Amir

Gosh what a hypnotic spice bomb. The opening is petit grain and floral notes which are only fleeting and then its all about the myrhh, labdanum and amber. There is also the incense but I think the myrhh is the most dominant note in this. Im transported to the Middle East with mosques and minarets. Sombre and all encompassing. I keep thinking of Russian orthodox churches as well. There is also a green element which I guess is the lemon tree. There is very little sweetness whatsoever so definitely a unisex fragrance. Powerful sillage and lasts forever. I just dont know where I would wear this. I could only wear it indoors or folks would be puzzled by the scent of church wafting around them. Serious sillage so you have been warned!

I received a sample about a year ago. I liked it the first time I tried it but for some reason I put it back in the sample box. I saw it in there a few months later and liked the color so I tried it again. It was VERY nice. The color is how it smells if that makes any sense...Delightful. The cycle repeated itself three or four times before I finally broke down and bought a full bottle. I'm very glad I did as it is a unique perfume. You will get beautiful resins and incense for the first hour. It will later dry down into spices, wood, smoke and incense. This is a unique composition. Scent 9 Longevity 10 Uniqueness 10 Value 9 Creativity 10

Sultry fragrance talking about opulence an decadence. It just evokes fantasies of an attitude of the Western Civilization, called "orientalism", pointed out in Edward Said's works, which encompasses Middle East and Islam as the homelands of all the pleasures. Great sillage with blissful and a bit oily neroli in the top notes; French labdanum emerges only after three or four hours, giving to the fragrance a powdery and enchanting ending. Staying power is simply magnificent: 16+ hrs!

Naughty catholic school girl scent, the one who smokes after school and ends up getting you in trouble when you hang out with her. Dark, rich, oriental amber with massive sillage and longevity. A little goes a long way. Very good quality with nothing synthetic about it. Has a bit of being in a church feel. Gorgeous drydown. My sample is from Lucky Scent, and I liked it so much I ordered it on the same day I tested it.

Although the work of an Italian house, this fragrance is based on an Asian incense, very much unlike the western/liturgical version presented in Cardinal and LAVS. This is darker, with myrrh as the main player, with a herbal, almost medicinal quality that sets it apart from sweeter, creamier resins like olibanum. That hint of an Asian temple sets up an exotic frame, within which Amir plays out its charms: initially austere and rather earthy, then softening with floral and citrus notes before pulsing, in the dry down with waves of musky/powdery sensuousness. Myrrh is never far away though and its earthy, bitter tones make me struggle to completely enjoy this fragrance. Amir is an olfactory representation of Shakti in Hindu philosophy: a dynamic energy, associated with the feminine, which stimulates passion and creativity, but whose essence remains essentially mysterious. Returning to this fragrance after a thrilling tour of sweeter incenses, I've decided that it is too sour and suffocating for me , even for winter wear, so I've sold it on.

Another seductive amber perfume oil from Laura Tonatto, AMIR features labdanum rather than the opoponax of DAMA, but the two compositions have much more in common with one another than either has with anything else I've ever sniffed. In fact, it was because of the similarities of these two perfume oils (I do not have the edts) that I began to think that the carrier oil, almond, was masking all of the lighter top notes, including the flowers. However, since then I tried a couple more of these perfume oils and discovered that they are very distinct, which leads me to reject the hypothesis that the perfume oil may not accurately represent the perfume in edt form. I still don't know for sure, though, since I have yet to sniff any of these creations as edts. Both AMIR and DAMA bear resemblance to Rochas TOCADE in their golden shimmery sensuousness. The sizzling image that these perfume oils elicit in my mind is that of the ultra-sultry Lauren Bacall in The Big Sleep. AMIR is voluptuous and inviting, so much so that it might actually be too much to wear in public... But I love it at home!

I received a small decant of Amir, probably from Luckyscent, some time ago and loved the scent. After searching for a full bottle I finally located one on Ebay, shipped from Italy. It was wrapped and sealed and smells nothing at all like the description here or like the decant. The odor reminds me of a friend's super clean bathroom. There is no amber or myrrh, as far as I can tell. It is not unpleasant but seems more like a heliotrope type bathroom cleaning preparation or the little doodads that people used to hang inside the toilet bowl to keep it smelling fresh. What a disappointment! Additional comment: I have spent the past few weeks getting acquainted with Amir and have come to better terms with it. It lends itself best to a single spray on my skin. The scent is too dense when I use more than that. It develops an ephemeral quality the lingers with the passage of time. I like it best as a bedtime spray for pleasant dreams.

Wow, this stuff is incredible! Incense, vanilla, myrrh, the combination is amazing. I've been using a sample for about a month before pulling the trigger and my only concern is will I get the same result with the bottle. The sample I have the juice is a dark resinous concoction whereas the bottle on the Tonatto website showed it to be much lighter. Soon find out. Edit: received my bottle from Tonatto in Italy and it is the dark resinous juice I was hoping for. Nothing like the photo above. This stuff is masterful!

Ambra scura, medicamentosa, old-fashioned. La mini-taglia in oil sembra un piccolo sciroppo antico. Ortodossa combinazione ambra/mirra/incenso con importante evoluzione talcata e prevedibile. Molto simile ad Ambraliquida Erbolario. Un profumo semplice e convenzionale. Non colgo la nota incensata smoky, davvero lieve, ma tanto labdano, fiori immersi in un liquorino d'altri tempi. Il profumo crepuscolare della signorina Felicita amata da Guido Gozzano. Deve piacere il genere.

Amir is a very nice oriental, but rather subdued. It's a sphere of wonderful notes without any one note dominating. On my skin the sillage is small and I would have to re-apply, but I think after moisturizing my skin well it would last longer. I tried my decant from Lucky Scent today and really love this juice. A bottle is definitely in my future. This is a lovely oriental that one could wear anywhere.

A deeply hypnogogic scent, all dark, narcotic myrrh and nocturnal resins. A midnight philtre, thickened with age and swimming murkily at the bottom of an ancient crystal flacon, tucked away in some moth-eaten velvet robes. This is the scent I imagine Mary Shelley wearing during that infamous summer in 1816 at the Villa Diodati with Byron and Polidori.

gorgeous, sultry resinous spicy rich and a little bit smoky scent, which reminds me incense of the orthodox churches..Labdanum, myrrh, amber, vanilla...So gorgeous and unusual. Very longlasting, great silage. LOVE IT! Together with Anni Venti its definitely my favourit!

Lovely rich resinous scent, dark and oriental without smelling like an 80s scent. Reminds me of winter festivals; beeswax, incense, warm skin, wood and firelight. Evocative.

A must try for lovers of myrrh and amber! Smoky, sultry, long lasting, deep, rich myrrh!! The labdanum makes it out of this world good. Smells like a sexy Jesus.

Does anybody know where I can find this?!