Ambreta

I met the fragrances of this House when I created a partnership through my Brazilian website of perfume reviews. And it was a real adventure unravel all of them, without having access to the official notes, even having direct contact with the owner of the company. And the result was wonderful because he loved reading my reviews and complimented me on most of them. Therefore, I will copy the translated reviews below, as they were written and published at the time. Ambreta is another fragrance of the Oriental line (the House has different lines), which turned out to be completely different from what I imagined in my mind. Normally, any perfume that I see with ambergris notes, brings me back, immediately, to the vanilla-creamy aroma. In this version, which still uses the original formula since 1978, the scent is a little different. That's because the brand does not use products/ingredients that have been tested or are from animals, always looking for natural alternatives of vegetable origin. In this case, we're talking about the HIBISCUS ABELMOSCHUS, normally grown in Equatorial and tropical countries like Ecuador, but also in India, Indonesia, China, etc. The fruits (like beans) are ground up and then distilled to obtain a solid wax, named butter of ambrette. The result on the skin is a strong musky accord, which slowly dies, giving way to a more vanilla base, however, not too creamy. I found the fragrance very natural, with huge lasting power, but with poor projection on my skin.