Reflection Woman

Amouage Reflection Recently, I took a young artist to his first figure drawing salon. He’s extremely talented, but has had to repress his talent because his father doesn’t approve. As the models arranged themselves into poses, my kid took out his sketchbook and pen, and began. With each new pose, I watched him go slowly into a state of bliss, an altered consciousness, a state of rapture. The same thing happens to me when I dance and when I meditate; for my mother, its flowers; for my best friend, music; for others, food. For me, the ecstasy ripples out, like a water lily opening in the moonlight, unfolding, opening, allowing, growing, and being. Like standing in perfect stillness in the moonlight, being enveloped by the light of the full moon, feeling a sense of awe, a sense of oneness, and immersed in beauty. Until now, I hadn’t realized that a perfume could take me there, but Reflection has. In a moment, I was watching the ripples of water on the pond at Giverny at dusk. I saw the water rippling through the waterlilies and I watched them open up to the moonlight, and the breeze, opening up for me to capture their essence and breathe in their perfect beauty. This scent took me deep, deep within the depths of that flowered water, deep within myself, while at the same time remaining fully conscious. To say that I have fallen in love with this fragrance is an understatement. This fragrance took me to the deepest depths of stillness on a quiet, reflective, moonlit path through the heart of a flower. Simply stunning.

Lady White Flowers. Reflection Woman (RW) is arguably Amouage's best feminine offering. Green, cool, wet, velvety notes combine with a feminine bouquet of white flowers; beautiful, youthful jasmine; lively freesia; and fresh magnolia. Green, wet, white floral, lightly-spicy, soft, velvety. RW is absolutely gorgeous! One of the best niche white florals. Despite being a white floral, it has a heavy scent, which also gives it that smooth and soft velvety character. It almost feels oily. Almost. The combination of green notes and white florals is so well done, RW smells like raindrop-laden jasmine petals. Like a cool morning walk in a white flowers garden, where the flowers are still wet with morning dew drops. RW is mature. This is the most mature white floral I've smelled that didn't give me "old school" feel. It is mature in a redefined, royal way. RW is magical spell, especially on mature women. It adds a serious yet friendly character to the wearer. It emits "I'm mature but I am warmly-fun". You know how some women have a warmly beautiful motherly face? RW gives you a similar feeling. Like every woman who has that face deserves a bottle of RW. Neutral weather wear. Excellent performance. "Love"

I DO NOT GET WHY IT IS HATED OR DISLIKED SOLELY FOR IT SMELLING TO THEM NOT AS COMPLEX LIKE WHAT!!! It is discontinued! Even with higher prices i can't find the whole bottle anywhere! Oh my gawd, this is the most beautiful blend of magnolia, jasmine, water violet, green notes and melons! I can't find any dupe of it anywhere. I feel like something so close to my heart is being ripped away from me! This is an everyday scent but soooo gorgeous, i feel like i will never like any other fragrance as much as this. This got me falling for melons, cucumbers and violet leaf, magnolia all at once. I'll cry, this is such a simple yet calming scent out of all of my collection and it doesn't hurt the nose specially for me who has a bad immune system and get's sick often, this never smelt painful like others even when i was actively sick! It smells like you are standing on the side of a pond, where the water is clear, their are water lillies everywhere but not over crowded, the sky is the best blue it ever can hold, springtime, there are flamingos around!

I just have to review this one again as it's one of those rare perfumes that I think I will always own / repurchase. It's just celestial, easily one of my top 3 of all time. And I discover something new in it all the time. The second bottle I own now is from Oman and I swear the perfumes straight from oman are on another level. It's reflection 100% but somehow the heart of it is such a soft, radiant sandalwood, mixing with the dewy greens and florals, It's so natural and fresh, but warm and alluring at the same time. I just adore it one best amouage hands down. Might be the same juice btw but sometimes skin chemistry changes, I felt the initial bottle I had (not sure where that one was made but not oman) seemed more fresh and green whereas this one is fresh and green but also warm and creamy somehow. Just amazing. Ok that was my love letter to reflection amouage. :)

This perfume and these reviews are a good reason to be very cautious when blind buying a perfume based on its fragrantica entry. Reflection is an aquatic floral fragrance with woody undertone. How can this be you ask, air & wood together? Because it is made of finest oils. Magnolia is blooming, water violet just began to sprout and jasmine is somewhere afar. Amber&Cedar are there as well. Across the pond. You get whiffs of them but can't really see them. The expensive-ness of this airy concoction is palpable because underneath it all you can sense the Orient. If you've ever been in Spain, waiting to board a ferry to Morocco, this is it........ There are no fruits in Reflection. Not one. Whoever says it resembles little green apple perfume probably got a fake sample of Reflection. There is no artificial apple, melon, citrus or lipstick bubble gum in this perfume.