ایجاد نمیکنه
حدود 2/5 ساعت که از اسپری عطر میگذره؛ یه بوی پودری و شبیه به زنبق ایجاد میشه. خیلی جالبه که در این مرحله بازی بین نتهای مختلف عطر وجود داره. یعنی در یک زمان شما بوی گلی استشمام میکنید؛ چند دقیقه بعد بوی سیوت بوی غالب هست و چند لحظه بعد هم بوی پودری برای شما محسوستر خواهد بود
این عطر هم همانند اپوس 1 از برند آمواژ؛ عطری متعادل و ملایم هست که از روایح شرقی همانند بخور و صمغها و نیز ادویه ها در آن استفاده نشده و به عقیده ی من هم خانمها و هم آقایون به راحتی میتونن ازش استفاده کنند و اون حالتی نیست که تمایل خیلی بیشتری به عطرهای زنانه (به علت استفاده غالب از رایحه ی گلی) داشته باشه. در ضمن این عطر برای کسانی که در استفاده از عطر خیلی محتاط و تازه کار هستند نیز به نظر من میتونه گزینه ی خوبی باشه و عطری نیست که باعث ایجاد سردرد ( که ممکنه با استشمام برخی عطرهای صمغی و ادویه ای بوجود بیاد ) بشه
ritka98 – :
This is a jasmine bomb. There is so much jasmine that it can be difficult to detect any other notes. The next most prominent note is pepper, then beeswax, leather and ambergris, in that order. I wish I got the civet and guiac wood (those are two notes that I really like) but I get none of either. From a distance it is lovely, but up close it is a bit too much for me. Go easy with this one, a little goes a long, long way and works much better, IMHO. I will have to experiment with how/where to wear this to get it to work for me. Thank you to the kind, generous, fragrance reviewer and fragrantica member (you know who you are) who sent me a sample of this to save me from a blind buy. I can see why others love it (for me it’s just a like) and I can appreciate it for what it is, but a FB of this would be entirely too much for me. I want to see what this is like in summer, some fragrances, especially white florals only work in the summer heat for me.
latsik – :
With Opus VII is this my favorite and most original Amouage. Don’t care at all about the others ( all tried, some I had) , at the end of the day THESE two are the ones I CARE about ( both veery lasting)
kubik_22 – :
Scent is for sure very original and different, but not the one I would like. Don’t take me wrong, though, I definitely not hate this scent, but I find it too feminine, both on paper and on my skin. As a matter of fact, it smells exactly the same on skin and paper. Not a safe blind buy, get tester before committing to full bottle!
Sillage, projection and longevity are excellent, as always with all Amouage creations.
SnociofRife – :
@nada I think you may be confusing this with number X which is built around rose. This was always meant to be an animalic white floral…
sovest1816 – :
freshly unpacked black bin liner :)can’t get my head around why rose was chosen to represent this fragrance, nothing rosy here. Not even jasmine. At fist I though it was oud, but actually it does not develop into anything much. very synthetic, I really doubt the civet claim…
pipingut – :
“اُپِس 9”
اُپس 9 عطری چند چهره از امواج
رایحه یاس ، مگنولیا ، و سیوِت(مُشک زباد) تونسته یه عطری رو ایجاد کنه که بویی منحصر بفرد ،زنانه ، مردانه، مناسب برای هر فصلی از سال باشه.
گاهی اوقات انسان هوس می کنه یه بوی عجبیبی رو استشمام کنه، بویی که هم برخاسته از طبیعت باشه، هم در طبیعت موجود نباشه، هم شاداب باشه هم خشن، تلخ باشه شیرین باشه، خلاصه طبع انسانی بعضی مواقع درپی چیزای غیر عادی می گرده، و این عطر ساخته شده برای چنین مواقعی.
من هرروز و همیشه نمی تونم از این عطر لذت ببرم ولی گاهی اوقات خیلی جذابه برام.
معمولا ترکیب رایحه سیوت که تلخ، تند، حیوانی و خاکی هست همراه مشک و عنبر خیلی جذاب می شه، ولی این مرتبه هماهنگی عجیبی که بین سیوت و یاس در این عطر ایجاد شده یه حس کامیابی و سربلندی رو القاء می کنه.
عدد 9 همیشه نشانگر موفقیت و سربلندی بوده، امواج خیلی خوب تونسته تناسب بین رایحه این عطر و عدد 9 رو برقرار کنه.
ابتدای این عطر بوی ملایم مگنولیا و یاس سفید هست، سپس کم کم رایحه سیوت خودشو نشون میده ، حس گُلی و حیوانی و خاکی مشهود میشه، و در آخر هم شیرینی شکلات گونه لوبیا تونکا بدرقه راه این عطر هست.
پخش خوب و دوام 14 ساعته را من با یک مرتبه اسپری روی پوست تجربه کردم.
مثل همیشه کیفیت مواد اولیه این عطر بسیار عالی هست، هنوز برندی رو ندیدم که در کیفیت مواد اولیه بتونه با امواج رقابت کنه.
بررسی خود را بنویسید!
hotaxis کامنت:
(سایت لوکس بایر (با امکان تست سمپل
кнопик – :
Jasmine and civet blended perfectly, just not my cup of tea. There is something about it that keeps my nose going back to my it but the jasmine just takes over too much.
polett – :
I really don’t know how this fragrance is an Arabic theme! it has nothing to do with any Arabian culture other than it belongs to an Arabian brand!
It is a loud rancid jasmines with civet, it is extremely animalic in a direction that makes me think that it is a Insect repellent! i can’t detect any of the other ingredients other than a loud rancid jasmines and civet!
I thought for once that this fragrance would be something splashy, superior, and extremely addictive by the reviews but unfortunately it went the other way! Amouage remains quite normal & over exaggerated to my taste.
aibollit89 – :
Gosh this fragrance is EVERYTHING! It’s too much all at once and that’s it’s charm. Of all the Amouage fragrances I have tried nothing comes close (yet). It’s the first one that has compelled me to get a full bottle.
Animalic? Yes, sometimes subtle animalic, and sometimes jasmine bomb infused animalic. It depends on the weather and my nose.
This stuff is heavy, it smells very obviously Arabian, but thankfully with zero oud. So many Arabian fragrances have the signature oud backdrop so, it’s refreshing to feel this exotic opulent fragrance in all it’s glory not relying on oud.
It feels almost dirty for a while, carnal… a rich white crisp peppery floral with a smoky woody backdrop. Guaiac wood was the perfect choice of wood for this fragrance, it compliments the pepper, leather and civet perfectly. It’s so harmonious.
It’s over the top. It doesn’t fit an occasion or an outfit..none of that. It’s one spray, loud civet animal jasmine dancing around Arabian themes. Rough and smooth at the same time and so incredibly complex. It smells peppery from the nozzle, but sings on the skin.
VERY hard to put into words other than, powerful, raw animalic flowers. It smells like a rich bitch haha.
I wish I had a better nose to be able to pick it apart but some fragrances just stump you, no words needed. Just bathe in it’s opulence. 🙂
Venom-PrO – :
در طول مدت 5 ماهه ای که از این عطر استفاده کرده ام، سه نفر مرا متهم به استفاده از حشره کش کردن و دو نفر هم عاشق نت میانی و پایانیش شدن. نت آغازینش اصلا خوب نیست ولی نت میانی و پایانی اون خیلی عالیه. اگه قصد خرید این عطر رو دارید، بهتره نیم ساعت قبل از خروج از منزل از اون استفاده کنید.
winch – :
I hate civet in perfumes, it smells like old urine on me mixed with flowers. gold man was my favorite but now its sitting in my wardrobe because few times my dad and friends were in the car with me and said we can smell urine in the car.lol i started laughing.so i gave up on amouage gold man,
whats CHONG thinking maybe its his urine in the juice.
No F CIVET in perfumes.
Дима221 – :
I will call Opus IX mainly an ambery(ambergris) floral perfume with a touch of animalic-leathery undertone. Do not expect a rough, serious and dark animalic perfume.
A very strong floral openning due to the powerful presence of jasmine.
This openning and the powerful jasmine is the main reason for many to put Opus IX aside. If you can tolerate it and wait a few hours you’ll reach to a stage in which Opus IX shows its delicate and rather soft aspect with a hint of animalic-leathery scent. But the point is that jasmine is present from the beginning till the drydown, so if you don’t like jasmine, forget about Opus IX.
The salty-sweet ambergris is rather strong here just beside jasmine.
The beeswax here gives a waxy sticky sense to opus IX. I don’t like that waxy aspect here. Guaiac wood is not discerable easilly but it seems it gives a slight smokey sense to the whole composition and reduces the ultra brightness of jasmine. Guaiac is supported by vetiver in the base.
An interesing fact about Camelia is that it is in fact an odorless flower and Camelia note here is a fantasazied floral smell that is discernible beside jasmine in the composition, a soft sweet floral smell.
Оксанка913 – :
I needed to wear this four times to start to appreciate.
Now,I don’t want to say something about its beauty, or the notes, or the pyramid, or evolution, or sillage and longevity, You already did, and it was a very good job.
I just want to say I’ m crazy about perfumes, I can’t live without trying, and sniffing, and trying new perfumes again; but, if you told me I can just wear a perfume for the rest of my life, this would be that one.
Not only for the emotion it gives to me, but also because I’m sure it would never bore me.
cyclone68 – :
opuS IX de amouage es una bomba de jazmín animalesco , es grandioso así como lo imagine….
es fuerte y oscuro a tal grado que es un poco molesto, lo importante es que pasan las horas y el jazmín que es maravilloso sigue siempre ahí
otro éxito mas para amouage
Sherry Zeng – :
Hmm…interesting. I actually like it quite a lot. It reminds me of JOY – with a floral-civet combo. But this is louder than JOY and jasmine-civet is in the front. There may be other notes such as a bit of rose and wood and even leather, but they hide behind the explosion of jasmine-civet. ‘Camelia’ is just a concept with no reality to it.
I like it! It has character and enormous sillage. This is no wimpy fragrance.
I am not sure if it is really unisex or leans towards feminine or even the masculine spectrum. Try for yourself and find out.
puchkov.1978 – :
IT. Credo che questo profumo sia più maschile che femminile. L’ho provato per la prima volta alla fiera dei profumi di nicchia a Firenze (13ª edizione di Fragranze nel 2015). Questo è uno dei pochi profumi che contiene l’aroma di miele (perché la camelia, tra l’altro non ha alcun aroma) e non crea una sensazione di pura femminilità. Immagino che il segreto è nella miscela di vetiver, zibetto e gelsomino, che lo rendono assolutamente maschile. Il miele crea soltanto un’idea di femminilità, che in più o in meno sia nascosta dentro ogni maschio. Assolutamente perfetto per la linea Opus di Amouage, che assomiglia a una biblioteca dei profumi e che contiene ora 9 “libri” profumati, ognuno con la propria storia. Infatti, Opus IX, anche se fosse creato pensando La Traviata, potrebbe piuttosto prendere il nome “Il maschio e il suo alter ego”.
EN. I believe that this perfume is more masculine than feminine. I found it for the first time at the niche fragrances exhibition in Florence (the 13-th edition of “Fragranze” in 2015). This is one of the few fragrances that contains the aroma of honey (because the camellia, by the way has no scent) and doesn’t create a feeling of pure femininity. I guess that the secret is in the blend of vetiver, civet and jasmine, which is absolutely masculine. Honey just creates an idea of femininity, which more or less exist inside every male. Absolutely perfect for the Opus line of Amouage, which is some kind of the library of scents, that contains now 9 “books,” each of them has its own history. In fact, Opus IX, even if it was created in memory of La Traviata, really could be named “The male and his alter ego.”
dima_zr – :
مگنولیا، رایحه خوشبختی
تصور خوشبختی آسان است ولی رسیدن به آن خواهان مبارزه با اهریمن است ، مشک زباد(سیوت) و تلخی چرم، دو رایحه ای که مگنولیا را به چالش میکشد
تلاطم رایحه خوشبختی و اهریمن حیوانی چه احساس برانگیز است
خرد به فریاد خوشبختی می آید و رایحه عود الأنبیاء(گایاک) نقش آفرین تداوم مگنولیا میگردد
در پایان رایحه غرورآفرین عنبر سائل پیروزی مگنولیا را ستایش میکند
عدد 9 رمز موفقیت و خوشبختی زندگی است. سپاس از تو آمواژ که تناسبی شگرف میان مفاهیم اعداد و رایحه ها خلق نموده ای
رایحه: 7/10
پخش: 4/10
دوام: 8/10
پیچیدگی: 6/10
یگانگی: 8/10
سپاس از جناب کاظمیان(مدیریت فروشگاه نوبهار)برای سمپل افیشال
Magnolia: happiness aroma;
Imagination of happiness is easy but acheiving it needs struggle with demon. Civet musk and leather bitterness are two scents that challenge Magnolia. Impressive!, turbulence between happiness scent and animal demon is. Wisdom comes to help happiness and Guaiac scent causes the Magnolia continuation. At last Ambergris proud scent praises Magnolia success.
The number 9 is the secret of success and happiness in life. Thanks to Amouage sothat you have created proportionality between numbers concepts and scents.
Scent: 7/10
Projection: 4/10
Longevity: 8/10
Versatility: 6/10
Uniqueness: 8/10
Thanks to Mr. Kazemian (Store Manager of Nobahar) for the official sample.
poster55 – :
A dirtied white floral that instead of bearing the letter “A”, she is cloaked in flaming red like her personality, bold and passionate with a hint of tragedy. The animalic aspect is very distinct without being overpowering and blends smoothly with honeyed jasmine. It does feel like the personality of a woman who has travelled a more hedonistic path compared to her compatriots and brings to mind the song, “I’ve never been to Me”. It feels warm and vibrant yet there is an unshakable shadow of melancholy. There is the faintest pepper lightly dusted over to unite them all like the bits and pieces of a jet set lifestyle mentioned in the lyrics of the song interspersed with longings for a prosaic life. Huge projection and very good longevity.
DimensionsSr – :
Opus IX is a nice flowery scent with a little leather and civet pepped in. The animalic part is so refined that its being far from disgusting unlike in other perfumes. You can also get a slight hint of honey from it. Ambergis and guaiac wood are almost untracable. To sum it up an intriguing smell leaning toward the female gender. Well done.
jkn674speagoessenda – :
Caught my attention and admiration with the initial complicated floral notes. After wearing a few minutes the flowers were overwhelmed by a darker musk and an unpleasant note. I considered washing it off but didn’t have time, and after an hour or so the musk calmed down to pair with the florals and has resulted in a lovely deeper complex slightly ambergris/vetiver that I like quite a bit. I’m not in love with it but it is a beautiful scent that I will wear on formal occasions.
Intonenug – :
most realistic jasmine smell that has that animalistic edge. Very nice, beast mode, go easy on the sprayer.
dmi9138 – :
@Originaldeftom- I’m gonna contact Fragrantica to see if i can add another balloon to your review. Realistically, you should have about 27 of em..Anyway, let me tell you about… this….fragrance….here..Man ole man (*sighs*)…This is why i signed up. I jumped into this hobby head first to discover fragrances such as this. Opus IX is like the white haired sensei in a karate movie. From a small demonstration, you know he’s a badass. Look above…you notice something? Check out the “This perfume reminds me of” section. Yeah…exactly..this reminds you of nothing! The more fragrances that you have in your collection, the more you can appreciate this scent. Although this red animal is glamorous, i wouldn’t necessarily call it a picturesque perfume. This is bewildering, mystifying, ostentatious and downright inebriating. One of the few fragrances out there that has favorable civet and jasmine which manages to be buddy-buddy throughout the entire duration. Don’t let the camelia and jasmine fool ya, perfect enough for a man to wear. This has $355 dollar longevity. I’m talking take a shower and it’s still there kind of durability. I can go on and on about Opus IX..Just know that if you can afford the price tag, make sure you check it out.
yuriysds – :
First impression:
Gorgeous! Not the typical Amouage, i would agree.. I haven’t smelled camelia but i do get jasmine right off the bat.. It’s sensual, addictive.. After an hour or so, it toned down and I was anticipating for the “dirty side” to kick in.. Well, i was delighted! The civet in here seems to work well with my skin coz it didn’t turn out to be skanky or urine-like.. Opus IX is completely unisex IMO, don’t be fooled by the red bottle as the juice that it holds is a masterfully blended concoction.. Another great offering and addition to the Library Collection!
Manofflovx – :
In my experience i found this to be a masculine jasmine. The dry down is very similar to the former attar bahjah by amouage the scent is very light but longevity is pretty good.
This is nice not a favorite but nice.
Would i want it-no
Would it smell nice on a man- yes.
Opus library is nice. The real beauty lies in how does a scent work for him or her. It is a new take on jasmine for sure
Viesianew – :
originaldeftor i also sampled this opus9 today thanxz to amouage malaysia. its tottaly difrend smell from other amouage library line i detect a sour rose may be its camelia and slightly powdery at first spray. personaly i like this smell its beautiful… ending note civet hidinh behind powdery woody. but a big frastated with amouage nowdays longevity sooo poor but silage as usual for amouage… big mistake ever for reduce some ingrediant make amouage not luxarious anymore for longevity.. deeply sad what cistopher chong did.. ruine all amouage longevity quality. even i wore interlude men for old version last about more than 12 hours in hot humidity weather like malaysia… now after reformulation not more than 3 to 4 hours it disepear.. please bring back old formulation for all amouage line.. plz plz plz…..
fagozit – :
Sampled today for very first time in the world’s famous department store.
It truly is loud and unusual, but of course in the usual AMOUAGE sophisticated manner.
First impression is peppery, spicy, weirdly aromatic, exotic, unusual, acquired taste….
Red is the colour associated with this scent, so is the bottle. I am thinking DIVA of the opera and of course the main inspiration for this creation was Maria Callas.
Think of big red shellac fingernails manicured to perfection, think of her rearranging a floral vase of red roses while humming an aria, then suddenly she pierces her finger on a thorn. Blood dropping on a love letter she is writing with an expensive custom made fountain pen.
She signs it and licks the gummed envelope, finishing it off with a few drops from the red wax candle. Her seal ring firmly presses onto the drying wax…So much emotion, pain, joy, melancholy, and passion enraptured in this scent.
I would go as far as saying this might be the new modern replacement for YSL “Opium” that of course is an entirely different scent, but I think both are Divas of the perfume world.
Not sure I have ever smelled a scented Camellia, but the plant is both tough, yet sensitive (to sun and frost). Most certainly the animalic notes of civet, ambergris and leather are the main theme here, underpinned by a peppery jasmine floral start and that earthy, vetiver/ gaiac wood complex that makes for such an aromatic concoction.
Another Amouage masterpiece. To be worn only by black haired strong yet passionate, loving women who wear a lot of black and red.
Don’t mess with her!! She is fierce! …..from a bygone era. They don’t make divas like her any longer. She lives on the applause……
Smells like nothing you have smelled before, I guarantee you.
10/10. Hands down.