Super Amber

So far, this is my favorite from Ellis Brooklyn. I gravitate toward these types of smells - you know, Another 13, Nemat Amber, Dedcool Milk. My only gripe is that I wish they were beastly and not the faint whispers of something beautiful that I can't smell after 5 minutes. But maybe that's the point? Anyway, Super Amber is lovely - warm, enveloping, ambery musks that smell like the feeling of being wrapped in a warm blanket, the feeling you get when the sun warms your cold skin. It's only slightly woody, made a little sweet by vanilla orchid. Airy and elevated. A touch chemical. Pleasant, safe office scent. I would definitely purchase the full bottle. 8/10

I kind of love this and can’t figure out why! Definitely a straightforward amber/musk but the fact that it’s basically a single note makes it seem weirdly sophisticated. I feel like, to me, this smells the way Santal 33 smells to other people - like I’m sexy and I have my shit together and I remember to wash my face overnight and my apartment is decorated in a cool, unisex way. You know? Like, this is the scent of someone who owns a lot of neutrals, but in nice fabrics. I wish it had better projection - a scent like this needs it. Not sure if I’ll buy the bottle but definitely using up my sample.

I love this fragrance. It's cozy and lovely. I agree with reviews that describe it as warm and musky. Personally I smell some sweetness. To me it reads as very feminine, but really there are no rules so anyone can wear it :). I use it in the fall and winter, and every so often in spring/summer. I like to spray my sweater drawer with it too so there's a faint fragrance when I wear sweaters. It's insane to me that some say they can't smell, but I have a strong sense of smell. For me it's incredibly pleasant and unobtrusive. Feels like a hug in fragrance form.

Smells just like Xtra Milk by Dedcool, which I wear on a daily basis and adore. Strongly a “skin-scent” fragrance. I find it intoxicating and perfect for mixing with other perfumes. I’m surprised to read from others that it smells like JHAG’s Not a Perfume since I’m anosmic to that scent, but this one and Xtra Milk read loud and clear. I could see myself getting this after running out of Xtra Milk but no reason otherwise since they are so similar (and Dedcool is much cheaper).

I have no idea what others are smelling but for me this is such a beautiful, comfortable fragrance. I purchased the travel size from Sephora and I’m in love! To me it is not sweet, does not smell like JHAG not a perfume or garbage as others have stated. It literally smells like bare skin but better. When I first sprayed it on I could barely smell anything at all but within 3-4 minutes it bloomed. Definitely getting a full bottle when my travel size runs low

Blast of perfumer’s alcohol, quickly smells pretty close to JHAG Not a Perfume but I catch a difference because of the virginia cedar note. It’s more like, Not a Perfume and Superdose (both JHAG scents) combined to make one big scent. Not what I expected from the notes or the bottle color. I don’t think I would buy this. I would just stick with Not a Perfume because it has strength and longevity on me with a very similar scent profile.

Beautiful layering perfume. I like to layer it with dry woody scents, and it gives them a bit more depth and a hint of sweetness. Even just on its own, it dries down to be an absolutely beautiful skin scent. I want my skin to smell like that all the time. HOWEVER.. it is overpriced and the longevity is not great. I'm on the hunt for a perfume just like this that performs a little better.

I go back and forth with this one. One minute I love it, and the next minute I'm indifferent. Luckily I don't notice any nauseating undertones on me personally. On my skin, it reminds me a lot of Another 13, but more rounded, warm, and just a bit sweet. Definitely a skin scent that wafts about randomly during the day. I feel that I can notice it for about 6 to 8 hours of wear.

*Sigh* Another Ellis Brooklyn frag I need a full size of. I adore this amber. For some reason I feel like I get some patchouli from it. It's a well-rounded, woody amber and it develops beautifully on my skin. Sometimes amber can smell a little like a hippie shop to me. This doesn't, it's elegant and to me it's an evening smell. Perfectly unisex too, I love it!

This has become a staple in my fall and winter lineup. I smelled this when I received a sample of it with another Ellis Brooklyn fragrance and immediately had to have it. This is perfect worn alone or layered with other fragrances. I find myself picking it up when I want to transition one of my late summer scents into an early fall fragrance.

This perfume is so deliciously warm. It's not the smell of sitting by a fire, but the feeling of it. It's the feeling of being cuddled under a big warm blanket on a cool fall or winter evening. This layers so well with gourmands, giving them the feeling of being freshly out of the oven. I am absolutely obsessed with this perfume.

i got this as a christmas gift and i'm so so excited over it! i'm a huge amber lover so this to me could do no wrong. the strong musky and vanilla notes seem to linger on my skin for an insanely long time, YESSSS. this fragrance is so mouth-watering to me.

I find it a bit like Another 13 but less floral, less fresh, but more woody (the wood here is like old paper). This is an incomplete version of the A13, feel older :v but still good for me

Wasn't sure what to expect, based on reviews, but it's a solid like for me. On my skin it has a similar experience to not a perfume, where I get a lot of alcohol when I spray but it instantly dries down to a nearly undetectable, vaguely clean scent. I find the drydown on super amber to be a bit more cozy, with a hint of vanilla, as opposed to the like sterile freshness I get from NAP. Almost like skin by clean reserve if it had the projection of NAP. Luckily my nose doesn't pick up on any pencil shavings or bad breath/mothballs, like other comments have mentioned. I don't smell much but what I do smell it good and not identical to any other skin scents I've tried. I could definitely see myself picking up a bottle of this if I found it on sale, but the price is a little high for what it is, especially since it's the only type of fragrance I actually go through quickly. Personally I prefer to stick to cheaper options like dossier's NAP dupe, nemat amber, bbw indigo dreams, etc, so I can spray as much as I want.

I destroyed the pen spray in a couple of weeks and ordered the the 50ml bottle ASAP after finishing the mini. On me this smells like Nemat Amber + my skin after being in hot sunshine all day + a tiny bit of a refreshing, light sweetness (like lotion from the night before). Within 30 min of application it smells lived-in and clings close to my skin, at the same time I can smell it rising with the steam when I take my end-of-day shower and wafting off my clothes when I do laundry days later. I also enjoy Salt from this same line, so whatever is in their scents to give them an animalic twist works well with me, but that might be what some are finding to be funky about this one. TLDR - For me? Super Amber Super Awesome:)

This is sweeter than I was expecting, which is a good thing. On a cool late Fall day, this scent is pleasant, warm and cozy. I don't have a ton of experience with ambers, but back in 2005 I used to wear Amber Romance by Victoria's Secret and this reminds me somewhat of that scent. Update: Several hours later, it's still the same. But it's kinda boring. If I was into layering, this would be an excellent option for an amber for that purpose. I can still smell it on my skin the next morning.

Very similar to not a perfume for me, where on first spray it's like straight alcohol but dries down almost instantly to a hardly detectable vaguely clean scent—although the drydown on this has a hint of vanilla sweetness to me. I don't mind it, and I think I might eventually buy a bottle if I found it on sale, but personally I prefer nemat amber, decool milk, and dossier's NAP dupe for my go to skin scents since they're more affordable (and it's the one type of perfume I use up quickly).

I have almost all of the Ellis Brooklyn fragrances and this is one of only two that I actually like (The other one is West. The rest have a weird note that smells like pickles to me) so I am a bit surprised to see such negative reviews. On me this perfume smells like a spicy second skin. It is definitely a skin scent and it feels warm and is soft and inoffensive. I don't know that I will rebuy but I do enjoy the bottle that I have and will wear it.

This reminds me of Juicy Glistening Amber without the smoke/incense accord. In the opening there’s this weird dank note, so I get why people might think it smells like morning breath, but after that it disappears and dries down into a straight forward, strong-projecting amber. I can smell this in the air all around me even when I just spray a tiny bit on my wrists. I think it’s nice and warm on my skin but it probably doesn’t work for everyone.

When you first spray it the sillage is a beautiful warm woody scent however on skin it smells a bit dank or moldly. It's not listed, but it reminds me of the note of cashmeran. This only lasts an hour or so and then that note goes away. It’s not a heavy perfume but has a lovely sillage. I can smell it wafting around me. I’m really enjoying it so far and will pick up a bottle!