The Omani niche perfume house has launched three new fragrances in its The Essences collection with 30% perfume oil: Line 618, Remain and Sequence. Lush, full-bodied, harmonious, they have phenomenal staying power and a trail.
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Omani luxury perfume house Amouage continues to reinvent its codes. Now, the Essences collection, which includes fragrances in ribbed beige bottles, has been expanded with three new products. All of them, in one way or another, dissect the theme of time and space.
The Essences collection by Amouage: luxury that stands the test of time
All three fragrances are created with a high concentration (≈30% perfume oils) and undergo a complex process of double infusion – for six months, the concentrate with sandalwood chips is aged in a metal vat, and the alcohol is aged in French oak barrels. This approach gives each of them depth, multi-layering and “patina”, which echoes the theme of time. After all, it is impossible to accelerate the “maturation” of perfumes: the process lasts exactly half a year. In modern conditions, this is a real luxury.
Amouage Line 618: golden ratio, incense and fruity contrasts
Line 618, created by perfumer Natalie Lorson, is an interpretation of the line as a symbol of infinity (the name refers to the number 0.618 – the golden ratio). The composition is built around contrasts: fresh black pepper against pineapple, plum and peach in the opening notes, light coconut milk in the heart – against the powerful sandalwood, patchouli, guaiac wood and leather in the base.
“When working on 618, my idea was to make Omani frankincense the center of the composition,” says Natalie. “It has a special olfactory character – much more diffuse, fresh, almost citrusy and spicy in the top notes. My task was to “frame” it.”
And since for Amouage I always strive to create a fragrance with a strong personality – deep, rich – I decided to work with incense, leather, and woody notes.
But then I wanted to add color, more light, more sensuality – so that the fragrance would give a feeling of comfort. So I added a milky, fruity effect: coconut, plum, peach, pineapple. This made the composition more rounded, playful. After all, perfumes should give pleasant emotions: people today really need something life-affirming.”
“It was a challenge to incorporate this into the Amouage DNA,” Lorson continues. “When you think of Amouage, fruitiness is hardly something that comes to mind. So I had to do it elegantly. So I didn't work with the fruit itself, but with its milky, creamy aspect: it creates a very soft, sensual and at the same time nice sound. It's like in cooking – when you add cream or butter, everything becomes smoother, more harmonious.”
So 618 turned out to be quite clear, but at the same time with contrasting poles: soft, creamy – and strong – with leather and incense.”
Amouage Remain: balsamic notes and Omani incense
Remain by Pierre Negre is a tribute to the point as the beginning and end of everything. Allspice and citrus, Omani Xhodari incense, juniper and white lily, plus a base of ambergris, patchouli, guaiac wood, vanilla and tonka bean – an almost meditative balsamic scent.
Amouage Sequence: Julien Raskin's fragrance that doesn't have a “pyramid”
Julien Raskin's Sequence works with the idea of the circle as a symbol of cyclicity and completion. Julien opposes the classic olfactory pyramid. Instead of the traditional pyramid, he created a “round” fragrance. This is a composition where ingredients from different worlds are in such harmony that the fragrance does not change radically, but “returns to its top note”. “I like a fragrance that “does not lie”: it has a clear message from the first note and keeps it throughout the day, or better – two”. Sequence sounds with juicy fruity accents of lychee and raspberry, underlined by saffron, rose, osmanthus and tonka bean, as well as notes of oud, leather and amber-woody chords.
Raskin is a student of the legendary perfumer Pierre Bourdon. As a child, young Julien collected scents in a drawer. His private collection consisted of pieces of sandalwood, tar-scented sea ropes, and packs of flavored tobacco with notes of vanilla and plum. “If I hadn't become a perfumer, I would have considered myself crazy,” he jokes.
He grew up on the masterpieces of world perfumery: “My dad wore Habit Rouge Guerlain, and my mom wore Aromatics Elixir Clinique. Two masterpieces of perfumery. I grew up on them, and it shaped my taste for strong statements and complex scents.”
Raskin says that he had time in his co-authors – the 6 months of eventful infusion made the fragrance unsurpassed: “Time was the best creator, not human hands. The fragrance received the same “patina” – it became softer and at the same time more powerful,” says the perfumer.
, Julien Rasquinet (@julienrasquinet)
Where to buy new Amouage The Essences fragrances in Ukraine?
All three new products from the Amouage The Essences collection – Line 618, Remain and Sequence – are available at Aromateque.