Amber Absolutely (2022)

Another excellent scent from a house who really know how to create a fragrance. This was one of three full bottle purchases I made following my run through the discovery set, Bojnokopff and Fatih Sultan Mehmed the other two. The latter my pick of the bunch, but this is an excellent scent and very different in all manner. This is a powerful fragrance which you won't need to overspray, and it performs excellently on me in both sillage and lonegivity. The beauty of this fragrance is in the dry down, as the longer into it the more individual notes I pick up. The plum, vetiver and benzoin I only get in the dry down, along with the musk which just rounds the scent off to give the punchy notes a really good balance. Opening is a serious amber punch, but it dries down into an excellently blend where it just rocks as a beautiful amber and rose soap. Every bit of how I want to describe this sounds every bit feminine, but very much unisex for me. Probably as feminine a fragrance as I'd want to go, but any man would be able to pull this off.

One of the best ambers, in my book. This amber doesn’t smell like any other amber I’ve tried, which already gives it a leg up amongst the endless horde of amber fragrances. A tall task to distinguish yourself from all the other ambers. This is quite unique, but probably only because its made by Rasei Fort. His unorthodox, self taught style actually shines super bright here. This is a honeyed amber, with plum and rose. I get much less rose than others do, not sure why. Perhaps a batch variance? I don’t trust this brand to have consistency between batches tbh. Someone online said this had a saliva esque quality to it, which I kind of agree with. In a good way. Not sure why, but it feels right. It’s not overtly musky, but something about this does give “warm breath”. Regardless, this stuff is amazing. Easy to wear but remains interesting after many wears. Full bottle worthy.

2nd fragrance of 7 from the F&M discovery set. This is a gorgeous, unisex, masculine leaning rose scent more than amber. Extremely wearable, but watch how much you spray because, as others have mentioned, it's quite rich and sweet. Opens with an excellent combination of amber, honey, and a luscious plum. I'm getting mostly rose, musk, and some amber in the dry down. Perfect for a fancy date night or Valentine's Day. Seriously impressed by this house so far.

A very richly sweet amber, with plum and honey you can smell very distinctly, and some nice airy rose buried beneath them. Another elegant gourmand fragrance from Fort & Manlé that (quite honestly) evokes luxury and wealth. This is the sort of thing to wear to a fancy wedding or soirée.

Testing my sample; rich amber with bright traces of plum and honey, gets muskier and rosier as it dries on my skin. It's sweet but not in the tongue-smacking manner one would expect given the plum and honey notes. Autumn & winter only, still beaming up strongly from my wrist.