Amouage Lyric Woman Amouage for women

Three words: gorgeous, delicious and unisex. After testing a good number of fragrances from Amourage, I'm confident enough to conclude that most of their 'Women' fragrances are unisex and some of the 'Men' fragrances are more suitable and liked by women. In addition to Memoir Woman, Honour Woman and Gold pour Femme, Lyric Woman is the fourth 'Women' fragrance from Amourage that preferred over the 'Men" versions. I also found Interlude Woman and Ubar very suitable for men as well.

I received my sample a few days ago and don't know why I hadn't tried this on before now. THIS FRAG IS AMAZING! When I first put it on the back of my hand ( for whatever reason most scents last longer there for me.) it smelled a little like an exotic head shop that would sell nice candles and fragrant incense, along with the unmentionables. Then it started to get a little powdery ( which I LOVE ) and then it settled down and I could smell the soft rose mixed with sandalwood and jasmine. This is a very gorgeous, sophisticated and luxurious scent most definitely.

Amouage Lyric Woman has the air of an old-school fine perfume about it. Very GRANDE DAME. The top notes were rather strident but quickly muted down to a wondrously lovely and complex scent that made me think of an elegant, cosmopolitan woman. The office was deserted today, so I kept pulling the neckline of my shirt up to smell the fragrance. It's glorious on the cloth, but seems to have much less staying power on my skin. This is an incredibly refined scent, and very beautiful for an evening out for a few hours. If I were wearing this for a longer day or occasion, I'd want a fresh spritz after several hours.

A spicy floral oriental bombshell. I agree with the people who are reminded of Hermes rouge, except rouge is both darker and more powdery at the same time. I'm not sure about being reminded of samsara, maybe the edp. Again, samsara is more powdery. It' s also much more woody than lyric. Oddly, I find lyric for women less "feminine" then the men's version. The women's is definitely more interesting. Between like and love for me.

Two words: cash money. Most expensive, rich, complex, multi-faceted rose I have ever smelled. I feel like my nose is being made love to with velvety roses, salty exotic dessert cream, and billowing soft frankincense. It comes so close to being my signature fragrance, yet I could never afford this--despite its breathtaking beauty, it only lasts on my skin for about three hours, and at 300 dollars a bottle I'd be more than a bit hesitant to reapply.

I adore it!!!!!!

Lyric is one of the rare scents that causes me nearly to faint with olfactory ecstasy. It's intoxicating, sultry, womanly, and timeless. A true work of rare genius. This makes me feel like the iconic woman of mystery, ageless,and radiant. Lyric is so gorgeous I'm short on words in describing it!

A new love, heavenly intoxicating, I have to say though I love the dry down more...Lyric is a beautiful, warm, inviting, rich && sexxi scent all in one. What is funny is I've been working in a niche shop for 5 months && just experienced how amazing this was today making a sample for someone (I got a lil on my fingers) lol...any-who, What you have here is an above average floriental, that starts off slightly spicy-woodsy with a dash of smokiness from the incense && I can deff. detect the sandalwood. I to would also classify this to be slightly gourmandish...revisiting my statement of liking the dry down more...I say this b/c I can deff. pick up it's slight vanilla hint and the tonka bean as it develops.

It most certainly to me is one of those scents that will have you sniffing your wrist off. It's deep sultry goodness && It's quite amusing how it will have you feeling classy, mysterious and sexxi all at the same time while wearing it. Perfect for those colder months && nice for a social gathering or a night out on the town. Longevity && Sillage or both brilliant, It may smell mature to some && can see why some would say that...but hey I like those types of scents if you do too then I'm sure you'll like this. && any scent that makes you feel sexxi I'm sure will be suitable to any age though...I'm 22 && love it! deff. worth the test! :)

Overall: 10/10

I mostly just get musk here
some incense too
Found it to be kinda nondescript
but when i saw my mom and had it on
she loved it!

I gave her my sample
Its a good try for those looking for musk

The print advertising had me fooled into believing that Amouage Lyric for Women was a heavy, rose dominant fragrance. Much to my surprise, Lyric is hardly a scent focused on roses at all. The rose note is often smothered by an array of spices and incense.

While it may not be the rose fragrance that I was expecting, it does have some likable qualities. The rose note in Lyric for Women is pink rather than blood red. Thick, slightly sharp spices like cinnamon, cardamom and ginger were the first detectable notes on my skin, followed by some warm woods and heady incense.

Typical of most Amouage fragrances, Lyric has a distinct Arabic feel. The scent is exotic, alluring and potent, laced with smoke and expensive, highly sought after spices.

I would recommend Amouage Lyric for the cold seasons due to its warm spiciness and comforting incense drydown. Girly girls will be pleased to hear that Lyric has a subtle vanilla and tonka bean blend, which aids in providing a hint of sweetness to liven up the composition.

Lyric for Women does have a way of growing on you bit by bit, even though it was a disappointment in the beginning. You must approach this fragrance expecting incense, not lush, red roses. I learnt that the hard way.

All in all, Amouage Lyric is a smooth, yet deeply sensual oriental with moderate sillage and excellent longevity. I recommend.

A great alternative choice for me when Guerlain distributor in my country stop bringing in L'heure Bleue. A gourmand-incense with more rose version of LHB. And crazy long lasting, the tester strip can last for 4 days, OMG! Some said close to Naherma but I can't compare it cause I never encounter Naherma.

Not a fan of this one. It starts out smelling very bitter green and un-perfume like, heavy on the greens and ginger. Then I get a ton of vetiver coming on when the flower notes finally start opening and the orris root is really the root- smells like a whole garden has been upturned. The final drydown is pleasant and there is a gorgeous and very high quality sandalwood in the base notes, but as a whole, not for me.

This is a nice, quiet garden, flowers and spices are there with a drop of incense. It's a place useful if I want to meditate. Nothing is too loud or too bright, the scent doesn't distract me, it just is somewhere in the background, nice and comfortable, and for that I am grateful.

Lyric was not something that instantly resonated with me. I liked it, but for such an expensive scent, I expected the earth to move and golden stars to fall around me. Yet, the day I wore the sample (on a friday), I had no less than 5 compliments from colleagues and friends - that has to surely be a record. Rosey, Jasminey and incensey - surely one can get this concoction from another perfume that doesn't require you to shell out the earth (half of your monthly rent/mortgage) for it? Lasting power was righteous though. Why on earth are so many other perfumers failing in this department? As much as the quality of the ingredients was no doubt undisputed and the lasting power to be dynamite, my dilemma is, that out of principle, I have issues with forking out so much dough on a perfume. It may consider itself to be a "luxury" brand, but this kind of pricing crosses the line into greed, in my humble opinion.

ALLELUIA.

I have died and gone to heaven and came back smelling like... Lyric by Amouage.

The first thing I got was the true smell of freshly ground up coriander (not in notes). I believe this is brought forth by the combination of bergamot-cardamom. I put it on and went to grind some coriander in the mortar and had my bf smell it. His eyes went very big. haha The opening is identical.

Then a vortex of flowers and spices and a sweet smelling sandalwood coming straight from heaven settling into the most comforting of scents. If our Heavenly Father is truly sitting on a grand throne up in the sky, then His throne is made out of THIS particular sandalwood.

The dry down reminds me of the smell of a Catholic church. I can smell the candles, the bouquets of flowers (Fresh and dying), the incense, the wood benches, the marble altar, the wine in the cup, old parchment, the perfume the women are wearing, the dirt on the floor, EVERYTHING.

I am having an olfactory epiphany!!!

EDIT My little decant is almost empty and I am looking for a 50ml bottle of this... anyone? pleeease!

One of the best Oriental Rose or Middle Asian Style Rose perfume I ever smelled, heavy incense mixed with rose. I must have this if I have extra budget to spare, cause Amouage is more expensive than Sisley.

Oriental fragrance!

Most of all I feel the sandalwood and the frankincense note a little bit. I wouldn't call it floral or rosy. It reminds me Opium by Yves Saint Laurent, only Opium is much more complex.

Not bad, but nothing special. Not deep enough and not complex enough.

Amouage makes some seriously beautiful floral-oriental perfumes...I've tried Gold, Epic Woman, Ubar, Jubilation 25, and now Lyric Woman. I have to say that I didn't care as much for Gold, but all the others are favorites. And Lyric is gorgeous---a really, really rich rosy scent, nicely layered. Not grandmere's rose perfume, unless grandmere happened to come from the middle east, perhaps. This is a languorous, opulent, eastern rose with a bit of candied spice and lovely balmy-woody underpinnings. It's what I had hoped Lutens' Arabie would be, not that there's anything wrong with Arabie itself; just that I expected something different, something, well, like Lyric.

Like every Amouage I've tried, lasting power is good, even on me. Also, like every Amouage in my experience, the dry-down is delicious. These perfumes do not "come apart" over time to me at all...They do change somewhat, but if anything, for the better, becoming more integrated, creamy or velvety, even hypnotic, I'd say. (Just for comparison, I am a dry-skinned blonde; I mention that only because others had suspected that had a negative impact on the perfume. For me, it doesn't, so I would look to other facets of individual biochemistry.) I can still smell Lyric after wearing it all night, which is rather unusual for me, and it lingers delightfully in the sheets.

Sillage is good but not overwhelming on me. And Lyric, with its sister Epic, are two of the most commented-on perfumes I wear. Men, especially, seem to notice it and like it, even men who typically do not notice or comment on a person's fragrance.

The only downside is the price-point...the house of Amouage does nothing cheaply, but then the quality of these perfumes is very high and they do last well on the skin. Definitely full bottle worthy, even at the very high prices. Or at least, treat yourself to some mid-size sample bottles and wear them on special days...I reach for Lyric often when I want to smell extra specially wonderful and want that deep, rich, sensuous Oriental perfume experience.

OMG... SEX in the bottle! Extremely seductive and addictive. I Think, this could work as pheromones to attract any kind of man (and woman). I, usually don't like rose type perfumes, but this one is definitely different. It's mix with cinnamon and sandalwood is Ahhhh-mazing. I couldn't stop sniffing my wrist for a whole day. Get a sample and see what I am talking about.

For long time I could not say, what I smell in this, but now it is obvious - there is a strong tee note in the opening, which last a very good while and then the mandarin and spice, like I wrote in my previous review.

At start its very loud and silimar to dia!!,but in the process oakmoss make it dirty and dark....and not so perfect as their other scents...

I could believe, this is the truly smell of mandarines, even if not listed, ginger and spices. I can not detect chemicals in it. A refreshing, very spicy and sweet oriental without vanilla.
No lemon, citrus or peach! Love it for the first 2 hours. Could eat my wrist. Nice silage, poor longevity.

I haven't had this one on that long. It's feminine and like they said....balmy. Beautiful but.......after wearing Jubilation 25 yesterday....If I were to plunk down the big bucks for a bottle of Amouage....it would definitly be Jubilation 25. This is balmy which is fine, I live in Florida but someone mentioned LOUD?!! Not to me!
Not at all.

Maybe the longer I wear it the better I'll like it. I do not dislike it......

To comment below, I am quite partial to the scent of crayons :)

As much as I love Epic Woman I simply cannot stand Lyric Woman. These two got so many notes in common but they have very different effects.

Lyric Woman smells full-bodied, rich and loud. It is more floral than Epic Woman and this rose-ylang ylang-jasmine mix is too much for me. It smells old-fashioned and whenever I sniff at my Lyric sample I think of retirement homes.

This is not meant as an insult for people who wear it. I imagine that women who love to wear the old Carons will certainly cotton up to this one.

The staying power and sillage is almost scary - one single spray and the whole office smelled of it (it was most embarassing when my colleagues asked me to use less perfume the next time).

In my opinion, Amouage makes the most 'Arabic orientals' there are. They have enormous staying power and sillage, are mostly spiced and heavy. For me, as a 19 year old blond girl from Holland it's interesting to deal with.
When I tried Epic and Memoir, I was interested and cought by the smells of mystery, but they dried down quite weird on my skin (a bit 'bacterial', if you know what I mean). But maybe it's my northern chemistry.. So I didn't really liked them in the end.
Now Lyric Woman, is a little bit of a different story. It is still intoxicating, but the rose seems to 'delight' the whole composition. It sticks a lot less to the skin, while remaining mysterious and very oriental (yes the harem-girls, bellydancers, etc. come to my mind as well). Even if you don't love rose I think you should give this a try, and if you do love rose of course as well. Especially if you're searching for a 'rich' approach of it.
Oh and, I find this VERY wearable for a man too actually, even if it's a little sweet, it would remind me of a bellydancer only on a woman. On a man it could be very interesting and classy.

Lyric Woman is –in my opinion- a work of art. Very beautiful, well balanced, feminine, classy, extremely elegant.
The opening is slightly spicy and reminds me very much of “Glühwein”, a nice combination of the spices and the bergamot.
The radiant heart of the fragrance is the rose; a beautiful, mature and musky rose. It is joined by angelica and other flowers like jasmine and ylang-ylang.
The woody and musky notes of vetiver, sandalwood, patchouli and tonkabean get more present as time goes by. The drydown is very beautiful; soft, creamy, slightly sweet. Incense and tonkabean play a marvellous duet on my skin.

The longevity is average. The scent stays very close to my skin.
The price is a definite downside.

Lyric is the smell of the vamp, seductive, very dangerous woman and the smell of the arabian harem's seducers.Amazingly beautiful oriental scent from the 1001 nights.

Very smooth, warm spice-mix, the cardamom,ginger, saffron perfectly detectable almost on the gourmand way.The aromas of musk, orris, cinnamon and sandal wood embrace me in a longlasting whisper over 6 hours.

As I'm an oriental floral fan, I'm impressed by Amouage Lyric.

Very nice....long lasting, love the rose and incense, but find that it turns slightly aftershavish with a touch of mint at the end that I am not in love with. Prefer COCO. Especially for the price.

I have recently tried two other "rose" fragrances and both were beautiful, powdery (which I don't like very much) but beautiful.
Then I tried all three in various locations to the Amouage Lyric and Lyric stands out as the most unique, all around beautiful fragrance. I love it. If I can afford it, it'll be my signature fragrance!

Wow, this is gorgeous. Roses done in a mature and sexy way. I've never smelt such a perfectly blended perfume. This is excessively feminine, rich and very sensual. The spices are perfectly blended with the other accords so that I don't think of this scent as spicy, I think roses and warm and stand out. Bravo Amouage! Absolutely exquisite!
One of the few expensive perfumes I would actually consider buying, it's so well done.

I just tried a sample of this fragrance. I am not a big rose lover so I was cautious with the application. First I got a sharp scent, not wonderful, but I kept testing. Second, I got a feeling of being in an attic in an old house, exploring and overcome with the scent of dust, long gone memories, musk. Third, I received the scent of a woman, not a girl, not an "old" woman; but someone who has experienced a bit of life. I felt it reach a deep perhaps musty and dark part of myself; the deeper receses of my heart that hold my memories and express the true woman I am inside. Something mysterious, a longing, complete.
I didn't get roses,roses. I did get spice which I wish wasn't so noticable - I'd like it even better.
Maybe this is me; it might not be you, but it might be me.

This was recommended by members and I built into my quest for my smokey rose.

After I liked another Amouge (i.e. Reflection Woman) I expected something that would likewise sweep me off my feet.

Not a hit. Not even close.

I almost get no rose at all...how is that possible???

I cannot find my inner peace - I mean rose is quite easy to distinguish - where did it go???

In 'exchange' I get a lot of the mix of the other notes which i do not find particularly pleasant - notes that make Lyric Woman green/bitter - angelica, geranium, orris root, ginger, cardamom. It smells a little like saffron too.

This smells like bucket of orange paint.

After the first blast of cinnamon I knew that I'm going to love this. This is simply perfect and such a marvelous creation. At the opening I get loads of gourmandy cinnamon followed by bits of cardamon which makes the cinnamon more "perfumy" and less edible.
Oh and then the heart, what a fantastic, feminine and powerful heart part. I get loads of jasmine and rose, they play so perfectly together, the rose is a bit soapy and cold and jasmine is very sensual and warm.
The drydown is not what I love in fragrances, but it has a great quality, it's smoky and sensual yet being a bit skanky, I must say - skanky and classy if such thing is even possible.
Anyhow, a minus for me is the price, I don't consider this to be SO good or SO unique to pay the price Amouage is asking, but, if I'd had the money, I'd probably buy it anyway.

Amouage Lyric is a spicy rose fragrance, very well done, with the highest quality. This is not as complex and spiciest as Parfum Sacre. Lyric is a more light spicy rose concept.

This is very unique and creative, but for some reason Lyric reminds me a little of Versace Cristal Noir. I love them both but Lyric is better.

If you like spicy rose this is a must-try!

My goodness, this one just oozes wealth, opulence, sky-high class. It is so RICH and deep, I am almost humbled by it. I was lucky enough to receive it in a swap (thank you Yamba1) and I'm just awed. I would love to be able to afford it but must make do with sample vials which I will order post-haste. The hot, spicy beginning is quite deceptive in that it bears little resemblance to the dry-down, where the rose makes its appearance together with the slightly tangy angelica. The base notes underpin the whole thing beautifully and no single note is overwhelming. I am glad not to be able to detect any jasmine as it is not a note I like. This is NOT one you will smell on other people in the street!

I have to agree with Kterhark - I love the idea of Amouage, but sadly their perfumes all seem to fall apart on me after an hour or two. Lyric Woman starts off beautifully, with the rose strong but not overwhelming and the spicy, woody, creamy notes accompanying it very smoothly. But then, it just starts to smell like red wine on my skin, as though I'd spilt a rather stale bottle that was on the verge of turning into vinegar. Not what I want to smell like. And definitely not what I want other people to smell on me! What a shame. I'm a very pale natural blonde with dry skin, so perhaps Amouage perfumes aren't meant for my type.

Very dark, very rich. Overpowering, almost. Lyric for women simply shouts, "ROSES!"

This is not necessarily a bad thing, but I think I would have to be in a certain kind of mood to want to smell this on a woman.

Does make me curious about Lyric Man though.

Dark and full of incense, but it wore very flat and heavy on me. We aren't a match. Oh well.

When Anna Nicole Smith's monthly income leapt from $240 to $50K, she was probably looking for something to fill the role played up to that point in her life by TABU, and Amouage LYRIC WOMAN would have done quite nicely. Alas, it was produced in 2008, fourteen years after her marriage and, may she rest in peace, one year after her tragic passing.

I mean disrespect neither to Anna Nicole nor to Amouage in saying this, for LYRIC WOMAN is one sizzling number, both sumptuous and powerfully seductive at the same time. There is definitely a touch of the je ne sais quoi that only TABU provides, and it's nice to know that upwardly mobile wild and crazy gals are not *required* to don aldehyde bombs such as no. 5 and the like.

LYRIC offers deep velvety, blackish-red roses amidst enough oriental components to make the composition something of an exotic dream complete with smoky dens of ill-repute. This is a marvelous perfume, and should my income ever skyrocket to $50K per month, I might well don it too!

i did nt smell any rose on me, i expected it to be strong spcy oriental rose perfume. but it was anything but that. Maybe its just my skin..

I've had three men ask me "What are you wearing?" since I started to wear this a year ago -- and another comment, "Mmm, you smell delicious..." as I walked by him. I know much of this has to do with skin chemistry, etc., but I have to say: Lyric Woman is, by far, the most beautiful fragrance I've worn and has become my signature scent.

Funny enough, I've had a woman ask me if I was wearing men's cologne -- the frankincense is pretty prominent...I'm thinking she probably didn't find my scent quite as delicious as the aforementioned menfolk, but I did find that entertaining and I could understand where she was coming from: this scent could easily be worn by a man (the male version of Lyric doesn't come close to the female incarnation, in my opinion).

Anyhoo, every time I spray this, I inhale deeply -- I love the development all the way from the initial burst of frankincense and spices, to the emergence of the somewhat deconstructed rose (it's not overpowering to my nose at all -- I'm really not all that into roses either, but this WORKS!), to the soft, resinous, vanillic drydown.

This one is avante-garde sexy and appropriate year-round (I live in Austin, TX, and I find that this works quite well in humidity).

Again this smells exotic and expensive but like the other perfumes of this house is not something I would actually wear- the spices always override the flowers! It's definitely not horrid so will have to try again..

This is the fifth Amouage i've tried, and is probably my favorite to date. Another reviewer has brilliantly compared to Nahema, and I agree with the association (although Nahema is smoother and more vibrant to my nose)

Lyric hits my skin and morphs into a edgy, luscious rose; the ginger and cardamon play like back up singers to a first class flamenco dancer. I found hte warmth and depth of this fragrance to be unexpected; I feared it would be too light on its feet.

My only so-so comment is that Amouage is just not a house that works for me; their scents develop well enough but fall apart as the hours pass. Ah well.

Hmm....spiced salted rose-the patchouli is minor enough to not bother me...

Sandalwoody and Samsaraesque, but richer-rose petals leading to a sauna. I smell myrrh, a touch of saffron, definite tonka and soft iris...Oriental rose indeed-Of course I haven't smelled anything like this, and don't think I ever will. I would almost agree in disappointment with rebella--but I can appreciate this to the fullest on the rarest occasion.

Brothel? Sexy in the way you would expect it on a whore? Maybe on a very reluctant whore who leads a double life....Sensual, refined, graceful....

Perhaps it's the perfect Oriental rose for an archetypal Libra woman...Or anybody: woman, man or genderbender. Just don't fall too much in love-remember the inappropriately inflated pricetag and the range of alternatives.

I love the name and smell, if I'm judging it on these qualities alone, it's an unrivaled and _spectacular_ winner. Otherwise, as a Montale obsessed grade A sampler-I could take it or leave it.

Circa 1928 a Brothal/cafe in a fictional
district seedy rundown with Chinese lattices made of dark Burgandy torn velvet curtians make by yester years
Cigerette Burns' Cats Roaming around
Black lacqaured beaded curtian hangs
overdoor murky brown red with white flowers wallpaper over the walls
Red lights Dimmly gives a sensual
intrigue that you can't Dechipher Questioning yourself what is this is this a dream of a reality

Old men Smoking Opium Fat Barmaids laughing with the customers. A place Artists Washed up actors Actresses
Authors Transvestites Bums degenerates The Lowest of the Low And discuss things that will make the Puritans
or any decent Church goer to shock.
you walk across the hallway and come to a room where everything Goes Origies
Drinking Opium the Beautiful people people are there drugs A silent Black and white Movie projecting on the screen Featuring Theda Bara also known
Arab Death. with her Black Bulging eyes
Glaring opan your soul
and Next to you is an actor of your wildest dreams Tony Leung as the charactor from the movie L'Amant (The Lovers)
Next the You.
This is not a Good girl Perfume
This will make Velma Kelly a Saint
If you want to be sexy or be a little naughty This is it.
Give this a 10!

Lyric Woman is unabashedly opulent. There isn’t anything minimalist about it! In fact, it achieves exactly what it’s trying to be: a modern oriental chypre (I know it is classifed as a floriental here, but it feels both oriental and chypre to me and not only because it contains oakmoss—an ingredient banished from many modern fragrances today--and patchouli). From the beginning to the end, Lyric Woman feels like a contemporary classic.

The first impression is created by an almost delicious accord of spices (the relatively high tone of ginger, along with the more mellow cardamom and cinnamon), but this is certainly not a gourmand scent. This spicy facet maintains its presence in the later stages of the composition as well and serves to highlight the flowers and the incense that follow. I have read that Amouage is known for their famous rock rose. I myself have seen rock roses only in pictures and haven’t smelled one, but rock roses look fairly delicate, pinkish, and innocent to me. The rose in this perfume is not innocent at all. It is a deeply red-hued and mature rose, a rose with an attitude! The way it is surrounded by the energizing notes of ylang ylang, fiery geranium, and with hints of rich red wine, I can easily imagine taking a stroll in one of the gardens of the One Thousand and One Nights stories. The frankincense, another ingredient for which the house of Amouage is well known, is fairly apparent in the
dry-down.

Yes, it is an intense fragrance, but it doesn’t feel particularly heavy. Still, I don’t think I could use it as an everyday scent or in the hottest days of summer. If Lyric Woman had a color, it would be the tint of a rich burgundy wine. If it had a voice, it would be singing mezzo-soprano, easily distinguished from others.

Far less assertive than many of Amouage's other feminine offerings, and possessed of a transparent rosiness in the top and middle notes that gives the scent an appealing gossamer quality, Lyric is in many ways a very "un-Amouage" Amouage perfume. By the time the drydown arrives in a flurry of spice and musks, however, it is clear we have entered more familiar territory. This is high end perfumery as a friendly masquerade, wherein the clock strikes twelve and all is revealed to be not quite as it seemed, but no harm is done. A very good, but not great, perfume.

I was so-o disappointed with this! I really wanted to like it as the reviews suggested something really magical, but all I got was a huge wiff of sandalwood. I sprayed it on and it didn't really develop on me. I think I fell for the advertising, which made me think this would be more resiny and mysterious - like opening an old Arabian chest full of velvets and silver flagons of attar. It made me want to create the perfume I'd imagined! Easier said than done I'm sure

A lovely, rich, spicy rose fragrance which lasts well and oozes quality. The bottle suits it perfectly - a gorgeous deep red colour with exquisite details. Definitely recommended to lovers of rose fragrances, and to those who think they are not - this one may change their mind!

I was drawn to try Lyric by reading a very positive review from a commenter on another blog, who seems to have similar preferences to mine. Having tried both Gold and Dia for women, and been unimpressed by the "perfuminess" of them, I wasn't sure if Lyric would be different.

It is. While it's undoubtedly rich, complicated, and layered, like other Amouage fragrances, it's also to my nose more coherent. In fact, I find myself unwilling to try to pin down each individual note. I can identify saffron, spices, a deep and translucent rose which is almost candied in its presentation, and the richness of tonka and sandalwood in the base. But my overwhelming impression is just that of utter loveliness, the personification of beauty.

It's rare, in my experience, to come across a fragrance that has so definite a personality, but Lyric has one - strong, feminine, and lovely. I'll be seeking a large decant (since I can't afford the full bottle) as soon as possible.

Stayingpower is the only thing about Lyric that amaze me.

It´s a strong, powerful oriental rose, but for that kind of money I expect something far more unique and magnificent then what I get from Lyric.

A disapointment.

Lyric is a beautiful sandalwood fragrance.It opens up very lively, with ginger and citrus, but even before you smell the flowers, you immediately feel the warm wave of sandalwood, playful and light.Usually sandalwood is pretty persistent and not playful at all, but thanks to other notes, it becomes almost weightless, though I could feel it all the time, from top to base.The heart is creamy, velvety rose that never becomes overly intense - like the wings of the butterfly reveal it`s colors underneath, other flowers play nicely into the scene.Going the full circle, it all comes back to sandalwood - and ginger.After 12 hours I still can feel it on my skin (similar to the base of Kingdom, but actually the fragrances are extremely different in general).

I highly recommend this to anyone that doesn't like your typical floral rose but enjoys woody musks...it's a nice mixture of both.

Starts out slightly spicy. I can detect the ginger and saffron in the top notes. After an hour or so a beautiful rose scent develops, but not your typical young, sweet light rosiness...this is a mature, robust, musky, dark rose. The jasmine and ylang-ylang provide a subtle bouquet I didn't expect. The woody and musky notes of vetiver, patchouli, and tonka become more prevalent as time goes on.

GREAT staying power - I put this on at 7:30 last night and can still smell it!! (It's 10:15 in the morning here...) After trying Amouage Gold, I didn't think I would like Lyric. I was very, very wrong. I'm definitely going to add this to my collection. (Beautiful bottle, too!)