Saffron Amber

A modern take on an amber focused scent?. My skin sometimes ramps up the saffron but here it is more a battle between the ylang ylang, saffron, fruit and amber. It stays very linear on me. Please dont expect an ambery fruity commercial type fragrance. Im rather relieved that I cant detect the coriander. The musk smooths everything out. A warm, sophisticated, fuzzy ambery musk scent which seems pretty unisex to me. Perfect for when you want to wear something comforting. Ive put my nose to many fragrances over the years and Ive not smelt anything quite like this before. Moderate sillage and longevity.

Imagine you're visiting an exotic temple. Silent dignity here. Dunno why but for me the saffron amber is a sacred fragrance. What i get are delightful peach, and warm spices. Well made one.

Confusingly, this perfume is listed among the "Citrus Collection" of the Illuminum Vaporizer set. In reality, to my nose, it opens as a strong floriental with a lot of ylang-ylang and a lot of amber and saffron. This is a nice wintertime perfume, which I dared to don today because of the unseasonably cool temperatures--and the fact that it was characterized by the house as a citrus fragrance! Saffron Amber reminds me of some of the headier Montale made-for-women floral oriental perfumes--such as Sandal Sliver. Or maybe David Yurman and the complicated (and super-potent) entries in the La Prairie Life Threads series. It's quite powerful and dense, with no scrimping on the hard-hitting notes saffron and amber. This, by the way, really does smell like ambergris, and not labdanum amber at all. The drydown has an appealing touch of fruity-soapiness reminiscent of Pecksniff's Gardenia & White Peach luxury bath soak (I do not know whether the perfume exists, but I presume that it does since it was used to scent this product!). All in all, Saffron Amber is a pretty intense little potion, which probably will be too much for most men and some women as well. I'll try it again in wintertime, when I suspect that I'll find it more appealing. I love saffron and I love ambergris, so this composition is off to a great start. I'm not so keen on ylang-ylang, but it seems to be offset well by the oriental notes here.

I'm amused by the unisex description, as the initial burst of ylang is quite powerful.... but this is lovely, good quality, the peach isn't overdone and it's a nice oriental blend. Does exactly what it says, without any headachy aldehydes. Dries down to a pleasant and persistent peach-saffron-musk, on a winter day (it was below zero this morning) this is a good choice, the amber is warming and the floral notes are a welcome antidote to grey skies :)

This is pretty :) Probably the best from VAPORIZOR PERFUMEs, which isn't saying much since I think this collection is to be skipped.. (Head straight for the HAUTE PERFUMEs after trying this)