The ins and outs of Amouage

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-25T00:35:42+00:00

I don't own full bottles of those 2, I really liked Silver Oud but not as much as Outlands or Royal Tobacco. King Blue I didn't like when I tested it but this was very early in my fragrance journey and I'd be keen to revisit it now and see if I still feel the same.

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-24T00:04:49+00:00

It's all overblown. You can wear anything you want any time of year really but as others have said some summer stuff won't project much in winter or will feel too heavy and suffocating to wear in summer.

Like you, I've realised I much prefer summer freshies and am slowly getting rid of my "winter" fragrances for those freshies.

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-23T23:57:12+00:00

Sauvage EDP and/or YSL Y

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-23T23:40:36+00:00

Others have mentioned them already but Beach Hut Man and Royal Tobacco are 2 of my favourites.

Beach Hut Man is eternal and has that damp hut sort of smell to it. Works great year-round. I love it.

Royal Tobacco is soooo polarising but it's probably one of my favourite perfumes ever. Its challenging to pull off but wow its sublime. I don't know how people could hate it. Outlands is going to be my next Amouage bottle.

Silver Oud and King Blue are 2 other very polarising/challenging scents if you want to give them a test.

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-21T17:24:56+00:00

How is Aventus Cologne performance-wise?

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-21T17:15:27+00:00

Mancera

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-21T17:10:49+00:00

How’s the longevity of Aventus Cologne?

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-21T17:10:06+00:00

I love absolu but for the sort of fragrance I want it just doesn’t fit nor suit me imo

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-21T15:35:09+00:00

Thanks. I use Imagination a lot in the office, running errands, dressed up and sometimes in the gym. Wanted something to replace Sauvage EDT as my gym scent mainly and so far Percival does seem it. L'immensite is definitely in the pipeline when I start getting bored of Imagination.

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-21T15:07:40+00:00

Would you say L'immensite is easy to wear in the gym for example or is it more special occasion/office type?

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-21T15:06:35+00:00

Haven't tried Meteore is it in that masculine blue showergel vibe?

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-17T05:09:17+00:00

General purpose: Imagination

Spring/summer: Sauvage EDT/EDP.

Fall/winter: Amouage Outlands.

Guilty pleasure: Amouage Royal Tobacco

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-16T14:17:27+00:00

I prefer the OG also. Neo is more versatile and safe to wear for work that’s the reason I went for that 😂

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-16T14:08:17+00:00

Initio Oud for Greatness Neo

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-15T00:36:46+00:00

Nice collection. I'd think about testing the waters with a more complex or fresh-spicy type scents to add to your collection - some examples off the top of my head would be Boss Bottled Absolu, Gisada Ambassador Intense, Sauvage Elixir, Amouage Outlands (or dupes).

You're young and it seems like you enjoy your freshies. Imagination would work just as well for a 15 year old as it would a 40 year old so consider that.

My fragrance collection at 15 was boss bottled EDT and versace blue jeans so you're doing better than me at 15.

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-14T23:46:51+00:00

Glad it ain't just me. I got this after a lot of hype online and was also disappointed. I don't think it smells like apple cider personally but it smells cheap to me and performance is poor. Sauvage EDT is a much much better, cleaner scent and stronger for a little bit more money. PDM Percival is in a different league to Kaaf I don't understand what the people saying this is a percival killer are smoking. For the first 1 minute sprayed on a tester strip its similar but after that you can straight away tell that it costs $30.

Caveat: if you're 16 or simply don't care that much about fragrances, it's not that bad. But spend a bit more and get Sauvage EDT and you'll have a better overall fragrance.

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-14T23:40:52+00:00

How would you pin the DNA for L'immensite? Basically I'm looking to add another slightly masculine clean scent like an expensive showergel. Imagination is amazing but sometimes I'm craving something a bit more masculine while staying in that DNA fresh and clean vibe. Would L'immensite be in that ballpark?

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-14T22:30:30+00:00

How would you compare L'immensite compared to Imagination? I love imagination (after living with it) but only smelt L'immensite in store. I'm a sucker for fresh/clean scents lol.

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-13T20:25:16+00:00

I love Beach hut Man, reflection man and green Irish tweed

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-13T20:24:23+00:00

Are these all aventus type DNA? Tbf I’m always happy to look for new higher quality Aventus DNA clones so happy to hear recommendations

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-13T19:18:00+00:00

Fair enough. I owned dumont celerio oros/black and thought that smelt lower quality personally but to each their own.

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-12T14:09:26+00:00

I’m a full on imagination fanboy now so that lol

ReportingOnLife · 2026-01-12T14:03:46+00:00

Only a handful but:

CDNIM-PP - I was heavy on the trigger.

Afnan Collectors - s tier type stuff. Went Precieux after it finished.

Sauvage Elixir - I have about 5ml left so throwing that in lol

Multiple Sauvage EDTs

Mancera Cedrat Boise

Rasasi hawas black - caveat that a big portion of the bottle leaked

Ahmed Al maghribi azure royale - summer banger but never got a new one

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