Goldfield & Banks · Suzy Le Helley

Tales of Amber

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Goldfield & Banks asks about $314 for 100 ml
100 mlabout $314

VersionExtrait de Parfum

Mossy orange blossom over powdery iris and warm cinnamon, settling into labdanum amber, salty ambergris and a hint of oud.

Goldfield & Banks says

You’ll smell Moss Accord, Orange Blossom, iris (orris), Cinnamon Madagascar Oil, Labdanum Absolute and ambergris (NZ).

More from Goldfield & Banks’s description

It also mentions New Zealand Ambergris, De Laire Amber 83 (Labdanum & Vanillin), Oud (australian agarwood), Iris, Cinnamon and Oud.

The house’s page

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The drawn Tales of Amber bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Tales of Amber’s scent picture, a draft: oakmoss, orange blossom, iris, cinnamon, labdanum, ambergris drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Tales of Amber, when you spray it: Oakmoss, Orange blossom, Bergamot

As it settlesheart notes

Tales of Amber, as it settles: Iris, Cinnamon

What staysdry-down notes

Tales of Amber, what stays: Labdanum, Ambergris, Oud, Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What Goldfield & Banks names

Moss AccordOrange BlossomIris (orris)Cinnamon Madagascar OilLabdanum AbsoluteAmbergris (NZ)Oud (australian agarwood)

What the label names

19 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 citrus4 herbs & lavender5 florals3 woods1 sweet3 spices1 powder

Citrus2

Bergamot oilLimonene

Herbs & lavender4

PineneLinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals5

Neroli oilBenzyl salicylateFarnesolGeranyl acetateGeraniol (rose)

Woods3

Patchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)Ebanol

Sweet1

Vanillin (vanilla)

Spices3

beta-CaryophylleneIsoeugenolCinnamal

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
4 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcohol

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

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HalleyTiziana Terenzi · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), orris, cinnamon, ambergris and 1 more$510 for 100 ml
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Burlington 1819Roja Parfums · shares oakmoss, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cinnamon, cistus and 1 more$450 for 100 ml
Ambre LevantLouis Vuitton · shares cinnamon, cistus, ambergris and agarwood$440 for 100 ml
Rose CocoaAERIN · shares orris, cinnamon, ambergris and agarwood$275 for 50 ml
Sunken TobaccoBeauFort London · shares oakmoss, orris, cistus and ambergris$170 for 50 ml · about the same as Tales of Amber’s about $314
OutlandsAmouage · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cistus, ambergris and agarwood$475 for 100 ml
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TerraRayhaan · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cistus, ambergris and agarwoodabout $41 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Tales of Amber’s about $314
Le Roi EmpereurRancé 1795 · shares oakmoss, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), orris and cinnamonabout $202 for 100 ml
KourosYSL · shares oakmoss, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cinnamon and ambergrisabout $123 for 100 ml · about a third of Tales of Amber’s about $314
BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares oakmoss, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), orris and cistus$115 for 75 ml · about half of Tales of Amber’s about $314
312 Saint-HonoréBDK Parfums · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), orris, ambergris and agarwoodabout $253 for 100 ml · about the same as Tales of Amber’s about $314
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Future MemoriesByredo · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), orris, cistus and ambergris$330 for 100 ml · about the same as Tales of Amber’s about $314
Isola BluRoja Parfums · shares oakmoss, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), orris and ambergris$500 for 50 ml
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