Remain

EN Remain is, for me, one of those fragrances that immediately makes you pause and reflect. It has nobility without stiffness, refinement without snobbery. It looks like it was created without haste and without any desire to please at all costs. What fascinates me most is its balance. It opens bright and spicy, then softens and reveals a rich yet very elegant floral heart, while the base becomes creamy, enveloping, almost hypnotic. Remain gives the impression of true luxury — not ostentatious, but something passed down through generations. It is a fragrance with depth, inner dignity, and that rare inborn elegance that makes it genuinely memorable. In a word, I am truly enchanted by this perfume. It has sensuality, perfect composure, and a deeply gracious, aristocratic aura. _______ IT Remain è, per me, uno di quei profumi che fanno subito fermare a riflettere. Trasmette un’elegante nobiltà e una raffinatezza senza snobismo. Come se fosse stato creato senza fretta e senza il desiderio di piacere a tutti i costi. Quello che mi affascina di più è il suo equilibrio. Si apre luminoso e speziato, poi si ammorbidisce e rivela un cuore floreale ricco ma molto elegante, mentre il fondo diventa cremoso, avvolgente, quasi ipnotico. Remain dà l’impressione di un lusso autentico — non ostentato, ma tramandato attraverso le generazioni. È un profumo con profondità, dignità interiore e quella rara eleganza innata che lo rende davvero memorabile. In una parola, sono davvero incantato da questo profumo. Ha sensualità, una compostezza perfetta e un’aura aristocratica, nobile e riconoscente.

I feel like half the people in these reviews are reviewing a completely different fragrance...either that or they are looking at this thing with whatever the opposite of rose-tinted glasses is, like they do with literally anything this house has released in years. Amouage fans have this trait of being unbearably snobby and negative, basically the redditors of fragrance. If you guys hate everything since the "change in artistic direction" then maybe get over it, get a different hobby, and stop smelling Amouage's stuff since you'll never be pleased again? Sad way to live honestly. Anyways, this really is not that close to Musc Ravageur unless any scent that's sweet and spicy qualifies. By those metrics, Imagination is a clone of Versace Pour Homme too. Are your guys' noses underdeveloped or something? Not to mention the same people calling it a soft and quiet fragrance....this thing is really strong. Very big scent trail, very big projection and substantial longevity. Either way this is a really nice piece of work, It's paradoxically a crowd pleaser but definitely not blind buy safe. In the air this will get positive attention; but up close, the spices and florals they are using (along with some kind of coffee-ish anise kind of thing) might be strong and unusual. You need to try it on skin and give it a few hours, the scent changes a lot as it wears. Also I realised this kinda does smells like frootloops like some people are saying, and I love it

I was most interested in this out of the 3 new Essences, and when I smelled it I was surprised but not exactly disappointed. It opens with a gorgeous bright green frankincense (I love hojari frankincense) and a fiery pimento. Then I get this creamy rich sweetness with hints of green and brightness. When I try to pick out notes I get spice, florals, and to my nose an unmistakable carrot note. Underlying this all is tonka, vanilla, and musks. I don't really get ambergris though I see it listed. I get why people are comparing it to Musc Ravageur because there is some of that in there, but I get flashes of Rabbit by Zoologist mixed in as well. Not exactly what I was expecting from Amouage but a pleasant surprise. There's such a fascinating balance in the notes between spicy, sweet, and green/bright that I can't stop sniffing it. That same balance is why I could see this being wearable most of the year. Love it.

I finally got to try this yesterday. Though there is nothing out of the ordinary in the listed notes, the online reviews are surprisingly more positive than Line 618, which I also never tried until yesterday (I own Sequence full bottle since January though), and the reviewers have been spot on. Remain smells better than L618. It opens with a unique carrot smell (not listed in the notes but mentioned on Amouage website) and citruses. The mid has a banana like smell from the ylang ylang.Then finally comes the incence with an organic smell (I believe it is the castoreum also not listed in the notes but mentioned on Amouage website) before it finally dries to sweet vanilla, tonka bean, woods and salty ambergris. This is unisex and unique with nothing like it in my collection. Update: August 2, 2026. I got my full bottle today and will be using it as 1 of my regular perfumes as it is office safe and lovely.

I tried the new trilogy of Essences on the eve of 2026 and my first impression was meh, something weird and not for me. Somehow Remain grabbed my attention, it was the most unusual scent from this collection for me. On a blotter I didn't like it at all, it sounded irritating and intrusive for my nose, but on the skin it suddenly blossomed like a giant multifaceted flower with spicy and earthy undertones. It really shocked me with its development: I heard so many notes simultaneously and they were dancing on my skin, clearly in a way it never happened before on my memory. I was excited and just in 30 minutes changed my mind - from meh to wow. I bought it right away, and this is my first Essence. I still don't like much the bottles but I have to state that the scents are worth trying, even if Line and Sequence haven't left a remarkable impression - for me they are not so unique as Remain.