Bracken Woman

Fruity vs. Sweet I need to talk about this before I do my review. And I will frame it within terms of alcohol. So I'm normally a dry/bitter person, but I live in the Midwestern US, and the make a lot of sweet and fruity wine and beer around here. I've developed a taste for them, and I do love wine that is dry but has a pronounced fruity note. Not sweet--but pure fruit. There's a beer called Soft Parade that is a ale that is brewed with raspberries, strawberries, and blackberries. It tastes like beer but has a lovely fruity backbone. That's what I like. I DON'T like drinks that are all sugary sweet concoctions that have no other aspect besides a radiating sweetness that basically blunts my entire palate. So when I say sweet/fruity, that's what I'm talking about. Anyway onto Amouage BRACKEN This has gotten really mixed reviews but I for one positively love it! It has a perfect mixture of green, floral, and a genuinely natural fruity sweetness that I adore. Actually I've not smelled anything like it in terms of attitude and performance. I was out weeding yesterday in my back woodland garden, and the smell of cut greens, earth, and sweet summertime wildflowers on the wind was intoxicating. After I came in and showered, I wanted to wear Bracken, because I wanted to still feel that peaceful summertime happiness. This whole perfume is rather linear. It opens with a green note that will punch you in the face. Fresh like the first hot day of summer that brings out all the nuances of the freshly bloomed greenery. It's definitely the green of leaves and ferns and stems, bright and happy. Add that simultaneously to the fruity berry accord. It smells like a handful of berries that you just picked and plucked into your basket. Underlying that is the lovely jasmine-narcissus note all radiant and white and sunny. And that's mostly what Bracken smells like. Greenery, sweet mixed berries, and white flowers. Only as it dries down to I detect a hint of a drier more austere lily, and once it dries even more I can smell a slightly darker in tone vetiver. There is a hovering sense of green tea there too (chamomile tea?) But no where do I ever smell leather, birch, smoke, or any of that. This is bright, sunny, green, and fruity all the way. Bracken has incredible sillage and strength and lasting power, do not use more than two full sprays! Warning! And I can smell it completely practically full strength until the next day. Lasts even longer on clothing.

It’s been a long winter waiting for warmer weather. This one shines during summertime. AMOUAGE Bracken Karine Vinchon Spehner and Dorothée Piot 2016 I don’t know any other brand which manages to capture so many different kind of scenes from my childhood than Amouage - this time with wild berries, Fern and leather together with Chamomile, Narcissus and Lily. It’s like a walking in the forest full of ferns and carrying a basket full of freshly picked berries. It has been raining. I move the ferns in front of me with my other hand while walking, causing the drops to fly on my face. The sun comes out from behind the clouds, the forest opens up into a meadow as the scent of herbal yet not dry Chamomile wafts up to your nose. Fern means Fougère which is an entire category of fragrances. This is not Fougère scent though. Most ferns has very delicate yet distinctive scent. It’s like clean and bitter green aroma, very unique one and very beautiful imo. I do remember as well the scent which may mostly be noticeable when you rub very dry leaves in your hands and it smells just like fresh mown hay. This is not the latter one. Wild berries are not light, bright, sweet and girly ones, they are mellow, deep, very Amouage - not cloying nor synthetic. The whole blend is unforgettable, absolutely stunning and amazingly realistic with an aromatic feel. This unusual scent is unisex and it can perform very differently. On my skin the scent is like described. On my husband’s skin the leather is more noticeable with added woody twist from base. The green note is bold and it may be too much for some. Thank you for reading, I hope my review was helpful. I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG and/or YouTube (English subtitles): @ninamariahperfumes It gives me a lot of motivation to write more. 🤗

I'm a hard-core Amouage fan, and while my main stays are woods, resin, incense, oud and rose perfumes, I frequently wander (happily) into other territories. While Amouage's recent release of Lilac did not overwhelm me, it did show what the line was doing in terms of playing toward a French aesthetic and Western taste. So I was: a) mentally prepared for this new type of Amouage, and b) thoroughly excited based on the notes, though in general I'm not huge on berries, c) the marketing name "Bracken" worked its spell. And my goodness this perfume does not disappoint. This may be my absolute favorite of the line. It is stunning, unique, and conjures up so many memories of idling my youthful hours in the mountains by the creek where berries grew, my dad's work gloves in the garage next to the creek, the water cress, lemon balm, and mint all comingling (not listed notes, but the general mountain greeness, a note that the air captures, the cedars waft). In March and April, the daffodils and narcissus bloom along with tulips and white bells. The hills are known for it this time of year. There are many lovely haute leather iris perfumes out there that also inhabit this elegant space, and this one does as well with the leather, but with so much more. This is simultaneously elegrant, frosty, cold, sharp, formal and at the same time, wild, ferociously overgrown, herbaceously lush with moist dark dirt. All the notes are present, and alternate minute to minute (not a linear perfume). Although I too identified it as a more spring summer scent, it's not "light." Today, it's raining hard, April, and I'm headed up to the mountains. Give up your notions of Fate, or Interlude, Epices, Memoir. This is different. My new Amouage and another reminder of the hills I love.

Being a total newbie and also a person who spends a lot of time in the woods and loves ferns in particular, I was totally charmed by the descriptions and ordered a 2 ml sample of this. At first sniff I was shocked, and not exactly in a good way, as I expected something diametrically opposite from 'a forest smell'. I didn't feel this any green at all, more like 'reddish brown' scent, very spicy, harsh and suffocating, kind of retro (much close to what I felt after blind-bying my very first full bottle - Eden, also hypnotised by the description and reviews). My husband said I smelled like an Indian store. Didn't get anything fresh at all. So I put it aside and moved on, but something didn't let me forget about it. Next day I suddenly felt a bold glimpse of something very pleasant, fresh and unique, and it took some time to figure out that was still Bracken on me. I decided to try it once or twice in a week, at home, small doses, sometimes layered with other scents, and in a month I realized that I'm totally in love with it, wanting to smell it much more often than anything light or airy or inoffensive I used to prefer. Still can't call Bracken a green smell, but definitely not an 'Indian shop' either. To me, the closest term is 'bittersweet', and definitely more sweet than bitter. Most of the bitterness fades away after two hours, but somehow returns after 6-7. The good thing is I don't get leather note at all; not so good that I almost don't get berries. I wanted narcissus and it's definitely there, along with lily, chamomile and woodsy notes. Maybe I'd love it less sweet and spicy, more herbal and fresh as expected, but it's one of my favourites as it is, and I totally need a full bottle.

لقد سبق وتكلمت عن النسخة الرجالية لعطر براكن أمواج. وصراحة لم أتفهم سبب تسمية النسخة الرجالية بهذا الاسم ف " Bracken " تعني مجموعة السراخس الكثيفة الملتفة، والنسخة الرجالية لا وجود للسرخس بها. بل لا وجود حتى لمدلول السرخس بالنسخة الرجالية الحارة القاتمة التي لم أستسغها. الآن فقط ومع تجربة النسخة النسائية تفهمت سبب التسمية. وإن كنت أتحفظ على إلحاق أمواج اسم النسخة الرجالية الباهتة القاتمة بهذه النسخة النسائية الأكثر من رائعة. السرخسيات "Fern": هي نباتات ذات سيقان أوراق خضراء تنمو في الأماكن الرطبة، ليس لها بذور أو أزهار، رائحتها كرائحة الغابات الأسيوية ذات الخضرة الطازجة، أو الأعشاب الطازجة المختلطة بلباب طازج لسيقان الأشجار. البداية مبشرة للغاية ويبدو أننا على موعد مع أحد عطور الأناقة التوت البري الذي جاور السرخس في الافتتاحية أراه اختيارا موفقا، جعل العطر مميزا مقبولا. فالتوت البري يوازن ما بين فاكهية الكشمش المفرطة وإطلالة الفراولة الصارخة كفتاة صاخبة. هذه البداية الرائعة واكبها قلب عطري شديد الحسية، فائق الدلال. كيف لا وهو قد جمع ما بين: الزنابق المائية: الفاتنة التي لا يمكن أن أراها في عطر حتى أخمن جماله قبل تجربته. زهرة النرجس: القوية المزيلة للتوتر البابونج: بقاعدته الناعمة التي تساعد أيضا على الاسترخاء الجلود: وهنا مكمن الحرفية في صياغة هذا العطر وليس كل ما سبق. فنوتة الجلود المستخدمة هنا هي تنتمي للنوعية التي تستخدمها شركات السيارات الفارهة لإضفاء جو من الترف والثراء الممتزج بحالة من الراحة والانسجام القاعدة من الفيتيفير وأخشاب البيتولا والباتشولي هي مكملات عادية آمنة للحفاظ على توازن العطر وبقاءه دون المغامرة بالدفع بعناصر قد تؤثر سلبا على روعة افتتاحية وقلب العطر العطر بشكله العام أكثر من رائع، يصلح تماما للاستخدام هذه الأيام مع دخول فصل الصيف. ومن الناحية الشرائية أراه صفقة رابحة آمنة. هنيئا لك سيدتي بهذا العطر الحسي الأخاذ البديع وشكرا لك "أمواج"

كانت والدتي تعشق النباتات و الأزهار و اعتادت زراعتها في كل شبر من الشرفة بل إنها لم تتردد _حين ضاقت بها الشرفة_ لزراعتها داخل المنزل حتى تحول بيتنا القديم تدريجياً إلى حديقة غناء فيها كل أنواع الزهور و نباتات الظل بل وحتى الاعشاب وأشجار الفاكهة و الخضار.. إلا أن نبتة أمي المدللة كانت "الفوجيرة" و هي لفظ مؤنث يقصد به الدلال والتحبب مشتق من (الفوجير) Fougère و كانت هذه الزرعة المتوحشة تتوسط الصالة كقطعة من الادغال و تحتل ما يقارب ثلثها و كانت محط أنظار الزائرين و إعجابهم و مثار سخطنا نحن أهل المنزل و خاصة أنا إذ كان يقع على عاتقي كنس أوراقها المتساقطة بكثرة كل يوم.. كانت هذا النبتة ضخمة، كثيفة، تحافظ على اخضرارها الشديد دائما و لها رائحة عشبية خضراء نفاذة تتضاعف حين تغسل أوراقها بالماء و تتشبع تربتها رطوبة.. مرت صور الذكريات أمامي سريعا بعد بضع رشات وضعتها على معصمي من عطر Bracken.. رائحة تجسد رائحة العشب الاخضر الندي و التربة الرطبة.. إحساس رائع جعلني أتحسس موضع العطر بأنفي و آخذ أنفاساً طويلة و أشبع رئتيّ بهذا العبق الربيعي المنعش.. أمعنت البحث قليلاً وسط العشب الاخضر لتظهر جليا زهرات البابونج الصغيرة و ربما بعض زهرات الاقحوان البيضاء برائحتها البلسمية الهادئة تزداد اكثر لتبدو فاكهية حلوة بلمسة بخورية خفيفة في قلب العطر تضاف إليها لمسات عطرية لازهار بيضاء لكنها تبقى ضمن الدائرة الخضراء للعطر دون أن توقعه في الفخ الزهري.. في القاعدة قليل من الأخشاب، الباتشولي و الفيتيفر ملائمان تماما لروح العطر الربيعية الخضراء.. العطر مختلف تماما عن مفهوم العطور عند العامة.. و اعتبره خروجا عن النص تماما كعطرهم السابق Sunshine.. فالعطران كفكرة يعتبران ثورة لكنها ثورة جميلة و محببة و نحتاج مثلها.. نحتاج من فترة لأخرى أن نشم رائحة الطبيعة كما هي دون تزيين و بهرجة.. دون اضافات مزعجة.. و هذا العطر ينقل حالة و صورة من صور الطبيعة تجعل الحواس ترقص طربا لجمالها..

This is such a unique scent! It transforms in such a beautiful way on my skin! I usually hate super powdery scents, fougeres, and chypres, but this one isn't the case. After spraying it on the skin, it smells like I'm walking through a sunny green forest, with lots of berries and wildflowers around. On clothes, the berries are there, but on the skin, they're disappearing quickly. The fern and powdery notes are there from the start until the end. It may become a bit soapy, but it doesn't bother me much, especially if I'm outside - the fresh notes are balancing the powderiness. After 30-60min, the perfume becomes so similar on the skin to the Xerjoff La Tosca - lots of green airy violets, that remind me of springtime. I was so surprised to smell violets, it wasn't listed on the notes list! The transition between the berry forest and the violet shore is so smooth, and it happens when my skin becomes warmer. I appreciate the longevity, it's around 12-16h. It lasts on the clothes until doing the laundry. Bracken Woman is a warm, yet refreshing, light composition, which is not flat and banal. This aromatic juice is worth its price. The scent is floating around, filling the room gradually and making my presence noticed. I find it so difficult to describe, it's so beautiful and ethereal. I wouldn't get this fragrance after scanning the notes and reading the reviews. It's not blind buy safe, so be sure to test it on your skin (the blotter is not showing the complex profile of this juice).

Another gorgeous and addictive fragrance from Amouage. In the opening you can easily detect a green sharp note within slight tinge of dry berry sweetness that is just sublime. it is super powerful as you can sniffing nothing. absolutely perfect and the smells like Fern and Oak leans on the sweetness side transformed into an expensive unisex wearable scent, 45minutes into it is when the green note starts to fade. you can shifting into Chamomile and Narcissus all at the same time afterwards, very impressive development, floral earthy aroma, this scent is stunning concoction that created for women for sure. 4 hours later, you like the drydown a lot, It's soft and leathery. The sillage and longevity are perfect, and performance is quite excellent. "براکن شاهکاری دیگر از "امواج رایحه ای سبز و تیز که شیرینی توت خشک آنرا همراهی می کند آغازگر این عطر است قدرت این رایحه بقدری زیاد است که در مرتبه های اولیه استفاده، شامه را بی حس می کند ولی جذاب است، : رایحه ای کمی شیرین و خشک که سبزی علفگون آن غالب است گویا سازنده خواسته بوی خزه و سرخس را تداعی کند تا حدود 45 دقیقه این رایحه فراگیر است پس از آن نوبت بازیگران اصلی این عطر فرا می رسد رایحه بابونه شیرازی و گُل نرگس رایحه ای گُلی ، و خاکی گرم ، به گونه ای که در لحظه ای بوی گل نرگس استشمام می شود و در لحظه ای دیگر گُل بابونه زنانه بودن رایحه در این مرحله به خوبی احساس میشود همراهی این رایحه تا 4 ساعت ادامه می یابد وپس از آن بوی چرم معطر به مشام می رسد در مجموع، پخش بو و دوام آن در رتبه خوب قرار دارد ولی کیفیت عطر بسیار عالی است

This is art. Pure art. I'm broken hearted it has been discontinued because there is nothing else like it on the market that would even remotely come close to it. The first time I smelled it I was transported back to my childhood, staying with my grandparents on my summer holidays from school. Their house was split level and had a hidden rose garden, access to which had steep granite steps to the lower level. These steps were camouflaged by leafy green ferns which smelled exactly like the opening notes of this wonderful fragrance as you descended through them. The sensation for me is palpable as much as the memory is enchanting. Once the perfume settles, it becomes floral sweet and arboraceous, like threading on a bed of chamomiles underneath an ancient oak tree. The leather note supports rather than dominates. It's utterly beautiful and I'm grateful I discovered it before its discontinuation. Performance is long lasting to eternal. One or two sprays will see you through at least 12 hours of wear. Suits the rainy days of Spring and Summer best, but gorgeous at any time of year. It is a head turner as it is so unusual, probably because it is such a departure from what is now a common BR540/Cloud fragrance profile that every other person seems to be wearing now. I feel like a bewitching forest witch when I wear it. Sweeter and more wearable than Myths Woman, but no less beguiling.

This was love at first sniff for me. My first expensive niche fragrance experience and it was an explosive amazing and delightful journey from opening to dry down. If Gaia had a fragrance this would be it. It is a powerhouse--like you took a calm tranquil green/aromatic fragrance and turned the dial up to 10. I am at a loss for words to capture what this fragrance smells like. Beyond saying it is aromatic and fresh, I can only echo images painted by much better reviewers such as the one who offered the image of a woodland nymph doing her laundry. This certainly captures the spirit of this fragrance. Regarding the journey this fragrance takes, there is a nondescript berry note that for me was just a transient experience at the opening along with an explosion of the green fern note. Then the fern note is fleshed out by the chamomile, narcissus and mossy vetiver in the middle to become what reminds me of being in the Hoh Rainforest in Washington state amid its lush greeness. On dry down I get the fern note, very soft vetiver and maybe a bit of leather. I don't think this is such a dangerous blind buy for someone who loves green aromatic/fougere fragrances and who is not shy about being noticed. All others should proceed with caution. Definitely apply with a light hand (1 spray was all I could handle) or your sinuses will be blown to kingdom come.

Let's make this quick: either you LOVE Bracken, or you hate it. TBH I think Bracken smells pretty much the same on everyone. It's not your skin's chemistry that needs to be right for it, it's your preference/personality. I wanted to try the earthy green of all greens and I was not disappointed. This perfume has such a green thumb it ALMOST could cure me of my brown thumb. This is the mother earth of all greens. This is for those that identify as woman; not a girl, not a lady, a fucking woman. Bracken is the first perfume to actively empower me. I find myself drawn to it as this beautiful intoxicating scent: healthy dirt thriving after rain and sprouting the most delicious tomatoes. Because this is so much its own thing, it doesn't conform to any single vibe; night, day, hot, cold, doesn't matter. You can smell like a lusciously damp forest any time, baby! Quite frankly, Bracken doesn't give a damn if you like it or not. You don't wear this for others, you wear this fully and unapologetically for yourself. Unfortunately, my partner hates it. Had he loved it, I would have considered buying a bottle at full price. Even still, I will keep it on my wishlist <3 UPDATE: Several hours and I'll be honest maybe I'm just horny but this baby went down a totally unexpected sexy musky path. It's intoxicating in a whole different way now.

This is my first Amouage fragrance (thanks to my hubby) and it is so stunning and unique! I did a lot of research before choosing Bracken as my birthday present since where we live, sampling is out of the question. The previous reviewer who described this as a forest maiden doing her laundry is spot on! It opens with beautiful green notes that are neither too masculine nor too feminine. (My husband wants to wear this as well.) And the opening is definitely not sharp in an off-putting way. It is very smooth. I also get the most gorgeous fresh, tart berry smell. Then I get the softer floral, birch, and leather notes as well as undercurrents of clean vetiver and patchouli. This definitely has a classy, free-spirited / bohemian vibe and I absolutely love it! It smells in a really good way like Irish Spring soap with berries. And it is perfect for this time of year! I think Bracken is a safe blind buy for anyone who likes unconventional, green fragrances. I also think that although unisex, this definitely leans more feminine. I like sweet powdery fragrances and Bracken is sweet enough for me. So glad my Amouage blind buy was a success! UPDATE: The more Amouage fragrances I try (and I’m at 13 now), the more I appreciate Bracken’s beauty and uniqueness. This is my favorite Amouage so far!

This is so fresh, airy and clean like powdered laundry detergent. It’s a luxurious choice for a perfect everyday fragrance. It’s a minimalist and effortless scent for a clean, white t-shirt, casual day at the office. Sometimes things don’t have to be complicated to work perfectly. This is what humans should smell of - clean, understated luxury. This is probably the only fragrance ever invented that suits EVERY situation, season, function - from those days where you just don’t care to your wedding day. It’s harmless and faultless (apart from the price I guess). If you like those all-singing-all-dancing, look-at-me-I’m-loudly-obnoxious types is scent, then bypass this one. This doesn’t have to try hard to be appreciated. A similar (and budget Arabian) scent to this is Al-Rehab’s ‘Aroosha’. Update: So I’ve been wearing this for a while as I got myself a full bottle. The fern and camomile combo gives a fresh but bitter green that’s camphorous. But it’s mixed with a crystalline sweetness that smells like red ruby dust has been sprinkled over the bitter wet green. This is why something so green gets a red bottle with a pink gem on the cap. Summery: it’s a bitter fresh green that’s slightly sweetened by mineralised ruby crystal.

On card, it's like Figment Woman crossed with Synthetic Jungle. Very sharp and green, high-pitched and psychedelic, kind of like what nature probably smells like if you're a dog, or some sort of crazed triffid horror film greenery. I've yet to wear it, I'll probably love it when do. On skin, it's less crazy (but still crazy). It has that Amouage thing of seeming familiar really quickly while being unique. The florals have more sweetness and depth to balance the shriek of the opening, and the leather takes slightly more of a back seat than on card. It's like a love letter to classic green leather florals while also being very modern. I love it. Update: This has become a favourite. There's definitely something orange blossomy in there, similar to the orange blossom in Beach Hut Man. In fact the perfume wears a lot like Beach Hut Man in that it's a sort of radioactive green CGI version of nature. This to me smells like what I wanted from Synthetic Jungle, which smells incredible but is impossible for me to wear, whereas I can rock Bracken no questions asked.

Green, fresh, herbal... spring/summer unisex perfection in a bottle. It’s a real naturescape type of scent, no need to classify it as feminine or masculine. A great companion to Bracken man, they are like 2 rather different variations on the same theme. Somewhere in the mid it veers towards a smoky floral, but still remains green and grounded in nature. I’ve been sampling a lot of Amouage and it seems all my favorites, aside from Reflection Man, are among the discontinued line. It’s almost like the new creative director is trying to kill off a lot the amazing unique fragrances created under Chong. I was at least lucky enough to find a large bottle of this at a good price. I’m kind of shocked to see that it seems to be somewhat polarizing. To me it’s a borderline masterpiece, and definitely signature worthy in the spring/summer. It just resonates with me 100% from the first sniff, I find it very uplifting and transporting.

this is my thoughts from months ago and i still think it's accurate, it's just that the performance is sooo strong that it might be too much but scent-wise: it's unlike anything i have smelled, i feel like i am literally in heaven. that's the vibe it creates: in heaven wearing recently dry cleaned white clothes surrounded by tall trees while holding a notebook made of leather and eating berries. i kid u not the first word i think of whenever i spray it is "lively"; it's 20/10 in being "zen" and idk why. this is completely a bad analogy, but the first time i smelled TF black orchid i was like THAT IT IS SO DIFFERENT and LIKE NOTHING ELSE. this exactly brought up the same rxn (though the scents are bot remotely related). it's green and leathery but not sharp, it's really natural, specially the berries (which i am never a fan of).

I bought a sample of Bracken (along with Lyric and Epic) from Lucky Scent last spring. I was so repulsed by it when I first smelled it, I branded it “xx” on the label so to remember it was a HELL NO fragrance on me. I remember it was very potent and sharp. Today, I decided to try it again and OMGosh, a complete total opposite reaction. I’m obsessed with it on my skin. It’s sweet, juicy fruits with woodyness to it. I don’t know how else to describe it, but It’s definitely going to be my next purchase. Only thing is that it barely lasted 3 hours on my skin. Like, gone-gone. Not even a skin scent. I’ll assume that it’s due to the sample applicator type (it’s not the sprayer kind) because I see that the majority of reviewers have rated the longevity and sillage quite strong.

It is a wonderful spring scent. You can almost hear the squelch of spring leaf sap. The narcissis and fern go so well together. I grow a few different ferns and it does indeed make me think of the fresh clean new leaves unfurling in spring. I do get a little Vetiver in the background along with the leather and birch. There is just enough juicy fruity sweetness to keep this feminine but I think it could be unisex. I do get the Lily as well. It goes so well in this composition. It's not screechy or heavy. The overall impression is of a spring fresh herbal delight backed by a natural fruity sweetness, Lily and birch. Good longevity and sillage. It's not a beast on my skin but then I am in a very cool room.

This wasn't love at first sniff for me the way Epic Woman, Rose Incense, and Rose Opus X were -- but it's definitely love now. It smells like working outside in the garden on a damp day, hacking away at some stubborn blackberry brambles. The vibe is outdoorsy-feminine, rather than cutesy-feminine or luxurious. That said, it's elegant, not gritty, funky, or taboo. (I agree with the observation that this is more wearable and sweeter than Myths, but somehow just as bold/principled.) When I first tried it in late summer, I found some of the berry notes a bit too synthetic, but with the weather growing colder, they come over as darker and more grounded.

A pleasant surprise - this is a very interesting scent, citrusy in the opening and then turns into this green, woodland moss scent mixed with patchouli.. not exactly a freshie, but aromatic for sure - it's like walking in the forest, and brings many memories because of that. I've sampled a few other Amouages, and either the longevity was not the best or they did not feel original enough to justify the price point, but here, I would say this is full bottle worthy. It's a scent profile I've never smelled before, it projects really well and lasts quite a long time.