Amouage · 2025 · Quentin Bisch

Existence

VersionEau de Parfum

Amouage says

You’ll smell lily of the Valley, rose, frankincense, Mystikal, labdanum, ambergris, White Musk and benzoin.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Existence’s scent picture, a draft: lily-of-the-valley, rose, frankincense, cistus, ambergris, white musk drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Existence, top notes: lily-of-the-valley, Rose

Heartthe first hours

Existence, heart: Frankincense, Cistus

Dry-downhours later

Existence, dry-down: Ambergris, White Musk, Benzoin

On the label

What’s inside it

11 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

1 citrus2 herbs & lavender7 florals1 spices

Citrus1

Limonene

Herbs & lavender2

LinaloolTerpineol

Florals7

Rose oilHydroxycitronellalGeraniolRose ketonesCitronellolFarnesolGeranyl acetate

Spices1

Eugenol

Not in Ingredients yet5

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

Not for the smell3

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoate

Named by Amouage, never on a label

Lily of the Valley, not in Ingredients yetFrankincenseLabdanumAmbergris, not in Ingredients yetWhite Musk, not in Ingredients yetBenzoin

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: 11 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.