Serge Lutens
Ambre Sultan
Oriental Amber · 2000 · Christopher Sheldrake
Longevity
Long
Sillage
Strong
Occasion
Romantic/Evening
Seasonality
Winter
Resinous amber wrapped in herbal oregano, grounded by sandalwood and vanilla. Balsamic, dense and enveloping.
Taste Profile
The Romantic
The Warm Surprise
Warm, present and quietly adventurous.
The warmth draws people in. The choice surprises them. That combination is rarer than it looks.
See your own Taste Map →How Ambre Sultan smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Ambre Sultan reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory, and carries across a room and announces itself.
Ambre Sultan reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 86th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Ambre Sultan carries across a room and announces itself. That is 93rd percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Ambre Sultan 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.
Ambre Sultan leaves its components exposed, shifting as it wears. That is 94th percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Ambre Sultan carries sweetness without letting it define the scent. That is 77th 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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