Amouage · 2020 · Annick Menardo

Overture Woman

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Apple brandy and saffron over rose and cinnamon, on smoky incense and leather.

The drawn Overture Woman bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Overture Woman’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, saffron, apple, benzoin, myrrh, rose drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Overture Woman, top notes: Bergamot, Saffron, Apple

Heartas it settles

Overture Woman, heart: Benzoin, Myrrh, Rose, Geranium, Cinnamon

Dry-downwhat stays

Overture Woman, dry-down: Frankincense, Labdanum, Leather vitessence

What’s inside it

What the label names

9 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 & lavender3 florals2 spices1 powder

10 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

Overture 41Amouage · shares saffron, benzoin, rose, geranium (rose geranium) and 4 more$550 for 100 ml
Overture ManAmouage · shares saffron, benzoin, myrrh, geranium (rose geranium) and 4 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Overture Woman’s $395
For Men IntenseBentley · shares bergamot, benzoin, geranium (rose geranium), cinnamon and 3 more
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.