Amazone Hermes for women

It is Ivoire by Balmain without the flowers to my nose!

I don't know why I smell leather in the scent!
Anyway, I haven't know it's feminine, I though it must be unisex or masculine though there are lots of gourmand hint in it. I paralleled it to Yatagan de Caron, but if Yatagan is too dry and too harsh, you can come along with Amazone for the wet and soft aldehyde theme it plays.
initiates bitter and deep but from middle release vintage mood; sweet, boozeless and musky.
Over-allpy can gives headache, though it's softer than formal retro items, it owns a sporty spirit.

So i recieved a 30ml bottle of pure parfum of "Amazone" today(i don´t know if it is a vintage or not, but it certainly looks like it is vintage and i also guess they don´t make pure perfume anymore).
I must say i love it! To my nose there is a strong black currant note which i usually don´t like in perfumes BUT here it is presented in a such nice combination surronded by all other notes that i simply enjoy it! After a while upon application i smelled a powdery note and was scared that it would turn into something powdery after all, but it didn´t luckily. It lasts and lasts and lasts. Sometimes i can smell some notes similar to vintage "Magie noire", but only similar. Is it vetyver? I don´t know sadly, since i am not an expert, but what associates in my mind with this scent is the scent of leather but not dry leather. It smells like a fruity leather to me. Yes, there are green notes, but these are not too much, there is a little bit of everything in this bottle. A great scent for autumn, i guess also for winter time, but today i also enjoy it during not so hot summer time. I guess the EDT version might smell a bit different and more simple, but i have no clue yet, since i am not familiar to Hermes fragrances at all by far and this is my first positive experience with them.

A big smack of GREEN followed by ... weewee.
I'll give this one a miss!

Well, I finally managed to acquire a bottle of Hermès AMAZONE, after having tested only the light version. I am a bit confused by cinsot's remarks about my earlier review, as I do not see myself stating anywhere that 24 FAUBOURG and AMAZONE smell the same. What I said was that they are "clearly cousins", by which I mean: exhibiting the same general quality of richness, voluptuousness, complexity, etc. So, I would say, in response to cinsot: "What an intriguing inference pattern your mind manifests!" (-:

Now for my review of AMAZONE, at last. This is indeed a cousin of 24 FAUBOURG, meaning: lush, thick, rich, complex, enfin, un vrai parfum! But maybe such a remark is redundant, since these qualities, I have learned through induction, come naturally to everything produced by the house of Hermès!

The biggest difference I note between what I have identified as cousins (and let us remember that cousins can be very distinct indeed, for example, some of Barack Obama's cousins are totally black Africans, while others are pasty white Americans...) is the substantial patchouli presence in 24 FAUBOURG, which is nowhere to be sniffed in AMAZONE. AMAZONE also has a significant and persistent aldehydic component, without however reaching the stratum of CALECHE.

The floral notes in AMAZONE work together harmonically, so I would not agree that this is anything close to a narcissus soliflore. (Nor, on the other hand, do I think of 24 FAUBOURG as a gardenia perfume!) To me, AMAZONE is a greenish-brown symphony of swirling scents. Love it!

My sample is of AMAZONE LIGHT, eau de fraicheur, which I gather means a lower concentration than even edt? In any case, I am somewhat confused, as this is a rich, complex composition clearly cousin to 24 Faubourg, so why would one want it to fade away fast? Doesn't make sense to me.

If one is looking for something light and airy, clearly a perfume with dozens of notes (yes, 24!)--including a substantial base, in this case with lots of galbanum--is not in order.

I like AMAZONE LIGHT eau de fraicheur, but given the choice I'd much rather own 24 Faubourg, which offers the same general feeling but much bigger sillage and better longevity.

(Eau de Fraiche review)
I like this fragrance, it is pleasant, unobtrusive and softly woodsy. While it's probably not a scent I'll fall in love with, it is one I appreciate.

When a fragrance has this many notes in it, there is a danger of tipping over and falling into the stinker pot. This one doesn't do that, but it does dabble a toe over the side in gest.

It wears like wet hay to me, mixed with soft mosses and woody notes. What I like most about it is the floral accords, which are sligthly sharp and tangy.

in all, a nice fragrance. I think my issue with it is that it's not my genre, and nothing more.

A womans right to change her mind! I have went back and retried this scent. This is actually a very nice scent, pine, I get lots of pine! Only the bold and beautiful will ware such a scent like this. The personality must fit the scent and one with an outgoing personality will suit this one beautifully.

Amazone is a true classic fragrance I am glad to have in my perfume collection. It is a scent with a very special character,unique and bold but in an unoffensive way. It is like other timeless classics a counterpart to all the flat and linear sugary-floral-fruity scents which nowadays hit the market.

A very good friend of mine wears this fragrance. On her it just smells divine! To make the picture perfect - yes, she is also an excellent horse back rider (dressage) and also very beautiful!

On me, unfortunately the fragrance does not develop very nicely. Too strong and powerful (must be the galbanum?).

This truly is a scent for a mature, but very feminine woman who knows exactly what she wants and how to get it!

I read where it's a favourite of Geraldine Chaplin.....

First up there's a whoosh of crushed green leaves, a very, very woody green. As it settles the greeness gives way to a more gentle floral bouquet, zesty to begin with mellowing to a sweeter fruitier twist with herby undertones. I simply love the begamot/sandalwood/cedar/moss base mix - quite masculine. Unique.

I do get a whiff of leather & can understand myhorses comment...hot sweet horse & hay, leather & riding through leafy green forests on a may afternoon is a nice way to conjure up this perfume.

I had it and I hope have it again some day,I keep the empty bottle from 10 years ago...still can smell the beautifull fragrance in it...nice sweet bergamot,I love Amazone...(dont smell horses and leather in it,no no no )

If you enjoy horse ridding and the smell of horses and leather on sunny afternoon in May you will all find it in Amazone.