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Wow! How I\u2019ve fallen behind on the Amouages<\/a>! Let\u2019s skip the formalities and go straight to reviews of Amouage Opus VII and VIII from the Amouage Library Collection:<\/p>\n Opus VII<\/span><\/strong> was developed by perfumers Alberto Morillas<\/a> and Pierre Negrin<\/a>. Its notes include galbanum, pink pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, fenugreek, agarwood smoke, patchouli, ambrox, leather, ambergris, costus root, muscone, sandalwood, olibanum and cypriol. In short, it\u2019s a rich and smooth, slightly funky, leathery fragrance. It skews masculine, but I\u2019d be perfectly comfortable wearing it.<\/p>\n Amouage has thoughtfully given us a brain teaser to describe the fragrance. \u201cOpus VII is a green, woody and leather fragrance evoking the juxtaposition of harmony with the intensity of recklessness.\u201d The fragrance\u2019s \u201charmony\u201d shows in how its sweetly woody leather and spice heart is leavened with stemmy galbanum and a vapor of crushed pine needles. It\u2019s nicely balanced \u2014 not too heavy, not too airy \u2014 for about ten minutes.<\/p>\n Then Opus VII collapses into a cashmere-thick blanket of scent that would be comforting in winter, but potentially suffocating in the heat. Its funk comes from its spices. They don\u2019t read bakery at all, nor do they waft perspiration, but they smell vaguely edible and unwashed, in a good way.<\/p>\n Opus VII might complement a person with an assertive physical presence, but for someone like me, Opus VII wears me, rather than the other way around. That said, a dab in sweater weather would be delicious. Like many Amouages, the fragrances wears for hours and hours. It smells friendly and expensive.<\/p>\n Opus VII\u2019s \u201crecklessness\u201d might be in how closely it mirrors the character of Arquiste Nanban<\/a>, Liquides Imaginaires Saltus<\/a>, and other recent fragrances that embrace the Big, Dense, and Pleasantly Funky trend. Maybe it will actually help sell the fragrance, but maybe it means that there are less expensive alternatives already on the market.<\/p>\n Now let\u2019s move on to the girlie of the two, Opus VIII<\/span><\/strong>, developed by perfumer Richard Herpin<\/a>. Notes for the woody floral include jasmine, ylang ylang, orange blossom, frankincense, vetiver, gaiac, saffron, ginger, gaiac wood, Jamaican bay, balsam and benzoin. To me, Opus VIII smells like a floral chypre with a difficult but intriguing character. Not everyone will like her, but everyone will remember her.<\/p>\n Amouage\u2019s brain teaser for this one is, \u201cOpus VII is a woody and floral fragrance inspired by the trompe l\u2019oeil effect of creating a dialogue between reality and illusion.\u201d I can\u2019t use this to illuminate the fragrance, but there it is if you want something to chew on as you fall asleep.<\/p>\n How do you feel about Le Labo Ylang 49<\/a>? If you\u2019ve tried it and can\u2019t stand it, my guess is that you won\u2019t even want to try Opus VII. Opus VII mimics Ylang 49\u2019s aria of jasmine and ylang ylang \u2014 an ylang that isn\u2019t the deep cold cream ylang ylang, but a Renee Fleming take on it \u2014 with a distinct difference. Opus VII adds a definite hazelnut-loam kick to the woody-musky, almost chypre body. Aldehydes fluff the fragrance with space and projection. The result is an unfashionable, jolie-laide perfume that tells a story that takes time to sort out. It isn\u2019t princess-pretty, and it isn\u2019t exactly classical (the hazelnut bit says \u201cTom Ford Black Orchid<\/a>\u201d to me), but the whole fact that it doesn\u2019t pander is intriguing.<\/p>\n I like Opus VIII more at a distance than I do up close, although I do enjoy inhaling the hint of soap and vetiver I get with my nose next to my arm. My guess is that this one won\u2019t be a favorite in the Amouage oeuvre, but that the people who love it will love it wildly. If Opus VIII interests you, my advice would be to try it next to Ylang 49 in case you adore that one more.<\/p>\n Opus VIII lasts all day on skin and longer on fabric. Be careful spritzing it near your scarf unless you\u2019re committed to a few days of its fragrance.<\/p>\n Opus VII Eau de Parfum is $355 for 100 ml, and Opus VIII Eau de Parfum is $360 for 100 ml. For information on where to buy them, see the listing for Amouge under Perfume Houses<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read the rest of this article »<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wow! How I\u2019ve fallen behind on the Amouages<\/a>! Let\u2019s skip the formalities and go straight to reviews of Amouage Opus VII and VIII from the Amouage Library Collection:<\/p>\n Opus VII<\/span><\/strong> was developed by perfumers Alberto Morillas<\/a> and Pierre Negrin<\/a>. Its notes include galbanum, pink pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, fenugreek, agarwood smoke, patchouli, ambrox, leather, ambergris, costus root, muscone, sandalwood, olibanum and cypriol. In short, it\u2019s a rich and smooth, slightly funky, leathery fragrance. It skews masculine, but I\u2019d be perfectly comfortable wearing it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[48,91,1580,271],"class_list":{"0":"post-143752","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-perfume-talk","7":"tag-alberto-morillas","8":"tag-amouage","9":"tag-pierre-negrin","10":"tag-richard-herpin","11":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Possibly of interest<\/h2>\n
Amouage Love Hibiscus ~ new perfume<\/a><\/div>Amouage Oud Zuhal ~ new fragrance<\/a><\/div>Amouage Line 618, Remain & Sequence ~ new fragrances<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n