Amarige Mariage (2006)
by Givenchy

I think this is a nice feminine fragrance. Starts with citrus and floral notes. The citrus bows out and a nice cinnamon comes in. Eventually this is joined by vanilla, and yes, the creamy floral notes remain. A delicious smelling feminine!

My man doesn't like this one, and I don't really blame him. It's lovely after 8 hours, but for most of the day I'm wishing it would disappear a little and get to the vanilla wood base. As first it's so strong and even one spray is too much, it's overbearing. I respect the fragrance for it's richness and unique combination of florals and woods. I certainly wouldn't compare it to Angel, as others here have. It's nothing like it and it's not a gourmand. I'll still wear the 30ml bottle until it's gone, on occasions that will allow it, but I won't buy it again.

I tried this before I knew I liked chypres, so it is like a gateway fragrance for me. I tend to dislike topnotes in general, as many tend to be overly citrusy, fake, or just too "loud". AM was none of those things. I found that is was a very interesting mixture of fresh, floral, and woody notes that was suprisingly wearable. Now I know that I love Mitsouko and Chypre Rouge more, but I did like experiencing this fragrance, and like it much more than the other Givenchy's I've tried.

This is pleasant enough.. reminds me of Dune's drydown, sweet & vanilla w/ slight wood base, unimpressive is a good description tho. Won't miss it.

a patchouli after my own heart. i can't stand angel, but i love this. on hot days, its moist and clingy. on cold days is where it really shines (shame its rarely cold in miami). in low temps, the perfume warms almost and transforms into a perfect day time scent that almost begs for a snowball fight with your hunny....

I don’t think this scent will break any barriers of become a sort of a cult fragrance, but it’s a very good one.
It’s never as powerful and as the sillage monster that the original amarige is, but it’s very strong in its own right.
The chypre oriental (the kind of new chypre with no oakmoss that’s so fashionable right now) blend seems very leveled and harmonic and yes, it feels very “french”. The french of a new era, one that’s evolving and that is very comfortable with what it is and what it stands for, regardless of what people think.
This scent begins sweet and strong, even if the top notes are citrusy and sparkly, and it stays that way, but it never punches you in the face, it’s more like a confident person entering a room, the mid of a very nice magnolia (a creamy one) and the ever present in woman’s fragrances jasmine opens it up a bit and makes it very intesely flowery. Apparently it has cinnamon but it’s very faint. The flowers are the force here.
The base is mostly a blend of woods, musk and warmth, and I even felt a bit of a warm potpourri, intense and calming maybe due to the soft patchouli, all very nice.
I wasn’t awed by it but I felt it was a good addition to the line, I mean not everything must be unique, one of a kind, specially if we’re talking here of a version of another one.
The bottle, concept and the packing are all very, very nice.