Amouage sent me a nice package of samples...

Gold, Dia, Silver and Ciel.

Dia, Silver and Ciel are OK. Gold is wretched.

Silver was OK, but it seemed way too strong to be called "sporty" on the back of their little info brochure.

Dia is probably the best of the 4 they sent me. (Free, BTW, via emailing them) It's not too unique, but not bad either. Vetivery, ambery, citrusy.

I thought Ciel was good first but I got some on my fingers and it smells like cheap drugstore shit. A bit like something Old Spice would crank out in a "high endurance" deodorant.

I won't even make a comment about Gold. "Wretched" is truly the word.

All in all, I don't get it. Dia and Silver are OK I guess, but you could easily find substitutes for a WHOLE lot less money...Gold and Ciel aren't really worth your time.

well, none of these stand up to the general quality of Creed IMHO, but Ciel is a bit like ZMP, and Gold is slightly like New Tabarome but not nearly as refined.

I agree with all of that. But even though I think Dia is good, it's not for me. It's in the vein of Heritage, a really nice refined scent that is probably best worn by a rich old man. I'm not rich, and I'm not an old man.

well, none of these stand up to the general quality of Creed IMHO, but Ciel is a bit like ZMP, and Gold is slightly like New Tabarome but not nearly as refined.[/quote]
I thought Amouage used the best of the best for their scents as well? Creed smells simplified compared to the fuller compositions of Amouage. Longevity isn't an issue either with Amouage. I agree that Gold is just too much, 200 different raw materials make it impossible to figure out what's in it, Silver is wearable with hints of original gold, and Dia to me compares to like nothing other, IMO, Ciel is very floral, but I think I can pull it off wearing it, although I sometimes have problems smelling that Wild Rose note directly on my skin, makes the scent smell like it's gone off.

I'm biased, Dia is one of my top 5! [smiley=engel017.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif]
I walk tall and feel like a million bucks with this scent, I will probably never walk past another person wearing it. $200 for a 50 ml bottle doesn't seem worth it, not because of the scent, it's worth every penny, but the crystal flacon, and gold plated cap I don't really care about since I stash my scents in a drawer. Cut the fluff I say, and make it available to the masses![/quote]

To me, it seems like their emphasis is on marketing rather than making perfume. Their slogan "the most valuable perfumes in the world" may be true, but it seems really pretentious to me.

Dia is nice, but none of these 4 would ever work for me.