Amouage · 2025 · Quentin Bisch

Purpose 50

VersionExtrait de Parfum

Amouage says

You’ll smell bergamot, Pink Pepper, frankincense, Pimento Berry, rose, Sand Vetiver, sandalwood, papyrus, saffron, suede, Mystikal, Akigalawood and vanilla.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Purpose 50’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, pink pepper, frankincense, allspice, rose, vetiver drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Purpose 50, top notes: Bergamot, Pink pepper, Frankincense, allspice

Heartthe first hours

Purpose 50, heart: Rose, Vetiver, Sandalwood, papyrus

Dry-downhours later

Purpose 50, dry-down: saffron, Leather glove, Akigalawood, Vanilla, Iso E Super

On the label

What’s inside it

15 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

3 citrus3 herbs & lavender4 florals3 woods1 spices1 powder

Citrus3

Bergamot oilLimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender3

Linalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineol

Florals4

Rose oilRose ketonesGeranyl acetateGeraniol

Woods3

Sandalwood oilSantalolIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Spices1

Eugenol

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not in Ingredients yet6

Pinene, not in Ingredients yetBeta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yetTerpinolene, not in Ingredients yetAlpha-terpinene, not in Ingredients yetCarvone, not in Ingredients yetIsoeugenyl acetate, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell2

AlcoholBenzyl benzoate

Named by Amouage, never on a label

Pink PepperFrankincensePimento BerrySand VetiverPapyrus, not in Ingredients yetSaffronSuede, not in Ingredients yetAkigalawood (agarwood oud)Vanilla

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