Amouage · 2022 · Cécile Zarokian

Opus XIV Royal Tobacco

VersionEau de Parfum

Amouage says

You’ll smell Frankincense Oil, elemi, cardamom, anise, basil, bergamot, Tobacco Absolute, Liquorice Root, lavender, Prunol, fenugreek, Orange Blossom, osmanthus, rose, Frankincense Resinoid, Peru Balsam, benzoin, labdanum, myrrh, Birch Tar, Tonka Bean, Vanilla Madagascar, vetiver, Guaiac Wood, Oud Assam and musks.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Opus XIV Royal Tobacco’s scent picture, a draft: frankincense, elemi, cardamom, anise, basil, bergamot drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Opus XIV Royal Tobacco, top notes: Frankincense, elemi, cardamom, anise, basil, Bergamot

Heartthe first hours

Opus XIV Royal Tobacco, heart: tobacco, liquorice, Lavender, Prunol, fenugreek, Orange blossom, osmanthus, Rose

Dry-downhours later

Opus XIV Royal Tobacco, dry-down: peru-balsam, Benzoin, Cistus, myrrh, Birch, Tonka, Vanilla, Vetiver, guaiacwood, Agarwood, Musks

On the label

What’s inside it

12 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender4 florals1 sweet1 amber & resins3 spices

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals4

Benzyl salicylateCitronellolGeraniolFarnesol

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Amber & resins1

Benzyl cinnamate

Spices3

EugenolCinnamalIsoeugenol

Not for the smell3

AlcoholBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcohol

Named by Amouage, never on a label

Frankincense OilElemiCardamomAniseBasilBergamotTobacco AbsoluteLiquorice Root, not in Ingredients yetLavenderPrunol, not in Ingredients yetFenugreekOrange BlossomOsmanthusRoseFrankincense ResinoidPeru BalsamBenzoinLabdanumMyrrhBirch TarTonka BeanVanilla MadagascarVetiverGuaiac WoodOud AssamMusks, not in Ingredients yet

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