Ambre Gris

This is a very powerful perfume in every sense and at the same time it's not aggressive. No, it doesn't smell like Alyssa Ashley. They are maybe conceptually similar and similar bottles but I have both on different wrist and AA is a pain for nose and heart compared to Perris. Not bad in itself (much better than AA White Musk), but more or less like thinking that TBS White Musk smells like real musk. not even remotely. Since all perfumes that features ambergris are kind of fake, one need to find the best fake out. Perris Ambre Gris is a very good one if you are looking for a raw amber, not too well-educated, polite powdery feminine ambers. Not masculin nor feminine, it's more of a primitive scent but so damn good on skin. It's a mysterious scent, you cannot really catch it. As soon as I sprayed it from my sample I felt a little bit over the top and it definetely has mood changing quality. I wanted to swing and dance! It lasted more than 6 hours and it is still going in the background. Very warm, somehow comforting like having a bear fur. Perfect for a cold rainy day, I'm not sure if the beast could come out in the heat or a crowded sweaty club, like Musc Ravageur did to me. I'm on a fence with it, because I like it a lot still it's not what I need, not completely. It doesn't smell like a perfume to me. It's more of a smell that triggers a instict response. I'm charmed by it's complexity of notes and straight result: raw amber from close, other notes from a distance. It's all packed together. I can vaguely smell the labdanum and a hint of geranium, but the other beautiful listed notes just go into the whole. Powerful yet not a brick on your head, not perfumey at all. This is the only one I tested from this line. It was recommended by one of the few SAs I trust. Of course, I could not afford it, but I got a sample. I need more time to try and understand it and see what others might think. I wouldn't be surprised if it smelled attractive to some and repulsive to other.

This is pretty seamlessly blended in my opinion/experience. What was new for me was wearing it for over 24 hours... I came home Friday after work, did not take my usual bath or shower, and then remained in my bed until 4:30pm on Saturday. So that's about 30 hours of wear, and it was still going strong when I finally did get into the shower. Damn. It had moved from what I call in my head a "salty, ambergris smell" (could be totally wrong, but that's just what my brain says) to finally getting a hint of rose listed in the notes, and a cola incense. It was still really good. I don't really want to be that unwashed for that long again, or even longer, but I am super curious as to what this would do over an even longer amount of time. This was a pretty immediate love when I smelled it back in... 2017? 2018? 2019? I drained a couple of the brand samples at the time. Finally bought a bottle in 2020, of course didn't wear it after acquiring it (cause it's about the hunt!) but have been trying to wear through my perfume this year. It always makes me feel so cozy. It's a really good smeller! Obviously amazing longevity, and fair projection as well. I let my ex (male) wear this once, and with just one or two sprays I could smell him as we took a cold walk through the overcast and the mist. It is diffuse, I get a mental visual image of golden/brown molecules with dark centers vibing around in a cloud when I smell it. I prefer it on me, a woman, to on a man. I don't know why. Either that, or I just prefer it on myself to on my ex. To me, it's a very special perfume, and I only want to wear it in cool or cold weather. It also feels warm to me. The quality of the salty/ambergris smell is very similar to that in Womanity, the original, by Thierry Mugler. Haven't come across that note/smell elsewhere, but then again, I don't try a lot of perfume with that note listed.

I really like Perris Monte Carlo Ambre Gris; it is a high-quality fragrance with excellent performance. My chief complaint, not unlike many other amber-sandalwood-musk fragrances, is this one comes across as being much more feminine than masculine, and is much better suited for the ladies. Another small peeve is in the name Ambre Gris, which I don't detect nor see listed in the ingredients. I feel that Monte Carlo Ambre Gris is a really great Fall/Winter scent for the ladies, but it is not something I enjoy wearing because, as mentioned, it comes across as being too perfumey with its powdery/floral vibe...but do love smelling it on the ladies. I have three grown daughters and have gone through several bottles since they love borrowing the "girly stuff" from my Scent Armory and never return it. I was recently visiting family out-of-state over the Holidays and discovered my sister in-law had one of my bottles when she asked me where to get another one since she loved it so. I don't know how she got a hold of it (probably one of my daughters or a gal pals forgot it on a visit to see mom) but she can find her own damn bottle. LOL! Performance is a quite stellar in that it lasts 10+ hours and projects very well (above average but not beastly) on my skin. I do love this fragrance for the aforementioned reasons, but I do not feel that it is unisex in any form or fashion. Still, y'all sexy ladies have to give this one a try.

Beautifully rounded powdery fragrance, nothing complicated nevertheless exceptionally beautiful. There seems to be a misunderstanding around the name as it is not about ambergris, the secrete of a whale, but about ambra with the greyness (gris) coming from the artemisia bitterness on the top. I wish that bitterness would stay a bit longer as in the beginning it perfectly balances the sweetness of the perfume. The dry down reminds me of Lorenzo Villoresis Teint de Neige, which I initially found way too overpowering. This perfume is very comforting.

Omg I love this, I can’t stop sniffing my self. This is the most sexiest perfume I have ever smelled. This is vanilla, powdery, caramel, amber and musk. This is sweet, little spicy, warm, creamy and balsamic. The opening it is strong and you can smell a lot of vanilla and amber, but then it blooms into something very sexy, powerful sweet and very sensual, the dry down is soft, warm and comforting (cuddling in the bed). This is more a night perfume bc is like sex in a bottle or a date perfume if you want to be remembered.