Dia 40 Woman

This is the scent of like an opulent Qatari woman who spends her leisure browsing through luxury malls. Herself adorns in bronde beige flowy silken hijab much like the color of this bottle. She radiates a sort of radiance that I could describe someone like Angelina Jolie or Monica Bellucci leaving trails of this scent. An overall addictive fragrance it has a Chanel No 5 aldehyde feel but a totally different soapy note with tinges of white florals adding to its complexity. Very feminine very chic like mademoiselle had bottled herself which is justified for the price it’s unmistakably luxurious a true benchmark quality for high end niche fragrance My Verdict Smell : 9.5 ( The Most Textbook Luxurious Womanly Smell Bottle : 10 ( Regardless The Perfume I Would’ve Bought It Anyway Just For The Bottle Concept : 9.5 ( AMOUAGE Is never short coming with its story telling and fragrance lore Value : 7.5 ( Price is quite fair given its undoubtedly luxurious qualities I would argue that it’s one of the few niche houses that puts quality in the forefront of their designs A Safe Blind buy? If you’re kinda broke but want that opulent women aura it’s a definite yes. If you’re already wealthy and considering buying multiple bottles and turning it into a your signature scent so the Chanel No 5 girlies gets a whiff of what a true rich mommy smell like? Absolutely!!! Also good for you 👏😘

Amouage went so far as to put “woman” on the packaging But I’m here to tell you, idgaf. This is a sweet, musky, soapy, floral, freshy, that I’ve sat on buying for months. I finally bought it, and still it sat in the box while I bathed in samples, and layering combinations. I’ve tried so hard to make sure I truly love it before I crack open the plastic. It can be harsh in the opening, which might scare some away. That super soapy opening; and I mean SOAP! But it dries down soft, sweet, fresh and floral. It just takes this very classy turn from soap bomb, to a plush bed of carnations and ylangylang. I know it says sandalwood, orris, guaiac and amyris are the base, but they really only play supporting roles to my nose. Something makes it a little spicy, but it’s such a velvety fresh floral after the dry down. As a few hours pass, it’s like you dabbed powder and and sandalwood with roses.. and all those aldahydes just fade away If you love soapy fresh, this is it. If you’re not a fan of soapy steer clear. If you can stand soapy and enjoy fresh, floral, and creamy clean scent, the dry down is for you. But for the price point, I wouldn’t experiment. $600usd after tax is a stretch to smell like SOAP. But for a “Woman” targeted soapy floral, I’m a dude, and I’m keeping it. It’s awesome and I’m glad I came across it.

Soapy, powdery aldehyde bomb. It feels simultaneously babylike and old ladyish, neither necessarily in a bad way. But for me, ultimately in a bad way. Babylike in that at first it reminds me of wetwipes or a warm bubble bath in J&J. Grandma like in that it's one of those old school powdery florals like the vintage guerlain or anais lines that pervasively wafted in the bingo halls in the 80s. At first, I thought she was a powerhouse, because 1 spray hit my nose hard, and this comes from a diehard perfume lover who doesn't mind if you smell me one block over. But for such a strong start, she disappeared unexpectedly within an hour, leaving only a vague floral version of a baby powder behind. If you love aldehydes like I do, you'll probably like this. Many of them disappear quickly (I adore lazy Sunday but constantly curse it's fleeting nature), and this is no exception. At the high price point, respraying will cost you like $10 a day. The original Dia is a lot better. Thankful to get to try and wear this through a travelling sample box from our fantastic community.

This smelled like straight up clean laundry/soap when I tried a sample. I was not a fan. However, it develops into a creamy, musky, clean scent which sweetens up in the mid notes and then gets woody as it wears out. There is also a rich body cream like whiff in the dry down. It is a all year round type of scent, however I feel it is more suited to the daytime. This perfume is for a modern, sophisticated, accomplished, rich woman in her late twenties to thirties. It has great performance and is one of the few scents I can smell on myself for hours in a lovely scent bubble. I normally run from "clean" scents as I often find them to be boring and linear - however this is simply stunning. It sparkles and leaves a gorgeous scent trail. I quickly bought a full sized bottle and I love it.

I own neither it nor the original, but I have tried the original several times, and today I have tried Dia 40 Woman. I like them both, but prefer Dia 40, and if I was going to buy either of them that would be my choice. This is very much a matter of my personal taste though. Dia 40 is a little more dusty/powdery/incensey/woody with a little less of the clear, sweet floral aspect of the original(peony perhaps?), and as someone who likes powder, incense and woods it appeals to me just that little bit more. The original is still lovely though. It should be noted, as others have mentioned, that they are both more in a classical perfume style than a modern one, which will attract some people and repel others.