Amouage · 2008 · Daniel Visentin

Lyric Man

VersionEau de Parfum

Amouage says

You’ll smell bergamot, lime, rose, angelica, Orange Blossom, Green Galbanum, Spicy Ginger, nutmeg, saffron, pine, sandalwood, vanilla, musk and frankincense.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Lyric Man’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, rose, orange blossom, ginger, nutmeg, saffron drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Lyric Man, top notes: Bergamot

Heartthe first hours

Lyric Man, heart: Rose, Orange blossom, ginger, nutmeg, saffron

Dry-downhours later

Lyric Man, dry-down: pine, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Musk, Frankincense

On the label

What’s inside it

11 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender5 florals2 spices1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals5

Benzyl salicylateHydroxycitronellalGeraniolCitronellolFarnesol

Spices2

EugenolIsoeugenol

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not for the smell3

AlcoholBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcohol

Named by Amouage, never on a label

BergamotRoseOrange BlossomSpicy GingerNutmegSaffronPineSandalwoodVanillaMusk, not in Ingredients yetFrankincense

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.