Glistening Amber

Juicy Couture Major Refresh with the Regent Line--'Glistening Amber'. The Regent Line (Regency? Not Sure) is an aggressive effort to get major Niche quality back. This is a ground up change. If you left Juicy Couture and had a scent memory from the brand, please erase and come back!!! Glistening Amber: Top Notes: Raspberry Frangiopani Middle Notes: Incense, Vanilla, Orris Base Notes: Amber, Cashmeran, Musk. The experience reminds me of Agua di Colonia Patchouli for some reason. My skin is so absorbent, the dry down of the Raspberry and Frangiopani is a fleeting delight. The middle notes of incense and vanilla linger and the orris does add a powdery aspect but not overdone. Powdery can be chokey for me, and this is a wonderful blend--a really neat powdery. (Powdery is so hard to get right--usually hyper baby powder mixed with a saccharin candy lollypop. ) On another front, the Base is just Astonishing!!! The amber, cashmeran, and musk create a kind of chocolatey, oud effect. This is not really a feminine scent in the strictest sense. The bottle is more feminine than the scent. OK--don't have your guy friends over to work on that Saab, and spy the ornate bottle. Unless they know you, of course. This has some fullness to it. It has a really nice amber with some substance to it. Again, my skin is so absorbent--it is weird. Two squirts on each arm with a great atomizer. This scent is now a skin scent in less than one hour. I probably need to spray more. Barely detectable with my nose just four inches from my arm. It is worth decanting and toting because the blend is superb. I like to wear different fragrances over the course of a day. I guess I like 'em to come--and then go. This is an elegant party guest that does not stay too long. So elegant

Oh. My. God. I'm so upset that this is discontinued, but I'm happy I bought a 3.4oz bottle of this!! Imagine if Bonbon by Viktor & Rolf found its sense of identity, and times that by a million. It's smoky, woody, incensey, a little sweet, and a little soft. Glistening Amber is the answer to all my fragrance wishes. It's that girl you see walking down the street dressed in all black with a scowl on her face, smoking a cigarette, wearing dark glasses. When you approach her though, she's extremely warm and kind, and you can see she's really a soft person, but she puts on a front. That's Glistening Amber. I love Juicy Couture fragrances for their simplicity and their sweetness, but this one isn't your typical Juicy scent. She's grown up, she's got her shit together. I wouldn't believe this was a JC scent unless I bought it myself. I'm wearing it for the first time today and I have a tendency to edit my reviews a lot, so we'll see what changes! So far, it's a major win for me. Edit: It started fading, but I've gotten a solid performance from it for almost 6 hours. It's still noticeable, but it's intimate. The scent has gotten softer and sweeter as time has gone on. I'm shocked, because all other JC frags I've had are COMPLETELY gone after 3ish hours at most. Edit 2: Just pulled out a shirt from my dresser I haven’t worn in a few months and I noticed it still has some Glistening Amber on it! Even after washing! I smelled it all day when wearing my shirt without ever having to actually spray the fragrance on. She’s a keeper.

Addictive warm, smoky amber, delicately sweet- the incense is potent to me at first and gives a subtle arabesque/oudy quality to me rather than an old lady 'powdery' scent, so this is great, and fades down to reveal the delicate and sweet frangipani and vanilla notes more. The raspberry is very subtle at the beginning but fades quickly. After several hours the incense settles down and the iris / amber / vanilla soften it. Although this very much has its own character as an ambery scent, it would layer well with sharp fruity fragrances as it has a warm, earthy and resinous scent profile. I love it. Stereotypically it would be perfect for autumn and maybe winter, but I think it is a mysterious scent for the summertime too, adding a sophisticated bohemian touch to a daytime outfit. Especially if you layered sharp berry/fruity perfume with it too. Gender: I would call it unisex, although it is more feminine to me than masculine. If men are a fan of the smoky sweet scents they may enjoy this too.

Additional Review/ Correction The line for Glistening Amber is 'Regency' Correction on Projection: Just SPRAY IT!!! The projection is made much greater by more spritzes of scent. I did three sprays just on my flat of the arms, and my wife came in the front door and smelled it just as she passed by me!!! New Info: Glistening Amber projects nicely and can be smelled at one foot from arm over one hour later. Just spray it. Just Hit It. It is very well priced. Just buy more, and more, and more. So nice. Hope This is not a no-no to mention other peoples comments. Anyway, here goes: Curly Fragrances star recommends the following. One each side of neck, one at base of skull, two across chest, one each side of long hair, and I think one each wrist. Michella of Curly Fragrances (You Tube) often requests 12-16 sprays which seems like alot. However, I think the host is dealing with re-formulation of many scents into weaker. She is smart. I believe this is where we are heading.

I agree with most of what Shushkin has said about this scent. I find the top notes incredibly sweet and syrupy, but I do agree that there is a strong burned raspberry note which I find agreeable and unusual. I definitely don't smell toast, but the dry down has shades of oud and a lovely powdery amber. This perfume is a cozy, winters day. Perfect for Christmas with its oriental spiciness and warm, sweet tones. This plays beautifully with my body chemistry and seems to waft around all day. My husband keeps on commenting that he's getting whiffs of the perfume and that he really likes it! Thats amazing as he NEVER comments on any of my perfumes. I find the longevity is brilliant! This fume clung to my skin like a limpid and it stayed on my clothes as well, emanating a delicious aroma of sweet perfection! Definitely full bottle worthy.

This scent is so sensual and very unisex! I initially found opening to be very incense heavy and didn’t get much else except smoke when I first tried it. However in the mid and dry down you’ll find that this is quintessentially amber. I personally think this works well as a layering scent, I use it with scents like black opium and the only one by d&g as it adds more depth to them. I’d recommend that you experiment layering this with fragrances that are marketed as being dark and sensual but are missing that “oomph” that most people would expect from a dark and heavy date night fragrance. This fragrance is simply divine.

This fragrance is NOT for everyone, let’s start there. It smells like what I would think a sexy vampire would smell like, and I adore it. Incense, bourbon and Amber kissed with raspberry. It is intense and thrives in autumn and, strangely, summer. You’d think it would be too heavy for hot weather but the heat brings out the Amber and incense and really intensifies it. It’s bold, it’s beautiful and it is made for a woman with a big personality. It lasts a while, but becomes a skin scent around hour 5 on me. The sillage is also noticeable but not such that you’re walking in a thick cloud.

Got this for myself as a blind buy....wow. It is mysterious and beautiful. It smells extremely woody at first on me, but a few hours in, I get a sweet vanilla note. However, it is not a sweet perfume. Amazing sillage, super long lasting. I can still smell it after a shower and using scented lotion and shower gel. It's definitely got 'signature scent' potential. It also has gotten me so many compliments :))) love it

I bought this for my sister who was looking for ambery perfumes and ended up wanting to keep it for myself. I’ve been loving amber lately as well, and along with the incense and cashmere it makes me feel sexy and cozy at the same time. This also lasted really long on my skin and projected well without being cloying. I might have to buy another travel size for myself.

This is similar to Raghba but SO MUCH more complex and less in your face. An actual journey of a perfume and different notes to detect. I used to have Raghba and I can wear GA when I miss it except it's better and the bottle is prettier. If I wasn't so much of an average wallflower Scandinavian blonde this would be my all year round signature fragrance.

This fragrance is stunning! It is warm sweet amber wood/oud vanilla done properly. I am very happy that I have this in my collection. I definitely do suggest giving it a try. Majestic Woods is also beautiful. Both are unisex but I would say that Glistening Amber is sweeter and leans more Fem. And Majestic Woods is more Masculine but in a great way.

I bought this fragrance in the summer and tried it twice, I thought it was just OK. I picked it up here again in the winter months and it’s a totally different experience, I smell incense wood Amber and a tad bit of vanilla and it’s beautiful, I have over 400 fragrances and I have worn this thing four days in a row. 8.5 rating

I’ve had my bottle since it came out and it still hits after all these years💗 A perfect fall & winter perfume! It’s a smoky incense,amber musk,with hints of sweetness. I have no idea why but when I wear and smell this it gives me fancy Victorian Era vibes!! Longevity and silage are so moderate and very long lasting!!!

This fragrance is truly delightful. Sweet, spicy nuanced raspberry incense, with golden amber, and an orris root base. On my skin it offers strong projection that phases out to be more moderate in the dry down. Not overpowering or headache inducing. It lasts for ~8+ hours.

Candied amber lolly, gets more powdery, musky, and vanillic as it warms up on the skin. Perfect for autumn and winter, creates a nice shell around the body with a fairly strong projection off my skin.

This is so underrated! It’s a smoky vanilla amber with a touch of raspberry in the background. Sooo good and great longevity 🥰

Spiced rum mixed with Vanilla Coke, very boozy and sweet on my skin, in a good way.

Im in love, smokey amber heaven!!!

If you like Juicy Couture's Majestic Woods, you will probably also like Glistening Amber, and vice-versa. This fragrance is nothing like any of the usual Juicy creations. It's the third offering in the Juicy Couture Regal line. So, if you're expecting maybe an ambery version of Viva or something similar, you will be sorely disappointed. However, if you like Oriental fragrances, amber, woods, musks, and incense-y notes, you will be pleasantly surprised. There are some fruity floral top notes, but they only stay in the forefront right in the beginning. They fade fast and the middle and base notes take over. For the majority of wear time, Glistening Amber is a sweet, woody, smokey amber-based Oriental fragrance. The only thing I don't like about it is the cashmeran note. It's a little bit too strong for my tastes, but I'm very sensitive to cashmeran. And, even so, it isn't a dealbreaker for me. There's something that comes across almost as a tobacco note to me, and I think it's a combination of the remnants of the fruity floral top notes combining with the vanilla and amber notes. The bottle is very decorative, and understated for a Juicy Couture bottle. Heavy amber-orange mercury glass with a gold and black enamel metal label plaque and logo tag. The tag is attached to the cap with antique copper colored metallic cording. The box top lifts off to leave a display pedestal. It wears well, sillage is moderate, longevity is as well, but still much better than the average Juicy Couture fragrance. Could it be unisex? I think so. If you think Majestic Woods is unisex, you will agree that Glistening Amber is as well. It's no "sweeter" than Spicebomb, and the fruity floral top notes don't hang around into the drydown. It's kind of hard to find though. I found my bottle on Ebay. Lots of testers and dead stock retail bottles are hitting the liquidation and discounter market now.

You really just have to spray this one on your skin and wait about 10 minutes before you decide because it drastically changes. I received a decant as part of a subscription service today. On first sniff of the bottle, I hated it as did my roommate. It reminded us both of the scent of the mall when too many people have been using too many fragrances in an enclosed space in too short a time. We dubbed it "the mall smell." My roommate sprayed a bit on her hand to see if it would be different on skin and was not a fan. She washed it off almost immediately. This wasn't terribly surprising as she normally prefers sweet and light, fruity or floral scents on herself. Later I sprayed some on my forearm to test it out on my own skin. At first there was that awful mall smell again, but after about 10 minutes, that dissolved and I got this heavy, smoky, thick incense and a little powder(not enough to be a overwhelming). It honestly reminded me of an empty church with lit prayer candles and incense and brought to mind visions of the Madonna - Like A Prayer music video. It's about 3-4 hours later now and I'm getting mostly a mixture of the amber, a little musk, and incense still lingering. It's nice. If it wasn't for the opening, I'd really love it, but those first few minutes were ROUGH. This will probably never be a go to for me because of that. I can still definitely see myself using it in the future, but only for a night on the town when I'm feeling particularly wicked. Aside from the opening, this is definitely a fragrance designed for getting up to no good.