It's the Amber that matters

How many times have any of you picked up a frag just for the Amber? And how many times have you picked up a frag.. taken by the way the Amber was handled in it? And how many times did you think to yourself.. "Oh my god... this is BEAUTIFUL!".

As I progress in my scent hobby I've found myself to be HUGE on Incense, Ambers and Muscs. And that brings me to Profumum's Fiori d'Ambra. As hard as I try I cannot shake the thoughts of it from my mind. It's literally haunting my very thoughts, it keeps taking me back to that moment of olfactory immersion where I was er...drowning.. in the ethreal magic of Fiori d'Ambra. I can't stress enough how good it is on my skin, and I'd imagine it'll work wonders on any type of skin, mostly.

LS lists only two notes for it : Amber gris and Opium.

Now I've never smelled Opium before but I think ..*think*.. its that note which smelled like subtle chemical treated plastic when I smelled it up close on my wrist, pressing my nose to my wrist moments after application. It didn't feel any special to me at that point. Thankfully I didn't wash it off and decided to give it a chance... and thank god I did.... It's drydown is something else ... and albeit a bit linear, I think that's the beauty of it. Also, I don't see many mentions of Fiori d'Ambra here on Basenotes either and I'm not sure why. It's one of the best from Profumum, up there with Olibanum, Ichnusia etc.

I'd highly recommend Fiori d'Ambra to everyone seeking an Amber frag. You owe it to yourself to try it, and give it a full wearing to see what it's about

Thanks Dynendal

Unfortunately, I haven't tested the Prada yet so can't comment on it.

Thanks for the recommendation aboodchy

I haven't had the opportunity to test Gaultier 2 so i'll have to keep a lookout for it now

And yes this is indeed an appropriate place to post this because based on what I gather from your post, the way the Amber is done in Gaultier 2 is one of the contributing factors to your making the purchase.

Congratulations on your latest acquisition!

That definitely sounds like a great suggestion. Thanks TwoRoads

Also, I forgot to mention in my original post that, of all the Profumum's I've tested so far, Fiori d'Ambra is the only one whose sillage dies down on me in about 4 hours. It doesn't completely disappear, though... as I keep getting exotic whiffs of it in between. I wonder what could be the cause of its slightly reduced tenacity... particularly when its so good, I want it to last forever

I've been curious about Montale's Blue Amber myself for a while now. I'm not pushing myself to try it because if I fall in love with it, my wallet'll take another hit

Completely agree with you on the L'Ombre Fauve, it was love at first sniff for me too. A full bottle purchase followed soon after and its become my Holy Grail fragrance for a good reason