Amouage: Top 5 Recommendations for Women

Amouage is a luxury perfume house established in Oman in 1983 by the Sultan of Oman. Amouage uses traditional for the Middle East perfume ingredients such as agarwood, incense, musk, rose and spices, but the developers of the scents are perfumeurs from the major fragrances &flavor companies.

Amouage bottles with with women scents are reminiscent of the shape of the Palace Ruwi Mosque in Muskat, while the bottles carrying the scent for men is shaped like a Khanjar, the traditional dagger of Oman .

Some of the top Recommendations for Women are:

Memoir Woman is a scent of shadows. A mystical Chypre that borrows the Absinth top-notes of Memoir Man and unites them with a dance of Pink Pepper and Cardamom. Dark Woods, Frankincense with White Blossoms, shimmering Jasmine and Rose provide the richly-beating heart notes while Labdanum, Leather, Musk and Oakmoss at the base provide a smoky, sultry conclusion to the fragrance. There's rarely been a new release that makes us swoon; this is one

• Top Notes: Fern, Wild Berries
• Middle Notes: Leather, Chamomile, Narcissus, Lily
• Base Notes: Birch, Vetiver, Patchouli
• Classification: Chypre

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Inspired by Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, Amouage Honour Woman is a delicate and even emotional rendition of white florals. Death with honour, proclaims the heroine before dying, when one can no longer live in honour. _ Honour Woman opens with a tart rhubarb note and ends on a smooth base of subtly spicy resins, amber and almost imperceptible leather. But the showstopper of Honour Woman is its floral heart.

• Top Notes: Rhuburb, Pepper, Coriander
• Middle Notes: Tuberose, Lily-of-the-Valley, Gardenia, Jasmine, Carnation
• Base Notes: Leather, Incense, Leather, Opoponax, Vetiver
• Classification: Oriental Floral

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Amouage's Epic Woman is a masterful fusion of the smoldering opulence and sensuality of Arabia and the lyrical intensity of China. The luxurious feel of the fragrance brings to mind the precious essences carried along the ancient trading routes. One breath of Epic's rich top notes of fiery cinnamon and languid cumin, and the image of Aladdin's cave filled with gold, pearls, tea, silks, jade, spices and frankincense unfolds in front of our spellbound eyes. The sensuous, honeyed and dark blend of rose, tea and geranium in the heart of Epic evokes Turandot herself, the femme fatale beauty who lured love-stuck princes to their death

• Top Notes: Pink Nerium Oleander, Cinnamon, Caraway
• Middle Notes: Tea, Jasmine, Geranium, Rose
• Base Notes: Patchouli, Olibaum, Sandalwood, Musk, Amber, Agarwood
• Classification: Oriental Floral

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This is a bottle encasing the beautiful accords that engulf Paris in spring. Dia Woman is like a warm April afternoon in the Jardins de Tuileries after a morning rain, Dia blooms with sophistication, freshness, and Right Bank luxury. On first sniff, Dia's unmistakable French heritage shows in a tingle of fig and bergamot. Almost immediately, the fragrance deepens to welcome an armload of fragrant spring flowers, including rose, jasmine, neroli, and iris, all smelling as if they're drenched in rain water. Running through Dia Woman's floral richness is a grounding of incense and sandalwood, reminiscent of the dim churches tucked between the city's lavish boutiques.

• Top Notes: Fig, Bergamot, Sage, Violet Leaf, Tarragon, Cyclamen, Aldehydes
• Middle Notes: Beach Blossom, Turkish Rose Oil, Orange Blossom, Peony
• Base Notes: Heliotrope, White Musk, Cedar, Guaiac Wood, Vanilla, Sandalwood
• Classification: Floral

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With Lyric Woman, Amouage is redefining the use of rose in perfume by rendering the traditional note in a completely unique manner. Spicy and resinous, Lyric Woman is an oriental rose, rich, complex and intricate. The piquant character of the composition is apparent immediately: the top notes blend bracing bergamot with tangy ginger and contrast this cool accord with warm, velvety spiciness of cardamom and cinnamon. The regal, crimson rose, surrounded by a creamy, opulent posse of ylang ylang, jasmine and orris, retains that spicy character in the heart of the fragrance, due to the presence of fiery geranium.

• Top Notes: Rose, Lily-of-the-valley, Incense
• Heart Notes: Myrrh, Jasmine, Orris Root
• Base Notes: Cedar, Civet, Musk, Sandalwood, Amber
• Classification: Oriental Floral

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