Youth-Dew Amber Nude Estée Lauder for women

spicy, heavy, bold, re-formulation of YD by Tom Ford. The inclusion of amber makes this perfume a tiny bit little less dated than the original Youth Dew..which I have in bath oil form. BUT Amber Nude still has very much an old fashioned feel, most defintely. One spray is more than enough with this one,(it's all you'll probably want). It lasts all day. Stifling and a little disturbing as well, this is a perfume you need to be in specific moods for. Kinda like "it's winter and you're disgusted with everyone around you, and you just want to shop all day and ignore everyone you see, but since you're wearing YD Amber Nude, they sure as hell know you're around...and they hate you right back. But you don't care because you just found 2 great pairs of shoes on sale and you got them by pushing 2 hideous women out of your way". And maybe the other mood is confident, secure, snarky older woman going out to lunch with her older female friends discussing how slutty the waitress looks in between bites of a stuffed pepper. Or me...I've worn it a few times when I went to antique stores hunting for full vintage perfume bottles. It just seemed kinda right

Nasty opening, yuck! Didn't want to smell it again. But after about 10 minutes it smells divine, lightly sweet warm amber with polished wooden furniture, good old work. Perfect for cold winter nights. It's like sitting at a fireplace in dark quiet room, drinking hot bitter orange tea, outside is howling snow storm, but you are nice and warm. Cozy, kind of Christmas scent. Cognac, ginger, orange skin, amber, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, fermented fruit, dark chocolate, coke:) YUM
edit: I'm addicted, love it from the first second now.

Smells divine, smells like a church. and I love the smell of churches. in Amber Nude I also smell myrrh and incense.
Very comforting, enveloping, soothing, and this is what also sexy means to me.
A real perfume. Composition, sillage, projection, longevity, depth, everything is just excellent.

My relationship with Amber Nude has turned out very strange. I got it as a present and loved it from first spritz, sensual, warm, heavy, classy, it's all been said below.
Lately I've found it suffocating and close to foul?!
I can't blame it on a change of chemistry or the perfume gone bad, it smells the same on me as always.
Neither can I blame it on a change of preferences. I still love orientals, vanilla, heavy scents..
I have no clue what happened here. Sadly, I can't seem to get rid of it in the swap thread - I'll probably give it to my daughter eventually, she'll love it.

Nice-smelling amber saved from simplicity by a dull rubber note that balances the amber’s syrup. (Also, less Youth Dew than Cinnabar.)

there is dark cchocolate in this! they missed that note

smells like good porn!

I got told by a 60+ woman that I'm just too young for this bold fragrance. I don't care..I love this and it smells even better as the day goes on.

love this one, really want it, does anyone want to swap??? PM me plz

What a wonderful ambery treatise on Youth Dew without ever altering its original character... I very much appreciate this perfume.

Opening: Plastic doll head in an old trunk in the attic, with grandma's old clothes when she used to be a harlot. Heart: Wafts of cinnamon and amber from scarfs once doused with perfume that were draped over her night lamp. Drydown: Oh, how those family secrets come to light from an old trunk in the attic. Lovely! ★★★★

Really wanted to like this. I spotted two samples for sale on eBay so thoght I'd try before splashing out on full size bottle. So So glad I did. It start off as everything I wanted it to be. I got citrus and spices. It reminded me of Goya's Aqua Manda, which sadly is no more. After an hour or so it smelled like melted plastic on me and gave me a stinking (literally) headache. Such a shame as for the first hour it was gorgeous. I'll be using the rest sparingly and washing it off when the plastic smell appears.

I prefer Amber Nude to YD since its reformulation. It has the familiar gorgeous spicy oriental notes that dry down so beautifully. When i unload my washing basket the clothes I have been wearing with YDAN smell divine! It lasts well yet it is not in-your-face like YD could be. I can't honestly say I smell chocolate - more amber and cinnamon after the floral dries down. It is a clever concoction - familiar yet modern at the same time and now a firm favourite. Shame it is getting hard to get hold of now.

There is something appealing to me about the not-so-holy trinity of patchouli, jasmine, and cinnamon. It can make a blend smell at once classic and edgy, somber and sparkling. This is certainly the case with YDAN, a perfume I had nearly forgotten, and basically never wear. Today I spritzed the smallest quantity, for old time's sake, on only one arm, just before a one-hour run. After an easy, not-so-sweaty workout, I stopped in a cafe, where I got two compliments on my perfume.

Which is to say: 1) this stuff is strong; and 2) this stuff is pretty good.

Though I rarely wear YDAN, I truly love the way its many notes do not blur, but instead keep their unique identities. The patchouli is used to perfection. The vetiver and sandalwood harmonize nicely. There is a distinctly rotten smell that I find alluring. Yes, I wrote that. This could be the cassis, judiciously dosed to lose its signature cat-urine sharpness.

All in all, a great fragrance, but deeply out of fashion, and super strong. Spray with caution. This is one of those perfumes I can appreciate--without wearing.

And P.S., the name. Youth Dew is strange enough. I cannot say Youth Dew Amber Nude with a straight face.

At first very strong-spicy-smelling scent - then it turns into a deep amber-ish scent. Soft and warm. For a grownup woman! I thought this would be a "room-killer" but insted this scent stays close to the person who wears it!

Först upplevde jag denna doften som skarp/stark och kryddig, efter en stund mjuknade den ner till en härlig varm amber/patchouli doft som stannar nära den som bär den - för kvinnan mitt i livet, tycker jag. På en ung tjej är den kanske malplacerad i mitt tycke.

I don't know why, but Im truly addicted to this fragrance. Sometimes I will just open the cap and inhale the smell straight from the spray nozzle. I really like it, it smells like a whiskey to me (Im a lover of Chivas, neat only). So what do you get when you spray this juice? As for me, I get that whiskey smell as opening. Then ginger and cinnamon will join along as citrus aroma quietly appear together. On my skin the floral note will rise after long hours. Mostly I can smell soft amber and sandalwood note (which I like the most) as well as patchouli & vetiver (not too much though). Those notes will stay for 3-4 hours while floral notes like rose slowly kicking in. Certain fragrance act really weird on my skin, they don't behave like what they should. Sillage and longevity is good compared to some fragrance which I have. One of the cleaner staff and my colleagues in my office compliment me when I was wearing this.
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For those of you who like oriental fragrance, you should try this. Especially in winter. Not too heavy, but really nice, warm and comforting. Oriental? Yes, very much. But oriental vanilla? No, i don't think so. As someone who was formerly very fond of vanilla fragrances (especially Dior Addict which is still captured my heart until this moment), I didn't smell or notice any vanilla note in YDAN. To me, YDAN is more like soft amberish-spicy-floral which is really nice and captivating. Or should I say, sexy in its own way? (LOL, really! Im not joking!)

I can say I don't mind stocking up this for few bottles since it's difficult to find now.

Estee Lauder YOUTH DEW AMBER NUDE, like its namesake, has an intangible catacombic quality to it, somehow conveying the aura of not exactly death but something sickly or moribund--or perhaps simply petrified. The juice reminds me a bit of what I imagine would be the smell of a Coke and bourbon that someone didn't finish drinking at a party and which then sat out overnight. The next day the host has the task of cleaning up and is accosted by the strong, dark, alcoholic smell now flat and entirely unappealing.

YOUTH DEW AMBER NUDE does not smell like amber to me, and if I were to compare it to another perfume, I'd say that it comes closest to TABU without the skank. Is this really the smell of Catholic churches? Thank "God" (or reasonable facsimile) I'm agnostic. Could be a skin chemistry issue, but this one's definitely not for me. Désolée.

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Update: having now read the reviews in The Guide of YOUTH DEW and YDAN (both of which receive 4 stars), I am forced to modify my earlier hypothesis. I no longer believe that LT is an EL shill. I now believe that he is a middle-aged suburban middle class housewife who spends his afternoons collecting gwps from the EL counters of major department stores.

YD was the first perfume I really fell in love with. I only had a small bottle and wore it for only the most special and intimate occasions so it is close to my heart even though I now find it a little too rich for the times. As many people seem to gag at it as adore it.
At first spray I was disappointed in YDAN. It was pleasant enough, floral in a modern way and not much sign of the oriental spicy sexiness that YD stands for. But slowly as the hours went on it grew more and more gorgeous. And then it did show its sibling relationship to YD but in a rather quiet way. So I am pleased now to have found the compromise - nearly as gorgeous as YD but more wearable.

I love it, no need to decorate with words;it's lovely.It's something like a traditional drink called 'sherbet' in Turkish, because of the cinnamon in it,very familiar...

YDAN lacks everything I love about the original. It is modern in a way that it doesn't stick out. Strangely enough it feels kind of cold for a spicy fragrance. I expected more amber in this version- but there is no potency of the original here, and no uniqueness. The new amber fragrance by Oriflame reminds me of this too. Modern answer to spicy boldness simply isn't bold enough for my old-fashioned soul. :( But I am not saying that this fragrance smells bad, it is not terrible in any way- simply nothing new or daring which I foolishly enough expected when I saw the lovely advertisement. For a more potent but similar experience I recommend Amber by Loccitane (discontinued but easily found on Ebay.)

Not much to add, BUT:
No one noticed?

Youth Dew Amber Nude is VERY similar to Amouage Lyric Woman. Or the latter is similar to the first, I think YD was launched in 2005.

6 common notes:
ginger, cinnamon, jasmine, ylang-ylang, rose, sandalwood, patchouli, vetiver.

The result is amazing!

If I were to choose, I'd go for Lyric. It's deeper, even more rosy, longer lasting. And has a incense note which I love.

When I first applied this, I recoiled slightly at the big 'boozy' note in it, though I loved the drydown of sexy, sleepy amber. This would make a wonderful Autumn/Christmas scent - a warm fire,a rug,a lover and a glass of Cognac. There you have it - Youth Dew Amber Nude!

Youth dew Amber nude if you parallel this from the older sister Youth Dew, it gives
you an impression of a younger less oily
and more velvety feel amber nude is correct. Amber nude starts off with dry unsweetened cinnamon with ginger nuances
there is a short period of sweetness due to the lovely magnolias the sweetness is
distempered by the domineering scent
of ginger. The three elements that makes this scent powdery is rose carnation and
ylang ylang the tea note mmmmmmmmm?
it's in there but like a lot of other notes it fades quickly but it adds a nice addition.

The drydown really in my opinion gets the prize of course of it's namesake
Amber Nude there is a predominate alot
of it but it's the Sandalwood that stands out the sandalwood gives out an velvety feel to the skin then the original Like deep sandalwood incense
burning I love the Color of the flacon
like an sheer bronze sheet caressing you
in a spartan bedroom with Burnt orange
lights around you on a circular Bed.
Gives the thought when 1 wear this.

I appreciate that youth dew is a very popular retro perfume. I dont like it but i can appreciate it.

This, on the other hand, smells like coke and insect repellant. Not attractive. To me any way but each to their own.

This is disgusting. What was Tom Ford thinking??

Way too strong... but not in a good way like Black Orchid, strong like disinfectant.

It actually smells like coca-cola mixed with bleach.

Repulsive.

Don’t inhale YDAN immediately after spraying... very astringent.

3minutes in I get a faint medicinal aroma
that develops into coca cola with rum (thanks sistertricked for the perfect description).... and now we have the amber.

Unless I wear this for a full day I can not say what the core of the scent will be for me or if I will like it. Right now I fear I will not.

YD the original is far superior
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update:
I couldn't wear this, gave it to mum and she makes it smell great.

Wish YD was sold in YDAN elegant ribbed bottle. It has more weight and 'tighter' design from lid to ribbon.
(YDAN bottle is the shapely corset in comparison to YD being the polyester padded bra.)

I still have to add that the vanilla inside is intrinsic to the whole chocolate-ambery sensation and does not act by itself like in Chopard Casmir or Mira Bai, which are definitely vanilla scents.

I tested YDAN various times on my skin and am now sure as of how it behaves on me. The first blast (even if I do not spray liberally but only dab myself) gives me an impression of a very known drink: a very concentrated coca-cola maybe with just an bit of rum. Cinnamon makes itself felt, too, but dry incense and spicy ginger step in to take the lead. It really is for a while the incense they burn inside Catholic Orthodox churches (Russian, Greek, Eastern Europeans in general), dry and insistent, but it is to stay there for short. On a second step in come the flowers, especially carnation and jasmine. On me predominant at this stage is the cinnamon-carnation-amber combination. The flowers are never in your face, they combine with cinnamon and amber to create a creamy feeling. Nothing to report from my part about rubber smells. The amber, lifted by gentle florals and cinnamon gives that chocolatish sensation, which is a feel-good, aromatherapeutic feeling. To me YDAN is many things in one: a lasting and classy gourmand, comfortable, soft oriental scent. A well crafted modern take on the past.

I dont care what anyone says thats negative.On me this smells heavenly.Lasts,and doesnt take much.Men r suppose to luv choc.,vanilla,and cinnoman scents so,they better watch out.

This is s nice scent for awhile but then it gets ugly with the drydown on me! I just cant ware this or the original youth dew at all! Very old lady kind of scent to me.

Why is it oriental Vanilla ?....i don't see any vanilla in the notes!?!?

for me its the most relaxin smeel,i put to go to bed.

I like amber scents but this one i cant stand!It is something very disturbing about it..

Interesting, intriguing,it is a modern version of the famous Youth-Dew,the smell of chocolate drinks makes it a bit mystical.
Pure intimacy, dark night, candles...perhaps the idea was this, but on my skin too dramatic and masculine,even too gourmet.
In my opinion Youth-Dew has more original composition , is more comfortable and far more attractive.

a colleague passed this on to me since it didn't work on her very well (she thought it was too sweet). I love it! I like to wear it when I'm feeling classy, dark and mysterious.

this can be a big scent, so I spray it on my sides under my shirt so it's not so "in my face" :)

I so wanted to like this since I'm into amber scents and it sounded so interesting. It's not. It's incredibly musty and incensey, very strong and aggressive at the beginning, then it fades a little bit, but it has great lasting power and it's not easy to scrub it off. It must be a matter of chemistry... on my skin it becomes the exact smell of Catholic churches I was taken to as a child. It's the same acrid, suffocating smell that covers everything. Maybe good for a mystical experience, not as a personal scent. This kind of fragrance is often addressed at mature or old women, but this would be just the jam on top of the (old) cake. Maybe better on a young extravagant lady.

In the opening, this Lady is extremely sweet and somewhat seductive. Reminiscent of her predecessor but sweeter and dryer with less spice. Unfortunately, the drydown becomes a little insecticide-ish. I believe a little more spice with the Jasmine and Ylang Ylang would work better with my chemistry.

I dont like to generalise, but this one is for mature women, not mature as in "old", but those who feel mature because they have grown to be their own people, who know exactly what they want and how they want it (if you know what i mean) :P
The bottle is very attractive, simple, elegant and posh! It has a little ambery stone on the top. The fragrance is as sexy as the bottle, i dare to say very erotic, its spicy and spices always make me feel erotic and perverted.
If you like cognac and incense, and you need a long lasting fragrance, this is your thing! it really feels as if i accidentaly spilled a bit of cognac on myself :) I cant quite decide which one i like more.. i think the the classic Youth Dew is a bit more me, but this one is different, in a good way of course. It kept that original distinguished Youth Dew note and has a very sharp amber, i would not say warming or cold, its simply something in between, sharp one and as the time of the year for wearing this one, I would definately recommend summer nights and autumn, in winter the cold air chokes it, and on a summer day its eaten by all that heat, it could easily make you feel nauseated. In autumn it can bring to life the view of fallen leaves and the wind that brings those last summer scents.. thats why I would recommend it for summer nights, when the heat settles down, and all the fresh air starts flowing, you can smell all the grasses, leaves even.. there Amber Nude fits, as a part of that moment.

This is a sexy scent but I bit strong like her sister fragrance Youth Dew. I was curious and got a small size,it's not bad but apply sparingly

This is a wonderful fragrance for the winter.Its has a lovely amber dry down which isnt heavy or sickening .I can detect hints of ginger and cinanmon which gives it, a sweet smell but in a nice way.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL ALTERNATIVE TO THE ORIGINAL YOUTH DEW WHICH WAS A LOT DEEPER AND HEAVIER.

Is it being discontinued? Cause I tried to look for it in the shops and I was told every time that they are not selling it anymore and it is discontinued?

I am trying this one again today. Yesterday I sprayed on me too much.. I believe 2 sprays on the wrists is going to be more than enough for me :-D It is an intense perfume.
Yesterday I was about to regret on purchasing it cause it was slightly taking my breath.. I sprayed twice on my neck and each wrists. Today I put it only on my wrists and it smells perfect amber & chocolate :-) Dont overdo it if you want to like it! My kind advice.

I've got a bottle of it today :) I must admit that I find similarities between this one and Tom Ford The Private Collection Amber Absolute! :) And that is a good news for me as I loved Amber Absolute. I can feel incense in a perfume though the description says that there is no incense. Lasting power is good and I will enjoy wearing this perfume at the cold winter days.

when i told my grandma my wishes for christmas she started translating the name of this wonderful, sexy and unique scent into german, which doesn´t really work.....;) funny

is it only me, or is it very similar to Opium? I couldn't tell the difference. I tried it today, the colour suggested that I should apply sparsely and I did, but all the way home I felt uneasy, my stomach didn't like this scent. I do. In spite of its intense quality I like the classiness.

Firstly, I am glad that Tom Ford kept this version of Youth Dew very similar, yet distinctly different to its original namesake. Before trying Amber Nude I had imagined something vastly 'teeny bop' & not sophisicated.
Youth Dew Amber Nude is very sexy and sensual, but still demure and classy. In my opinion, Amber Nude is just a bit lighter with maybe a bit more of a citrus undertone than the original. That combined with the black rose & truffle really turns this into a lusty brew that I cannot stop indulging in! I have noticed that this smells better when applied on the crook of the arm. Delicious! Also, just two sprays last for around 4 hours on me. Amber Nude really is mood heightening. Very sexy. Very underated fragrance IMO, very much bottle-worthy!

Same as zoka, I would call this one "comforting", it's so warm, spicy and ambery.I fancy old-fashioned fumes and this one is my cup of tea!
Luv it!

I like this warm ambery retro scent, very comforting...