Amphorae 17
Amber Woody · 2022
Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.
- Reported longevity
- Long
- Reported sillage
- Moderate
- Typical occasion
- Romantic/Evening
- Typical season
- Summer
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.
Reviewers consistently remark on the quality of the materials.
Modelled profile
A resinous, incense-forward composition where myrrh and benzoin build a warm balsamic core under a cool wisp of violet leaf. It feels rich and slightly medicinal, the sweetness of davana and amber held in check by the smoke. Close and contemplative, it sits somewhere between a church resin and a soft skin scent.
Taste Profile
The Romantic
The Familiar Place
Found something that feels like home and never left.
Connection to home and your people is what you are all about. The fragrance found you as much as you found it. May those connections remain firm.
How Amphorae 17 smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Amphorae 17 reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory, and feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there.
Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.
Amphorae 17 reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 95th percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Amphorae 17 sits mid-range on projection. That is 57th percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Amphorae 17 sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 65th percentile for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Amphorae 17 feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there. That is 80th percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Amphorae 17 carries sweetness without letting it define the scent. That is 78th percentile for sweetness across 5,283 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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