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· warm amber wear
Released 2023
**Opus VII Reckless Leather** opens with the dry, almost sparkling heat of spices: pink pepper and cardamom flare up quickly and sharply.
Shared notes: pink pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, leather, frankincense, amber
Where it differs: saffron, labdanum, vetiver
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· spicy heat
Released 2009 by Randa Hammami
Amouage Epic Man opens with a dense spicy accord: pink pepper, saffron, cardamom, and nutmeg feel dry and warm, wrapped in the smoky resin of olibanum.
Shared notes: pink pepper, olibanum, nutmeg, cardamom, oud, leather
Where it differs: saffron, caraway, mace, myrtle
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· woody backbone
Released 2009 by Pierre Montale
**Montale Embruns d’Essaouira** opens like salty wind at the water’s edge: cool, slightly sharp, lit by a spicy spark of nutmeg. In the first minutes it feels dry and mineral, as if sea salt had dried on the skin after a swim.
Shared notes: nutmeg, sandalwood, cedar, patchouli, frankincense, musk
Where it differs: marine notes, spices, bergamot, woody notes
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· woody backbone
**Menace** opens with a dry, almost sparkling strike of bergamot and pink pepper, sharpened by a spicy shadow of saffron. After a few minutes it warms on the skin, and at the centre a rose appears without sweetness—more velvety than lush,…
Shared notes: pink pepper, cardamom, frankincense, cedar, patchouli, amber
Where it differs: bergamot, saffron, rose, geranium
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· warm amber wear
**Amouage Leather Sadah** opens with a dry, spicy breath of juniper and cardamom, cool and almost graphic, lifted by a fine spark of pink pepper.
Shared notes: cardamom, pink pepper, leather, frankincense, patchouli, oud
Where it differs: juniper berries, elemi, saffron, rose
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· floral heart
Asana opens with a dry, almost meditative citrus accord: bergamot does not sparkle sharply, it gives the skin a gentle glow.
Shared notes: pink pepper, cardamom, frankincense, sandalwood, cedar, patchouli
Where it differs: bergamot, elemi, jasmine sambac, rose