Amouage · 2009 · Cécile Zarokian, Daniel Maurel & Angeline Leporini

Epic Woman

VersionEau de Parfum

Amouage says

You’ll smell cumin, Pink Bay, cinnamon, Damascene Rose, geranium, jasmine, tea, amber, musk, oud, frankincense, Guaiac Wood, orris, sandalwood, patchouli and vanilla.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Epic Woman’s scent picture, a draft: cumin, pink pepper, cinnamon, rose, geranium, jasmine drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Epic Woman, top notes: cumin, Pink pepper, cinnamon

Heartthe first hours

Epic Woman, heart: Rose, Geranium, Jasmine, tea

Dry-downhours later

Epic Woman, dry-down: Musk, Oud, Frankincense, guaiacwood, Orris, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Vanilla

On the label

What’s inside it

8 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender2 florals3 spices1 powder

Citrus1

Limonene

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals2

CitronellolGeraniol

Spices3

EugenolCinnamalIsoeugenol

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not for the smell2

AlcoholBenzyl benzoate

Named by Amouage, never on a label

CuminPink BayCinnamonDamascene RoseGeraniumJasmineTeaMusk, not in Ingredients yetOudFrankincenseGuaiac WoodOrrisSandalwoodPatchouliVanilla

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.

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Counted from the printed lists: 8 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.