Ambra

I’m not in the habit of revising my reviews, but I am redoing my review of this one, as I don’t think my initial one did it any justice. Anyway. This is a simple but beautiful amber and bergamot. While those notes sound like they could clash, they don’t! This fragrance has an unexpected but very pretty bright and fresh bergamot opening, and the cozy sweet amber slowly takes over as it dries down, with the bergamot in the background providing just that touch of lightness and freshness. It honestly took me a few times of wearing this to identify that, but it really does add a twist of uniqueness to Ambra that I can appreciate. As with other SMNs, even the EDPs, this wears close to the skin. I can detect it occasionally but it is not overpowering or loud at all. I get probably about 5 hours of wear.

I’d like to start by saying that this brand has some of the most beautiful packaging I’ve ever seen. I love how it invokes its history and the imagery associated is absolutely divine. I walked into their shop looking for a lotion, and I walked out with this. This is the most warm, sunny amber, with almost a cinnamon aspect to it. I find it to be the perfect base if I want to warm up a fresh fruity scent I already have, or great to wear when I’m just lounging around the house. This is quite elegant, and would pair very well with the other scents in this line.

somewhat sweet with a bright, refined opening -- every note plays its role in coming together as one perfect smell that is my favorite amber ive ever tried <3 at least to me, however, it's more EDT performance than an EDP so i do wish it was less expensive (or at least came in a travel size) but i managed to find decants of both this and incenso on etsy after savoring my free samples from the SMN site -- to me, it's the amberiest amber to ever amber

Didn't expect such a deep & rich amber with multifaceted & natural-smelling labdanum...Bravo!

Mature, refined, well dressed, clean, unoffensive, well-off, down to earth, reliable, trustworthy, verified, approachable and kind. I really like this - just not for me. I think it leans a little too masculine for my taste for myself. But, this would make a great daily fragrance for someone!