Amouage · 2023 · Quentin Bisch

Guidance

VersionEau de Parfum

Amouage says

You’ll smell pear, frankincense, hazelnut, saffron, rose, Jasmine Sambac, osmanthus, cistus, sandalwood, Akigalawood, ambergris and vanilla.

The house’s page

The drawn Guidance bottle

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Guidance’s scent picture, a draft: pear, frankincense, hazelnut, saffron, rose, jasmine drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Guidance, top notes: pear, Frankincense, hazelnut

Heartthe first hours

Guidance, heart: saffron, Rose, Jasmine, osmanthus

Dry-downhours later

Guidance, dry-down: Cistus, Sandalwood, Akigalawood, Ambergris, Vanilla

On the label

What’s inside it

5 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender2 florals1 spices

Citrus1

Limonene

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals2

GeraniolCitronellol

Spices1

Eugenol

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholBenzyl benzoate

Named by Amouage, never on a label

Pear, not in Ingredients yetFrankincenseHazelnut, not in Ingredients yetSaffronRoseJasmine SambacOsmanthusCistusSandalwoodAkigalawood (agarwood oud)Ambergris, not in Ingredients yetVanilla

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