Amoureuse

Thank God I can still write, because this stuff almost leaves me speechless. Maker's list of notes: Tangerine,cardamom,tuberose,jasmine,cedar, moss, and honey, and it's supposed to smell like a box tree. MY list of notes (in order of appearance): tangerine runs by squeaking as it's being chased by a herd of bloodthirsty bipolar jasmine and tuberose waving their spears. When they thunder by again, it is apparent that the tangerine peed on them as it expired. They continue to stampede back and forth several more times before returning a final time, collapsing in a sweaty heap on me, and then they stay. They stay and stay and STAY. Cardamom shows up, hangs out a little while, then continues on his journey to Nepal, dude. Box tree shows up, wrinkles its nose in disgust, and moves on. The stinky indole note continues to amplify for another hour. It becomes clear at this point that the herd has decided to camp out for the night, and has thoughtfully dug latrines. The rest of my night is spent sleeping fitfully while the herd sings drinking songs, entertains hoochie mamas, and fights. The next morning they are still there, sleeping in after their night of debauchery. They wake up and leave one by one, until by late afternoon only the latrines remain. At this point, the sweet honeyed note makes its tardy appearance, and it's a real lulu combined with the latrines. An additional hour, and it's all gone except for a faint echo--and the memories. Yes, folks, well over 24 hours of olfactory mayhem from one large spritz! So, you ask, why did I award this high marks ? Oddly enough, I really love this stuff. It is truly the most big-girl, uber-femme perfume in the world---sex gone wild, like Mae West with rabies. The secret for me is to use just one---ONE!---drop in my cleavage. It is much more manageable that way, and you get only a small amount of the animalic molecules--just enough to attract attention from men. Good attention! :-D One bottle will last 1,573,494,058 years. (Reviewed by Baybe on MUA 12/7/2005 --- since the review is spot on and hilarious to boot, I am reposting it here)

I think this fragrance is incredibly beautiful. If it were jewelry, it would be Schlumberger's Bird on a Rock with a Tiffany yellow diamond, and also Schlumberger's iconic Two Bees ring, with a diamond at the center. Amoureuse has curvilinear rhythms like Art Nouveau snakes, and it seems to blast white light, and white noise as it highlights the interconnectivity of natural and manufactured. A note that permeates throughout wear reminds me of waxy pollen on the anther of a clematis; sweet,and sticky. The animalic characters of jasmine and tuberose are intensified by cardamom and moss, and slight touches of honey warm this oddly chilling fragrance. I know this is classified as a Floral, but on my skin it's a musky-woody-chypre. It's incredibly heavy (think Aromatics Elixir-heavy), but its overall spotlight on linden makes it completely irresistible to me. I'd rather smell it, than wear it though, which doesn't make much sense. When we talk about fragrance "taking you to another place", it's perfumes like Amoureuse that inspire this reaction. Amoureuse has so much intensity, it seems like it could take over, like some changeling soul snatcher. Amoureuse has a power that seems almost supernatural, because its so very strong and evocative. It's undoubtedly a work of genius, and, to me, its even more beautiful than Perfume de Therese. Houdini would give this to Bess.

Amoureuse is a beautiful and an unusual perfume. Not at all what I expected. The top notes are rather amazing, I get sweet honeyed juicy tangerines with freshly crushed cardamon. Luckily for me, the top notes last and last and last, good 3-4 hours and this stage is very addictive as I have to keep sniffing my top/wrist/wherever I applied to get this spicy juicy yumminess. At this stage, it reminds of of a spicy fruity tea my lovely fragrantican friend sent me from Greece. Eventually, the tangerine goes (damm!!!) and jasmine comes through, accompanied by oakmoss and a bit of tuberose, some cardamon still in the background but quite faint and by this point, the tangerine has run away booohooooo. Eventually (after many hours), the scent turns into a floral soap scent with a very faint hint of spice. It lingers on clothes for a day or two. As for application, 3-4 squirts is enough to last the day in the office, perhaps couple more in the evening, or if you are brave but I feel 3-4 is optimum. I find myself adding couple of squirts after the opening notes start fading, but this is only because these notes are sooo addictive. Over the top application tends to result in suffocating, almost bitter, scent that will clear the room, so beware. In conclusion, I am bagging myself this beauty, despite a heavy price tag......I will be skint but I will smell divine.

It was cold this morning and I wanted a "pick me up" and I did not hesitate in spritzing Amoureuse. This fragrance is perfect if you need a lift or want to brighten your day and at the same time it remains strongly footed in the terra firma. My first whiff every time I wear this perfume is popping bubbles of sweet, tingly spice like cinnamon and I am brought back to the days of soaking toothpicks in cinnamon oil. This spice remains for quite a while, but then comes the powder. I don't see iris, so I have no idea where the powder is coming from, but it is there for me and I love it along with the white flowers and a drop of honey. This perfume is not too sweet as most white florals lean and I tend to shy away from white florals because of the sweet factor. Maybe the oak moss is balancing out the sweetness. This is a long lasting scent that I believe can be worn from morning to night but it does have a weensy bit of skank, which I LOVE! This is one of my favorite perfumes and I am truly not a white flower person..so yeah!

This perfume develops nicely from an intense white floral (I mostly smell lily) to a mellow combination of sandalwood, honey, and jasmine. Initially I did not like how the strong floral reminded me of discount perfumes like Giorgio Beverly Hills, but the drydown was a very redeeming surprise as I love honey and sandalwood, and this is a combination I do not stumble upon often. I would like to be able to smell some cardamom, but I do not. I also don't get anything fruity--no tangerine at all. Great perfume for white floral lovers. Don't know why, but it reminds me of Roman women with flowing togas walking among the columns of an ancient temple. The air and dirt are very dry, and the sun is unforgiving. There is something whimsically ancient about this scent. I have Bois de Paradis, and I would not mind owning this DelRae as well.

This is a beautiful lily scent. At first, there's a blast of spicy cardamom, tangy tangerine and a fizzy/fuzzy floral opening (lily). I can see how the spice could be too much for people, but I'm a spice lover so bring it on! The tangerine is very juicy. The lily settles into a sweet, creamy, powdery lily with cardamom. The drydown is a lily solo. This part reminds me of the mid-to-end of Penhaligon's Ostara - just a creamy yellow and white bouquet, mercifully not soapy or sharp. Amoureuse is Ostara's wild older sister that actually has a heart of gold. Amoureuse has very strong projection - I just used one dab from one of those dabber samples that don't actually deposit much perfume on the skin.

A super realistic honey and flower scent. it smells like a living lily full of pollens and honey from it. This perfume has an amazingly realistic floral stamen and pistil scent when you smell the living flowers, like Bluebell of Penhaligon's or Ostara of the same brand. It is spice and honey, and dirt. Too sad it has been discontinued.

This opens up green and soapy on me, then lots of nice cardamom, and then white florals, lots of honey, and a touch of spices. It's a really nice scent, especially for rainy days or when you want to feel indulged and fresh without smelling like pure soap. This is a good one!

Wow, a majestic and serious floral, with good fixatives-modern chypre if you like. I get a combination of jasmine and tuberose that could knock me out almost, yet they smell as beautiful as a gated garden in a country town-with the flowers overtaking the gate-There is a nice touch of honey and cardamom, but they smell as if they were added in very small doses to make this BIG WHITE FLORAL more interesting. Surprisingly animalic, reminding me of some (not big name) vintage perfumes I tried, but Amoreuse is modern enough to wear out. The roaring animalics are all-or mostly indole, according to the notes, but it's really quite amazing.I adore the smell, but it is quite perfumey-meaning I love the strong intoxicating aura at first, but I grow weary of it very quickly-a bit of subtlety means more addictive-less drunkening. I applied the normal amount I would apply when testing a fragrance-0.1 ml I estimate-If I ever want to wear this again, 1 tiny dab to 2 pressure points would certainly be enough.

Super strong, mildly spicy floral vanilla up front, with notes of jasmine and lilac. I can also smell the tangerine that’s listed in the notes, more in the sillage than up close. It is slightly reminiscent of the honeyed scent of linden blossoms, but bigger and more of a white floral. I believe I detect a good bit of aurantiol, which bolsters up the citrus and gives it a bit of an orange-blossom note. Amoureuse is a well-made perfume that’s too heavy on the florals for my taste. I think it’s the lilac note, whatever that is, that detracts from what would I would otherwise enjoy for its spicy, green, linden, honey character. Despite the roaring start, the scent only lasts a few hours, fading away into nothingness without much change on the way.

So thick and full bodied that you could beat a horse to the ground with the fumes. Period. When applied sparingly Amoureuse becomes one of the most beautiful, romantic pieces of class that I've ever worn on my skin. It surrounds you like a foot-length woolen coat but with the lovely optimism of spring. This is what I'll be wearing in cold January when there's no sign of life here in Sweden, the time of the year when I would exchange almost anything for a waft of blooming white flowers and the sound of buzzing bees. I'm so glad to have found that treasure bottled.

Here's a fragrance with something to say. Perhaps you've heard it before, but good storytelling is not just about novelty. Amoureuse is aptly named, a vivid juxtaposition of things innocent, sweet, and carnal. It wears like a rite of passage: opening all powdered Baiser Vole, and evolving gradually and inevitably into carnal jasmine and narcissus, a drydown reminiscent of good vintage natural floral bases. I don't imagine wearing it much, personally, but it is a lovely olfactive sketch of the memory of a youthful affair.

At first application I was reminded of Alberto V05 Hot oil hair treatment. It just had a thickness to the opening that reminded me of oil. The tuberose is fine but I'd prefer a little less jasmine. Give it about an hour though and the honey is more evident which I prefer. Luckily the cedar is retiring but so are the florals and oak moss which is too bad. On the low end of like for me and that's only because of the appealing honey drydown. If the opening continued in strength, it'd be on the dislike list for me.

A big, sweet, soapy, heady, glorious floral. A floral to end all florals. Saw people mention linden blossom - I definitely smell it even though it's not listed in the notes. Opens sweet and almost spicy, and evolves into a green floral; big and showy, but with a great deal of refinement. As another reviewer put it, "Amoureuse is loud like an orchestra, not like a rock concert." It's the kind of fragrance you imagine Marie Antoinette wore while playing at being a shepherdess. Springtime in a bottle.

Also, I want to update it with one single word that I missed in my last review: Indole. The indolic element is probably what gives Amoureuse it's insane power over me. I'm so-so about indole, sometimes it destroys the whole perfume experience and sometimes it makes my blood rush as if I actually fell in love. This time it's obviously the latter. A spank with the bride boquet at a spring wedding. Yes mistress!

Amoureuse is Boudoir with a frown. The jasmine here takes a spin for the serious, not as serious as Thèrese but almost... It's that Roudnitska signature of brooding fruits and woods that does not quite work as perfectly as Boudoir's cheeky style. If I'm gonna wear such a sultry style of perfume, I'd rather do it in the can can Westwood way.

Tuberose and lily forward, not lily of the valley, but Easter lily. This is a rich, deep, slightly spicy warm floral that would be great for winter. In the end, it's oakmoss, a chypre. Interesting development. I loved it until it turned into oakmoss.

I can clearly understand the love for this perfume, but unfortunately it is not enjoyable for me at all. The first blast was divine jasmine, but on me it soon becomes overpowered by one of my "nemesis notes" - lily. It creeps around and in no time appears to become the most dominant note in this perfume, therefore making all the other notes seem unrelevant for me. Unfortunately the case with lily and me, which with no doubt is a beautiful flower, is that in perfumery it always reminds me of funeral, death and sorrow. It has this creepily metallic and salty quality on my skin that makes me think of dead people. These of course are just my thoughts, I believe many will find this beautiful. It just strikes me how one single note can ruin everything for me.

Thanx smellME for the sample The Cardamom absolutely kills this scent. Its VERY spicy and sharp in a not-nice-way! In background I can smell honey and Lily. But the Cardamom.. why???? Tack smellME för provet Kardemumman dödar den här doften. Den är VÄLDIGT kryddig och skarp på ett obehagligt sätt! I bakgrunden kan jag känna honung och Lilja. Men så mycket Kardemumma - varför??

Its very strong good fragrance for spring early summer. The openings is taking me to an open herbal wild flower space. I ma not sure what ingrediens it is but gives me a little vintage scent...I think its not a version for todays perfumery.