Amouage
Opus VI
Oriental Spicy · 2012 · Pierre Negrin
Longevity
Long
Sillage
Strong
Occasion
Romantic/Evening
Seasonality
Winter
Smoky olibanum leads over West Indian bay and Sichuan pepper, with patchouli, amber and sandalwood thickening the base. Dry and resinous, it is a spicy incense with real weight and a dark woody undertow.
Taste Profile
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.
See your own Taste Map →How Opus VI smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Opus VI keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere, and leaves its components exposed, shifting as it wears.
Opus VI reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 73rd percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Opus VI carries across a room and announces itself. That is among the highest in the catalogue for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Opus VI sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 95th percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Opus VI leaves its components exposed, shifting as it wears. That is among the highest in the catalogue for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Opus VI keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 4th 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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