Amouage · 2021 · Karine Vinchon-Spehner

Boundless

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum

Blood orange and ginger over vanilla, cocoa and tobacco, on vetiver.

The drawn Boundless bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Boundless’s scent picture, a draft: sweet orange, cardamom, ginger, elemi, vanilla, benzoin drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Boundless, top notes: Sweet orange, Cardamom, Ginger, Elemi

Heartas it settles

Boundless, heart: Vanilla, Benzoin, Citronellol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Boundless, dry-down: Guaiacwood, Papyrus, Cacao, Tobacco, Oakmoss, Frankincense, Myrrh, Vetiver, Patchouli, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

12 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender2 florals1 sweet1 amber & resins3 spices1 powder1 earth & moss

3 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Opus XIV Royal TobaccoAmouage · shares cardamom, elemi, vanilla, benzoin and 5 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Boundless’s $395
Lyric WomanAmouage · shares cardamom, ginger, vanilla, oakmoss and 3 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Boundless’s $395
Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares cardamom, vanilla, benzoin, frankincense and 3 more$550 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.