Amouage
Opus I
Floral Woody · 2010 · Daniel Maurel
Longevity
Long
Sillage
Moderate
Occasion
Office/Daily
Seasonality
Spring
Cardamom and plum open over a bouquet of tuberose, jasmine and rose before incense, guaiac and vetiver dry it into a woody chypre. Dense and structured, it balances floral fullness against a mossy, resinous base.
Taste Profile
The Natural
The Easy Choice
Always works, always easy.
The one to reach for in a hurry. It fits the moment because it always does. Don't think, just go for it.
See your own Taste Map →How Opus I smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Opus I leaves its components exposed, shifting as it wears, and carries across a room and announces itself.
Opus I sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 44th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Opus I carries across a room and announces itself. That is 91st percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Opus I sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 92nd percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Opus I leaves its components exposed, shifting as it wears. That is among the highest in the catalogue for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Opus I carries sweetness without letting it define the scent.
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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