Amora

It's an amazing feeling to spray something new on and think "oh wow, this is really special." The scent is a little hard for me to describe - a bit of fruit here, rosey wine there, a bit of powder dusted over top. The fruity rose is jammy but has a dry, tannic quality and the powder is also dry, not too sweet, and certainly does not bring about any connotations of baby powder. On me, it is rather quiet with low sillage, and I like the intimacy of it. There is something about it that makes me think of apple cider and changing leaves - not that it smells like apple cider per se, but it has an aura of autumn about it. It's a beautiful, very special fragrance that I will treasure! I must also say that Mr. Hendley is a class act, with amazing customer service and attention to detail. You can tell he really cares about his craft and his customers. I am trying to limit my samples these days, so I originally only ordered the one sample of Amora off his website. That little sample came beautifully wrapped in tissue, like a tiny little present, with a handwritten note and coupon code should I decide to buy a full bottle (and buy I did!) Wonderful experience and am looking forward to trying his other perfumes. Bravo, Mr. Hendley!!

Amora was an add in free sample with an order and am surprised by how much fun it is. Tart strawberry, cherry, and other summer fruits with no added sugar, a splash of bright red rose, served up on a bed of ambergris and a creamy musk. Great balance of citric/tang, salty, and sweet. The base is almost savory. It's like watching Tim Burton's version of Alice in Wonderland. A little trippy, swirls of juicy color. Almost psychedelic. Amora could be the love child of Slumberhouse's Sadanne and Kiste. It also has a bit of a Lutens sensibilty. And I just thought of 2 other perfumes of which Amora reminds me: Worth Courtesan for its fruit salad and and creamy musky base. The fruit smells more synthetic and it's sweeter. The other is Annick Goutal Quel Amour! which has juicy fruits that are bright and tart and mingle with some fresh floral notes and is also youthful and lightheated. Amora is a cheerful and youthful without being juvenile. Not usually something I'd seek out based on the notes as I usually find the fruity genre too sweet but I'm glad it came my way!

Amora is the latest release from Hendley Perfumes, and like Rosenthal, rose factors in prominently into the fragrance. Sweetened by a mix of fruits (stonefruit is the listed note--I get some berries, mainly, especially strawberry) and graced with tobacco, resin, and musk in the background to give it some additional nuances, Amora is playful yet strong, very inviting due to the fruit/rose combo that may often come off as feminine but works pretty nicely in a unisex manner here. Also, Amora is a good performer but not so cloying that it'd be problematic for wear in warm weather. It reminds me somewhat of Tauerville Rose Flash in the jammy accord, to the point I should compare the two further. That the pricing ($90 for 50ml EDP) of Amora is half of that of Rosenthal (180 for 50ml EDP) is encouraging, and while the distinction is no doubt due to the cost of raw materials, it nonetheless makes Amora more accessible. Overall, a very nice sweet rose that performs well and is decently-priced for an indie offering from a nice house clearly on the rise. 8 out of 10

Bought it as a blind buy because I already simply love other scents in Hans Hendley's line. As with the others, this one is just a treat to wear. Many people have used the word "jammy" in describing this fragrance, and I agree. There's something almost mouth-watering about the way the fruity, wine-like qualities combine with the rose. It's complex and rich, but not in your face, with a sweetness that doesn't make my teeth hurt because it's so well balanced with other notes. Everything from this small house has this sensibility. Plus, I just adore the packaging esthetic - classic, elegant, spare but not cold. Keep 'em coming, Hans!

Lovely strawberry, rose, ambergris. One could say it leans feminine, but I actually like it a lot for myself. This is my third Hendley. Fume and Rosenthal are the others. Each one I needed to sort of warm up to, and figure out how to use. Like, I learned that for all three, one spray is plenty. If I spray too much, I can no longer smell it. Hans Hendley really makes niche make sense. Somebody has clearly cared about blending these just right, with quality ingredients. They're shipped with care, with a handwritten note, from somebody who remembers my last order.

I just received my sample and love it. Went to order a full bottle and it is sold out. Bum I am on the waiting list. This is deep ripe fruit, almost honeyed. I smell some nice musk(not animalic) in this too. This would be a very good everyday fragrance and would work for special nights out as well. I also get the tobacco but just a hint. Nothing stick out and every note is well blended.

If you don't want to spend your money stay away from this stuff. It's very strange yet very alluring. I bought the sample pack and before I realized what had happened I was receiving a full bottle of this one. I don't even remember typing my credit card number. Of course I don't regret it though! Very good quality. Easy to love.

This is such an interesting and pleasant indie scent. This was a blind buy for me and I don't regret it. I'm curious to try out some of the other Hendley fragrances now. This has enormous performance as well and it's safe for anytime wear.

Very well blended and good performance. Cant wait to have a full bottle!

Confession: I’m a Hendley fan. I finally bought Rosenthal, and Amora was a free sample included with my order. Like Rosenthal, Rose is prominent but the berry and fruit notes reign supreme. If ambergris is in here, it’s a small amount. Amora leans feminine, it’s sweet, a little musky, well blended and a wonderful vehicle for showcasing the perfumers talent. When I first applied Amora I had a moment where it took me back to my childhood in the late 1960s. Something about Amora feels familiar but I can’t place it. Not quite a love for me as I rarely fall for fruit dominant scents. After a couple of hours it’s a fruit compote on my skin. In the past, I have tended to gravitate toward apple, citrus or fig scents, if at all. Berries, especially sweetened, are usually a no go for me. Still I like it, and that’s saying something since strawberries are not a note I seek out in perfume.

Sweet ambergris & roses. It's like a sweet rose water with hints of animalic seduction. I think and not sure that i smell something resinous in here, and tobacco dust but the ambergris is overly dominant side by side with the fruitti note (mostly fresh berries). The musk makes the blend slightly soapy, and hintly salty cause the calmer it goes the more tobacco dust, and musk mix rises up. I can't believe how balanced this fragrance is! Hendley balanced that sweet, rose, and animalic notes within the frame that makes it seductive rather than cloying and sickly! as roses are quite sharp if they were used more than enough, while fruits becomes cloying if they were overly used. Superbly interesting! my 3rd love after "Rosenthal", and "Sex & The Sea" identical BbBBblonddd :)

The ambergris reads as an odd chemical note in the top and middle similar to lighter fluid/gasoline/kerosene but not quite those scents with a boozy fruit like a sangria. This boozy wine takes over in the base with a light note of florals weaving their way through but not in a typical fruity floral way. Unique and interesting. Mostly a skin scent.

A lovely fruity rose. I've gotten a little bored with syrupy rose fragrances, otherwise I would probably be more excited about this one, because it is done extremely well. Sweet like gumdrops, candied rose, and an ambery feel. Beautifully done, more unique than most, but not what I'm gravitating towards at the moment.

Only thing I can add...it is a lot lighter than I thought it would be :o( Still great fragrance!

Sugary-sweet rose that isn't heavy despite the resin. -

This was a lot more mainstream than I was expecting, not that there's anything wrong with that. The first time I tried Amora I swore it reminded me of a perfume from when I was a teenager, something by Juicy perhaps? I could never put my finger on it but regardless, I'd call this a higher end version of that scent genre, without any aromachemical sludge or the sometimes overly saccharine sweetness. The level is sugar is just right. The fruits are not juicy to me, they're more like a fruity candy, blending with a powdery makeup-like musk. Maybe like candy lipstick? While not the most naturalistic, there is a vintage quality to this scent; perhaps it's more of a modern spin than a modern perfume within itself. On the surface this is the type of perfume I gravitate towards, but unfortunately it just doesn't wow me. I get kind of fatigued by it. It's not that it's draining, but rather that it has a slight sharpness that gets old among an otherwise soft scent. Not a bad composition by any means; makes me think of "You're not good, you're not bad, you're just nice."

Such a boozy opening! Whiskey or something (I don’t drink) so just smelling it is getting my tipsy. Next I get walnuts and prunes, then tobacco and maybe leather... now coffee is coming in. I feel like I’m indulging in a drunken Christmas with a lush of an old uncle who’s forcing me into his deprived way of life. ‘Amora’ is full of all things dark that tarnish your teeth and shorten your lifespan.

Orgiastic fruit extravaganza. Carmen Miranda is crushing me underfoot and I'm seeing her as a giant juicy strawberry and there's a mad clattering torrent of roses and ambergris beating out a rhythmic tattoo but the giant strawberry bursts and swells and ripens ever more lushly and I can't breathe. But that's because I am a fruit hater for 95% of the time (limited exceptions for red berries and mango only), so aim off for that. It's another exceptionally compelling and charismatic Hendley take, weirding the genre, making this often-cliched territory completely its own. Yes, it seems almost booze-tinged, and it's so hugely redly strawberry-laden that it does conjure Slumberhouse Saadanne, but infinitely wilder and weirder. It's gigantic in every dimension - projection and sillage both huge, longevity fearsomely strong. I can barely imagine a man wearing it, but why the heck not. Nothing further from a weak-sauce, plastic, mall-ripened teen fruit scent could be imagined. Personally I can't wear it at all, but I have to just witness the show from afar, smile, and admit it's spectacular. Tangle (or tango) with it if you dare.

Amora is a sweet, stewed fruits and ‘golden’ amber scent with gorgeous florals and a solid vein of syrup running through the composition. Something about this just works! I was worried this would skew alittle too feminine but the tobacco blossom and resins anchor this down from being up in the clouds. I get a nice touch of honey but unfortunately no ambergris to speak of. I can see how this bears resemblance to Sadanne but only through aesthetic and not so much the smell. There’s a dense quality here that I love. Performance is solid. Overall this is worth sampling for something universally well liked but interesting enough to want to keep wearing it. I’d like to add there isn’t anything dark about this scent. No leather, coffee, or anything challenging. There’s no perceptible animalic musks happening either. I do pick up on a white musk of sorts but by no means should anyone expect anything remotely dark or challenging from this.

This one does occupy the same space as Sadanne, but it's not a copy or a clone or even a version / tribute of it. It's something else -- something uniquely present and daring. At the start, it does play like background music -- it develops insanely over the first few hours. It breathes, it evolves, it morphs into something unique. At its heart, it's a fruity rose with musky elements, but the balance and levelling in this is amazing. This has so much presence. Like, there have been times today when I forgot it was on, and then it'd come roaring back. It's such a wonderful scent and I'm glad I got this back in 2018 - 19, I come back to it on the odd occasion, and when I do it reminds of a time when I ventured further into these kinds of brands. They really TRULY are such a breath of fresh air, scent-wise. This one is a love.