Narciso Eau Néroli Ambrée

I live in a very hot and humid climate and this performs terribly in these conditions. The feeling of warmth and tropical flowers that this should evoke gets absolutely destroyed in such conditions. I had to go into an air-conditioned room so the notes could come together and my brain could read this perfume. Today it has cooled down to about 26 degrees Celsius and the perfume is performing ok. I think it is suited to cooler climates when you are craving a holiday and want to evoke a tropical mood. It is not to be worn on a tropical holiday. Some compare this to Bottega Venetta Knot. I have Knot and there is a slight resemblance but Knot blooms beautifully in hot weather. So these are 2 completely different perfumes and their make up is just not the same. Also Neroli Ambrée applies really strong, almost screechy sharp and then mellows out. Maybe I just have to get used to it, maybe it’s the heat. It’s a tricky perfume for me.

I'm wearing this side-by-side with the EDP trying to decide which one to buy and Narciso Eau Néroli Ambrée is the absolute winner for me. The EDP is a lightly sweetened, creamy, tropical flower concoction that is warm, sophisticated, yet easygoing but disappears within minutes of application on my skin. The EDT is fresher, cleaner, transparent, and more solar and lasts quite a while, though becomes a lovely skin scent after a few hours. It's uplifting, cheerful, and offers the illusion of an elegant woman that has her s**t together and is ready to seize the day with optimism. I also think the EDT is more versatile because it's warm enough to wear in spring but bright and clean enough to wear in summer. I have a 50ml on the way. Update: Though this is not a big projector, I could still catch uplifting whiffs of that gorgeous Narciso musk that is unique to the square bottles even after 8 hours of wear.

This was a cheap blind buy and when I first tried it, I wasn't that impressed nor did I think it would suit me as I usually go for greener florals. Now that I've worn it maybe ten times I must say this is a lovely one. It's very easy to wear. The opening reminds me of sun screen from the 90s, but that doesn't linger longer than maybe 10 minutes. The heart of this scent is a very pleasant musky floral. I have a strong colour synesthesia with scents and to me this smells exactly like the peachy colour of the bottle. It's a perfect everyday scent for spring. It's still rather cool in May where I live and I'm excited to see how this scent performs in warmer weather. I think this fragrance would work great for anyone from early 20s upwards. It is feminine but boy oh boy I would not mind if a man wore this scent.

It took me until the last dregs of my small decant to work out what this reminded me of. Elemis Neroli Blossom body products! It’s quite beautiful, a perfect way to wear a slightly clean, slightly creamy, citrus scent in the spring & summer without settling for the usual lemon & orange smells. I love the scent - it is quite faint though, drying down to a skin scent very quickly. You have to bury your nose to find it but it lasts pretty well. The Elemis body cream smells pretty much the same and is much stronger, so you could get this if you want a fragrance to complement it or to top up during the day.

I am really starting to like this fragrance. I almost pick up a sweet rose or sweet floral note after a few hours, some citrus and a little coconut. At first, I wasn’t impressed, but after wearing this to work, I kept smelling it and it was so very nice! I love scents that stay fresh and that are not over powering that I can catch glimpses of throughout the day. I usually go anosmic very quickly. It is very important that you like the Narciso musc. It is a classic Narciso with a true vacation vibe.

My new favorite! It starts off very tropical, the frangipani certainly takes center stage after the initial spray. It’s fresh and floral, yet beautifully rounded by the cashmeran. The musk and neroli grounds it as a very clean scent, like waking up to a fresh morning at a luxurious hotel in a tropical location. I love it. It’s not particularly long lasting, but rather dwindles down to a skin scent - an absolutely gorgeous one at that.

I just bought this yesterday and it's gorgeous, sunny and tropical. It doesn't seem to last long, which is a shame. It reminds me of Beige by Chanel, but lighter and more ethereal. Just delicious!

I was looking for hours at the shop to buy a perfume. I was looking and looking then I smelled this and said WOW. Wow, Wow, wow!

Frangipani in a bottle. It dominates throughout., with clear orange blossom flowers (I’m surprised that isn’t voted higher). At first you can smell the bitter orange of neroli oil, and then the more sweet and floral orange blossom. Musk mixes with the orange blossom and amber to give it a feel of JPG Classique to me, but it does not smell the same, as the frangipani is so dominant in this one. It’s still a floral amber kind of scent though. It reminds me of when I worked in Tunisia for a few months in the 90s, this was the smell coming from gardens as I’d walk home on an evening, and the smell from the flowers I’d put in my hair, as you did back then. So it’s quite a nostalgic scent for me, and I’m glad I blind bought the 90ml, although I’m not sure I’ll ever use it all! However, I’d say it’s not a safe blind buy, as you have to really like the rich deep floral frangipani and orange blossom/neroli bitter orange kind of scents to like this one. No ylang ylang (compared to the ambree EDP) means that it stays fresh and flowery throughout. This isn’t typically sweet, although it’s very feminine. No sugar, more like the way frangipani flowers and orange blossom actually smell. It’s strong. One spray was decent, I sprayed a second spray to check the notes and it’s now got huge sillage. The musk on dry down is lovely as it’s still flowery.

I have to say that i am impressed!! Thinking at first it would have a too similar effect and no difference, just a lighter edition, is not!!, is true has the same strength of frangipani, but twisted. Starts completely different, sweet fresh neroli with some orange, then it goes creamier, but still neroli present, frangipani makes the apparition, in this case more floral than previous regular Ambrée, making true what it says on the box, “sun drenched neroli”. Like a competition between neroli and frangipani, which wins neroli, but frangipani gives that sunny vibe. Has not sharpness of vanilla’s regular Ambrée, the bright - freshly edge is all time there, being a warm scent as well. In all has summery neroli, which gives a more floral aura and predominates, the fact that the vanilla is not loud, makes it purely floral with a musky base!!, real femme!. Has very good lasting and projection. Really good!!

So this was a blind buy for me and I have not smelled the OG Ambrée either. At first the scent is quite overwhelming to me, there is a lot happening at the same time for a couple of minutes. My first thought was that it's very perfume-y in the beginning and citrus-y. The beginning had me a little worried but pretty soon after things calm down a bit and it gets creamier and softer but stays really fresh throughout. I really like it, it makes me think of luscious gardens around the mediterranean, lemon sorbet and air dried crisp bed sheets. I only wished it lasted a little longer, it becomes an intimate skin scent on me pretty fast sadly. Update: Wore it again and it was a bit less fresh this time around and more of the musk for some reason. Still really pretty but basically no longevity. Will be interesting to see how it performs in the summer.

It's... Nice. Calling a perfume "nice" should be an insult. I like Narciso (the white cube) and ADORE Poudree, which is my favourite of them all. Rouge and Ambree were both misses IMO. I checked Neroli Ambree for two reasons: it's a pretty cube and my love for Neroli. Unfortunately for me, that's an "I may like it on occasion but nothing more" kind of scent. It starts off overwhelmingly dense. Very floral, somewhat mature. There's some Neroli as advertised, but really not too much. Then it goes downhill from here, morphing into a very makeup-y perfume-y kind of smell which I don't like at all. I get tons of compliments for this one so it's probably a crowd pleaser. I, however, am not particularly pleased with it. It will never be the go-to Poudree is for me.

I used to have black cube. Then I grew out of floral woody musks and didn't rebuy it. Then I met this. Its very out of my scent profile but I somehow was drawn to this. This is not drowning in powder like the others, crisp and clean with some rounded sweetness from neroli and amber cedar gives a bone to it. I don't know if I will wear it around people but I will definitely wear this when I am creating on my own. Gets better the longer it stays and it stays all day long. This stuff is good for your sacral chakra.

Very pretty orange blossom, sweet with a light tropical vibe, perfect for summer. It smells nicer and longer lasting on clothes than on my skin. I discovered it layers beautifully with Mugler Alien Goddess. I love the orange blossom in this perfume but none of the NR perfumes that I own as of yet can compare or ever substitute the black bottle NR for her which is so unique. Among the cubes my favorite still remains Narciso Poudree.

This smells lovely! Floral, sensual, slightly citrusy with a soft and natural sweetness to it. Discreet and elegant. Another great scent from Narciso Rodriguez. It reminded me of Twilly from Hermès, but Neroli Ambrée is softer and more complex. I imagine a classy professional woman wearing it, maybe with a nude outfit. Final note: 7,5/10

This version is quite lovely and has a good balance of musky and floral notes, meaning that the florals are never overpowered by the musk. I can smell the frangipani during the initial stages, but the drydown is mostly neroli and orange blossom to me. A big plus is also that the floral ingredients do not smell overly synthetic.

Beautiful neroli & orange blossom! Strikes the perfect chord between summer floral and clean musk, ensuring the perfume stays ageless. Only complaint is that this fades a lot quicker than other Narciso fragrances, but I think that must be an inherent property of neroli and/or orange blossom as lead ingredients.

Very similar to the Ambree EDP. Nearly identical to my nose with some neroli on the top to make it a hair fresher. I love both the EDP and neroli, so this is a win for me but I think if you have the EDP, no need to also buy this. It’s too similar.

This is a softer more muted version of the EDP, unless you’re a fan you don’t really need to own both. This version does feel lighter though, I can see this being an everyday fragrance for spring/summer

Smells like my beloved "Narciso Poudrée", but with orange blossom instead of rose. Feminine, soft and delicate.