Amber Absolute (2007)
by Tom Ford

Woods and bee's wax is what I get with a sweet amber. I don't know if I like this one yet but it sure is unique!

4th January, 2012.

Its very thick and amberish indeed. But not really sweet or cloying. Its more syrupy than vanillic if that makes any sense.

Somehow it feels a bit like petrol in terms of how clean/dirty it is (Fahrenheit) and a mix of Musc Ravageur's animalic notes.


Very unique indeed but I'm not sure I put this ahead of TV and seems like it is very suitable for layering.

8th November, 2011.

This wonderful evocative ambery-boise' oriental  scent is featured by the heavenly and generally renowned chord of olibanum and labdanum that characterizes a bed of vanillic amber with touch of smoke. The fragrance is not complex and owns a certain strength because of its minimalistic blend. The sweetness is wonderfully calibrated and is mainly based on a well equipped crew of woods as Gaiac, cedarwood and probably sandalwood. The starring role is played by labdanum on the flank of an high quality of incensed amber. The last is starring in its typical kind of sweet, almost fecal, smell but this one keeps on the facets of labdanum that is a sort of piney, smokey, spicy, aromatic kind of smell that together with amber and incense turns out with a strong woodsy-animal depth and a more austere aromatic soaring aroma. Inhaling this wonderful fragrance i'm teleported in a serene fall afternoon spent on a mountain in loneliness. Amber Absolute is warm and almost edible but is a woodsy, musky, ambiental, almost meditative amber in my opinion and is neither particularly glamour (Costume National 21) nor sumptuous (Ambra Nera), too linear to be that, arabesque (Ambre Sultan) or baroque (Ambre Russe, Golden Amber), it's simply a great amber far from the glamour and the naughtiness.

22nd October, 2011.

I've owned several amber fragrances, but this is hands-down the absolute best ever. It's sexy and warm and inviting without the sometimes biting note that comes with amber (like Ambre Sultan). Most people would probably wear this at night or during the cooler months, but this is so lovely that I'll even wear it on a warm summer day. Fabulous.

11th August, 2011.

Im not a big fan of basic amber scents. I like them blended in a more complex fragrance. But I have to say that Tom Ford created a masterpiece with this amber dominated scent. Its a smooth, boozy, and almost edible amber that I believe amber lovers would orgasm over. Today I wore some to work from my sample vial and my co-worked was blown away by it. She asked me what it was and I told her, and also warned her of the price tag. She said she would pay it. She loved it so much.

Oddly, I dont love it. I just dont connect with it. Though I feel its an incredible creation. I just dont love it for me. But if your an amber lover and you like minimalism in your scents with amazing quality ingredients TRY THIS.

19th March, 2011.

Sultry. Seductive.

If I were on death row and they asked for my last meal request, I might ask if they could just bring in someone wearing Amber Absolute instead. It's that good. So rich, so sultry, so sensual, so tantalizing, so long-lasting ... (I'll be right back)

The amber by itself is enough to cause angels to fall from heaven in droves, but add the incense and the devil just comes right up and grabs them from the gates. Devilish, dangerous, divine.

27th February, 2011. (Last Edited: 14th April, 2011.)