Amouage Lyric Woman Amouage for women

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...

This does not smell like roses on me. It is very rich and opulent.
I personally prefer Ciel. It works better with my chemistry and I love it!

I get mandarine at first, then rose and incense with a touch of patchouli and ylang-ylang. Poor longevity. I cannot justify the price if the perfume does not last on my skin more than 20 minutes, and this one is freaky expensive.

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. My flatmate said it smelled a bit 'aunty' - but then he's in his 20s and gay! 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!)