Amouage · 2026 · Quentin Bisch

Decision 42

VersionExtrait de Parfum

Amouage says

You’ll smell Pink Pepper, bergamot, cardamom, neroli, cinnamon, frankincense, juniper, myrrh, sandalwood, Rectified Pine Tar, patchouli, cedarwood, vanilla and labdanum.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Decision 42’s scent picture, a draft: pink pepper, bergamot, cardamom, neroli, cinnamon, frankincense drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Decision 42, top notes: Pink pepper, Bergamot, cardamom, Neroli, cinnamon, Sweet orange

Heartthe first hours

Decision 42, heart: Frankincense, juniper, myrrh, Sandalwood, pine

Dry-downhours later

Decision 42, dry-down: Patchouli, Cedar, Vanilla, Cistus, Iso E Super, Coumarin

On the label

What’s inside it

19 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

4 citrus3 herbs & lavender4 florals3 woods2 sweet3 spices

Citrus4

Bergamot oilLimoneneBitter orange oilCitral

Herbs & lavender3

Linalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineol

Florals4

Neroli oilRose ketonesGeranyl acetateGeraniol

Woods3

Patchouli oilCedarwood oilIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (tonka)

Spices3

EugenolCinnamalIsoeugenol

Not in Ingredients yet5

Pinene, not in Ingredients yetBeta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yetTerpinolene, not in Ingredients yetAlpha-terpinene, not in Ingredients yetCarvone, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell3

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoate

Named by Amouage, never on a label

Pink PepperCardamomCinnamonFrankincenseJuniperMyrrhSandalwoodRectified Pine TarVanillaLabdanum

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.

Our match of the labels

Closest on the label

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Counted from the printed lists: 19 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.