Amouage · 1983 · Guy Robert

Gold Woman

VersionEau de Parfum

Amouage says

You’ll smell rose, lily of the Valley, frankincense, myrrh, orris, jasmine, ambergris, civet, musk, cedarwood and sandalwood.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Gold Woman’s scent picture, a draft: rose, lily-of-the-valley, frankincense, myrrh, orris, jasmine drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Gold Woman, top notes: Rose, lily-of-the-valley, Frankincense

Heartthe first hours

Gold Woman, heart: myrrh, Orris, Jasmine

Dry-downhours later

Gold Woman, dry-down: Ambergris, Civet, Musk, Cedar, Sandalwood, Coumarin

On the label

What’s inside it

14 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender6 florals1 sweet3 spices1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals6

CitronellolGeraniolHexyl cinnamalHydroxycitronellalBenzyl salicylateFarnesol

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Spices3

EugenolIsoeugenolCinnamal

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not in Ingredients yet1

Cinnamyl alcohol, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell3

AlcoholBenzyl alcoholBenzyl benzoate

Named by Amouage, never on a label

RoseLily of the Valley, not in Ingredients yetFrankincenseMyrrhOrrisJasmineAmbergris, not in Ingredients yetCivet, not in Ingredients yetMusk, not in Ingredients yetCedarwoodSandalwood

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