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Released 2008 by Pierre Montale
**Montale Oriental Flowers** opens as a dense floral cloud: rose and jasmine arrive at once, bright and almost velvety, lifted by the slight bitterness of bergamot. In the first minutes it feels warm and full, like fabric left in the sun.
Where it differs: rose, jasmine, ylang-ylang, bergamot
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Released 2023 by Alexandra Carlin
Amouage Cristal & Gold Man feels like a contemporary reading of the house’s classic masculine signature. In review impressions, the opening comes across as dry and composed, with a clean, almost soapy texture and no extra sweetness.
Shared notes: Гелиотроп, Жасмин, Иланг-иланг, Корень ириса, Цибетин, Лабданум
Where it differs: Альдегиды, Мед, Олибанум, Нероли
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· warm amber wear
Released 1983 by Guy Robert
Amouage Gold Woman opens with a quiet yet dense accord of lily of the valley and rose, crossed at once by a dry ribbon of incense.
Where it differs: lily-of-the-valley, rose, incense, jasmine
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**Amouage Tayyiba** opens in a warm spicy flash: saffron and cardamom feel dry, almost velvety, while bergamot gives a brief cool glint at the top.
Where it differs: saffron, pink pepper, bergamot, cardamom
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**Philippine Houseboy** opens bright and damp: a citrus flash quickly softens into warm greenery, like sea air after rain.
Where it differs: bergamot, mandarin, ginger, green notes
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Released 1995
**Amouage Ubar** opens with a bright, almost sparkling citrus glow, though this is not cologne-like freshness so much as a dense, oil-lit radiance.
Where it differs: mandarin, orange, litsea cubeba, violet leaf