Imperial Opoponax (for women and men)

rebella

I promised a better review some time ago, and as I always keep my promises... here it comes.

Imperial Opoponax is a beautiful perfume. The smell reminds me in a strange way of public bath houses or maybe it is the smell of chlorine. And even more strange, I do like it! But I think I am partly unfair to a very pleasant fragrance now, most people maybe not associate chlorine with something they would go around and smell like. So I try to describe it another way... Like a river of the most precious and melted woods, almost like some kind of wooden syrup with the slightest hint of oranges... and chlorine... sorry I can´t help it! I feel happy, comfy and somewhat balmy when I wear this. Maybe the chlorine vapour make me a bit giggeling? No, actually it must be some kind of laughing gas? Well, it makes me happy. After a while the melted wood dries... and instead we have a big pile of golden brown wooden powder. Soft, caressing and lingering... Great for all sexes and circumstanses, but greatestfor colder weather and when you want a great moodlifter!

Yes, offcourse you should try it! And the price is quite nice too! Even tough I find opoponax kind of jawbreaking to say...

mudpach

Very-very special, smoothy scent, i like it!:)

DawnLady3

I think that this is gorgeous - rich, spicy, warm, comforting, long-lasting - and such amazing value! It smells like something way, way more expensive than it is. One of my very favourites - fantastic!

VioletLily

Slightly powdery opoponax, amber, benzoin and hint of citrus, is what Impérial Opoponax is for me when I first apply. It’s a bit too much at first, a little sneezy; but after an hour or so, the vanilla and sandalwood smooth it out a little and it softens quite nicely to a warm, spicy scent, staying that way for a good few hours. It’s a warming fragrance and I can see it could be comforting, but it just doesn’t do anything for me. I find that odd because I love all the notes, but they must mix in such a way on me, that it just doesn’t click. I do think it could be really lovely on a man, kinda husky and sexy maybe. 2.5 lippies for me.

PS: Impérial Opoponax reminds me a tad of Boucheron Jaipur Homme - the notes are quite different, but the dry down is slightly reminiscent. IP has more powder though and not the “Ooooh!” factor of the notes that BJH has for me.

rebella

I have only have it on for about half an hour, but I like it allready. Soft, yet spicy, warm but with something cold as well, powdery, lingering... Really, really nice this time of year. Better review later.

tessture

Powdery without being about babies, soft without being floral or specifically feminine. This scent is a wonderful, dreamy cloud of dusted opoponax. A favorite, especially for Fall.

Aiona

I tried this perfume because someone told me it smelled like Brut. When tried side-by-side with my husband's aftershave, yeah, it really does kind of smell like Brut. I suppose that its similarities come from the opoponax (myrrh). Even so, it's still quite wearable by either sex. Imperial Opoponax dries down to a more baby-powdery smell, which some might find more feminine, whereas Brut never develops that powdery smell.