Jubilation XXV Man

Starting the day at 9... Interested straight away... Blackberry Jam warms you and draws you in... This feels rich and regel almost immediately... Not the kind of king that "lets them eat cake" but a warm friendly King with a fondness for jam... 10:30 and you know you are going to be looking for a bottle of this somewhere... 11:15 Lovely quality niche warm soft version of Costume National Homme that doesn't go cloying... Very good... 14:15 Reminding me more of the Costume National as it goes on but its like a niche version... Its not straight sandalwood... Feels complex... A beautiful blend of components that gives of the smooth sandalwood feel but you can pick out individual elements if you search... 16.50 What a fragrance... The Blackberry and Honey throughout the day is amazing... This is some scent... Starts to mellow into the background and becomes less noticeable for the evening... Very Nice...

I bought 14 designer niche fragrances 1 mL each Just to sample each of them, all heavyweights in the niche fragrance industry and I found the opening so loud and unlike anything I have ever experienced I initially, did not like it, it was the least out of all of them of which I liked, I put it on my skin and it turned into the most friendly & elegant, sophisticated, complex, smooooth fragrance I’ve ever known.. jubilation is a really good word to describe this fragrance, there’s so much to appreciate about this fragrance. There’s so much to discover there’s so much to enjoy. This is a fragrance I believe people would feel better for having had the pleasure of smelling it. This is truly happy and glorious. Of course this is a master piece.

They make stupid comments about urine smells—if your urine smells like that, spray your partner or the front of your house in your ghetto neighborhood; trust me, your life will get better. Anyway, let’s move past that nonsense and get to the fragrance. This perfume is very mass-appealing—Americans, Turks, Africans, and Chinese people alike would all like it. It’s a herbal, fruity, floral, and spicy scent where everything is nicely balanced. However, the longevity and projection are a bit weak, and it has a somewhat dry feel—a dry kind of scent. It’s the kind of perfume you can always wear without bothering anyone, and when you can’t decide what to wear, this is the perfect go-to fragrance.

It smells so good to me and lasts long enough, and that alone makes it worth the price. I know I spoke generically, but that is because everyone needs to have their own experience with fragrance. The honeyed blackberry and frankincense backbone of the opening and the honeyed hay and spices in the mid are intoxicating and I love it. The wonderfully blended resins carry the scent through the hours afterwards. I wear this at the office, on dates, dining, special events, and just hanging outside with my friends. It never gets cloying nor overpowering even in summertime. 9/10

Unusually faint for Amouage and I see I'm not alone smelling it like that. Maybe it's just an early one, but smells nice and interesting indeed. The main note I can smell here is not one of my favourites and I suspect the thing I smell in particular is, for some strange reason, called blackberry. I have eaten them alongside some streets or roads, I know the taste, they're very good, sometimes sour, sometimes sweet, but this smell here is something else. I can imagine the smell being dark blue though, that's the only connection with a blackberry I can think of.