Hermessence Ambre Narguile (for women and men)

Wristsniffer

Like another reviewer, when my boyfriend smelled this on me, he immediately associated it with apple pie. While I can see why, to my nose, this is more of a spiced coffee cake dessert, laced with cinnamon and more butter than apple.

Like Tom Ford's Private Blend Amber Absolute, this is one thick, heavy, sweet perfume. Of the two, I definitely prefer Ambre Narguile, as it's more complex than the former. If you don't like cinnamon, don't bother sampling Ambre Narguile but if you do, be prepared for a decadent splash of heaven. The cinnamon is blended so well with the amber that it smells almost edible and quite sugary. It's definitely a gourmand and very, very foody.

There's a faint apple in the background, to my nose, but on my skin, I get mostly amber, butter, cinnamon, sugar, and a spice I can't quite place. It must be the ginger, though I can't say that it smells exactly of ginger - it's much smoother and less sharp than the ginger accord typically used in perfumes. This is a very "wet" scent, and it's dryer woody tones (the incense accords) don't show up until much later in the dry-down.

I don't know that it's worth the price of a full bottle, but I'll do my best to snag a 15 ml bottle when fall rolls around again. The lasting power is amazing and you won't smell this on a ton of other people. I know it's unisex but, to my nose, this one is undoubtedly a feminine (sorry, guys)!

NuriaRose

at first sniff it as strong smell of - hot apple pie and then its turn to strong vanilla smell very like " private collection "of escada

veuve

I'm now the happy owner of a small amount of this gem - time I reviewed it.
I love this rendition of amber. It focuses on the rich, golden sweet gourmand aspects of it, rather than the medicinal dry ones. The result is apple pie with plenty cinnamon and rum raisins. Startlingly boozy on top, almost leather-like, it soon progresses to a sweet stewed fruit heart. This is the sweetest scent I own, and it borders on "too sweet" but it's so well done it's not bothersome. The dry-down is less sweet, and reminiscent of the lightly sweet grassy scent of hay or unburnt tobacco. The fragrance keeps evolving all the time and it's hard to pin down - now apple dominates, then resinous aspects, then the hay. Whatever it is, it's gorgeous and deeply comforting. I'm glad I have a little of it in my collection.

veruska

This is my mystical gourmand.Although those stewed fruits and burnt sugar smells most of the time have a "sweet home" comforting nature, Ambre narguile sucks me in it's exotic style and give the whole picture a bronze mysterious tint.Still it's a nice honeyed amber, spicy but in certain moments slightly cool, that it's easy to like although i do'nt love it as much as i thought before!

tessture

First on, I get Amber and spice and sugar. Mid dry, raisons arrive. Long drydown, warm beeswax and faint almonds enter the mix. Overall, this is a strangely soapy scent, but also warm and edible. I know it's too too much for many, but when it works, it works like a miracle, and I love this one. It truly is worth the outrageous price tag if it works for you. If you like Amber at all, try this one. If you don't like amber (many don't work on my skin) but you like spiced gourmands, try this one. If you like layered, edible soapy cleans, try this one.

rebella

Now I am sitting here with my small (15 ml) bottle of Ambre Narguilé and it is worth every penny, actually I could have paid more than I did.

My first impression is that I want to drink it straight out of the bottle, and having slight problems not to spray the perfume in my mouth. Also I cant imagine any fragrance better suiting this time of year, the weeks just before christmas, it is kind of the optimal (The One) Christmas Fragrance, but without being to much. It is spicy, yet light, it is warm yet not cloying it is gourmand but not to sweet, sensual, a bit buttery, the most delightful spices and the basenote is so magical with soft spice and lingering incense.

Even if I found it very good for Christmas time, I do belive it could be wear all year round, but best suitable for the colder months.

I think it smells so good I imagine I have a golden, glowing aura around me when I wear it.

So, get your hands on a sample of this as fast as possible and then start figuring out a way to get your hands on a bottle of it. Really, really good and pretty and jummy and longlasting and amazing and I wonder if there is anyone out there actually NOT liking it?

Sorry, but now I´m off to have my nose against my wrist for some hours or so.

rebella

Oh, I am testing this right now for the very first time and it is sooooo gorgeus. It almost make me drool... You must try it, and I must figure out a way to get a big bottle of it. :) I will write a better review later, when I have wear it for longer than 10 minutes!

Scent lover

I love this cheery pie, very warm with plenty of cinnamon :) That's how I would call it. The lasting power is amazing and I tend to get plenty compliments for it.