Amouage · 2021 · Cécile Zarokian

Material

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Raw vanilla and benzoin over woods, oud and osmanthus.

The drawn Material bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Material’s scent picture, a draft: elemi, patchouli, vanilla, benzoin, guaiacwood, oud drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Material, top notes: Elemi, Patchouli

Heartas it settles

Material, heart: Vanilla, Benzoin, Eugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Material, dry-down: Guaiacwood, Oud, Osmanthus, Frankincense, Labdanum, Tonka (coumarin)

What’s inside it

What the label names

5 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.

1 citrus1 sweet1 amber & resins2 spices

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

Not for the smell2

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Opus XIV Royal TobaccoAmouage · shares elemi, vanilla, benzoin, guaiacwood and 5 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Material’s $395
OutlandsAmouage · shares elemi, patchouli, vanilla, benzoin and 3 more$475 for 100 ml · about the same as Material’s $395
TerraRayhaan · shares elemi, patchouli, vanilla, benzoin and 3 moreabout $41 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Material’s $395
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.