Amouage

Epic Man

Oriental Woody · 2009 · Randa Hammami

pink pepperolibanumsaffronnutmegcardamomcarawaymacemyrtlemyrrhgeraniumincenseoudleathercastoreumpatchoulicedarsandalwoodstyraxmusk

Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.

Reported longevity
Long
Reported sillage
Strong
Typical occasion
Romantic/Evening
Typical season
Winter

These describe how the fragrance is generally reported to behave. Skin chemistry, weather and how much you apply all change it, so your own experience may differ.

Modelled profile

A wall of spice, saffron, nutmeg, cardamom, opens over incense and oud, then leather and castoreum darken the base with animalic depth. Dense, smoky and forceful, it is a spiced oriental that projects with authority.

Taste Profile

The Anchor archetype

The Anchor

The Slow Depth

A rich and warm centre of gravity. Change is part of the journey.

Everything around you may shift but this stays constant. The depth here takes time. It opens slowly and rewards patience. Some things get richer the longer you stay.

How Epic Man smells, measured

On Zenyra's five taste axes, Epic Man keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere, and carries across a room and announces itself.

Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.

Warmthwarm, close0.78

Epic Man reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 89th percentile for warmth across 5,320 scored fragrances.

Projectionroom-filling0.82

Epic Man carries across a room and announces itself. That is among the highest in the catalogue for projection across 5,320 scored fragrances.

Riskmid-range0.60

Epic Man sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 96th percentile for risk across 5,320 scored fragrances.

Texturedense0.78

Epic Man feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there. That is 94th percentile for texture across 5,320 scored fragrances.

Sweetnessdry0.10

Epic Man keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 5th percentile for sweetness across 5,320 scored fragrances.

Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.

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