Amouage · 2020 · Annick Menardo

Overture Woman

VersionEau de Parfum

Amouage says

You’ll smell bergamot, saffron, apple (Calvados Accord), benzoin, myrrh, Rose Centifolia, geranium, cinnamon, Pyrogenic Incense, Ciste Labdanum and Leather Vitessence.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Overture Woman’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, saffron, apple, benzoin, myrrh, rose drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Overture Woman, top notes: Bergamot, saffron, apple

Heartthe first hours

Overture Woman, heart: Benzoin, myrrh, Rose, Geranium, cinnamon

Dry-downhours later

Overture Woman, dry-down: Frankincense, Cistus, Leather glove

On the label

What’s inside it

9 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender3 florals2 spices1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals3

CitronellolBenzyl salicylateGeraniol

Spices2

EugenolCinnamal

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not for the smell10

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoateBenzyl alcoholCi 19140Ci 14700Ci 60730

Named by Amouage, never on a label

BergamotSaffronApple (Calvados Accord), not in Ingredients yetBenzoinMyrrhRose CentifoliaGeraniumCinnamonPyrogenic IncenseCiste LabdanumLeather Vitessence, 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.

Our match of the labels

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Counted from the printed lists: 9 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.