Tribute

(Variations with formulations and batches are highly pronounced. This is a bottle with the black top in the beige box.) "One leather to rule them all." That's how this perfume feels. If leather could be a force of nature, in Tribute it would be a smoldering, smoking volcano. Not at the point of erupting, but containing its earth melting energy underneath burbling and smoking super-heated lava. It's tempting to call to mind perfumes like Dior's Leather Oud, and indeed there are a lot of similarities, but whereas Leather Oud was a super-heated super-dry leather, like the hottest of desert winds blowing into your face, Tribute is far wetter and far thicker, much like lava that it's calling to mind. Opening notes of gentle roses and jasmines touched by saffron give way to heart and base notes of exquisite, smokey frankincense, leather, and patchouli. Through all of the thick, wet heat and the dense smoke, the beauty of Tribute is that it never manages to be suffocating or cloying. No matter how close I get my nose to my arms and hands, I always feel like I'm hovering far above the surface of this caldera's super-heated, smoking, molten lava. This perfume relishes in its power, authority, and stateliness, but it never devolves into anything crass or loud (this isn't for the half-wits that want a perfume that is described as "beast mode," even though this perfume is more of a beast than anything of similar accords you can find on retail shelves). I'm finding it very hard to describe why I love this perfume, and its personality. It gives me this feeling that I could never wear it to work, I could never wear it to a restaurant, I could never wear it casually - or even formally - to anything anywhere. Today, I'm wearing it in scrub lounging-around-the-house clothes, enjoying the sunny spring weather while I casually munch on light Mediterranean fare and leisurely accomplish some chores... and, for some reason, that feels like the perfect way to experience Tribute. The perfume gives you this feeling it very much needs privacy and quiet; it's not for sharing, it's not for others to experience, like your most private and personal moments. It feels special, like a once in a lifetime experience meant to have a permanent place in your mind and heart. Truly, truly wonderful.

Indubitably the finest cologne I have every purchased. An entirely different world. Sublime, ethereal, Taurean earthiness with an unquenchable longing to taste of the floral spell of Venus cast upon the rarest Taifi. Completely unlike anything else on the market and, (dare I say), far more exquisite than anything the West has yet to offer--be it Creed, Hermes, Annick Goutal...all former favorites which are but distant memories now, having encountered this miniscule encapsulation of a stately pleasure dome on par with Xanadu itself, a stately aroma of decreed pleasure. This exotic scent is one of a magical starlit desert night of distant antiquity, mixed charmingly with the suave modernity and lusty elegance of an enchanted and naughty adventure in Marrakesh lounges sweetened by opiumed hookahs or a vermillion sunset over Cairo bidding warm, tender adieus to a day of insurmountable reawakening; a wandering, hypnotic, trance-inducing perfection that silkenly conjures memories of regal hands eternally intertwined with a sculpted lover fatedly blessed with such classical perfection even fair Antinous would coyly blush at the mere wafting encounter of this scent of unquenchable longing irresistibility. A treasure for which I have searched a lifetime, this piece de resistance truly surpasses the finest of fragrances available on the modern market from any Parisian house of high repute. Astrologically the ideal essence of the bull- a simple esoteric elegance that, though breathtakingly stunning in its first rush of a divinely feminine rose, subtly rises to the strength and vigor of refined masculinity with its grounded tobaccos, incense of which the gods would feel unworthy to be offered as oblation, and sylvan earthiness that lingers in the memory of all who are consecrated by its unspeakable grandeur which retains the subtlety of good breeding; a virility of gentlemanliness that the Homage, though so lovely indeed, considerably lacks. May I say most simply, thank you for this priceless pearl which truly is the paragon of a man’s scent, a new standard for myself who now seems want to spurn the Parisian perfumerie to follows spellboundedly into new lands of mystical ecstasy. --carlisle, law student, jackson, ms

Tribute is beautiful, so unique, nothing compares to it. I keep getting samples of it, I wish I could get the bottle. I am a woman I love to wear this. Powerful, seductive and dark, the embrace of smoke, Taifi rose, saffron, tobacco, leather, cedar, frankincense puts me in a trance-like state. It is a bold attar not for the faint-hearted. I cannot begin to describe this beauty. Its smoky and quite challenging right from the start, when I first dab the oil on my skin I smell the the beautiful smoky frankincense. Then the oil warms up and I get a tobacco note. After a time on my skin, the beautiful soft subtle Taif rose builds up, Taif rose has the most gorgeous pink color it breaks through the dark tobacco and smoky incense accord. The rose meshes with the tobacco beautifully. I get a touch of spicy saffron-pepper. The leather peeks out, it has a subtle animalic quality, I detect something that smells like gasoline, is it oud or all of the notes blending together? It serves to enhance the leather and tobacco accord. I notice the wood-vetiver-patchouli accord underneath the tobacco. The frankincense from the beginning is still noticeable until the end of the fragrance. The tobacco, incense, leather and rose are all gorgeous together. On my skin I enjoy all of the notes- delicate Taif rose, leather, frankincense, tobacco coming up to my nose, it is so smooth the way the fragrance slowly develops and progresses I am on the edge of my seat when I wear it. I cannot describe everything, I love the way tobacco smells in this attar, I love how everything smells in this composition. A beautiful, opulent, high quality fragrance, and very complex attar. I put on a tiny drop of this on my wrist and after a time, the sillage builds slowly I catch wafts of this but sillage is closer to my body. The scent is still in my shirt. Longevity is great about 8 hours on my very dry skin.

...And what a tribute! This one is a completely hands down.Absolutely enchanting, promisor and bold. There is no doubt its concerns to a minority range of people, whether it is not a popular "tasty" for beginners and price tag is way over average.Anyway, it doesn't mean you can't bring to your wardrobe(at least a sample),and this happen because as soon as you got the small bottle opened,air will be filled by burnt incense surrounding over 6 feet from.So it is very easy to figure out what you will take part in. I mean, if you feel bothered by the acid burnt smell better you give up,however I recommend you to push further,as we got the very begin of a deep journey into olfactory world. Theres is 3 different phases, like incense in a real sense and by this time everything is kinda complicated to figure out.Then we have an exquisite brand new couch leather phase, rubbered leather in a good way,plus a smoked jasmine( indolic) come along as an elegant escorting.By the last my favorite one, leather started to fade away into earthy vetiver followed by a tremendous resined/amber rose took away.Like no other concoction ever made, it is a briefly of brief,resuming in what you at least could expect from Tribute.It is not a professional review, the longevity of those 3 phases are 12+.I think we have Amouage dna right here,don't know about lately launches, nonetheless if you love this house don't you ever skip Tribute.

(Sampled from the red boxed bottle) The Tribute attar is often touted as the apex of Amouage, and it felt almost sacred to put this scent on my skin for the first time after many years of sourcing a bottle. The oil opens with a surprisingly bright rose and clean, lemony frankincense. There is definitely a tar like quality that is rumbling deep in the background with just a tease of sweetness from the tobacco and amber, but the opening is very far from smoky or heavy. As it dries down a bit, frankincense quickly yields, followed by the brightness of the rose turning very soapy and powdery. After an hour, the soapy rose faints away and weighty tobacco and tar makes their way forward with the support of resinous amber notes. After about 3.5 hours, what remains is a slightly smoky, sweet tobacco with a very faint touch of jasmine flower and earthy patchouli in the background. On my skin, the scent lasts about 5 hours. I heard that even bottles of Tribute from the same red or black boxes can provide different experiences. The batch variations are understandable due to the volatility of the natural ingredients and varied facilities where Amouage distills their perfume oils. All I know is that this transportative scent is a superb blend that should be experienced by everyone regardless of batches.

Guys, im my search for good attars I went to arabic countries, including Oman. There I went to Amouage's factory. The truth is that Amouage produces its attars with varying quality. I am not sure why this is happening but they have some problems controlling quality of the end-product, probably because they have different inputs for each batch. I personally got my hands on 3 different qualities of the Tribute. Only one of them was as good as it was supposed to be. The other two batches had either too much tobacco or too much vetiver or too little rose etc in the final bouquet. So please try the bottle before you buy it, don't rely on the tester, try THAT VERY BOTTLE. The same problem is with other, originally excellent, attars - Al Mulook, Al Mas, Eidyya, Bard al Budur, Al Andaluz. The way to correct the Tribute that has too much tobacco is to add further 5-15% of Ajmal's rose oil - the spicy and zesty Kashmiri rose that they widely sell in their shops in the arabic countries (they also call it Ruh al Ward). After mixing wait for 2-3 months keeping the bottle in the dark cool cabinet. The result exceeded my expectations! Good luck.

INITIAL REVIEW: I love this scent. On me it does NOT dry down into anything feminine. No florals, no roses. It has a powerful mnemonic aspect for me. I flash back VERY heavy (as some used to say) on smells in a northern Minnesota deer camp. Wood notes, but the incense here is straight garbage fire or even a little ashtray. Disgusting, you might say? Not for me. It is a beautiful blend and evokes powerful positive memories. Longevity on my skin is about 4 hours, at least in our high south Texas heat and humidity. Really should be renewed 1x at lunch. A little bit applied to clothing=much more stamina. I bought a 1ml sample for 50 bucks and would gladly buy a bottle if it were within my means. It's not, so I'm now exploring noname ouds and blends. EDIT: Still love this. However, I am more uncertain about where and when I could fit this into my life. It's really not appropriate for work, and doesn't fit my pedestrian social life. And it's damned expensive for me to wear while mowing the lawn or cooking brisket. Did revise my scores a bit; this is much better when it cools off a bit. Scent: 9/10 Sillage: 10/10 Longevity: 10/10

Beautiful. Just beautiful. The unfolding is quite wonderful. It starts off very fresh, hardly any tobacco... then it transforms gradually. The tobacco comes forward. I find it about equal to the strength of the rose. The incense pairs so well with the tobacco. Leather is supporting. Some patchouli and vetiver in there too. Slight smoky quality. Complex! I had to start with a decant because of the acquisition price. This is not a safe blind buy for the average person. For me, I didn't find it challenging at the start. Interesting. But as it develops... wow. I find the tobacco undulates, swelling then ebbing, then swelling again. At times it seems like it's mostly tobacco, so I understand why some got that impression. But one needs to live with the fragrance and be mindful of it across the wearing to appreciate what it offers. Anyway, all this fanfare and no oud, which says a lot for an Amouage attar. ;-) Well... I'm going to have to buy a retail bottle of this. Eventually. Some way, some how. Discontinued! Dammit.

I"m typically not a fan of Amouage- I htink they are overhyped and overpriced. I'm also not a fan of vetiver (it usually stinks to high #### on me) or tobacco. But Good Lord, where did this scent come from??? This is the olfactory equivalent of being told there's "Something interesting to see over there", and upon taking a look for yourself you find the Grand Canyon. Unimaginable depth, breathless beauty, indescribable feelings. If you've sniffed Onda by Vero profumo, you'll have an idea of what this smells like. But there is no ginger here, so it is smoother on the nose. Interesting to me- this has the patchouli/rose combo going on, which seems to be the new chypre accord. Is this a tobacco chypre? Hmm... In short, don't deny yourself another minute of wondering what this smells like. This just changed my opinion on an entire genre of perfumes. Try it ;-) (Edit; a-ha!! I just saw that Pere de Pere also compares this to Onda, I'm getting good at this!)

The intensity of this fragrance and the cost of around $25/ml certainly make it not for everyone. I fell in love with it the moment the sales lady put it on my wrist. It's exactly what I'd been looking for in the longest and all I could do then was to hand over the money despite its steep price tag. Post Note: After having it on for a whole day, I can finally come up with some personal description of this fragrance. My experience was like wearing a well worn velvety soft leather jacket in a rose garden with hundreds of thousands of roses blooming at the same time while someone is burning the best quality of sandalwood in a corner and a few people smoking the best kind of tobacco around. A truly divine experience but make sure you are not in a confined room as this fragrance is really enormous.

I woear it now, i may not knpw whether it is correct or not but i bought it from amouage themself. To me the initial burst i sublime. It has similarities to homage, but as time passes, taifi rose come out slowly then it starts to blossom, then after a few hours the smells of vetiver start to appear in such a delicate way not abrupt but rather transits in such a way that it do not overwhelm, the vetiver, smoky tobacco smells is not like lalique encre noir rather roll over inside a patchouli leaves. Then the smell of rose starts to appear blossom by blossom , i fell that it is a great perfume , a masterpiece of its' own way, i waited for a year to smell it now i own it, the only problem is i fear that will it be adequate for me if i wear it everyday..

The first 12 hours smell of wild places where the bushes are hard to get through, have thorns this big, and are very, very aromatic, and men ride wild hirses there, too... The greenness and what not in this scent, I love them. Then it's high time for the next 12 hours. Honey on me, honey and fresh air. It drops, it slides down, and here we go, honeycomb. Slow, sweet, but not too sweet, with a touch of bitterness and all the different shades of taste of honey coming from flowers of all kinds, from lime trees, buckwheat, etc., oh, I love honey in this scent! Next, please. 12 hours of vintage with a drop of honey, wind and flowers blooming in the meadows, warmed nicely by the sun.

Prepare to have your head snap back and eyes to roll. Totally Masculine,Dark, Smokey Incensed, chewable Leather animalic backbone. Reminiscent to Leather Oud. The Rose emerges slowly from the pouch laced with Saffron tea and Jasmine refined Petroleum. Patchouli and Ganja swirl around to come off as a slightly sweetened Aromatic Tobacco. Vetiver adds a Peppery textured background. If this sounds simple, the perfume is not. It is rich with the nuances of first class ingredient, exploding in slow motion with a feel of pure Silk.

Very good, long lasting scent. One drop enough! My only problem with this frag is the very strong incense (what also makes it special). If i close my eyes, i see a bishop, who has a mass in a church. Because of the other ingredients i think is better for a man, but for a purposeful, self-conscious woman it also can be a good choice. And well... it's a bit erotic. I can not say, that Tribute is not so good as Amouage Homage Amouge. This is more luxary, more unique!

Wow and wow!! Most impressive fragrance that I have ever smelled. Tribute it's very complex, dark, and opulent. I like very much its smoky character. Very expensive but with a drop it's sufficient since it's an ''attar'' and therefore very oily. The only handicap, apart from high price, it's the few versatility. IMO it's rather masculine since it has a very smoky vibe. Scent: 10 Longevity: 10 Projection: 9 Sillage: 8 Uniqueness: 10 Versatility: 2 Overall: 8,16

so dark and oudy scent, even if there is no oudh in there, it is really full f safran which gives it a strong strong power of radiation, you put this on you and you become a radio active bombe of tribute lol, you out it on you and you walk through your house, when you come bak to the first place you smell it so strong , i aodre this perfume and this house Amouage, but tribute is expensive 250 euros !!! it worth it but ...quand meme !

Amouage will no longer import the attars. Tribute is the real deal amazingly masculine and just lovely. If the scent was ever odd the only one in question is the supplier has tainted it. There standards are high as the raw materials. With natural materials also season and batch of raw materials come into play so when scents are not synthetic they may vary slightly as not all roses smell the same and so on.

This is definitely not for every one. Only for those who appreciate perfumery. Amouage Attar Tribute is more than a fragrance. It is a peice of Art. A true masterpiece. The tobacco is dominant from the opening to the drydown. It is smoky and sharp. However, the rose toned it down creating a gorgeous and cozy blend.

I'm on the cloud 9!!!Just bought the last 30 ml(!!!) bottles of Homage and Tribute!!! They definitely were waiting for me sitting quietly in the shelf corner at the nearest shop to my Moscow home!Couldn't decide which one to prefer,so grabbed both! Wearing the cheshire cat grin for the last few days!!!

I'm speechless. I bought this (and Homage) blind and received an epiphany in the mail. So deep, refined smokey leather and silver incense. A gorgeous tobacco note creeps in and there youn have it: sublime simplicity that lasts forever. what else does a 'fume junky want? 10/10