Lyric Man (2008)
by Amouage

Lyric Man is absolutely unique, a dark and opaque effluvium  of burning oils, candels, incense, musky roses and balsams that convey  your mind inside a cozy and secret dodgy salon of extrathunderstorm relax, somnolence, dark bacchanals and black widows. Mystic. A soapy, obscure spicy potion. Extra lush and velvety suede.

1st February, 2012.

Lyric Man does not smell unpleasant. But I'm challenged to get beyond that level of enthusiam for it. Nice little rose down in there. O.K. That's good. Little something spicy in there, kind of complements the rose. O.K. That's good too I guess. Kind of clean. O.K. O.K. Good. Good. But if I didn't already know that Amouage came up with this stuff and I smelled it blind I might think that Bond No. 9 had come out with yet another triumph. How about Lame Street?

14th January, 2012.

This is a very nice woody, floral rose scent. Well constructed with rose permeating throughout. The rose is light in the beginning and becomes more prominent throughout. In the heart the frankincense merges wonderfully with this and I can’t stop smelling myself throughout the day. It is a bit floral and a bit feminine, but it doesn’t bother me as everything is just so balanced and high quality. I feel there are better masculine roses out there (88 and DC 1913 to name a few) and for the price of this you should explore all these options before plucking down on a bottle on this. Really good stuff, but for me it’s not bottle worthy.

12nd January, 2012.

To me Lyric is a true masterpiece by Amouage, perfect composition just pure olfactory poetry perfect for special romantic evenings.

10th November, 2011.

I really like this as a warm weather rose fragrance. I'm not too keen on the opening as it smells lacking in penetration and precision. But the mid and dry down, along with the incense + rose + vanilla is really beautiful.

Its a very very romantic scent.

I don't know if its just me, but I don't find this fragrance to have strong projection and sillage and given that it only spritzes very little, I usually spray myself 6-8 times (1 spritz here is like half of a Creed or Frederic Malle or Le Male).

The other 2 rose scents I have are Une Rose and Portrait of a Lady. Une Rose is a earthy sinister one and Portrait is a goth oriental.

Of the 3, I think Lyric Man is the most romantic of the bunch.

8th November, 2011. (Last Edited: 11th November, 2011.)

Superb natural smelling rose based scent. Rose is the operative word, as it dominates the fragrance from start to finish and smells just like you might find a freshly cut one in your local florist shop. Quite frankly, I think this may be the most natural rose scent I have smelled to date (outside of having the rose itself)...

Bottom line is Lyric Man is a great scent. The only "problem" I have with it is I think I would have trouble wearing it due to its feminine nature (IMO). I would *love* to smell this on a lady, however, as it smells fantastic. Another winner from the house of Amouage.

4th October, 2011.