Voile d'Ambre Yves Rocher for women

Is similar to Imperial Opoponax, but with more ambar and less myrrh.

It was today that I received this sent, as I had ordered it online. After I smelled it for some hours, it seems to me warm, woody and somehow powdery. One weak point is its longevity. It is really modest even in comparison to other YR perfumes.

I am now starting to appreciate Yves Rocher more and more. This house delivers excellent quality for more than reasonable price.

For the record, Voile d'Ambre is beautiful. It took a while to grow on me, but I am glad I have given it time to unfold it`s gracious beauty.
An understated, very well executed amber fragrance. I have never smellt opoponax so I am not sure about what it exactly smells like, but if it is actually as beautiful as in Voile d'Ambre, it could easily be one of my favourite notes.

The drydown is my favourite part: ambery, slightly spicy vanilla with faint caramelish undertones. Just yummie, but not in a gourmand way.

It is a pretty bold, long lasting fragrance with decent, pleasant sillage. What a steal for the price! After falling in love with Cocoon, Voile d'Ambre gets a "love" from me too, no doubt. Yves Rocher did it again. :)

A strong patcholi and incence came first and faded in about fifteen minutes. Then amber scent kicked in and getting stronger than the others. In about half an hour, mostly dry amber dominance with a hint of incence. I could smell sandalwood once in a while but not really noticeable.
The combination is complex, rich, and deep. I definitely like it a lot.

It's not the perfume, it's just me...

I am not at all a fan of anything oriental and anything amber, maybe because I live in a country where it is hot/ humid all year round.

It starts off with fresh citrus but it becomes too sweet, not too spicy but very medicinal. It's very warm, actually too warm for me that it gives me headache. Also patchouli hates me...or maybe I hate patchouli...we never seem to get along.

It has great great sillage though applied lightly (1 spray) and lasted for about 10 hours on me.

Voile d'Ambre is very luxurious, mature and sophisticated; I don't hate it but it's just not for me....I don't want to wear perfume that makes me smell like medicine

I had a bottle of this some time ago, and then I didn`t like it at all. Perhaps I got a bad bottle?
Because now I bought a new one, and I freaking love it.

It´s such a warm, sweet, smokey, rounded and comforting amber/vanilla, with excellent sillage. No harsh edges whatsoever in this perfume, just how I want my scents.

A bit old school, but very classic and always right. Not "too mature smelling" or anything like that.

And the price is ok also. Smells very expensive though.

Me like!

I love this perfume, it's very warm, sweet and comforting, I can just imagine putting this on and sitting by the fire place in the winter time, so cozy and relaxing.

I have a bit ambivalent relationship with amber. I love the idea of it but many times it's just too overpowering note for me. My skin tends to emphasize all sweet notes in perfumes and amber especially is something that tends to grow huge on my skin.

Voile d'Ambre is a wearable amber to me, and it's by far my favourite amber scent. I have it in edp and pure parfum, and I prefer the parfum version which is slightly deeper and richer than the edp.

Voile d'Ambre is a luxurious, silky perfume that blends with the skin and creates warm aura. It's a fairly strong and long lasting scent that is easy to overdo, especially since it seems to grow bigger as it warms up on the skin. Worn lightly, just one or two small sprizes, it's a wonderful warm cashmere shawl -type scent.

This fragrance does reminds me of Gaultier 2 without that boozy note that somewhat makes my head ache a little.
This is such a great perfume. Its complex but simple at the sime time, the fragrance has a great, classic composition but is very calm so you can wear it in "normal" occasions and not only in night gown.
I will be purchasing a big bottle of this.
The bottle is a pity, it reminds me of a medical liquid or something, a beauty like this should have a bottle to match it.
Although its an Yves Rocher this perfume could easily belong to a niche house (it is similar to Imperial Opoponax, this girls have a great nose to find similar fragrances!).
Classic, sunset, womanly, sweet, woody.
Another favourite for me, I'm in love.

Sillage: Modest
Longevity: Not to good a pity

9.5/10

In the last year or so, this has become one of my signature scents. I've had men and women alike go nuts when I'm wearing it. Some people try to hug me just to smell my tops and hair lol. It is another one of those scents you have to use lightly but it settles so nicely on the skin, giving a nice warm, glowy type scent kind of like a nice wood fire. I get so many compliments but even more so around the holidays!

If you want to round out your perfume wardrobe with a good classic amber I strongly recommend this one. While I can check off the listed notes this scent is so nicely made that the overall effect is a warm sophisticated amber, the sort of perfume that Grace Kelly or Jackie Kennedy would wear. This scent is also causing me to rethink L'Eau Ambree by Prada, which is a blatant knockoff of this lovely perfume. One other thing I like about this scent is the persistence: it fades slowly and evenly, primarily with a reduced sillage more than loss of notes or richness.

Sillage: reasonable 1-2 ft
Duration: 5-6 hours
Fabulosity: diamond stud earrings
Price to value ratio: good
7/10

The cardamom and murrh are fleeting, and thank god for that because I have a bit of trouble with murrh alone, and I think it's too pungent of a combination with the cardamom. Basically, after 10 minutes you are left with a pleasantly cosy, incensy, woody, bit powdery vanilla; patchouli being quiet. This is not the most deliriously elegant perfume out there, but I think for a good price you get an interesting vanilla, which is always nice.

I found Voile d'Ambre to be a fairly light perfume, even right after spraying it. It dries down quickly to skin scent on me, with moderate lasting power. It's a nicely done scent, well-rounded and not bland, though not exceptional. Definitely a classic Oriental formula, but done with restraint and I must say with quality. It won't make you stop in your tracks wondering what it is, but you may find yourself coming to rely on it if you are partial to ambers. It makes a great everyday scent or comfy scent for amber lovers, and its lower price point makes it a viable choice if you want a pleasant amber perfume for daily use so you can save your spendier amber perfumes for special occasions or evenings. It comes in a travel-size bottle as well as a regular size, which is awfully convenient to throw in a purse or suitcase. All in all, worth having and likeable.

I received a sample mini bottle in the mail yesterday...the bottles' simple lines are very nice...other than that, this smells just like Gaultier 2....minus the strength of that nauseating tar like afternote that lingers all day...(the only note Gaultier2 has)..this is pretty close to being just as much of a sweet, slightly burned brown sugar single note fragrance....not complex, nor gourmand in an interesting way....unresolved, and not for me!

I'm quite surpriced that there is no agar wood listed... Very well done! Quite a gentleman scent.

I'm not sure I ever liked this fragrance: too heavily oriental for me. I've got a small sample bottle from Yves Rocher and I've used it for some time, as an alternative to the more elegant Yria, which I really liked. But in itself I think it's a good fragrance, for those who are fans of warm orientals.

this is like a warm embrace. cozy, caressing and grown-up.
when it's cold outside, this scent is like a shelter. it makes you glow and wraps a wonderful soft aura around you.

netnawa hits the nail on the head in the review below, this does remind me totally of Samsara, but a wearable and modern version, which lacks the synthetic polysantoltastic hit! This is smooth, rich and sweet and I absolutely love it. I received this as part of a lovely swap with Jasperson and I had never smelled it, but I trust Yves Rocher and I wasn't disappointed. This is definately a re-buy when I use it up as good modern orientals are few and far between.

Maybe I'm not the amber-type of person, but I disliked this perfume a lot. Luckily we have Yves Rocher shops where you can test-spray and don't have to buy something just via mail order.

This sounds very lovely and just my type.. Does anyone here know if Yves Rocher still sell in Australia? the did about 14 years ago...
please inbox.
Thanks P x

Voile d'Ambre is an absolutely gorgeous comfort scent that makes me feel snuggly, warm and all aglow. There are a lot of similarities between this and Les Nereides Imperial Opoponax.

Voile d'Ambre is beautifully radiant with amber and opoponax all the way through, with a nicely balanced warm vanilla base. Where Voile d'Ambre feels woodsy and warm, Imperial Opoponax fluctuates between fresh (with its citrus top notes) and cozy with a slightly medicinal vibe. V d'A is more of a cold weather fragrance; IO can be worn all year round if applied carefully. V d'A is a great option if budget is a consideration, you want something less 'nichey' and a more wearable opoponax.

I still prefer my IO, but may just get myself a mini of this well blended Yves Rocher gem.

I like the ad (with the mom and the little girl), it does suit the fragrance. Voile d Ambre is a deep, warm, and cozy woodsy sweet scent. It goes without saying that amber is Queen in this scent, never allowing the spices to dominate, rather they smoothly complement the entire composition. It is also 'rich' smelling, elegant, and very strong and I do find it to be quite a 'matronly' scent...it is like the olfactory equivalent of a mother's deep unconditional love and unwavering pride in her children as she embraces them in a warm and powerful hug. The lasting power is fantastic too, one of the longest lasting Yves Rocher frags I've ever tried. I tested it on my coat, and the scent stayed for days when I hung it on my clothes rack, even transferring the scent on the other clothes I had hung nearby. It is something I would not personally wear, but I find it to be the perfect gift for my mom, and I plan to get her a bottle come Mother's Day.

Most of the time , with the Yves Rocher's scents' names , you know where you're going to .
Voile d'Ambre is indeed very amber-ish , comfy , warm , rich , kind of spicy . Makes me think of the "Ambrée Authentique " of Mont Saint Michel , in a more complex version however.
Very very nice, but i think i won't buy it , at least not now . It doesn't fit my personality imo .

Eventually I could buy a full bottle of this in a shopping mall where an Yves Rocher shop is still going! I happened to pass by there by chance, because I took a wrong road while driving to another place :-D
I don't know why so many shops close down.
It's not so cheap after all, but I really wanted it. I tested the EdT version from tester and I found it very pleasant, then I bought the EdP and when I got back to my car I started spraying! Mmmm, so nice! It's so warm and aromatic, yet not invading at all!
I wouldn't call it a complex perfume. It smells more of a simple good ambery scent. Amber is not listed, but amber is often an effect created by other notes.
Voile d'Ambre for me is a well-being, serene and warm fragrance for rainy cold days. I prefer to wear it during daytime, because my favourite fragrances for evening going out are much more sophisticated and layered.
It's funny that someone mentioned Samsara. That was my long long time never forgotten love!
I don't wear it now due to memories and re-formulation. I see some similarities indeed, but Voile d'Ambre smells like a fraction of glorious Samsara.
Staying power is good, sillage is average. In spite of being warm and aromatic, also powdery, it never screams your presence from km.

I love it, love it, love it!!! It´s perfect, incredibly sophisticated, pleasant and it longs for hours and hours. It´s perfect for winter or evening events only, because it´s a strong scent.

(This review is for Eau de Perfume)

VOILE D’AMBRE is a gorgeous and mysterious scent. The myrrh and incense represent the ancient times so well while the warm woods and vanilla make the combination soothing and comfortable. And of course the resins (opoponax) remind me of a beautiful amber stone and its origin.

VOILE D’AMBRE is rich, smooth and well-balanced. The top notes are fresh burst of spicy citrus but it transforms immediately into the smooth and earthy resins with the spicy notes of cardamom. I love incense, myrrh and resins in the heart notes with their mysterious, dreamy and ancient vibe. The patchouli is quite noticeable but it is so harmonious with other notes that it does not appear too strong or overpowering. The dry down is very smooth with creamy vanilla, sandalwood and a touch of patchouli.

VOILE D’AMBRE is rich and sophisticated scent but it floats like a graceful veil masterfully weaved by the perfect harmony of the notes. This perfume has calming effect on me. There is something about it that seems so soothing and relaxing. When I wear it I feel that the time stops and the stress and chaos of everyday life are replaced by a serenity and connection to the eternity. I absolutely love this scent and recommend it if you are looking for myrrh – incense – resins – vanilla combo.

Very good perfume : Voile d'Ambre is like a mystery, feminine, seductive, full of secrets, not too strong...and it lasts. For women but not for girls.

Yves Rocher VOILE D'AMBRE is an interesting creation, and also aptly named. This really offers a golden veil-like layer of gleaming, lustrous amber--or so it seems. Somehow all of the very strong elements blend together to create what appears to be a fairly uniform layer of amber. The cardamom and myrrh do not assert themselves loudly as individual notes, rather they appear in an amalgamated form along with the sandalwood and patchouli. This smooth, somewhat sweet amberosity is nearly linear, though not quite. It does change from the opening to the drydown, becoming a bit less spicy but remaining slightly sweet.

Unlike BBW SENSUAL AMBER, VOILE D'AMBRE does not smell synthetic, but it is still just sweet enough to remind me more of BBW than, say, Robert Piguet BAGHARI, and it is nowhere near as complex and sniff-worthy as Omnia AMBRA. But this is a good, respectable amber perfume, all things considered. VOILE D'AMBRE is absolutely wearable and accessible, albeit not entirely compelling to me.

i think its smell like SAMSARA but less strong and less musky......like it!

It smells strong and a bit sweet but not for me. But where is the amber,it is not anywhere in the notes!!!!!!!!

I´m very surprised with the high quality of this Amber. It´s very refined,classy, lady like with a sensual touch. Absolute long lasting!
My perfume from now on!
Congratulations Yves Rocher!

I would like to try the parfum version of this. I see they only sell it outside the US.

I bought this unsniffed, thinking that the notes listed in any combination couldn't possibly go wrong, but as with every other Yves Rocher fragrance I've tried, there is that blasted burnt sugar note that ruins it for me. It seems like the distiller is letting the essential oils go a second too long and burning the ingredients a tad, which makes them smell cheap and synthetic. There's potential for a gorgeous fragrance in many of their blends, but that one common burnt note makes them all scrubbers for me... so far, anyway. I'll revise if I find one that doesn't share that characteristic.

It's quite strong to begin with. Made me think of some bath essences Yves Rocher had before. Good in the bath tub, but not so good on my wrist. It's not a bad fragrance when it settles, but I feel it lacks something. I don't find it sweet at all, in fact I think it would've been better with gourmand notes. Stronger vanilla could've done the trick for me. I guess it will be good for layering, as it's quite simple/linear. I think it's better than Rose Absolue from the same collection.

A really nice warm softly spicy scent, its woody ad oriental but creamy and soft too. A lovely winter scent I think.

I tend to love Yves Rocher fragrances so was anxious to try this one. I tried a sample today as the weather is cold, damp & gray. Just seemed like the perfect time to try Voile d'Ambre. It's softly sweet, velvety smooth, warm & caressing, reminds me of a nice glowing fire & a super soft cashmere shawl wrapped around your body. The amber scent is there, myrrh, sandlewood & patchouli. It's a nice combination. It's not heavy or intrusive at all. I like it, I do...I just don't love it! If I had a bottle I would wear it as a "go to" daily winter scent but I'm not going out of my way to buy it. I've been looking for an Amber fragrance & unfortunately this doesn't fit my bill. Kind of disappointed me as I tend to love Yves Rocher so much. Maybe I'll give it another try one day.

I tested it several times a long time ago and always thought it was a little bit "dated", a little "old lady"-ish.
But last winter I kind of had an amber revelation and started to become fond of woody and amber scents. I learned to appreciate how well they settle on the skin and how warm and cozy they are. That's how I ended up adding Voile d'Ambre to my collection along with Obsession by CK and Roma by Laura Biaggiotti. Actually I found it almost identical to Roma at first!
But this winter when I resumed my amber therapy again I struggled with this one. I still love the resin and pinewood notes that linger on your skin for hours but after one month of use I have had to give up, I was not enjoying it any more, I find it too boring now. I also agree with some of the previous reviews in the sense that it's almost masculine, not as feminine as I would like. Roma shares the same base notes but with a floral complexity that makes it more rich and pleasant to wear. It "tells" much more things than Voile d'Ambre.
Amber scents are starting to become popular again with Prada and Armani modernizing this classic but in a lighter and much more interesting way.
I followed the advice of Mellyhelly and started to wear it with other scents from the Secrets d'Essences series. In my case I pair it with Iris Noir and the result is much nicer than wearing it alone. I have learned from that experience to give more importance to first impressions when choosing a perfume and to trust my gut instincts more.

Carnal-powdery and softly sweet, "Voile D'ambre" opens with a fresh but smooth burst of subdued citrus; less like oranges, more like limes. As it moves into the middle notes, the citrus-spice opening deepens into something resiny and polished, with a sandy, candied-orange-rind sweetness to it becoming more prominent as the scent evolves. It finally setles into a dense, woody powder; rich, dry, velvety but never overwhelming.

Just when you think "Voile D'Ambre" is going to turn out to be another vaguely pretty, pleasant scent, it expresses its personality in bursts of sunshine-touched skinscent and sultry creaminess. It actually reminds me quite a bit--at least in spirit--of the long discontinued "Chaldee" by Jean Patou and has all the contradictory nuances that makes an "Amber" scent what it is; seductive androgyny, polished elegance against animalic rawness, modernity and ancient mystery, innocence and sophistication, intimacy and aloofness, making this scent an exciting option for both men and women.

Spray top - yes....but a plastic lid :( Not so classy!

For years I thought of myself as a floral gal, so when I ordered some samples from YR recently, I neglected to order this delicious scent.

After reading Miss Nightingale's fabulously warm and detailed review, I decided to give it a try and was pleasantly surprised. It seems I actually like scents that don't have any floral notes in them at all—who would have thought?

Although it doesn't have amber, and isn't especially complex, it has opened up a whole new world of scent for me—I'm now looking forward to exploring ambers and woody orientals in general. Too bad I live 2 1/2 hours from the shopping mecca of Las Vegas and won't have much of an opportunity to try anything truly rich and opulent anytime soon—although, who knows? I might get lucky at the Perfumania that's an hour away.

Voile d'Ambre does seem a tad sweet for my tastes, but not the food-y sweetness that I really find unappealing in other scents. Nor do I find it too spicy (as in my disastrous experiences with Chanel Coco, which I nonetheless still plan to revisit). When the weather gets colder, I hope this will turn out to be something I can wear and enjoy daily (without offending my coworkers).

I've gone through two samples bottles (love those YR 2-for-1 specials) and am impatiently awaiting a full-sized bottle (YR's shipping is so slow!). Hopefully, this will turn out to be an affordable staple in my tiny perfume wardrobe.

This is a nice 'warm' scent, spicy but not too ovewhelming or strong, at least not after a while. In the beginning it was a tad strong, but I did put on a lot (had to pour from a mini bottle). However the 'strongness' fades away after a not too long time.
Voile d'Ambre is also very long lasting. I put it on about 7 hours ago and I can still smell it on my wrist(after many handwashes and a shower).

I think this is a perfume that fits everyone from 20 to 120, and it is something I would wear to special occasions as well as a more serious everyday scent.

Eventually I could test Voile d'Ambre in one of the left store in a shopping mall! I had high expectations about this... I really expected an enveloping scarf of raw but sweet amber... too high expectations! Voile d'Ambre is a very pleasant ambery scent with a good staying power, poor sillage and a lovely smell altogether, quite monodimensional, reminiscent of my beloved L'Eau d'Ambre, something I would wear very easily and enjoy it, still not HG!
Strangely enough the note pyramid on the bottle showed no amber! I thought it a mistake in Fragrantica site!
Well, it smells like amber or anything we think amber is.
This could be worn alone or as a lovely base for light florals. I think it matches well with YR Rose Absolu.
Price for EdP is not so cheap! When I'll finish my L'Eau d'ambre I will probably buy this one.

Well I don't mind admitting I am a HUGE fan of this, and yet have been [usually] disappointed with most Yves Rocher fragrances. Voile d'Ambre, for me, is an amazing perfume for the money. In a blind test, you could have told me this cost 3 times the actual price and I wouldn't have blinked.

The mandarin leaf and cardamom really stand out in the top notes and stop this being a dusty, fusty sort of amber with a one-note hit which induces nothing more than ennui. A lovely, warm and inviting drydown with a dark vanilla & sandalwood ending that just lasts and lasts.

I can honestly say I have never had more complimets from men than when wearing this one. Last year, when I wore this quite a lot, I was stopped 3 times in one day alone by men asking what lovely perfume I was wearing, or simply commenting "Mmmmm, you smell gorgeous!"

I fell out of love with it a little, through overuse I think. However, I have recently re-purchased a bottle and am very glad I did. At first I thought I'd made a mistake, but after a few minutes I felt like I was being welcomed back into the arms of a first love.

I like this perfume and u can smell this many, many hours ... sweet but adorable , with a lot of power ...on my skin is great makes u feel good and calm

On me, this goes on sweet and soft like Hanae Mori, but it ends up mostly sandalwood and patchouli with little else. Last gasp is sharp twangy wood with no amber to speak of.It crawled right up my nose. I ended up scrubbing it off. There are far better orientals than this. Better Ambers, too.

I haven't decided if I like this one or not yet ... I was expecting - what with the name and all - that this would smell like amber, but it doesn't. Not to me - not in the bottle, and not on my skin. It is a sort of "non" scent - it just doesn't have any "oomph," which is what I expect from a perfume like this. Maybe I'll change my mind - but at this point, I'm ambivalent.

Not bad at all, given the bargain price and the trend for "amber perfumes".
Not the work of a genius, but pleasant and long-lasting. So much better than other "Amber" fragrances which are more expensive and tell the same story for twice the price!

I like Voile D'Ambre and I don't find it heavy at all. I think even young girls may use this scent. You shouldn't bathe in it, for sure, because it might be a lil strong at first but when the top notes go away you're surrounded by a wonderful smell. It was an award winning fragrance in 2007.

I tried on a sample...I imagined it to be mature and too serious. It acctually had a sweet and fun note. It stays on for a long time. It's not for me though.

to tell the truth, this one is the best of best perfumes I have ever had :) especially for winter... strong, outstanding, but warm and cosy.

Couldn't make it to the end... It was so strong I just had to go wash it off. It was way way too loud.

Smells beautiful but isn't for me, I dont' do well with orientals. If I did I would wear this I have liked it on other people.

Like rebella wrote, it is a real 'knockout' perfume (very strong by first impression). But it kind of settles down after a couple of hours to a pleasant and sophisticated scent. In my opinion this is a fragrance for strong women who want to be noticed.

It's the first oriental perfume that I actually like.

It is very, very strong in the beginning. But after about an hour or two the basenot is very pleasant. It stays on very long, so when I use it I put it on at least a cupple of hour before I intend it to work (like for an party). I think a shy girl/women (or a man) could be knocked out by this perfume, use with caution.