Journey Woman

I had a bit complicated relationship with this perfume... Back in 2015 I purchased a 100ml bottle and used very little. The perfume was very but very sweet on my skin. I smelled only honey and nothing else. Although I like sweet perfumes, the problem with my skin is that almost any perfume turns sweet on it, so imagine what happens if I spray a particularly sweet perfume on my neck or wrist. For example Soir du Lune is just honey on my skin... Fast forward to 2023: a smaller bottle of Journey arrived (I offered the other bottle to a friend of mine) and I used it twice. I really don't know what happened in the meantime. If my skin pH has changed, if these are my hormones, different diet perhaps...? Different, older me? Enough to say that now Journey presents itself as a much more complex scent to me. I still smell lots of honey but also beautiful flowers and delicate leather as well as jasmine tea. The composition seems to be much more elegant and interesting now, after some years. With Amouage things are never as they would seem when we read about the accords. It's not enough to just read about the ingredients or read thousands of reviews, although that helps, no doubt. With Amouage the safest thing is to try to sample it before comitting to a FB. But well, who's saying that? Me who bought all of my Amouage perfumes without sampling them first :) Anyways, perfumes always invoke in me colours and images... Journey makes me think of orange colour, yellow, reddish. A copper-haired girl sitting somewhere in a Parisian café, watching people go by, looking at the trees, a cup of golden jasmine tea with just a drop of honey by her side. She is half-smiling, maybe trying to read but she is mostly attracted by Life around her... And she smells of Journey.

Imagine you enter a room, outside in the balcony with velvet deep red curtains, there are lush bushes of osmanthus, in the room there is a glass dining table with golden leg. On it there is a huge bouquet of Jasmins, a plate with some apricots on it, and an aromatic cardamom infused cake, and there is some smoke in the air. On me it's Jasmine/osmanthus and cardamom, a combination I didn't know was so good, I can smell the sweetness of honey and sense a bit the smokiness of tobacco. But even to my amateur nose I can sense it's too complex to sum up. Delicious, mysterious, lush, sweet, spicy, velvety, smooth, elegant, welcoming. I literally dream about this perfume. The other day I was considering to sell it, since I don't use it so much. And since yesterday I kept getting wafts of it, at first I was like, I know this smell, then I realized it was journey woman. I was at home all day, and journey was in the cabinet, sleeping in it's gorgeous golden box. How did this happen? This scent is so memorable, you'll not forget it. To me at least I've never smelt anything like it. This is the first time this happens to me, to smell a perfume from my memory alone. I see many may not appreciate it since it is difficult to comprehend.. I do not comprehend it either, but there's something about it that's special, unique, and very memorable. You may not agree with it, but you'll remember it. The sweet honeyed smokiness, sticks to your olfactory memory centers. It envelopes and captivates, without loudness, or extravagance. I realize, I'm captivated by her, and I can't let her go.

Sumptuous Velvety Fluffy Subtle Classy I think I can’t describe any fruity scent with those words. This so unique and all my expectations about Journey W were fulfilled when I smelled this fragrance for the first time and I even got more. This is heavenly blended Apricot and Osmanthus. It’s not juicy at all, it’s powdery and soft. It’s luxurious and very hard to resist. There is even honey in it but it’s not sweet at all. All the notes which are there has been done in the different way than you are used to. It’s indulgent and there is some vintage vibe in it. Jasmine doesn't stand out in any kind of way. Tobacco is also elegant, like a gentle vapor which softens the fruity notes. This is a Journey to your dreams. Beautiful. Edit September 2024: For me Journey Woman is a summertime scent. It performs in totally different kind of way when it's cold: it's synthetic, cloying and suffocating. Last winter I was thinking that I don't love it anymore and I'm happy I didn't sell it. This summer arrived and it was like it used to be last summer. It was again mesmerising, special, it was shining and every day when I was wearing it was a journey. Top: Apricot, Jasmine Tea, Osmanthus, Nutmeg, Cardamom Heart: Jasmine, Sambac, Mimosa, Honey, Cedarwood Base: Pipe Tobacco, Saffron, Vanilla, Cypriol, Musk 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. 🤗

im updating my update. as i spray this freaking gorgeous honey saffron effervescent monstrously good fragrance on in a happy-cloud this morning. ... the more i wear this thing the more i love it; the more its curious dull sweetness and sense of movement and openness grows on me. it is so interesting ... because, hell, i don't really like florals. and def. i don't like sweet but i looooove journey woman! a sweet floral that is neither sweet nor flowery! literally *fascinating* -- i find myself stopping and wondering, how does it do this? be so one-pointed, and yet so full of possibility? the word for it is *tense* ... it pulls in more than one direction at once, like some kind of sexual-tension. smooth, even obvious on top (honey, honey), but underneath there's an important drama going on (jasmine-tobacco-saffron brawl). i can wear it for days. right now i don't want to smell of anything else again, ever. it makes my skin feel a meter deep in flowers, bees, fur, smoke and springtime. i’m amazed by the luke warm reception it gets, but also glad if it remains off the radar! ...this may be a subtle adventure, but it outscales all those shouty amouages by a million nuances in my opinion ... compelling journey indeed :)

❕Impressions from skin wear Journey Woman turned out to be completely different from what I had imagined based on its note pyramid. In the opening, for just a few minutes, I clearly detect the scent of young liquid honey. It is incredibly beautiful, pure, and delicate, with none of the urinous facets that honey notes can sometimes have in certain fragrances. Soon, ripe apricots accompanied by osmanthus take center stage. It is the osmanthus that creates the impression of velvety apricot skin with a subtle tartness, making the fruit smell even more realistic and natural. As the fragrance develops, it becomes softer and more comforting. On my skin, it creates the sensation of an expensive skincare cream, smooth, silky, and very feminine. I can’t say exactly which notes are responsible for this effect, but this creamy veil is what makes Journey Woman so captivating to me. The sweetness remains very restrained throughout, adding only a gentle touch without ever overwhelming the composition. To me, this is a truly versatile everyday fragrance. I can easily imagine wearing it both in warm weather and during winter. It performs beautifully on a sunny summer day, enveloping you in its softness and effortless elegance.