Ambre Nue Atelier Cologne for women and men

During a breakfast at Bergdorf Goodman this past Saturday, on May 5, I had the privilege to smell a number of fragrances. Ambre Nue had me at first smell. I wanted this fragrance. The creators are lovely people and the fragrance is divine. Ambre Nue comes in a very large bottle over 6oz and the silage is wonderful on my skin. It is a deep warm spice, not to heavy for spring or summer and I expect it will holds itself high in the winter and fall. Definite try for those lovers of fragrances. A well made fragrance.

FInally, an orchid fragrance I can truly enjoy.

Ambre Nue isn't primarily an orchid fragrance, though - the orchid, along with patchouli, both support the star here: labdanum. Labdanum is one of my favorite notes, and is a central component to most pure chypre fragrances. Labdanum has a resinous, chocolate-like smell, and it is boosted by the complimentary chocolate-like smell of orchid, and the stark woodiness of patchouli. I also detect a bit of benzoin, but mainly this is a labdanum-centric fragrance. It's quite similar to Amber Absolute by Tom Ford, but less cloying, more accessible, and of course more affordable. The longevity of Ambre Nue is, along with the other Atelier Cologne Absolue's, astounding. A rich shroud of smooth cistus labdanum... Atelier is really impressing me. I might just consider them the best niche house of the past five years. I look forward to more releases from them.

Ambre Nue is not the usual "cologne" type of scent. Instead, it is pretty loud and strong ; much more like a perfume with woody cinnamon and orange accord. Then it just becomes heavily rich oriental but not very floral. I don't particularly mind it but I do prefer a quieter and clean scent like Oolang Infini from this company.

Update: I was informed that the price is going up 10% Is it true?

Edit: As with many scents, how things open and wear on day one is not what happens on days 3,4,5... and thus, I often come back to edit my review.

Initially this strongly reminded me of Black Orchid. I got lots of orchid and oily florals, with a strong incency vibe.

Not so anymore. Now it's a very dry, almost grassy floral (tagete?) and a boozy- like undertone. I still get the incensy vibe, but it is not as strong, and I get no orchid. I still like it, but not as much as when I first wore, and I"ve now worn it 6 times. Yes, I can also detect more 'orange', and I suspect what happened is I'm gettgin more cinnamon, which is a note that doesn't work on me.

But I still hold the opinion that this is worth trying