White Sands

White Sands is Amouroud's exception: the only one that is fresh, and the only one you can wear in high summer at midday.

— The opening is sunlit: bergamot, solar flowers and orange blossom. “Solar flowers” in perfumery means an accord of white flowers heated by the sun — the smell of a Mediterranean garden at two in the afternoon.

— The heart is dry and mineral: cypress, white pepper and agarwood. That is the fragrance's idea: an oud treated in a bright, clean version instead of the usual heavy, dark one. This is what is called white oud.

— The base carries the beach on: driftwood, white musk and sandalwood. Driftwood is wood cast up by the sea and dried by salt — woody, salty, a little dusty.

A spring and summer fragrance, for daytime, genuinely unisex. In the whole luxury range, it is one of the few you can wear at the office or in full sun without bothering anyone. Three sprays.

The notes

Top — Bergamot, solar flowers, orange blossom
Heart — Cypress, white pepper, agarwood
Base — Driftwood, white musk, sandalwood

Olfactive family

Iris and white flowers

For hygiene reasons, this product cannot be returned once it has been unsealed after delivery. Your 14-day right of withdrawal applies in full to items whose original packaging has not been opened.

Oud After Dark is the most accomplished of the Amourouds, and the one with the richest composition — fourteen materials announced.

— The opening is fruity and spiced: pepper, saffron, osmanthus, apricot and carnation. Osmanthus is a small Chinese flower that smells of both apricot and leather — one of the most expensive and most interesting materials in perfumery. With the apricot beside it, the effect is doubled.

— The heart is dark and velvety: rare oud, olibanum, purple plum, suede and Turkish rose. Suede is the reversed leather — soft, powdery, with no rough edges. The plum brings the candied fruit that keeps the oud from being austere.

— The base is warm and long: ebony wood, Virginia tobacco, amber, vanilla orchid and musk. Virginia tobacco is softer and sweeter than the pipe tobacco of Oud Tabac.

An autumn and winter fragrance, for the evening, unisex with a masculine leaning. Two sprays.

The notes

Top — Pepper, saffron, osmanthus, apricot, carnation
Heart — Rare oud, olibanum, purple plum, suede, Turkish rose
Base — Ebony wood, Virginia tobacco, amber, vanilla orchid, musk

Olfactive family

Red and ripe fruits

For hygiene reasons, this product cannot be returned once it has been unsealed after delivery. Your 14-day right of withdrawal applies in full to items whose original packaging has not been opened.

Elixir La Rose Noire belongs to Amouroud's Elixir collection, the house's most concentrated line — these are extraits de parfum, not eaux de parfum. That is what justifies a 75 ml bottle at the price of a 100 ml elsewhere.

Its olfactive pyramid is published nowhere: neither on the house's own site, nor at the specialist distributors. All the resellers say about it is that it “travels the idea of a dark rose”.

Olfactive family

Rose

For hygiene reasons, this product cannot be returned once it has been unsealed after delivery. Your 14-day right of withdrawal applies in full to items whose original packaging has not been opened.