Onyx Gold

Onyx Gold is a fantastic Interpretation of Clive Christian Blonde Amber. It starts out boozy, spiced and dried fruit sweet. It leans masculine, but the right type of woman could pull this off. After 15-20 minutes it evolves into what everyone knows the DNA to be. Resinous Amber, soft woods, vanilla, continued sweetness, and a touch of patchouli. I enjoy Onyx Gold compared to the other Clive Christian Blonde Amber inspirations when it comes to projection. It has an airiness and light touch that Amber Empire doesn’t have. Onyx Gold has such an opulent and sophisticated aura to it. TLDR: If you want to smell like wealth and power, then this is the fragrance for you. It just screams my daily driven car is a Porsche and I like to park it in my 6 car garage. Onyx Gold 9/10 Clive Christian Blonde Amber 10/10 (For Reference) -SprayCheck

I was looking to get Amber Empire, but ran across a deal on Onyx Gold and Silver that I couldn't pass up. Man am I glad I got this one. It's super long lasting, and plenty strong enough(any stronger and it would be too noisy for this type of fragrance). This is a yummy woody, spicy, powdery, and vanilla fragrance. I'm not sure if this has tobacco but if it doesn't the green notes trick my nose into smelling tobacco. At first it reminds me of Cuba Brown with a hint of dark citrus(think the rhind), and the sweet notes are there but they are more muted. Later on the spices and powdery vanilla take over, and that's about it. So overall it reminds me of Cuba Brown with Lattafa Eternal Oud combined. I love this stuff, and it was an excellent buy.

Successful blind buy as I’m a very big fan of GS. As of now the performance is really weak, projection and sillage is average. Might have to let it macerate for a while. I don’t own or have smelled Blonde Amber. But I’ve smelled Grand Soir before in a store and I own a dupe of Grand Soir by Fragrance World and it reminds me of them. This smells similar in that direction even though there’s no amber. To me this smells like a more fruitier and a lil bit woodier version of Grand Soir. All I can say is if you’re a big fan of GS and boozy-powdery-ambery-resinous fragrances, you’ll love this. I wouldn’t say it’s redundant to own this (or perhaps even BA) if you own GS. It’s unique in its own way, it’s gorgeous and I love it.

I havent smelled Blonde Amber so I can't compare. The opening is the part I dont like : sickly sweet from the dried fruits, smoky and boozy. After 30mins its much better : sweet, slightly fruity, woody, powdery, ambery scent with a hint of spiciness. Very nice scent for the cooler months. Longevity is about 5h, I will let it macerate. Cold weather scent. I tested the 3 most known Blonde Amber clones : Faris al Arab, Khadlaj Onyx Gold and French Avenue Amber Empire. All 3 are 95% to one another, Faris Al arab has a slight cherry drydown, Onyx Gold has a more fruity sweetness drydown and Amber Empire more ambery. I would say, buy the one that is avalaible at the cheapest price.

I really like this scent, lightly powdery, with just the right balance of vanilla and woodiness, not too strong. I'd rate this as unisex, I think it will still smell great on a female. Can spray on clothes, well balanced scent, no prominent nauseating base note to get stuck in the drydown even with patchouli listed in its base as it's hardly noticeable. I really like this layered over a DIY Molecule 02 (5% ambroxan) for even more performance and sillage, and a nice whiff of ambroxan. I'll be using a DIY Molecule 01 later also for performance and a velvety scent, amplify the woods a bit.