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Amouage

Cristal & Gold Woman

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A great aldehydic floral in the old sense: soap-bright at the top, rose and jasmine and orris through the middle, and a base that turns warm rather than dark. Bourbon vanilla where the Man has patchouli, which changes everything.

The Story

For its fortieth anniversary the house did not launch something new. It went back. The original 1983 bottle moulds were found in the cellars of the Cristallerie Waltersperger in Normandy, the glassmaker Amouage used at the beginning, and 500 flacons were hand-blown from them in crystal with gold-plated detailing. Each arrives in a lacquered wooden case assembled by an artisan at the Muscat manufacture and dusted with fine gold powder. Amouage calls them the first Amouage crystal bottles ever to exist.

Alexandra Carlin reworked Guy Robert's 1983 Gold Woman for this edition. It is the softer half of the pair by design, and the substitution in the base is the whole argument: vanilla and amber instead of guaiac and patchouli, civet still there but wrapped rather than exposed.

Amouage was founded in Muscat in 1983 at the request of Sultan Qaboos, and its first two fragrances were composed by Guy Robert, the nose behind Calèche and Dioressence. They were not sold at first but presented to visiting dignitaries, which is where the house's gift of kings reputation comes from. Those two originals were later renamed Gold Man and Gold Woman.

The Nose

Composed by Alexandra Carlin, reworking the 1983 original by Guy Robert, the nose behind Calèche and Dioressence.

Scent Profile

Top Notes

Aldehydes, Neroli, Petitgrain, Frankincense, Bergamot

Heart Notes

Rose, Jasmine, Heliotrope, Ylang-Ylang, Orris Root

Base Notes

Amber, Civet, Bourbon Vanilla, Vetiver, Labdanum, Sandalwood

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Fragrance Character

Aldehydes dominate, then powder, then rose. It is fresher and more luminous than the Man, with white floral and amber close behind and an animalic thread that never takes over. Community rating sits at 4.61 from 36 votes, the higher of the two.

Amouage Cristal & Gold Woman performance and seasonality

Best Worn

Evenings and cold weather by the votes, and unmistakably dressed-up. This is not a daytime scent and does not pretend to be.

Why the Cristal & Gold Woman Decant

Five hundred crystal flacons were made, hand-blown from the 1983 moulds, and the edition is long gone at the house. At this level a decant is not a compromise, it is the only sane way to spend real time with it.

Official Notes

Aldehydes · Neroli · Petitgrain · Frankincense · Bergamot · Rose · Jasmine · Heliotrope · Ylang-Ylang · Orris Root · Amber · Civet · Bourbon Vanilla · Vetiver · Labdanum · Sandalwood

Amouage Cristal & Gold Woman gold crystal flacon with domed cap, aldehydic floral eau de parfum decant
Amouage - Cristal & Gold Woman Prix de vente$100.00
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