Amouage · 2008 · Daniel Maurel

Lyric Woman

VersionEau de Parfum

Amouage says

You’ll smell bergamot, Spicy Cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, rose, angelica, jasmine, ylang-ylang, geranium, orris, oakmoss, musk, wood, patchouli, vetiver, sandalwood, vanilla, Tonka Bean and frankincense.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Lyric Woman’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, rose, jasmine drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Lyric Woman, top notes: Bergamot, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger

Heartthe first hours

Lyric Woman, heart: Rose, Jasmine, Ylang-ylang, Geranium, Orris

Dry-downhours later

Lyric Woman, dry-down: Oakmoss, Musk, Patchouli, Vetiver, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Tonka, Frankincense

On the label

What’s inside it

14 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender5 florals1 sweet3 spices1 powder1 green

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals5

CitronellolGeraniolHexyl cinnamalFarnesolBenzyl salicylate

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Spices3

EugenolCinnamalIsoeugenol

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Green1

Methyl 2-octynoate

Not for the smell3

AlcoholBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcohol

Named by Amouage, never on a label

BergamotSpicy CardamomCinnamonGingerRoseJasmineYlang-ylangGeraniumOrrisOakmossMusk, not in Ingredients yetPatchouliVetiverSandalwoodVanillaTonka BeanFrankincense

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.