Euphoria Amber Gold

I blind buy this on Amazon in a sale. I was very nervous but I took a chance. I have someone told me this is the female version of Bvlgari Wood Essence I wouldn't have doubt it for so long; the Wood essence though gets more citric as time passed while this do not. On the opening you can get scared it's going to be as overwhelming as Shalimar, which I also own, but it doesn't and doesn't have that citric trail that I dislike and shalimar reason why I moved away from it. This one after the first strong shock sits on the skin and gets warmer, sweeter like being hugged close by the love of your life. It's so comforting and heartwarming that I have been using it for sleep since it arrived - I'm currently on vacation so don't judge me-. I use Bvlgari Rose goldea from January to maybe April or May depending of when the weather becomes too warm for it and Lolita Lempika from Octuber to December - my "magic" months-. I was lacking something in between and I'm so happy I found it: strong enough to carry me from summer to fall to land on my Lolita arms. As you see for me the year goes from soft scent of rose and peony and little more growing on the woods to the ambar and honey dripping from the trees to the magic of a Fairy Forest. As you can also see base notes I gravitate are always woody: resines, vetiver, sandalwood, vanilla and NOT INTRUSIVE flowers. So, if you dislike that over sweet flowery modern perfumes lacking personality, that have some famous as designer and are completely forgettable, and you tend to like misterius, profound, somehow oriental fragrances then I would recommend try this one, high probability you will not regret it. But be aware, just as with shalimar, this isn't a fragrance for girls, you have to be on certain age to hold it. This is the fragrance of a full grown woman whether she is 25 or 30 or 45.

This is just wonderful! This smells like the gift shops that dot the highways of New Mexico and Arizona. If you have ever entered one, you would be immediately wrapped in the smell of cedar and incense, sandalwood and spices. It's a very distinct experience for me. It marks a reprieve from the monotonous roads, riding as a child, in the rear of a vehicle, begging my dad to stop. Muscles flexed, joints exhaled and breath embraced the expanse of new aromas around me, as I walked through wooden statues, knickknacks, and sparkling crystals, dusty from marking time. That snug embrace of desert living, shines as bright in my memory as the sooty memorabilia lining the shelves of those stores. Notes of honey and plum deepen sweetly the dryness of orris root and rose. It is an unexpected portal of lovely moments in my youth, bent on discovery. This does not claim oud, but has somehow produced the resinous equivalent of oud's might, without the maleficent growl of synthetic endeavors aimed at greatness. Dry down is even more unexpected, as if the perfume itself, resigns to a chair by the fire, softly tranquil, and rocking gently in tempo with the sun's slow descent. Percussive notes wither to base chords of sugary vanilla and orange blossom. And I sit transfixed with my imagination, gaze softens and I am carried away to the possibilities of what might have been if my legs only rooted, and I stayed amongst the sand. Pleasantly swaying with the ease of clattering wind chimes; an alternate universe of escape, when times become unbearably morose.

Euphoria Amber Gold is truly one of Calvin Klein’s best in my opinion. It’s very feminine, warm, exotic, and inviting. If someone walked by me wearing it, I would hate being “that person,” but would have to stop them to ask what it is, it’s that beautiful. I do not get the flowers as separate notes. I primarily smell some of the notes I really love most in perfumes - the amber, sandalwood, and vanilla - with the added joy of honey in this one. I have been craving something with a distinct honey note. I’ve been making more blind buys lately from reviews here with very successful outcomes, like this one, so thank you! I may have to get a backup bottle of this one. I plan to live a long time and would like to have it around! Edit: The more I wear this, the more I love it. I love how sweet and dark it is, and how powdery it becomes in the drydown on me. I sprayed three sprays 10 hours ago and someone just told me how good I smell. Definitely getting a back up - this kind of longevity, depth, and honey note are just what I was looking for. So beautiful.

Euphoria Amber Gold is a wonderful, strong, honey-vanilla-amber scent that has nothing to do with the original CK Euphoria (which I also like). Amber Gold is so warm and cozy, and the honey note is heavy, as the reviewer brumbarche said, almost "stuffy" like Kim Kardashian's Pure Honey, but even more so. As a honey/amber fragrance, it's the heaviest and warmest of all my honey perfumes -- including Pure Honey (honey/beeswax), Winnie the Pooh (honey/milk), Prestige Honey (honey/jasmine), and Elie Saab Le Parfum (honey/orange blossom). It's a bit of a beast, too, with a strong blast at first that dries down over many hours but still surrounds you in an enveloping cloud; big sillage, great longevity. A few reviewers mentioned oud, but it doesn't list it in the notes; maybe it's the labdanum that's so earthy and overpowering, but not sure. I really love this one.

I love this...plums simmered in honey, the deep stench of sandalwood, orange blossoms wafting from across a dark wood-panelled room. I've always liked the original Euphoria, but never really had much desire to actually wear it - more just enjoy the wash of nostalgia it brings - my thrice divorced, much beloved kindy teacher wore it. Amber gold is sort of like someone using completely different ingredients to end up somewhere that is similar in outline, but completely different in colour and tone. Where original is a little powdery and froufrou, this is dusty and serious. I do get that slight animalic note - i think from the meeting of the honey and the sandalwood. Heavy, oppressive, stinky-sweet. love.