Amouage · 2018

Imitation Woman

VersionEau de Parfum

Amouage says

You’ll smell rose, Ylang Ylang, Orange Blossom, jasmine, Blackcurrant Buds, aldehydes, liquorice, incense, sandalwood and patchouli.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Imitation Woman’s scent picture, a draft: rose, ylang-ylang, orange blossom, jasmine, blackcurrant, liquorice drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Imitation Woman, top notes: Rose, Ylang-ylang, Orange blossom, Jasmine

Heartthe first hours

Imitation Woman, heart: Blackcurrant, liquorice

Dry-downhours later

Imitation Woman, dry-down: Frankincense, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Coumarin

On the label

What’s inside it

11 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender6 florals1 sweet1 spices

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals6

CitronellolHydroxycitronellalGeraniolHexyl cinnamalFarnesolBenzyl salicylate

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Spices1

Eugenol

Not for the smell3

AlcoholBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcohol

Named by Amouage, never on a label

RoseYlang YlangOrange BlossomJasmineBlackcurrant BudsLiquorice, not in Ingredients yetIncenseSandalwoodPatchouli

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.