Amouage · 2013 · Alberto Morillas & Pierre Negrin

Opus VII Reckless Leather

VersionEau de Parfum

Amouage says

You’ll smell galbanum, Pink Pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, fenugreek, Agarwood Smoke, patchouli, Ambrox, leather, ambergris, Costus Root, muscone, sandalwood, olibanum and cypriol.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Opus VII Reckless Leather’s scent picture, a draft: pink pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, fenugreek, agarwood, patchouli drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Opus VII Reckless Leather, top notes: Pink pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, fenugreek

Heartthe first hours

Opus VII Reckless Leather, heart: Agarwood, Patchouli, Ambrox, Leather glove

Dry-downhours later

Opus VII Reckless Leather, dry-down: Costus, Sandalwood, Frankincense, cypriol, Coumarin

On the label

What’s inside it

10 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender3 florals1 sweet1 spices2 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals3

CitronellolGeraniolFarnesol

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Spices1

Eugenol

Powder2

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)Anise alcohol

Not for the smell2

AlcoholBenzyl alcohol

Named by Amouage, never on a label

Pink PepperCardamomNutmegFenugreekAgarwood SmokePatchouliAmbrox (ambergris)Leather, not in Ingredients yetAmbergris, not in Ingredients yetCostus RootSandalwoodOlibanumCypriol

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

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Counted from the printed lists: 10 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.