Amber & Patchouli

I feel this was strengthened in 2014. If you smell the new bottle with the updated packaging; (it's all in the details of the text line height. Type became bigger and the word 'cologne intense' has space from 'Amber and patchouli') The scent is definitely stronger and longer lasting. It's not HUGE like other patchouli scents but it's beautifully smooth and velvety. It's a bit dirty and dark. I really enjoy this scent, it's a very grown up sensual scent that is suitable for times when you wouldn't want to choke everyone out with similar Tom Ford vibes. It could work in winter as well as summer, and just generally an everyday scent for the elegant and sensual types. It's a wearable animalic, which is quite rare! For lovers of Amber, patchouli and woody scents, I highly recommend you check it out. But make sure you test the new bottle. EDIT: This must have a lot of ambroxan as an ingredient. Which would explain why some people can't detect the scent much. If you follow the phenomena that is Molecules 01 02 03, you'll know what I mean. These molecules are big and often the wearers become anosmic to it. Sometimes Amber & Patchouli end up smelling like nothing for my nose as well. Ambroxan to me smells a bit like musky newspaper. The scent comes and goes. But you wake up the next morning to detect it strongly again. It lasted over 12 hours on, but I didn't detect it during wear. So bizarre.

Amber & Patchouli is my favourite Jo Malone. It's sensual and seductive. The dry down is so stunning and sexy! I receive many compliments on this one, funnily enough more from guys, It also lasted a full working day of 9 hours and I could get whiffs of it all throughout. What's interesting is the scent really develops and comes alive in the heat! I own more challenging patchoulis like 'Noir Patchouli' by Histoires de parfums, but I don't see myself reaching out for that as it's too polarising for daily wear. The Jo Malone Amber & Patchouli is highly wearable and elegant. It doesn't project too far but certainly noticeable to those that are close. Cologne intense range is more an eau de parfum concentration at 18~20% according to the sales staff. If you spray on fabric, it's there the next day. It's probably the darkest offering that Jo Malone has, and would appeal to people who generally would pass on Jo Malone for its airiness. If you like darker, spicier, rich oriental scents, you should give this a spritz! I love it so much that I wish Jo Malone would reformulate it to be even stronger and intense!

To sum up this fragrance in one word: understated. A more apt name for it is "White Amber & Green Patch". If you're the type of person searching for the sweet and deep, "beast-mode" ambery scent, look elsewhere. This is a dry, unsweetened, non-smokey, non-spicy resinous "amber" (most likely some ambroxan) with a strong guaiac wood profile and shades of green patchouli. The patch note is very much not the brown/dirty variety used in other places, but fresher with a fougere feel. The minimal sweetness really let the paper-like, fibrous smell of guaiac wood shine, and overall we get a very "blanc" interpretation similar to it cologne intense sib Oud & Bergamot. I do understand why people dismiss Amber & Patchouli though. In the past 4 years I own my bottle I've come across many flirtatious, much more expressive amber/patch scents that made me think about selling this one. But I always come back to this for how well executed it is, and now I think I'll just keep the bottle for good. Truly one of its kind. P.s. This scent is re-issued by Jo Malone in the Huntsman line. Great news for those that love it!

I did something a bit unusual for me today and smelt this then 10minutes later went back and dropped over £100 on a bottle! Oh my its sooooooo lovely! I am planning to wear it on its own or pair it with my Woodsage & Sea Salt! I didn't thinked I liked Patchouli that much either! Just goes to show theres no accounting 4 taste! Especially with me!

This to my nose smells similar to Ambre Sultan without the vanilla sweetness. It's a bit sharper than Ambre Sultan with more a coriander peppery opening. The dry down is a delicious Ambery Guiac wood blend that is subtle and long lasting! Highly recommended for anyone that loves Ambers, and spicy wood scents.