Amouage can clearly create outstanding fragrance, and they are bold enough to want to produce something that doesn't conform to the demands of the high street, that's when you really start to find something worth sampling
Guidance to me is ok but definitely unique. There is something in there that is almost headache inducing. Of all four, Lineage is my favorite. It’s light, salty and perfect for spring summer.
Guidance definitely, I'm really not interested in the others but I'll try them, I could be wrong. What I really like from Amouage is the dark heavy fragrances and in general I'm shifting my interest more in that direction. Thanks for the preview Sebastian!!!
This is such a good description. The way some houses are just pumping out fragrances... Amouage seems to be one of the few houses out there carefully curating and crafting their fragrances.
Appreciate this Sebastian! Steven did an early impressions too so it's great to get your take. Renaud definitely taking the brand in interesting new directions. I'm personally a fan of the new matte bottle standardization.
I’ve been obsessed with Guidance since I smelled it earlier this month. The first spray reminded me a bit of Delina, but it quickly became something much more interesting. I can’t wait to buy it!
I was lucky to try them all recently when I made a Christmas gift guide with a wholesale company here in Australia. I had the same reactions to all of them and Guidance was my fave too. All the new bottles are really pretty colours too but Guidance is my fave being in a blush pink bottle with a creamy cap. It’s lovely. Amouage is one of my fave brands of all time.
I recently left my employment with Amouage. A couple of takeaways….. 1. Beautifully crafted fragrances. 2. We kept telling the “suits” that the house needs major fresh scents. Americans are just not ready for the more complex scents (I’m sorry, but it’s true. If you think about the top sellers in the niche market here, Aventus, Baccarat, Delina, etc. There’s nothing complex about them. I call them “easy wears!”). People come to fragrance counters, smell the blot cards (I’ll even worse, smell the actuators😑) and decide then and there, yay or nay. No matter how many times you tell them you have to get them on your skin, don’t rub and let them dry down, they don’t listen. I really hope Amouage is succeeds, but these do not sound like easy wears😢. Thank you for the great job that you do!
American taste is generally bland. Which is why Amouage is such an exciting brand to me. They consistently create complex and unique offerings, even now, despite what The Cult of Christopher Chong would have you believe. I really would not know what to think if they started producing generic freshies to appeal to Americans. That would be a great sadness indeed.
I’m American, I’ve tried a handful of different scents from Amouage in the past year, interlude man, reflection man, Gold man, lyric man and black iris and I like them all. I hope to check out more soon.
Amouage and Serge Lutens are my favorite brands because their offerings are so unique. This collection sounds gorgeous, and the bottles are beautiful. I’m glad to see they are moving away from the Man/Woman model (which didn’t always seem applicable to the scents themselves) and are now producing unisex offerings. I like this new direction very much. On another note, Royal Tobacco sounds heavenly and I must get my nose on it as soon as Scentbar gets it in stock.
Amouage "Jubilation XXV Man" might be my favorite fragrance of all-time (and I have a back-up bottle of it). I also own and enjoy "Interlude Man" and "Epic Man". I'd like to try a lot more fragrance releases from them, including these new ones.
Search and purpose are going to be must haves. And i have never paid fulll msrp for a fragrance and i think these two will be my first ☹️ Lineage is great and really has that salty oceanic accord without being overly calone-y. Guidance is ok but it reminded me of a massively amped up Whispers in the library. But it lasted for 3 days on my skin.
I need to get my nose on more from this house. They definitely seem to have very polarizing scents, and I would be interested in seeing if there are any for me.
Guidance sounds like a lovely offering. Lineage would likely tickle me because I love incense. Purpose's suede, saffron, and spices sound tantalizing. Wow, those 3 out of the 4 all sound tempting to me. I will have to grab one of those little samplers.
Guidance is already on my list. I'm still getting over Interlude 53, after my affair with Overture and now this! Amouage offered a special notification sign-up for the new releases this evening.
You were really liking that Guidance fragrance it got me intrigued to try it. You went back to it and kept smiling, that is a sign that it must me something special.
Before I watched the video, I read the description with the notes for each fragrance and I decided that I would love GUIDANCE; and based on your reaction, I know that I definitely will. Thanks for another amazing review Sebastian. I hope you enjoyed the holidays and looking forward to beautiful things in the New Year. Cheers!
WOW , they are really pumping out some great sounding fragrances . How does the peach in GUIDANCE play ? I am not a peach fan but you really seem to enjoy that one for sure. I like the sound of LINEAGE & PURPOSE, Cheers Brutha 😎
I think you are missing so much depth when it comes to Lineage, Sebastian. I definitely get the incense notes, but there is so much more going on here, imo. There is also a fresh, sun drenched sea accord that really draws me in. Slightly salty, but not aquatic...I can't quite put my finger on it. I wish you would revisit this one.
Recently came back from Oman and visited Amouage factory showroom. Amouage is my new favorite house. Too bad it's sooooo expensive. Bought Homage attar and Meander. Also got the same Odyssey Collection sampler like yours and the Library sampler set. I'm tempted to get the 45 discovery set since I didn't finish smelling everything while there. Thank you for your Amouage series.
Tried Guidance, and it's still on my fingers after I sprayed it yesterday. It's a little strong for me. I see me wearing this in the fall, winter, and early spring. Would purchase a 50 ml (1.7 oz) However, I'll purchase Tom Ford "Rose Prick" from the Cosmetic company store outlet before I would purchase this.
I got the same 4 pack through ScentXplore where Renaud from Amouage did a ‘class’ on all 4 new releases. I think I remember him saying they’re aiming for a late January release date at Bloomingdale’s and Nieman Marcus where they will be the exclusive store retailers for a 2-month period. Search - they hadn’t done a citrusy fragrance because the volatile nature of citrus didn’t fit their brand’s performance reputation. To get better performance, I believe he mentioned they used citrus-leaning Eritrean Frankincense and Sand Vetiver to give longevity to the citrus note. It is the weakest performer of the 4 for me but I still got a long wear-time. As you said, it’s relatively simple, but I think it’s nice and my second favorite. I would say it’s the most approachable of the group. Guidance - this has major wow factor to it! I was so busy smelling it I don’t remember what he said about it 😂 It’s a super performer and the blotter fragranced my house for days. Off the strip; this is my favorite of the 4. Sadly my skin eats up all the ‘fun’ notes and it doesn’t smell that great truthfully. I am hopeful it smells good on my girlfriend when she tries it though! Lineage - this was displayed amid barren island seascapes with green water and to my nose it does take on a salty marine and fresh character. Your thoughts on it being really churchy are quite different from my experience! It’s a really interesting smell but a note I can’t place made for a too cloying experience when I wore it. Purpose - nice at first but then too much Vetiver for me as it dried down (my nose keys in on vetiver for some reason). My least favorite of the group.
I'm thirsty to sample Amouage fragrances. Although I've been studying notes for the extensive collections, I had no idea that this is a Middle Eastern house. It's among my top three houses to explore. Now I'm super excited! Thanks for this introduction and preliminary review.
Nice thoughts Sébastien, excited about the new release. Guidance will be the first I am looking forward to sample out. Whats your thoughts on their performance? Longevity and sillage
I decided to reject the normal fresh fragrances like Prada L'Homme, Dior Sauvage, and Bleu de Chanel that everyone wears. My everyday "fresh" fragrance is Amouage Jubilation XXV. I doubt that any of these new offerings will replace Jubilation as my go to fresh fragrance (I _really_ like it), but I'm going to have to get samples of all four of them anyway. As far as which one I want to try the most, well, they honestly all look good.
I think that will be harder and harder. Amouage is thinning out boutiques that are able to sell the fragrance. Their marketing department seems to be doing a Montblanc manoeuvre: focus on being the ultimate luxury item, maximise profit and prevent sales below mrsp.
Yeah..I've started to hear about these and I am most excited about guidance! Leave it to Amouage to create some unique fragrances for the Springtime! Thank you for reviewing these for us... xoxo
Hi Sebastian great review as usual, to the new collections I have sorta mixed feelings, to me are really pricey and not so original but purpose is lovely, rich, smoky, mystified. Search is too citrus, a little too much must say at the beginning at least, but once it dries down a little bit it's really good, kinda freshie for a amouage. Lineage it was kinda boring, I saw the notes on fragrantica "salty and incense" and I was expecting something interesting but it was good but not much to say about it. and Guidance was meh, yes smells good, rich, well blended but it smells like a body cream more than a fragrance. I think I'm gonna try to get my hands on purpose and search once they low their prices on discounts stores, i thought they will follow this path of royal tobacco, of this characteristic heavy incense dose Amouage is known for. I think their new director is taking the brand in a different kinda boring direction, not bad (royal tobacco, material, enclave and boundless were really good) but far from the pioneering approach from previos masterpieces if that has any sense!
Search is a disappointment. Doesn’t last long on the skin and the citrus vanishes after an hour then becomes smoky woody scent which again doesn’t last. In my opinion, really a let down for the house
I used to get a headache from the Priest with his lantern spreading church incense. Can’t stand that smell so I wouldn’t like anything that smells like a church incense. 😖
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Amouage can clearly create outstanding fragrance, and they are bold enough to want to produce something that doesn't conform to the demands of the high street, that's when you really start to find something worth sampling
Guidance and Purpose sound like sonmething I'd reeeally love! Looking forward to experience these! Thank you for the great overview!
Purpose is SO GOOD!!!!
Guidance to me is ok but definitely unique. There is something in there that is almost headache inducing. Of all four, Lineage is my favorite. It’s light, salty and perfect for spring summer.
Guidance definitely, I'm really not interested in the others but I'll try them, I could be wrong. What I really like from Amouage is the dark heavy fragrances and in general I'm shifting my interest more in that direction. Thanks for the preview Sebastian!!!
Why does Amouage seems like one of the few fragrance houses that give a f about perfume as an art?
This is such a good description. The way some houses are just pumping out fragrances... Amouage seems to be one of the few houses out there carefully curating and crafting their fragrances.
@@Andy_T79 but Chong left Amouage 3 years ago, during which, the house continued introducing some amazing fragrances
@@Andy_T79agreed
@@SuperBodom25 which ones would you consider great?
@@SuperBodom25Only good things that came out after Chong's departure are Royal Tobacco and Overture Woman.
Love this house. Jubilation still my favorite from this house.Thanks for the video Sebastian.
Appreciate this Sebastian! Steven did an early impressions too so it's great to get your take. Renaud definitely taking the brand in interesting new directions. I'm personally a fan of the new matte bottle standardization.
I’ve been obsessed with Guidance since I smelled it earlier this month. The first spray reminded me a bit of Delina, but it quickly became something much more interesting. I can’t wait to buy it!
I’ve been able to get my nose on the discovery set as well. Guidance by far has my heart! I can’t wait until the launch this year!!
Great! New Amouage! Just take my money!
Wow, 4 new Amouage! Very exciting! I’m most interested in trying Guidance and Lineage! Thanks for this preview/review, Sebastian!
My pleasure!
A brilliant house like no other.
Hi Sebastian! Exciting!!!! Thank you for sharing your thoughts! Can’t wait to buy Lineage and Purpose!!!
Wow, that Guidance sounds AMAZING!
I was lucky to try them all recently when I made a Christmas gift guide with a wholesale company here in Australia. I had the same reactions to all of them and Guidance was my fave too. All the new bottles are really pretty colours too but Guidance is my fave being in a blush pink bottle with a creamy cap. It’s lovely. Amouage is one of my fave brands of all time.
Absolutely love amouge. Just wish those fragrances werent so expensive.
Just purchased Guidance. Deeming it complex is spot on. There's class and then there's this!
Always my favorite fragrance house, their quality is beyond superb. I have not sampled any of these -- yet.
I recently left my employment with Amouage. A couple of takeaways….. 1. Beautifully crafted fragrances. 2. We kept telling the “suits” that the house needs major fresh scents. Americans are just not ready for the more complex scents (I’m sorry, but it’s true. If you think about the top sellers in the niche market here, Aventus, Baccarat, Delina, etc. There’s nothing complex about them. I call them “easy wears!”). People come to fragrance counters, smell the blot cards (I’ll even worse, smell the actuators😑) and decide then and there, yay or nay. No matter how many times you tell them you have to get them on your skin, don’t rub and let them dry down, they don’t listen. I really hope Amouage is succeeds, but these do not sound like easy wears😢. Thank you for the great job that you do!
American taste is generally bland. Which is why Amouage is such an exciting brand to me. They consistently create complex and unique offerings, even now, despite what The Cult of Christopher Chong would have you believe. I really would not know what to think if they started producing generic freshies to appeal to Americans. That would be a great sadness indeed.
I’m American, I’ve tried a handful of different scents from Amouage in the past year, interlude man, reflection man, Gold man, lyric man and black iris and I like them all. I hope to check out more soon.
Guidance is 100% the best. I have the sample size and it reminds me of House of Oud- Keep Glazed.
Lineage sounds interesting 🌹
It is
Great video and I enjoyed it and I'm going to try these fragrances and have a blessed day
Amouage and Serge Lutens are my favorite brands because their offerings are so unique. This collection sounds gorgeous, and the bottles are beautiful. I’m glad to see they are moving away from the Man/Woman model (which didn’t always seem applicable to the scents themselves) and are now producing unisex offerings. I like this new direction very much. On another note, Royal Tobacco sounds heavenly and I must get my nose on it as soon as Scentbar gets it in stock.
Amouage "Jubilation XXV Man" might be my favorite fragrance of all-time (and I have a back-up bottle of it). I also own and enjoy "Interlude Man" and "Epic Man". I'd like to try a lot more fragrance releases from them, including these new ones.
Search and purpose are going to be must haves. And i have never paid fulll msrp for a fragrance and i think these two will be my first ☹️
Lineage is great and really has that salty oceanic accord without being overly calone-y. Guidance is ok but it reminded me of a massively amped up Whispers in the library. But it lasted for 3 days on my skin.
I need to get my nose on more from this house. They definitely seem to have very polarizing scents, and I would be interested in seeing if there are any for me.
I look forward to smelling all of these fragrances. Guidance and Lineage sound particularly interesting to me.
Guidance sounds like a lovely offering. Lineage would likely tickle me because I love incense. Purpose's suede, saffron, and spices sound tantalizing. Wow, those 3 out of the 4 all sound tempting to me. I will have to grab one of those little samplers.
Guidance is already on my list. I'm still getting over Interlude 53, after my affair with Overture and now this! Amouage offered a special notification sign-up for the new releases this evening.
You were really liking that Guidance fragrance it got me intrigued to try it. You went back to it and kept smiling, that is a sign that it must me something special.
You got me excited to try GUIDANCE! 🔥
Thanks for this! I got that same 4 pack sample box - so very happy that you ran through them first so I can have a better idea of what to expect!
Before I watched the video, I read the description with the notes for each fragrance and I decided that I would love GUIDANCE; and based on your reaction, I know that I definitely will. Thanks for another amazing review Sebastian. I hope you enjoyed the holidays and looking forward to beautiful things in the New Year. Cheers!
WOW , they are really pumping out some great sounding fragrances . How does the peach in GUIDANCE play ? I am not a peach fan but you really seem to enjoy that one for sure. I like the sound of LINEAGE & PURPOSE, Cheers Brutha 😎
The peach does show up but it doesn't get in the way. I don't care much for peach in perfume either.
I have sampled, thanks to ScentXplore, and Search and Guidance are my favorites. I do agree that I lean more towards Guidance.
I think you are missing so much depth when it comes to Lineage, Sebastian. I definitely get the incense notes, but there is so much more going on here, imo. There is also a fresh, sun drenched sea accord that really draws me in. Slightly salty, but not aquatic...I can't quite put my finger on it. I wish you would revisit this one.
Guidance sounds interesting. I need to sample Amouage fragrance as a whole because I’ve smelled anything from that house.
Lineage sounds interesting to me. I've been on the search for a church like fragrance.
Now I really want to try Guidance:))
Recently came back from Oman and visited Amouage factory showroom. Amouage is my new favorite house. Too bad it's sooooo expensive. Bought Homage attar and Meander. Also got the same Odyssey Collection sampler like yours and the Library sampler set. I'm tempted to get the 45 discovery set since I didn't finish smelling everything while there. Thank you for your Amouage series.
I got a sample of Guidance from Scentbird, I hope I like it!
Tried Guidance, and it's still on my fingers after I sprayed it yesterday. It's a little strong for me. I see me wearing this in the fall, winter, and early spring. Would purchase a 50 ml (1.7 oz) However, I'll purchase Tom Ford "Rose Prick" from the Cosmetic company store outlet before I would purchase this.
Guidance sounds amazing. I loved Royal Tobacco, the last release. Hoping that Etiket gets these new ones in soon so I can sample them.
I've never liked a single amouage that I tried and I am not sure exactly why that is. Will have to sample these and see if they are more up my alley.
Guidance sounds good 😊
I got the same 4 pack through ScentXplore where Renaud from Amouage did a ‘class’ on all 4 new releases. I think I remember him saying they’re aiming for a late January release date at Bloomingdale’s and Nieman Marcus where they will be the exclusive store retailers for a 2-month period.
Search - they hadn’t done a citrusy fragrance because the volatile nature of citrus didn’t fit their brand’s performance reputation. To get better performance, I believe he mentioned they used citrus-leaning Eritrean Frankincense and Sand Vetiver to give longevity to the citrus note. It is the weakest performer of the 4 for me but I still got a long wear-time. As you said, it’s relatively simple, but I think it’s nice and my second favorite. I would say it’s the most approachable of the group.
Guidance - this has major wow factor to it! I was so busy smelling it I don’t remember what he said about it 😂 It’s a super performer and the blotter fragranced my house for days. Off the strip; this is my favorite of the 4. Sadly my skin eats up all the ‘fun’ notes and it doesn’t smell that great truthfully. I am hopeful it smells good on my girlfriend when she tries it though!
Lineage - this was displayed amid barren island seascapes with green water and to my nose it does take on a salty marine and fresh character. Your thoughts on it being really churchy are quite different from my experience! It’s a really interesting smell but a note I can’t place made for a too cloying experience when I wore it.
Purpose - nice at first but then too much Vetiver for me as it dried down (my nose keys in on vetiver for some reason). My least favorite of the group.
I'm thirsty to sample Amouage fragrances. Although I've been studying notes for the extensive collections, I had no idea that this is a Middle Eastern house. It's among my top three houses to explore. Now I'm super excited! Thanks for this introduction and preliminary review.
You never disappoint!
I always wanted to try Silver Man. I was very disappointed when Amouage discontinued it.
Nice thoughts Sébastien, excited about the new release. Guidance will be the first I am looking forward to sample out. Whats your thoughts on their performance? Longevity and sillage
To me, Guidance is the crowd-pleaser. I was expecting something way more polarizing but it turned out to be very tamed. Still a nice fragrance.
Amouage has a lot of great fragrances with amazing performances
One of the Best houses period
So cool! Excited!
Guidance sounds amazing i need to keep my eye out on this. i am guessing it will release earlier in Europe or first in Europe?
I decided to reject the normal fresh fragrances like Prada L'Homme, Dior Sauvage, and Bleu de Chanel that everyone wears. My everyday "fresh" fragrance is Amouage Jubilation XXV. I doubt that any of these new offerings will replace Jubilation as my go to fresh fragrance (I _really_ like it), but I'm going to have to get samples of all four of them anyway. As far as which one I want to try the most, well, they honestly all look good.
Amouage is always very interesting.
I love Amouage.
Amouage has a great offering ❤
how could Quentin Bisch survive without akigalawood?😄My favourite Quentin fragrance is b683 extrait. I am very interested in smelling Guidance
Which ones lean masculine/feminine?
I like this house 👏🏼
Can't wait love amouage
Is your opinion based on how the scent wears on you or how you smell it on a woman
The lady at Neiman let me smell these early… I love Guidance, and kinda interested in Search
Did lineage get vibe from interlude woman ??.. cause created by same perfumer..
OMG New AMOUAGE!!!
You rock Sebastián 💪 Appreciate your reviews so much! May the new year bring you the millions of subs that you deserve ✨
Hi Sebastian. Question, lineage would be in the same ballpark of reve d ossian from oriza l legrand, greetings
Hi!
All 4 frags sound interesting. How/where do i get that huge sample pack at a reasonable price?
Thanks
Dean
I think that will be harder and harder. Amouage is thinning out boutiques that are able to sell the fragrance. Their marketing department seems to be doing a Montblanc manoeuvre: focus on being the ultimate luxury item, maximise profit and prevent sales below mrsp.
Try Neiman Marcus?!
Yeah..I've started to hear about these and I am most excited about guidance! Leave it to Amouage to create some unique fragrances for the Springtime! Thank you for reviewing these for us... xoxo
Tfs smelled these and they are strong
❤ your Incredible content,,, Definitely need to discover AMOUAGE……
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Hi Sebastian great review as usual, to the new collections I have sorta mixed feelings, to me are really pricey and not so original but purpose is lovely, rich, smoky, mystified. Search is too citrus, a little too much must say at the beginning at least, but once it dries down a little bit it's really good, kinda freshie for a amouage. Lineage it was kinda boring, I saw the notes on fragrantica "salty and incense" and I was expecting something interesting but it was good but not much to say about it. and Guidance was meh, yes smells good, rich, well blended but it smells like a body cream more than a fragrance. I think I'm gonna try to get my hands on purpose and search once they low their prices on discounts stores, i thought they will follow this path of royal tobacco, of this characteristic heavy incense dose Amouage is known for. I think their new director is taking the brand in a different kinda boring direction, not bad (royal tobacco, material, enclave and boundless were really good) but far from the pioneering approach from previos masterpieces if that has any sense!
Nice! Any word on Chanel Les Exclusifs upcoming releases? :)
What is coming out? I haven't heard. Do tell cause I am in the UK and I'm sure I have access to new stuff that's just come out.
@@ThePerfumeGuy crickets over here
Oh damn, they all sound exactly like my cup of tea, except the first one... I hate it- I am too poor for this hobby😭😆
Excellent
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Search is a disappointment. Doesn’t last long on the skin and the citrus vanishes after an hour then becomes smoky woody scent which again doesn’t last. In my opinion, really a let down for the house
For me, Search is much better than the highly acclaimed Guidance. In my opinion, it is not wearable at all for a man
Damn I wish I saved my Christmas muney
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im arab
amouage means sea waves in Arabic .
I used to get a headache from the Priest with his lantern spreading church incense. Can’t stand that smell so I wouldn’t like anything that smells like a church incense. 😖
Church incense is my favorite scent in the whole world.
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Sadly not yet. Soon very very soon. This year early this year for sure! :)
@@ThePerfumeGuy I’m that video will be an epic one.
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TBH, the only semi interesting sounding one to me is Purpose
I really dislike guidance big time 😅
Bring back Chong yesterday!