Youth-Dew Amber Nude

A warm, golden, ambery concoction, redolent of incense and spice. Opens with a burst of grapefruit and ginger, which is quickly overwhelmed by cinnamon and tea notes. The magnolia is very subtle, but pairs well with the lingering grapefruit, to give a fresh lemony lift to an otherwise heavy opening. I think it is best not to compare this to Youth Dew at all, but to consider YDAN independently of its predecessor; this is no mother daughter flanker relationship; these two are more like kissing cousins. Very potent, like Youth Dew, though. Fabulous projection, silage and longevity, so spray carefully. I know many folks don't get florals with Amber Nude, but I find the heart a wonderfully fragrant floral accord, all buttery and soft, with a very powerful carnation that reinforces the spicy cinnamon, giving a clove effect to further amp the already powerful incense. It is spicy and peppery and works beautifully with the rose note. I honestly don't know what they mean when they say this is a black rose. I grow roses, so I am skeptical on all fronts. By the time you hybridize enough to create a black rose, well, first it isn't really black, and second it doesn't smell. But, that is another topic. I do smell rose, though, quite clearly, and if I had to give it a color I would say a deep carmine red. Blood red. The jasmine is powerfully present and indolic, over-ripe and animalic, pairing with the ylang ylang to produce a very rich floral accord that struggles to be heard above the ginger, tea and cinnamon. For me, it is when the amber, patchouli and sandalwood begin to dominate that everything falls into place. One of the best ambers ever, although it is rarely mentioned when amber-centric perfumes are discussed. Very warm and rich amber, balsamic, vanillac, and resinous. The sandalwood is lovely, soft and woody, sweet and heavy. With the patchouli and vetiver, very green and exotic. This reminds me of absolutely nothing else. It is not Youth Dew light, it is not Youth Dew gone wrong, it is its own creature: sexy, but certainly not girly or "fun"; this is a serious fragrance to be approached with caution and handled with care. I have two backups and I still learn something new every time I wear it. Today I am wearing one spray at work and it seems almost gourmand to me today, all cinnamon and clove and black tea goodness. Later in the day it will be all about incense and wood. Lasts and lasts, and projects big. Will fill a room unless lightly applied.

I don't know why, but Im truly addicted to this fragrance. Sometimes I will just open the cap and inhale the smell straight from the spray nozzle. I really like it, it smells like a whiskey to me (Im a lover of Chivas, neat only). So what do you get when you spray this juice? As for me, I get that whiskey smell as opening. Then ginger and cinnamon will join along as citrus aroma quietly appear together. On my skin the floral note will rise after long hours. Mostly I can smell soft amber and sandalwood note (which I like the most) as well as patchouli & vetiver (not too much though). Those notes will stay for 3-4 hours while floral notes like rose slowly kicking in. Certain fragrance act really weird on my skin, they don't behave like what they should. Sillage and longevity is good compared to some fragrance which I have. One of the cleaner staff and my colleagues in my office compliment me when I was wearing this. ------------------------ For those of you who like oriental fragrance, you should try this. Especially in winter. Not too heavy, but really nice, warm and comforting. Oriental? Yes, very much. But oriental vanilla? No, i don't think so. As someone who was formerly very fond of vanilla fragrances (especially Dior Addict which is still captured my heart until this moment), I didn't smell or notice any vanilla note in YDAN. To me, YDAN is more like soft amberish-spicy-floral which is really nice and captivating. Or should I say, sexy in its own way? (LOL, really! Im not joking!) I can say I don't mind stocking up this for few bottles since it's difficult to find now.

A little goes a long, long, long, way, and it's for the adventurous. Apart from Clinique Aromatics Elixir, this is the scent that gets the most notice, as in: "Oh, my God, what are you wearing?" I think Tom Ford has the rare ability of capturing the essence of the sex in a bottle, and if you can't spend a fortune on his 'private blends,' and I can't, this is the next best thing. It's fall-winter, dark, moody, musky, smoky, sandalwood-referenced, wildflowers past peak, with a hint of cedar dry, heading into burning leaves, clove, ginger, cardamon, nutmeg, like a Thanksgiving dinner indulgence with a secret assignation that follows. An epicurean's delight, it's at turns herbaceous then, musky, and it has to be an ostracized outsider among the other cheap drugstore acquisitions. If you spray it on paper, you get a whiff of peppermint and rubbing alcohol and you're in the medical clinic and so you move on. Which is understandable, but a mistake. On the skin, with time to develop, and I imagine it is different on everyone who wears it, beyond the cedar, clove, ginger, pepper, you also get sweet female animalic musk, tea with lemon, and rich amber. It lasts forever; sillage for days. Enjoy it...sparingly, and with someone very special.

When I first learned of this updated Youth Dew version I felt conflicted. Updated = reformulated, and I prefer vintage original fragrance. Some fellow fragrantians recommended Amber Nude, curiosity took over and I bought a bottle. Thank you, thank you, thank you! It arrived today. Now imagine chain saw noise and bits of packaging flying through the air and finally that lovely elegant bottle was in my hands. Very modern, down to the minimalist light brown ribbon, eoching the color of the perfume inside. A few sprays later I'm delighted. This Tom Ford version of Youth is beautiful! It's sweeter and lighter than the orignal. There is plenty of spice made soft and smooth by a fruity sweet note. It's not honey, it rather resembles thick pear preserves with cinnamon and cloves. Delicious! Longevity and sillage aren't as impressive as the vintage stuff. Reapplication is the trick, which means my 1 oz bottle will empty quickly. This updated Youth Dew should appeal to those who find the original too heavy and dark. I love original and will continue to use it. Amber Nude Youth Dew is my new love, and along with Cinnabar will stay in my permanent collection.

Why on earth was this perfume discontined?? I still fail to understand, while I cherish my last drops just for a sniff to remember it from time to time and lament over its uncomprehesible death (and probably will look for it on Ebay). This is everything YD should be in the modern age, but a modern age of bold, well crafted perfumery, not afraid of strong personality, and completely deprived of bubblegum stuff. Or maybe this is why they killed it: not in sync with pink fruty white musk bubblegum. Well, no, definetely not one of those. Since YDAN died by discontinuation I actually did not find any other expression of a real spicy-woody oriental in the classic manner with just a modern touch. Maybe just Estee Lauder's hard to find middle east-bound Ambre Mystique, with the remark that YDAN is in my view of a much better depth, elegant spiciness that meets incense and well crafted balance than Ambre Mystique, which appears rough around the edges in comparison. If anybody could just reproduce perfumes - and happy to pay the due royalties on it - this is my "please make me a bottle of the same" request.

I tested YDAN various times on my skin and am now sure as of how it behaves on me. The first blast (even if I do not spray liberally but only dab myself) gives me an impression of a very known drink: a very concentrated coca-cola maybe with just an bit of rum. Cinnamon makes itself felt, too, but dry incense and spicy ginger step in to take the lead. It really is for a while the incense they burn inside Catholic Orthodox churches (Russian, Greek, Eastern Europeans in general), dry and insistent, but it is to stay there for short. On a second step in come the flowers, especially carnation and jasmine. On me predominant at this stage is the cinnamon-carnation-amber combination. The flowers are never in your face, they combine with cinnamon and amber to create a creamy feeling. Nothing to report from my part about rubber smells. The amber, lifted by gentle florals and cinnamon gives that chocolatish sensation, which is a feel-good, aromatherapeutic feeling. To me YDAN is many things in one: a lasting and classy gourmand, comfortable, soft oriental scent. A well crafted modern take on the past.

This is lovely if you are an oriental lover. An updated spin on the classic but its rich in depth unlike a lot of perfumes today. The magnolia, ginger, cinnamon opening gives it spicy depth and echos of vintage cinnabar and the base of youth dew swirl about. Only, it isnt as resinous as the origination YD, and leans to the balsamic amber side to keep it lighter and fresher than the past counterpart. She is her own creation, but if you are familiar with vintage Opium, Cinnabar, YD , COCO, you hear the echoes of them, so she isnt a foreign or strange new concoction. This is Tom Fords underrated gems. He took the mantle of the YD name seriously, updated it, freshened it up for modern sensibilities and kept the soul of its history intact. A very difficult thing to do! If you are looking for something like the vintage cinnabar, not as powdery in the drydown, and a touch of opium and YD thrown in..this is for you. Excellent for fall and winter. Fun thing about this one is, the structure of the notes resemble a lot of higher end frags...

Youth dew Amber nude if you parallel this from the older sister Youth Dew, it gives you an impression of a younger less oily and more velvety feel amber nude is correct. Amber nude starts off with dry unsweetened cinnamon with ginger nuances there is a short period of sweetness due to the lovely magnolias the sweetness is distempered by the domineering scent of ginger. The three elements that makes this scent powdery is rose carnation and ylang ylang the tea note mmmmmmmmm? it's in there but like a lot of other notes it fades quickly but it adds a nice addition. The drydown really in my opinion gets the prize of course of it's namesake Amber Nude there is a predominate alot of it but it's the Sandalwood that stands out the sandalwood gives out an velvety feel to the skin then the original Like deep sandalwood incense burning I love the Color of the flacon like an sheer bronze sheet caressing you in a spartan bedroom with Burnt orange lights around you on a circular Bed. Gives the thought when 1 wear this.

What have I gone and done? 😭 I managed to score a new, sealed bottle of this long-discontinued masterpiece, and I couldn’t believe my luck. It was ridiculously inexpensive. I’d been familiar with the Lauder classic and while I recall wanting to smell what Mr. Ford had done to it, when it was launched almost 2 decades ago, it sold out and was discontinued so quickly, I didn’t have the chance. So, what do we have? A successful, absolutely unisex, modernized version of the original. They’ve dialed back the bombast, added some sparkle in the way of grapefruit and ginger in the top notes, lovely magnolia and tea accords in the mid, and replaced the some of the vanilla of the original, with what feels like a touch of sandalwood and dark chocolate. While I think it’s wearable in any season (although it may be a bit much at temperatures above 90 degrees F / 32 degrees C ), I think it will really shine in the fall and winter.

I could swear there is incense in there somewhere but it is not listed. Must be the carnation. It looks like a winter fume but what makes YDAN perfect for all year wearing is the perky grapefruit ginger combo that keeps it from getting too heavy. Imo this is not just a variation on Youth Dew, I think they do not resemble each other that much. This is definitely easier to wear and not as ladylike as its sister. And do not get fooled by comparisons to Opium and Obsession. I myself prefer Cinnabar over Opium and love Obsession, but Amber Nude is not like these two power house perfumes. It is a beautiful amber scent that warms me up inside and can easily be sweetened with some more vanilla on top is you so wish. Kudos to Tom Ford who has shown great judgement in all the houses he has passed. A wonderful scent indeed! The dry down is a beautiful sandalwood patchouli thingy, just the way I like my fumes. <3

Just got my long-awaited bottle of this totally sealed and unused and at first wrist spray i thought "What the....? Have I been sold an old fragrance?" I wanted so much to believe in everything good I had heard about it but I just felt dissappointed wtih the first notes. It did mellow into a warm incense smell after about 1/2 an hour and I decided to spray it on and go to the cafeteria to see its effect. No-one commented. Hmmm. If you don't know a fragrance how do you know if its still good or not? I'm going to give it a few days and try again. I really want it to be good. 2weeks later and I'm loving it. I know what to expect when I spray it on and am basking in its warmth and yes, sexiness. On the days I wear it , I dress for it and with Autumn coming in this is becoming my favourite fragrance.

This is an example of Tom Ford's magic touch. Or at least back in the times when whatever he touched transformed in gold, from a purely artistic point of view (not so much nowadays, as he flooded the market with many frags that are overhyped and overpriced and not worth the buzz). I don't like the original Youth Dew but I adore Amber Nude. Amber nude is a rich honeyed amber with spices and personality. It's a powerhouse so one must go lighthanded. Super feminine like those chypres from the past, although amber nude is a sweet oriental rather than a chypre. For me it will always be my grande soirée perfume (night gowns and the like). I cherish my half bottle like gold.

YD was the first perfume I really fell in love with. I only had a small bottle and wore it for only the most special and intimate occasions so it is close to my heart even though I now find it a little too rich for the times. As many people seem to gag at it as adore it. At first spray I was disappointed in YDAN. It was pleasant enough, floral in a modern way and not much sign of the oriental spicy sexiness that YD stands for. But slowly as the hours went on it grew more and more gorgeous. And then it did show its sibling relationship to YD but in a rather quiet way. So I am pleased now to have found the compromise - nearly as gorgeous as YD but more wearable.

Beautiful creation, half way between the original Youth Dew and Opium. I am a fan of both so you can imagine how much I like this one! It starts with a thick cloud of incense, then the other notes slowly appear, one by one: spices, amber, ylang ylang, carnation... It makes me think of an Ottoman princess, going to the Great Bazaar on a palanquin for some shopping: her sparkling eyes, outlined with kohl, shine from above the veil covering her face, her sultry perfume surrounds her, and she radiates beauty, elegance and mystery.... Youth Dew Amber Nude definitely is a must a for Oriental fragrances' lovers, great for warming cold winter days.

Fragranticans! DO NOT miss the boat! Give the beautiful Youth Dew Amber Nude a spritz or two...(not more!)...in the evening of a hot summer day spent doing what you best like to do on hot summer days, after your shower. Just like I did tonight and have done many other summer nights. Can't believe I haven't thought to read your comments on YDAN until now, on the evening of a hot summer day. I've had this in my collection since 2014. I love a bombastic Oriental perfume on just such an occasion. Magie Noire (original), jai Ose (original), Le Baiser du Dragon...insert your choice here! Sexy AH!! I'd love to hear what you think of this trick!

I recognize the incense from plum japonais in this. I smell the cola bottles, the cinnamon, the ghost of sahara noir, the perfume I unfortunately was to late on the bandwagon for... and I smell the drydown of black orchid in the drydown of Amber Nude. This is like a "best of" reel of tom ford for me. There is no tobacco vanille though but its better for that. All the scents in this are not sweet to me. They are all heavy, spicy, savoury. Amazing. Love love love. So happy I have a bottle to cherish. Not familiar with youth dew so cannot give my opinion on that. Safe blind buy if you love kenzo jungle, plum japonais and opium.

O-M-G !!! I am sooooo late to the party on this GEM !!! Never liked original Youth Dew....but this one...wow! It does have that original YD vibe...but smoothened out. And the amber/smoke...YES....YES !!! I was able to win an eBay auction for a brand new 1 oz bottle...for a great price. However, I will gladly pay the higher prices now....no problem...cuz I need a back-up of this for sure. Amaze-juice !! Thanks to Tom Ford too. Projection/sillage is lower than original YD...but it is sufficient enough IMO. Totally convinced.

I prefer Amber Nude to YD since its reformulation. It has the familiar gorgeous spicy oriental notes that dry down so beautifully. When i unload my washing basket the clothes I have been wearing with YDAN smell divine! It lasts well yet it is not in-your-face like YD could be. I can't honestly say I smell chocolate - more amber and cinnamon after the floral dries down. It is a clever concoction - familiar yet modern at the same time and now a firm favourite. Shame it is getting hard to get hold of now.

So happy I got my hands on a small bottle of this gem! Can't compare to the vintage Youth-Dew, but I do have the newer bottle (which I love, btw). This is a divine take on the original version (granted it's quite a bit older than my current YD), much smoother, warmer, bit muskier. Very well blended. Florals are in the background, quite soft. It's spicy, warm, ambery, a delightful joy for me to own and can't wait to wear it during the colder months!

I decided to try this blind, after reading the reviews here, and searching for a more complex scent than anything I've ever owned. It was my first experience discerning notes, and I think I hit most of them! I loved it from start to finish, especially after 20 minutes...turned into something beautiful on my skin. It is a good thing I love it, I got a 2.5 oz. bottle on Ebay for cheap! Intriguing and fun, just like the reviews :)