Bottle drawn in the shade of the fragrance
Memoir Woman
Eau de parfum
A chiaroscuro chypre, in which absinthe and leather write memories.
Memoir Woman opens on a luminous bitterness: absinthe and cardamom cut through the softness of mandarin, lifted by pink pepper. At heart, tuberose, rose and jasmine blend with clove and incense, a spiced and solemn bouquet.
The base unfolds a dark, magnificent chypre: oakmoss, rockrose, styrax, leather and castoreum, softened by fenugreek and musk. A fragrance of character, built like a story told in several voices, worn like a collector's piece.
Olfactory pyramid
- TopThe first minutes
- HeartThe signature
- BaseThe trail
Notes as published by the house. official source (new tab)
Main accords
Volute’s reading: the intensity of each accord.
Seasons
- Autumn
- Winter
Moments
- Night
Memoir Woman in detail
Amouage, born in Oman, composes ample fragrances that blend Arabian tradition with Western perfumery. Memoir Woman is a chypre in light and shade, in which absinthe and leather seem to write down memories: a dark, spicy, mossy fragrance, a long way from easy florals.
The official pyramid opens on mandarin, cardamom, absinthe and pink pepper, a bitter, spicy start. The heart mixes spices and flowers: pepper, clove, tuberose, rose, jasmine and incense. The base brings together styrax, oakmoss, castoreum, leather, labdanum, fenugreek and musk.
Memoir Woman is worn in the evening, in autumn and winter: a dinner, an evening out, an occasion when you want a fragrance with character.
Three chypres in our catalogue come close: Diaghilev by Roja Parfums shares jasmine, tuberose, clove, oakmoss, styrax, labdanum, leather and musk; Hermann à mes côtés me paraissait une ombre by Etat Libre d'Orange brings together pepper, incense and rose; Chypress by Floris pairs jasmine, rose and musk.
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