Amouage

Material

Oriental Resinous · 2021

ElemiPatchouliBenzoinMadagascar VanillaTonka BeanIncenseLabdanumGuaiac WoodAgarwood (Oud)Osmanthus

Longevity

Long

Sillage

Strong

Occasion

Romantic/Evening

Seasonality

Winter

4.20community rating

Madagascar vanilla and tonka pour warmth over patchouli, guaiac and oud, with incense and labdanum darkening the edges. Dense and resinous, it moves between sweet and smoky without ever settling on one, a substantial oriental with woody gravity.

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.

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How Material smells, measured

On Zenyra's five taste axes, Material leaves its components exposed, shifting as it wears, and reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory.

Warmthwarm, close0.77

Material reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 85th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Projectionroom-filling0.75

Material carries across a room and announces itself. That is among the highest in the catalogue for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Riskmid-range0.55

Material sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 93rd percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Textureexposed0.80

Material leaves its components exposed, shifting as it wears. That is among the highest in the catalogue for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Sweetnesslightly sweet0.46

Material carries sweetness without letting it define the scent. That is 62nd percentile for sweetness across 5,322 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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