Amouage · 2024 · Bertrand Duchaufour

Reasons

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5
Amouage asks $475 for 100 ml
100 ml$475

The houseUnisex

VersionParfum

Cardamom and hazelnut over pine and patchouli, on myrrh and palo santo.

Amouage says

You’ll smell cardamom, hazelnut, cinnamon, pink pepper (schinus molle), patchouli, pine, Cashmeran, amber, cypriol, davana, benzoin, labdanum (cistus), sandalwood, cedarwood, vetiver, myrrh, oakmoss, musks and Palo Santo.

The house’s page

The drawn Reasons bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Reasons’s scent picture, a draft: cardamom, hazelnut, cinnamon, pink pepper, patchouli, pine drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Reasons, top notes: Cardamom, Hazelnut, Cinnamon, Pink pepper, Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

Reasons, heart: Patchouli, Pine, Cashmeran (cashmere wood), Amber, Cypriol, Davana

Dry-downwhat stays

Reasons, dry-down: Benzoin, Labdanum, Sandalwood, Cedar, Vetiver, Myrrh, Oakmoss, Musks, Palo santo, Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What Amouage names

CardamomHazelnutCinnamonPink pepper (schinus molle)PatchouliPineCashmeran (cashmere wood)CypriolDavanaBenzoinLabdanum (cistus)SandalwoodCedarwoodVetiverMyrrhOakmossMusksPalo Santo

What the label names

26 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.

4 citrus4 herbs & lavender4 florals5 woods1 sweet6 spices1 musks1 powder

Citrus4

LimoneneTerpinoleneCitral (lemon)alpha-Terpinene

Herbs & lavender4

PineneLinalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineol

Florals4

Amyl cinnamal (aldehydes)FarnesolGeraniol (rose)Geranyl acetate

Woods5

Cedarwood oilPatchouli oilSandalwood oilSantalolIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

Sweet1

Vanillin (vanilla)

Spices6

beta-CaryophylleneCinnamon bark oilEugenolIsoeugenyl acetateIsoeugenolCinnamal

Musks1

Galaxolide (musk)

Powder1

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

Not for the smell2

AlcoholBenzyl benzoate

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

LustreAmouage · shares cardamom, patchouli, cypriol, benzoin and 4 more$475 for 100 ml · about the same as Reasons’s $475
Decision 42Amouage · shares cardamom, cinnamon, patchouli, pine and 4 more$550 for 100 ml · about the same as Reasons’s $475
Jubilation 40 ManAmouage · shares cinnamon, patchouli, davana, cistus and 4 more$550 for 100 ml · about the same as Reasons’s $475
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.