New Amouage: Material and Boundless

[Nastka]

I just found a couple of new Amouage fragrances which I haven't seen mentioned anywhere else (they're also not on the Amouage website) and I thought I would share this. Material is in the feminine range, Boundless in the masculine. The notes sound rather nice; what do you think?

Amouage Material Eau de Parfum Spray, for lustre and luxe.

Going jungle deep. Material Girl, you'll find in it, the essence of your jungle spirit.

Notes

Top: Elemi Oil, Patchouli Oil.
Heart: Vanilla Madagascar Absolute, Benzoin Resinold.
Base: Guaiac Wood Oil, Oud Oil, Osmanthus Absolute, Frankincense Resinold, Labdanum Absolute, Tonka Bean Absolute.

With Amouage Boundless Eau de Parfum Spray, he will see the land as truly boundless.

When all around is lacking ground. If he can fall, he'll take it all into a sky of perfect bliss. To hold it still, with peaceful will and once again bring voice to fullness.

Notes

Top: Blood Orange Oil, Cardamom Oil, Ginger, Elemi Absolute Oil.
Heart: Vanilla Bourbon Absolute, Benzoin Resinold.
Base: Guaiac Wood Oil, Oud Oil, Papyrus Oil, Cocoa Absolute, Tobacco Absolute, Oak Moss Absolute, Frankincense Absolute and Myrrh Resinold, Vetiver Oil, Patchouli Oil.

Source:

https://www.escentual.com/amouage/amouage143/
https://www.escentual.com/amouage/amouage144/

I've no affiliation with the retailer.

[Jcelello]

Looking forward to trying out Boundless!

[Emanuel76]

Both look great on paper.
I can't wait to be disappointed.


Amouage - Boundless

Heart: Vanilla Bourbon Absolute, Benzoin Resinold.

Too sweet!

Base: Guaiac Wood Oil, Oud Oil, Papyrus Oil, Cocoa Absolute, Tobacco Absolute, Oak Moss Absolute, Frankincense Absolute and Myrrh Resinold, Vetiver Oil, Patchouli Oil.

Too good to be true.


The ivory cap is nice.

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[Kaern]

Holy Moly -- Boundless looks bonkers good! Must try.

Material sounds 'hippyish'

Thanks

[hednic]

Thanks for the news on these.

[Balushi]

The notes pyramids of this release seem better than the former release but some notes are looking too good to be true. Looking forward to trying them!

[SubUmbra]

While it's the smell that counts, this marketing is really disappointing. "Material girl" and "boundless [read: rugged] man" are some of the most overplayed clichés one could imagine.

I hope these entries feel unique as opposed to what the Renaissance Collection has offered thus far.

[Emanuel76]

While it's the smell that counts, this marketing is really disappointing. "Material girl" and "boundless [read: rugged] man" are some of the most overplayed clichés one could imagine.

I don't like the name either.

ADIDAS BOUNDLESS
UNLEASH THE ENERGY

[Mak-7]

Amouage Material - official scent of Gold Diggers.

Material Girl, you'll find it !

[rsalmon]

Hello everyone.
Just to say that the fragrances were leaked by one retailer with some wrong descriptions etc.
Here is the correct information (official press release) below. I am happy to answer questions!
I hope that you will like them as much as I do. Renaud



AMOUAGE TAKES A LIBERATING VOYAGE INTO A ‘BOUNDLESS’ WORLD WITH INTANGIBLE ‘MATERIAL’

Muscat, Oman – April 2021: A journey into a sensory kaleidoscope. Amouage has unveiled its latest creations: Boundless and Material. Together they plunge deep into a synaesthetic fantasy, depicting humankind’s awakening to the novelty of pure existence, consumed with the joy of newfound liberation, free from any prejudice or discrimination.

Masterfully brought to life by perfumers Karine Vinchon-Spehner and Cécile Zarokian under the creative direction of Renaud Salmon, Boundless and Material embody the power of liberation. “Boundless and Material are traditional woody-spicy oriental creations, reminiscent of early personal olfactive memories of a time when the apparent lightness of life brought us simple pleasures that shaped our happiness,” explains Salmon. “They offer our senses fragrances where natural materials are showcased with rare purity and abundance to echo the life-bringing energy of liberation.”

Boundless is a burst of joy, a fleeting euphoria, translating the vertical tension that empowers those who want to enclose in their hands the immensity of the world. This ardent and vivacious energy echoes that of sunlight bouncing off the dewy leaves of the jungle, flickering in rays through a flower-studded canopy and grazing rainbow-barked trees before vanishing amongst gnarled and misty-kissed boughs.

In Boundless, this rite of spring comes alive through tones of spices, clear and crisp, dancing in the shade of deep and somber trees. A stark contrast of warm Cinnamon Leaf and exalting Blood Orange bridged by a fruity Ginger gives way to a heart where Myrrh Resinoid and brittle Tobacco Leaves gleam, at turns honeyed and bitter, while here and there sparks camphoraceous Cardamom, its cold bite gripping onto zingy accents of Papyrus Oil before fading in the mellow haze of a rare and silky Madagascar Vanilla CO2 Extract. Shying behind an Oakmoss veil, Balsams diffuse their hushed and sticky warmth, the Frankincense and the Elemi and the smoky Guaiacwood, their waxiness emphasasing that of an even darker, fruitier, richer Bourbon Vanilla Absolute, shimmering like jungle’s very jewel.

“When I created Boundless, I wanted to play with the idea of a ‘golden wood’ and a gateway to a dense jungle where wood essences of all kinds can be perceived. I used the raw aspect of vetiver roots, the smoky effect of guaiac wood and the earthy tones of patchouli, supported by oak moss. I represented the reflection of sun rays piercing through the branches with natural materials evoking light and the golden colour, such as vanilla, cardamom and ginger or balsams: frankincense, benzoin, labdanum and myrrh,” expressed Karine Vinchon-Spehner.

Material is a paradox – through materiality, it evokes immateriality, teaching us to look beyond appearances and to realise that what matters is often unseen; an experience akin to standing in a grove and seeing in the sweltering shade a multitude of textures and manifold hues of wood and leaf and bark; all coming together into one.

Material is not a mere study on Vanilla: it is Vanilla untamed and unleashed. The opening shines under the angelic halo of Frankincense and Elemi, together rising in billows of light, their citrusy zest turning the material Vanilla Absolute into a hallowed balm. They herald with a bright and golden hue the entrance of Benzoin melding into a cloud of Tonka Bean that covers like a shroud a tiaré-like Vanilla before its fall into a crackling pyre of dry woods. The ambery purr of Labdanum, the cocoa-rich dampness of Patchouli and the animalic might of Oud highlight the dark side of their Queen, yet light still prevails through the honeyed-apricot flesh of a plush Osmanthus bloom steeped in a pool of White Musks ending the finale and taking Vanilla to a heavenly realm.

“Material is all about vanilla absolute, one of the most emblematic natural substances used in perfumery. In this fragrance, the star ingredient possesses a dual personality, presenting both a comforting side and a leathery, animalic facet; constantly shifting between innocence and wildness. The heart of the creation shines through precious balsams: benzoin, frankincense and labdanum. Finally, the scent delves deeper into a dark forest of thousands of woods, where shapes and colours become blurred,” said Cécile Zarokian.

The fragrances’ sophisticated, sensual and deep imagery was gracefully captured through the eye of Belgian artist, Louise Mertens who paired with the Swedish-Belgian design duo, Studio Corkinho. “I like how they express cork’s sensory possibilities, centered on its purest expression, and elevate it to the category of a work of art. Taking a material that people know for its everyday functional properties, ennobling it, giving it an artful touch and creating a raw, bold, massive aesthetic language: this to me is the spirit of Boundless and Material” said Renaud Salmon.

The packaging, designed by British designer Bill Radzinowicz, is inspired by “rainbow-barked trees” while the unique colour palette of the bottles was specially curated by French art director, Jerome Faillant-Dumas. The duo is serenaded by special soundtracks produced by Belgian music producer Copal.

Boundless and Material are available in all Amouage boutiques and distributors worldwide starting mid-April 2021 and can be purchased online at www.amouage.com.

-ENDS-


KEY FRAGRANCE NOTES

Boundless
Top: Blood Orange Oil, Cardamom Oil, Ginger CO2, Elemi Oil.
Heart: Vanilla Bourbon Absolute and CO2, Benzoin Resinoid.
Base: Guaiac Wood Oil, Papyrus Oil, Cocoa Absolute, Tobacco Absolute, Oak Moss Absolute, Frankincense Absolute and Oil, Myrrh Resinoid, Vetiver Oil, Patchouli Oil.

Material
Top: Elemi Oil, Patchouli Oil.
Heart: Vanilla Madagascar Absolute, Benzoin Resinoid.
Base: Guaiac Wood Oil, Oud Oil, Osmanthus Absolute, Frankincense Resinoid, Labdanum Absolute, Tonka Bean Absolute.

Both fragrances are 100ml Eau de Parfum with 25% fragrance oil.


ABOUT THE PERFUMERS:

KARINE VINCHON-SPEHNER
It takes a certain kind of perfumer to rise up to the challenge that was writing a perfume about the frantic and vivid energy that runs through the trees and leaves and trunks and roots of the primeval forests of the Earth. To capture the everchanging power of freedom in a scent. Boundless is Karine Vinchon-Spehner’s tenth collaboration with Amouage and her first under Renaud Salmon’s creative direction. After studying at ISIPCA, Karine Vinchon-Spehner entered Robertet and there moved up the creative ladder, guided by Michel Almairac. She started collaborating with Amouage in 2010 with the release of Memoir Man and has since created eight more fragrances, weaving her sophisticated, uncompromising “patte” into the grander Amouage narrative. Her acute knowledge of exotic raw materials, her passion for beauty in all its forms -she is indeed a singer and painter as well- made her the obvious choice to put into scent the synaesthetic energy that lives through Boundless.

Karine Vinchon-Spehner’s creations for Amouage: Memoir Man (2010), Opus III (2010), Interlude Woman (2012), Fate Man & Woman (2013), Myths Man (2016), Bracken Man (2016), Figment Woman (2017), Overture Man (2019) and Boundless (2021).

CÉCILE ZAROKIAN
Opulence calls for opulence and queens beckon other queens. There are few perfumers who could claim to mirror and ennoble the untamable, proud and sensual flair of a raw material as regal as Vanilla; few who could bottle the psychedelic ripples of colours and textures in a sweltering half-lit jungle. Material marks Cécile Zarokian’s awaited return to Amouage since creating Epic Woman in 2009. An ISIPCA alumnus and Robertet perfumer, Cécile Zarokian trod her own path by becoming at 27 the youngest independent woman perfumer of our age. Cécile Zarokian’s first creation for Amouage also happened to be her very first perfume, paving the way for a decade of fragrances showcasing a certain grandiloquence and Eastern homeliness that would earn her the nickname of “Queen of Ambers”. Her humility, curiosity and panartistic vision of her craft meant she alone could capture the essence of Material by precisely casting a new light onto perfumery’s very oldest material, restoring Vanilla to a newfound state of glory.

Cécile Zarokian’s creations for Amouage: Epic Woman (2009) and Material (2021).

 
FOCUS ON VANILLA:

Native to the Americas and wild-harvested by the Totonac tribe since centuries, Vanilla was revered as the material symbol of love here on Earth, its complex aroma - a web of pure vanillin, phenolic creosol, smoky guaiacol and fruity methyl-salicylate- representing the duality of passion and the sacrificial nature of loving another more than oneself.

Due to its prohibitively high cost, the Vanilla used in perfumery nowadays is mostly vanillin, an aldehyde naturally occurring in vanilla pods and responsible for its unmistakably sweet fragrance, either processed from guaiacol or lignin, the same lignin used to make paper and which over time degrades into vanillin, explaining the oddly comforting “old book” smell.

Thus, Renaud Salmon chose natural Vanilla as the main player in the scent of Liberation, an energy as delectably ravishing and passionately bold as love itself... here dually expressed in Boundless and Material. For Boundless, Karine Vinchon-Spehner chose to work with a rare Bourbon Vanilla CO2 Extract as its aroma, in comparison to the Vanilla Absolute, sits closer to that of a fresh vanilla pod. For Material, Cécile Zarokian opted for a Madagascar Vanilla Absolute highlighting its darker and boozier facets as a way to show us that Vanilla is everything but “vanilla”.

BOURBON VANILLA CO2 EXTRACT
Sunkissed cirques, emerald mountains, vivid greens and lush plains... The term “Bourbon Vanilla” refers to the former name of the Réunion island where it was cultivated for the first time. Nestled between the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean and the snowy cap of the Piton des Neiges, the Bourbon Vanilla still grows there, Queen in her own kingdom, worshipped and honoured by generations of creole inhabitants who kept the tradition of vanilla pollination, harvesting and curing alive for 180 years.

Often considered the best vanilla in the world, it is noticeably gentler and more intricate than most other varieties, displaying a characteristic sweetness delicately arrayed with smoke and spice. The supercritical CO2 extraction, being less invasive than the traditional solvent extraction, allows for purer, clearer and cleaner materials with scent profiles radically lighter than their Absolute counterparts. This costly Bourbon Vanilla CO2 Extract lends a powdery and milky halo to an overture dominated by a vibrant chord of crackling Ginger and Cardamom, smoothening edges that could have otherwise been too rough and infusing with an innocent flair a heart of thick and stern woods. A sweet and airy ray of light sifting through jungle’s dewy night.

MADAGASCAR VANILLA ABSOLUTE
Coruscant noonshine, red and burning clay and paddies far and wide... A long and slender pod, striped and shiny like polished leather, Madagascar Vanilla is the most widely known of all varieties and has become the standard for all others.
It is the jewel of an island which nature ripens with the fragrance of ylang-ylang, Madagascar Vanilla grows mostly on the sweltering highlands dotted with green paddies and deep-blue springs. There, brushed only by the dry air engulfing from nearby African shores, it takes on distinctive aromas of cocoa, caramel and overripe prunes, making it the most pungent and perhaps most pâtissière of all.

The traditional method for extracting Vanilla was to tincture it in alcohol, then came the solvent extraction, which allowed the use of Vanilla Absolute. This process -which involves washing the raw material several times in a solvent to obtain a concrete which will then be washed in ethanol to obtain an absolute- implies losing many of vanilla’s precious aromatic compounds to keep only the heaviest ones. This Madagascar Vanilla Absolute offers an everchanging background, its resinous facet met with an array of precious balsams, its smoky and animalic intensity echoed by that of oud and ambery woods, its fruitiness by a touch of Osmanthus, an overall density alighted by a wind of White Musks. Sheen, shimmer and shine in a grove of bronze and gold.

[cheapimitation]

^ Thanks for much for the reply and thorough explanation of the upcoming releases. As annoying as the leak must be, at least it means people are excited about what you are doing!

People on here tend to be the harshest critics before they even smell the thing (see H24 thread), but I'm looking forward to trying these!

[Emanuel76]

Hi, Renaud!

There are some discrepancies here:

In Boundless, this rite of spring comes alive through tones of spices, clear and crisp, dancing in the shade of deep and somber trees. A stark contrast of warm Cinnamon Leaf and exalting Blood Orange bridged by a fruity Ginger gives way to a heart where Myrrh Resinoid and brittle Tobacco Leaves gleam, at turns honeyed and bitter, while here and there sparks camphoraceous Cardamom, its cold bite gripping onto zingy accents of Papyrus Oil before fading in the mellow haze of a rare and silky Madagascar Vanilla CO2 Extract. Shying behind an Oakmoss veil, Balsams diffuse their hushed and sticky warmth, the Frankincense and the Elemi and the smoky Guaiacwood, their waxiness emphasasing that of an even darker, fruitier, richer Bourbon Vanilla Absolute, shimmering like jungle’s very jewel.

KEY FRAGRANCE NOTES

Boundless
Top: Blood Orange Oil, Cardamom Oil, Ginger CO2, Elemi Oil.
Heart: Vanilla Bourbon Absolute and CO2, Benzoin Resinoid.
Base: Guaiac Wood Oil, Papyrus Oil, Cocoa Absolute, Tobacco Absolute, Oak Moss Absolute, Frankincense Absolute and Oil, Myrrh Resinoid, Vetiver Oil, Patchouli Oil.

Which is the right one?

Top: Cinnamon Leaf, Blood Orange, Ginger.
Heart: Myrrh, Tobacco Leaves...

Top: Blood Orange, Cardamom, Ginger, Elemi.
Heart: Vanilla, Benzoin.

[scenting prey]

Just to say that the fragrances were leaked by one retailer with some wrong descriptions etc.

They also don’t seem to be delivering outside the UK.

[rsalmon]

Hi, Renaud!

There are some discrepancies here:



Which is the right one?

The "official" notes list for Boundless is:

Top: Blood Orange Oil, Cardamom Oil, Ginger CO2, Elemi Oil.
Heart: Vanilla Bourbon Absolute and CO2, Benzoin Resinoid.
Base: Guaiac Wood Oil, Papyrus Oil, Cocoa Absolute, Tobacco Absolute, Oak Moss Absolute, Frankincense Absolute and Oil, Myrrh Resinoid, Vetiver Oil, Patchouli Oil.

(But there are many more ingredients and the classification top/heart/base is quite often debatable).

[sjg3839]

Sounds good!

[NZFH]

All of that ad copy made my eyes glaze over

Still love Amouage though. Looking forward to smelling these releases.

[scenting prey]

All of that ad copy made my eyes glaze over

Still love Amouage though. Looking forward to smelling these releases.

LOL. I live with an industry professional, and yes, it did indeed remain on message. I’m looking forward to trying them as well.

[Varanis Ridari]

10 miles of ad copy.

I'll let my nose be the judge.

[NZFH]

10 miles of ad copy.

I'll let my nose be the judge.

A good policy!

[cheapimitation]

For someone who writes very long reviews, you sure don't like reading!

10 miles of ad copy.

I'll let my nose be the judge.

[PrinceRF]

Both sound interesting.

[RawMia]

Looking forward to testing both out!

[Emanuel76]

Ha ha!
Wooden language for a woody fragrance.
I like it.

[akadem]

Up for sale at Harrods.
Someone please buy and report!

[Nom de Guerre]

Someone please buy and report!

^ this

[rum]

[...]

Boundless is a burst of joy, a fleeting euphoria, translating the vertical tension that empowers those who want to enclose in their hands the immensity of the world. This ardent and vivacious energy echoes that of sunlight bouncing off the dewy leaves of the jungle, flickering in rays through a flower-studded canopy and grazing rainbow-barked trees before vanishing amongst gnarled and misty-kissed boughs.

In Boundless, this rite of spring comes alive through tones of spices, clear and crisp, dancing in the shade of deep and somber trees. A stark contrast of warm Cinnamon Leaf and exalting Blood Orange bridged by a fruity Ginger gives way to a heart where Myrrh Resinoid and brittle Tobacco Leaves gleam, at turns honeyed and bitter, while here and there sparks camphoraceous Cardamom, its cold bite gripping onto zingy accents of Papyrus Oil before fading in the mellow haze of a rare and silky Madagascar Vanilla CO2 Extract. Shying behind an Oakmoss veil, Balsams diffuse their hushed and sticky warmth, the Frankincense and the Elemi and the smoky Guaiacwood, their waxiness emphasasing that of an even darker, fruitier, richer Bourbon Vanilla Absolute, shimmering like jungle’s very jewel.

“When I created Boundless, I wanted to play with the idea of a ‘golden wood’ and a gateway to a dense jungle where wood essences of all kinds can be perceived. I used the raw aspect of vetiver roots, the smoky effect of guaiac wood and the earthy tones of patchouli, supported by oak moss. I represented the reflection of sun rays piercing through the branches with natural materials evoking light and the golden colour, such as vanilla, cardamom and ginger or balsams: frankincense, benzoin, labdanum and myrrh,” expressed Karine Vinchon-Spehner.

[...]

KEY FRAGRANCE NOTES

Boundless
Top: Blood Orange Oil, Cardamom Oil, Ginger CO2, Elemi Oil.
Heart: Vanilla Bourbon Absolute and CO2, Benzoin Resinoid.
Base: Guaiac Wood Oil, Papyrus Oil, Cocoa Absolute, Tobacco Absolute, Oak Moss Absolute, Frankincense Absolute and Oil, Myrrh Resinoid, Vetiver Oil, Patchouli Oil.

I'm actually looking forward to trying Boundless. Some of my favourite notes are listed here, so I hope it smells as good as it looks in writing.

[scenting prey]

Anyone planning a split?

[Emanuel76]

Someone please buy and report!

Amen to that!
And awomen, of course.

Anyone planning a split?

Wouldn't it be wise to let others burn themselves first?

Anyway, if someone from Europe is going to do the elbow grease, I'm in for a 5 ml decant.

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Boundless...
I can't imagine a perfume with such a name on my top shelf.
Maybe Bondage. Bondage Man.
Oh, God! Boundless it's good.

[Mak-7]

Renaud, whats the situation with smaller volume bottles, 30ml?
Any good news u can deliver?

[Scent Detective]

Boundless does sound wonderful on paper...I'm definitely interested in trying it for sure.