Abid Ambre Eau de Parfum

Imagine boss bottled with an amped up resin factor. Explosive and sparkling, fills a room but is still suitable for work/formal. Dries down to smell like a fresh sheet of white paper, that smell when you tear it down the middle. This really speaks to how well it has been blended. Probably my best compliment puller in my collection. Months later I bought Boss Bottled EDT to compare. What a waste of money. Stay away from Boss Bottled EDT. Buy this instead. Even not 'instead', try this for a brilliant blue.

Wonderfull and addictive - something I love sniffing again and again. I layer it with the oil of the same brand. Lasts decently upto 6 hours on the skin and longer on the cloths with a very good sillage for first 1-2 hours.

This is a beautiful soft, citrusy musk which in my opinion is far more feminine than masculine. In fact, I think it should be marketed as unisex rather than a fragrance for men. The longevity is excellent and projection is very good as well. The thing that I love most about this fragrtance, is the soft musky dry down that it leaves behind on the skin. A great perfume for layering and a superb perfume for spring and summer wear.

A pleasant scent, with a prominent note of citrus, especially in the opening. As it dries down you get more of a woody, musky feel. I’d rate this higher if it projected better- however sillage is intimate for me- as it sits on my skin for pretty much the whole life of the fragrance. Longevity is just okay, nothing special, at least on my skin. It’s a shame because the fragrance itself is very appealing. Scent: 7/10 Projection: 3/10 Longevity: 5/10 Overall: 6/10

#38 of My Fragrance Journey - Sunnamusk Abid Ambre: It Missed the Mark You know that feeling when something’s supposed to sparkle - but just... doesn’t? That’s *Abid Ambre*. Everyone says it opens with this burst of grapefruit, lemon, mandarin - sunshine in a bottle. I didn’t get that. Not even close. On me, the citrus was faint, almost ghostly, like it wanted to show up but got lost on the way. No real brightness, no energy - just this soft, polite hum of something *trying* to be fresh. Then the rose comes in. And that’s where it loses me completely. It’s not the velvety, romantic kind - it’s sharp, metallic, papery, like a rose made of foil. It doesn’t blend with the rest; it just hovers there, nasal and slightly harsh. You can’t ignore it, no matter how much you want to. And when the base finally shows up, you’re kind of hoping it’ll save the day. But... it doesn’t. The sandalwood and white musk dry-down feels thin, dusty, a bit like warm paper. There’s some vanilla and amber underneath, but they never quite bloom - just sit quietly in the background, like they’ve given up trying. It’s not bad, just uninspired. Too clean, too safe, too... *there*. And for the record, no - it doesn’t smell like Boss Bottled. At all. This one’s playing a weird citrus-floral game with that bossy rose right in the middle. "Abid Ambre" wants to be bright and cosy, but it ends up muted and awkward. The rose overpowers, the base underdelivers, and the whole thing feels like a conversation that never really goes anywhere. Not offensive, but not memorable either.