Amber Malaki

Having tried Oud and Black Incense Malaki, I was expecting Amber Malaki to be very refined and well-blended (it is) but also quite dense, masculine and projecting (it isn't). First opening is a delight. The amber is so rich and minerally, resinous and almost rubbery but is kept in check by a vanilla and incense heart that is surprisingly tender and pretty. I wasn't expecting Amber Malaki to be as delicate as this. It is almost dainty in a really surprising way. The first two I tried in this line were super masculine and Amber Malaki opens (briefly!) just as masculine if not even more, but whereas they are real night out fragrances that tell your story to others around you, Amber Malaki is shy and is a fantastic one to wear when you want a personal scent that doesnt get in other people's faces. And then it changes... Sillage is vanillic with a bit of amber but up close it does sit heavier and more masculine, but this doesnt project much past a foot or two so is a very safe office wear. It dries down a bit sweeter, leaning into the slightly smoky amber in that very restrained way. The accord combo is absolutely killer here. I have been back to respray this twice in the last six hours, not because it is not strong enough and it needs topping up but because I find myself hopelessly addicted to how it smells. I wasn't expecting this at all. I find it hard to imagine amber and a bit of vanilla and incense could smell this good. What am I missing? A check of the notes reveals the truth. The delicateness is deliberate. The daintiness is designed. The secret is there is some orange blossom in this that is as beautiful as it is unexpected. It is there, along with a slightly creamy, fibrous papyrus to backstop the rubberiness of the amber. The orange blossom adds this subtle floral frisson that runs through this as the smoke drifts away. It is so, so good. Amber Malaki is very different to Oud Malaki and Black Incense Malaki. It is much more unisex than I first thought and as it dries down I think would work really nicely for a smartly-dressed lady in a way the other two do not. It goes from super masculine to perfectly unisex in around 25-35 minutes and it starts to shimmer on the skin as it warms up. The orange blossom is undoubtedly the start of the show here. It is almost undetectable in the first hour or so but as it dries down you feel it work in unison with the amber and the gorgeous fresh vanilla. I can imagine a woman sniffing this on a tester strip and dismissing it outright but this would be a mistake. I bought several bottles of Oud Malaki for my male friends and family after trying that and want to keep Black Incense Malaki just for me. But in one of the most unexpected turns I've come across in my fragrance journey thus far, I am going to be buying a few bottles of this for my female friends and family because they need to try it. Three Word Summary - Not As Expected Scent - 9/10 Sillage - 5/10 Drydown - 9/10 Bottle/packaging - 8/10 Performance - 6/10 37/50

Amber Malaki Chopard Grabbed a retail bottle few days back for a good price. Did 2 sprays before turning in for the night the same day and a good wear by overspray 2 days later. It seems to perform better at night and in cooler conditions. Projection and Silage is very good for the first hour or two before it slowly does down to a skin scent. I'm at the 5th hour and while it is no longer projecting it is still a vanillaish amberish skin scent. The amber accord here isn't very similar to some of the amber scents that many says they remind them of under the listing because there's a few I also own there. However my nose tells me it has similarities to Mancera Red Tobacco and is significantly lighter and Weaker than Red Tobac, despite the notes not being similar other than the base notes. I feel that it's the amber with the incense, labdanum and papyrus making it smell similar and giving the smokiness too. It's not similar to Amber Nuit Dior because Amber Nuit is much more aromatically rosy spicy. Overall it's nice smelling decent performing smoky incensey amber frag that isn't worth a retail or niche pricing but worth it if you can get it off a discounter or reseller at a designer pricing.

Wow, good stuff. Yes it is heavy and strong as others have pointed out, and in warm weather it can be a lot. I accidentally wore it to the gym and I am sure the people around me did not appreciate it. It is a dryyyyyyy amber. No sweetness here at all. The first notes are a spicy labdanum and dry vanilla, and something phenolic-- close to what we would call band-aid oud. There's no oud in this but it does have a similarity to Black Incense Malaki which has Hindi oud. After a while the spicy and phenolic notes die back a little bit and the actual amber comes out. There's an herbal quality too, similar to Midnight Oud or Interlude Man-- I think this is the note they're calling papyrus. The dry down is better than the opening and worth the wait. This along with the rest of the Malaki line from Chopard have earned a place among my most favorite fragrances, and for the price, they're a stunning collection. I do not think any of them are safe, not appropriate for office, and probably shouldn't be a blind buy-- but I do think it's safe to say that if you like any one of them, you'll like the rest of the line.

I finally got the 3 Malaki's from Chopard, and this without doubt a very nice fragrance and worth of the Malaki term. I do not compare it with any of the other colognes I have, and the "reminds me of" here I can not really vote since I haven't smell any of those, although I had Altamir, just a sample but never really care about trying it, since is a very low budget cologne, and the Ambre Eternel from Guerlain, well that's another story talking about price, but I don't have it either. (update 021221, I do have it too now and they are not alike, totally different, I would lean towards Chopard, I think is easier to wear.) But getting back to the smell of this Amber Malaki, I think is totally out of the ordinary, it will make you stand out where ever you are, and draws quite some compliments.

An easy, addictive twist on a classic formula! You get deep, dense facets of amber, with an almost boozy vanilla, but it's braced by dry papyrus, steering it away from a gourmand. There's a gorgeous, uplifting orange blossom that gives an air of candied orange rind to the fragrance. Some incense-smoke and hints of spice as well, making for a lightly middle eastern vibe. Very easy to understand and appreciate Fragrance I get 6-8 Hours of light projection and then another 5 ish hours of skin scent from this.

It smells amazing, only second to Amouage Interlude Men of my favorite men perfumes. I am disappointed by it's reach though 3 sprays is not enough and people have to get really close to be able to feel it. I sometimes do like 6 sprays. It doesn't last very long either, only around 3-4 hours and afterwards it's not noticeable unless you get really close to the skin. Also it stains clothes, for example around the neck if you spray it there. Smell 9/10 Longevity 4/10

Rich, lush golden gem I wear throughout the year in climate controlled environments. It envelops with a juicy orangey-ambery bouquet, light incense vanillic touch and a very smooth dry-woody (papery) accent. Enjoyable from start to finish. Love from the first sniff. I also have the oud and the black incense malalaki which are very good as well.

Strange, here people say this is too weak and bad performance but I have more than 6 hours of very good performance, I even get a headache from this jam and want to remove it. My bottle is from 2022. Very beautiful fragrance and I love it! I don't wear it a lot, but when I do it's super good!

Hmmmm, this is nice, easy to like. On me I smell wintergreen, smoke, woods. I would rather smell this on my man than on me, though I think I’ll wear this from time to time, mixed with a sweet or flowery scent. Love the bottle- very well-made, sturdy, classy

Love the scent, gooey amber, like honey sticking to your skin, but not too sweet, a bit boozy and smokey. The only downside is I feel like this doesn't project at all from my skin, it kinda sticks to it from the moment of application. The bottle is lovely.

Incredible quality for the price you can find it at discounters. Smells almost like a warm apple pie in the opening, and not too dissimilar to PDM Herod. A great amber fragrance and a no brainer for the price you can pick it up for

Definitely, keeping up with the Rose & Oud Malaki, it’s a very well done Amber release from Chopard. Quite rich, deep and resinous juice with decent lasting & projection. Hands down, its quality juice.

this smells absolutely delicious . smells thick and syrupy sweet of vanilla amber and some boozyness . very gourmandish edible quality about it . feel like hoarding more backup bottles of it . 10/10

this is so delicious scent and it last long and project well, i usually dont like amber based fragrances but this is different,recommended for fall and winter.

Got to have it.... very enigmatic collection... Oud Malaki & Rose Malaki... Hopefully this would be at par with the other two magics...

I own five of the Malaki scents and absolutely love them all! Beautifully crafted, the Amber- and the oud Malaki are my favorites...

Don’t judge from initial spray the dry-down is what makes this so good it’s addicting

My first dabble in the Malaki line by Chopard The opening marks it as a challenging scent for sure. Strong blast of incense and the papyrus note, backed by a lot of sweetness from the orange blossom. Strong, almost boozy resinous notes are also there to make themselves known right from the get go. This is a combination that makes the opening quite challenging for less experienced noses, and it is an acquired taste. If you like strong, dark, smokey openings, this will be for you. In the drydown it retracts intimately close to the skin. the sweetness is more present than the resins and the smokiness, as the incense is all but gone here, but this is the only notable change in the scent profile - i would consider this fragrance fairly linear. In my opinion the composition could have used a much heavier dose of the warm amberglow. As it is now, i would call it a "dirty" amber. If you happen to have a bottle of ZARA Sand Desert at Sunset around - try layering it below Amber Malaki - the results might surprise you. I got this at outrageously discounted price - around 25 euro for 80ml, and i would say - for that price this cannot be beat by anything you could get your hands on for that money. Retail is like five times the price - i would not spend that much on it, personally.

Opens with a beautiful blend of amber, slightly boozy vanilla and leathery labdanum. In the mid the amber is resinous, the vanilla is sweet and the labdanum blends with the incense to give a slightly smoky/leathery accord. The dry down is sweet vanilla, powerful resinous amber and non-animalic leather. Grand Soir is a good comparison, the notes are almost identical - GS has resinous Siam Benzoin, whereas Malaki has smoky incense. GS has smoky and sweet tonka, whereas Malaki has sweet orange blossom. The rest of the notes are almost identical. The opening of GS is more powerful and slightly more feminine, the dry down of GS is much better, but the comparisons are relatively close; even though the price difference is not anywhere near as close. A great success for Chopard, and a real pleasure to wear.

I like Amber Malaki better than Oud Malaki. This reminds me of PDM's Herod although with Incense and vanilla instead of Tobacco and vanilla. Herod is by far the better fragrance but this is a solid choice as well. Good projection and decent longevity although I find I need to spray more compared to say Montales or Amouages or even Herod to get mileage out of it. I would not call this an amber frag per se as the amber note is quite dialed down but if you like sweet frags with a middle eastern vibe and can find it at a decent price, totally worth checking out. 7/10