Amouage Silver Cologne (200x)
by Amouage

Fantastic citrus opening but it all goes downhill from there. The woody florals at the heart reminds me of Paco Rabanne pour Homme and feels like the cologne should shift into an oakmossy base. Instead it shifts into a plethora of other commonly used basenotes instead of a good, solid oakmoss. Here we have a dominant patchouli going at it with the florals and a breezy sandalwood. This gives a strange allusion of an oakmoss base and really confuses the wearer if they are used to more traditional perfumes like myself. A hefty price tag for something that needs getting used to... I think I'll pass, especially after trying it 4 or 5 times in different ways. The last downside is that it does not last long at all.

The top notes are perhaps the most noteworthy aspect of Silver Cologne: a very bright crisp citrus, some deeply indolic white flowers, and clear, dry incense. There’s a bit of the ripe animalic accord from Amouage Gold for Men as well, but in this instance it’s far more subdued and tightly integrated.

As the floral and animalic notes settle, Silver evolves into a somewhat herbal eau de Cologne structure with Amouage’s trademark “silver” frankincense layered on top. It’s far more wearable than the gaudily baroque Gold, but nowhere near as novel or complex as Amouage’s Dia or Jubilation XXV.

Like everything else from Amouage, Silver offers expansive sillage, though without the stupendous wallop that characterizes Gold. Silver’s drydown combines sweet balsamic notes, smooth woods, and a touch of creamy iris, and in line with the “cologne” designation, is far less tenacious than most of the other Amouage offerings I’ve tried. My final verdict is that while Silver Cologne is pleasant, wearable, and well made, it lacks the distinctiveness of the other Amouage scents – even the ones that I dislike.

Subtle yet very rich floral scent with interesting animalic undertones.

I agree that is smells “silver-y” in a certain way; it has a weird distant metallic tone to it.

This is actually really odd and unique fragrance, in my opinion. For some reason I came to think that this is like a faaar away cousin to ELdO`s Secretions Magnifiques…That one is completely unwearable unlike this; Silver Cologne is very versatile scent especially when you control yourself on the trigger.

To my nose the most prominent notes are orange blossom, orchid with jasmine, amber, incense and patchouli. And then there is that gentle metallic accord plus very clear but refined animalic tone. That animal shade comes to my nose a bit of a private-parts sweat like style. It’s not overbearing though, and it’s quite easy to handle.

I recommend for you to try this. It is one of the more interesting Amouage perfumes; it is surprisingly unique, very deep and very masculine too.

Personable, gentle animalic floral cologne.

As usual, with the house of Amouage, this smells expensive. But expensive and dated, not at all classic. This smells somewhat fresh, bitter, and rich/deep. But the overall scent is very very late 80's, and has not held up as well as some of the other 80's western designer scents. If I were to attach a time and place to this, I would say wilshire boulevard in 1986, on a wealthy man who had no confidence in his own taste, and instead relied on expense to dictate his taste.

Amouage is like caviar, it takes time to learn to taste it, to understand its value, to appreciate it and to feel its inner beauty. After years of being a loyal fan of Chanel Antaeus, it took me almost 2 years of trying and sampling Amouage. Finally I could feel the difference. There is no way back. All other fragrances can be, or are good, but Amouage is much more than just a good fragrance. Amouage is a classy part of who you can be and what you can feel. You must understand the melody first before you can dare to ask for a dance. I wear now Jubilation, Gold and Silver and my wallet is also much lighter since…

This is the first time I sample something from this house and I must say, disappointed. Agree that it isn't sweet at all, it has not personality, it is so bland. With such a prestige house, one would figure that there is something "ground-breaking" about the fragrance and to be honest, it smells like it's been done before.