Ambre

L'Occitane Ambre is a resinous, thick, syrupy EdT that should be labeled an EdP. I happened upon a new storefront over 60 miles from my home and with delight sampled Ambre. The entire drive home I kept smiffing my wrists and inner elbows, thankfully on the dark roads home, else truck drivers would wonder what this woman was doing. So many images were coming to mind and I could not immediately ledger them. A neighbor greeted me when I arrived home, and as we were talking, she interrupted me with, "You wear perfume like a woman should. That's how I want to smell. How do you do it?" This was well over three hours after I had sprayed myself in the store. I had already known Ambre would be a purchase, but her telling me this cinched the deal in my thoughts. One of the images this fragrance brought to mind was a very old memory of when I would open my violin case, pull out the chunk of rosin to coat my bow, and inhale deep scents encompassed in the case. No matter how small the rosin cubes would get, I'd still keep then in the corner pocket of the violin case, because there was something about the mellowness and odor of aged rosins. Ambre brings to mind old libraries to me, structures built centuries ago, the interiors of old panels of deep, dark wood. Twenty-foot high tall ceilings that are dimly lit, with stacks of books that are endless. Clean, dry, leathery smells that I would enjoy as I browsed the volumes. An airyness amongst the deep richness that I could inhale and not feel overwhelmed. Vanilla plays into Ambre salaciously, almost lasciviously. Not sweet, not cloying, but mysterious, vampy and almost boozy. An adult vanilla that mixes with the notes beautifully to create a fragrance so warm and coy it can turn heads on the right person. Some tea influences with the bergamot mix well with the leathery notes of the labdanum, while the amber creates a delightfully creamy and warm vanilla-amber. Ambre lasted well over six hours for me, and that included a hand-washing. The bottle looks vintage, quaint and I find it rather appealing. Edit: Ambre is now discontinued, availability scarce as to what is left in stores/catalog.

Exceptional and true to form. How is this not an EDP??? As previously mentioned, there is more going on here - while Amber is the dominant note from initial spray. As per L'Occitane's site (mentioned below), I bought this for my wife and had to sneak a small spray on the back of my hand: Top: - Bergamot - Freesia Middle: - Labdanum - Tonkabean Base: - Amber - Vanilla - Cedarwood I get a crisp, fresh top note (a squeeze of citrus and a touch of white floral) - but Labdanum is right there with the Tonka Bean within a few minutes. This warms up so smoothly and beautifully. The base integrates seemlessly with a touch of nice vanilla and I caught the very nice note of Cedarwood (slightly dusty but a great touch) at about 20-30 minutes in. "Look" for it! About 45 minutes in, the amber shines through with sultry and head-turning sex-appeal. This now becomes a gorgeous essence - pure 'scent' that is wonderfully fragrant (versus an intricate, concocted "fragrance"). I love complexity but I also admire simplicity and sheer beauty in a composition like this. Mesmerizing beauty to behold. Funny - I wore Annick Goutal's Ambre Fetiche last night and I got to sneak a bit of this today. I'm not going to say which I like better. This one goes to my wife with love (I cannot wait to be intimate with her while she wears this on her olive skin), but I may borrow a spray (or two) along the way once in a while and blend it into some incense-laden scents and very woody ones to give them warmth and depth. It will be my guilty little pleasure... It's just that good. Thank you L'Occitane for bringing this back. 9+/10! Highly recommended.

I was pleasantly surprised when this woody-sweet amber fragrance appeared on the shelves of my local L’Occitane recently. It opens with a pleasantly-pungent woody scent...rather like the scent of saw dust. It develops into a warm, slightly-sweet, intoxicating cloud of woody resins. This is one of those wonderful amber scents that seems to go perfectly with crackling bonfires, frost-lined autumn leaves, thick woolly scarves, spiced apple cider, and all other things warm and cozy that I associate with fall. In sum, this is a very autumnal amber fragrance...warm, cuddly, and a bit smoky and honeyed. The mixture of amber, cedar, labdanum and tonka is lovely. Unisex in my opinion. It’s not especially heavy, and despite all the resins there is also something herbal and fresh running through it. Even a slightly floral tone. I don't get anything medicinal at any point in the development of this fragrance. It's soft, but still has a warm, clear presence. It’s light enough that I can see wearing it as summer fades into autumn, and also in crisper spring weather. This was a great deal, especially in comparison to most of L'Occitane's fragrances - well worth the $50 I spent on a 2.5 oz bottle. Surprisingly, this EDT has much better staying power and sillage than any of the EDPs I have tested from L’Occitane. Amber has displaced Labdanum de Seville as my favorite from L’Occitane. I actually find the two quite similar, but I prefer Amber. It takes the warmth of the resins in Labdanum de Seville and amplifies them...making them warmer, richer, and more interesting. The staying power and sillage also far outperform Labdanum.

Amber one of the most precious perfume ingredients and also one ingredient that appears in almost every composition out there . Sweet, leathery, smoky, and vanillic. Even when you read the description it intrigues you to smell Amber . Amber l'occitane is a sweet leathery smoky perfume with lot's of Amber , cedar , labdanum . An intoxicating perfume . I was wearing ambre or better I was bathing in ambre a few years back I was purchasing at least one bottle every week I remember it was very cheap and I was in love with this scent and almost everyone that I was close to. I was very happy that though I had my own perfumes I discovered a perfume that was so mysterious sweet and so original in such a budget . Then suddenly it disappeared . I was so frustrated and sad that I lost my great find . I can't understand the companies how they discontinue such beautiful creations . I can also state that I would classified this scent as a unisex since it' s formed around a smoky base though the bergamot and the freesia aren't so apparent ,there are in trace . On the other hand there' lots of Amber , vanilla , labdanum and cedar ( in perfumerie Amber is often composed with labdanum and vanilla ) so it can easily be worn by a man . It's such a shame that they discontinued this . Thankfully I still enjoy the smoky sweetness of ambre . I reconstructed it my self . Whoever has a bottle of ambre should consider themselves lucky that they have the opportunity to evaluate and please their olfactory sense with this beauty.

Is it weird that I’m feeling sad because I can see how this perfume is phasing out of the fragrance community, like seeing a wonderful friend slowly passing away? I mean I don’t blame anybody other than l’occitane for discontinuing this, but I get very sentimental when it comes to this perfume. When I first got this back in 2012 I had little idea how much I would love this beauty, nor did I realize how much I’d pay in the future just to get backups of this. It’s beyond gorgeous - so rich, so creamy, so warm and sweet. It instantly calms me down and puts me into a good mood whenever I spray this on. This is still the best amber and vanilla combo I’ve come across so far. It’s so perfect and I can’t get enough of it. When I bought MFK Grand Soir I felt like I found a similar vibe dupe for it, but it’s still far not good enough. If Ambre was a man I’d marry him, I already love sleeping with him anyways. I’d sleep with him every night if I didn’t have to worry about losing him entirely. That’s how much I love this fragrance.