Amouage · 2019 · Karine Vinchon-Spehner

Overture Man

VersionEau de Parfum

Amouage says

You’ll smell grapefruit, cardamom, cumin, ginger, nutmeg, saffron, cognac accord, cinnamon, lentisk, benzoin, Ciste Labdanum, patchouli, geranium, myrrh, sandalwood, Smoky Leather, Clary Sage, animalic accord and incense.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Overture Man’s scent picture, a draft: grapefruit, cardamom, cumin, ginger, nutmeg, saffron drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Overture Man, top notes: Grapefruit, cardamom, cumin, ginger, nutmeg, saffron, Cognac

Heartthe first hours

Overture Man, heart: cinnamon, Benzoin, Cistus, Patchouli, Geranium, myrrh

Dry-downhours later

Overture Man, dry-down: Sandalwood, Leather glove, Clary sage, Frankincense, Coumarin

On the label

What’s inside it

10 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender2 florals1 sweet3 spices1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals2

CitronellolGeraniol

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Spices3

EugenolCinnamalIsoeugenol

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not in Ingredients yet1

Cinnamyl alcohol, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell3

AlcoholBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcohol

Named by Amouage, never on a label

GrapefruitCardamomCuminGingerNutmegSaffronCognac accord, not in Ingredients yetCinnamonBenzoinCiste LabdanumPatchouliGeraniumMyrrhSandalwoodSmoky Leather, not in Ingredients yetClary SageIncense

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