When you have smelled one amber fragrance you have smelled them all... + what I have tried lately 

I was just thinking the same thing recently. Amber Precieux seems like the reference,, even though I don't have it, because they all smell the same. Animalic facets are the differentiating factor for me, Pierre Guillaume l'Ombre Fauve and Le Galion Ferveur are a couple of favorites of mine. I was just searching for Sumo Wrestler myself, hard to find in Europe though.

Totally agree, but the best amber is L'Eau Ambre from L'Artisan

MFK Grand Soir was the main amber fragrance in my collection, until a few months ago when I bought a bottle of Penhaligon's Cairo and now to my nose Grand Soir actually pales a bit in comparison, although yes there are some similarities and I still like Grand Soir. Cairo (by Christophe Raynaud) is gorgeous and more feminine than GS. It's also more complex. The top notes of Cairo are Damask Rose and Saffron; the mid, is Vanilla, Nagarmotha (Cypriot Oil) and Labdanum; and the base is Sandalwood, Patchouli and Cedar. Overall, it's a beautiful saffron, rose, incense, woody experience. I feel very sultry when I wear it and a little bit elegant-hippy. I'm surprised it's not talked about more among fragrance lovers. I bought it in August and I live in California so I wasn't able to wear it much in the summer, but autumn is here now and I'm reaching for it weekly. Another beautiful new amber in my collection is Quentin Bisch's Venenum Kiss by Ex Nihilo. It also shares the saffron, rose, vanilla and sandalwood notes that Cairo has but for all it's ambery similarities, it's different. You have to like or want a saffron forward fragrance to like Venenum Kiss, which I was looking for and certainly found it with VK. But for me my favorite aspect of the fragrance is it's powdery and feminine dry down. Like Cairo, I find it sultry and sexy. Top notes are Saffron, Nutmeg and Neroli; middle notes are Rose, Amber and Artemisia; base notes are Vanilla, Sandalwood and Styrax.

I love amber perfumes, and there are indeed many that smells similar, for me the trick is to find different twists on it, here are a few examples: * Ambre Impérial Van Cleef & Arpels - a sweet warm amber with a fresh citrussy top, feels more feminine to me. * Ambre D'Alexandrie Boucheron - an "cinnamon apple pie" amber * Woman Amber Halston - a "cola" amber * Suki Essence Weil - a dried fruit and spices amber * Nuit d’Orient Coryse Salomé - a very affordable antique (kinda dusty) resinous amber

I can't believe I haven't come across your channel before - what content!! I agree with your message: MFK's Grand Soir and Amber 114 smell the same to me. Tango smells like spicy coke to me for the first few hours, and then it's the same amber base. And then I have Carven's Paris Mascate, and it's very powdery heavy dusty amber in the beginning. A couple of hours later - smell very similar to others.

Ambers are a group of perfumes I have no luck with. Almost everyone feel cloying or just too dense in a way. But I love to smell Ambre Sultan on my husband!

Thank you

Great summaries, I was all set to get a bottle of Yawahada (Soft Skin) from J-Scent but may have to sample Sumo Wrestler first now. Some day I'll get Chergui/Serge Lutens, at the moment my amber SOTD is She/House of Matriarch.

Ambre Nuit and Ambre Precieux are my reference ambers. However, Ambre Royal by Ormonde Jayne deserves a mention as well.and congrats on hitting the 1k subscribers milestone.

My dear I have a very similar experience with tuberose perfumes. I’ve got to the point where I cannot find a new one. Whenever I have smelt smt new I found it so refreshing 😌

I have the same issue with vanilla based fragrances. With the exception of TF tobacco vanille, they all generally smell very close.

I used to hate ambers but I’ve found some I love. I find I can only wear them in winter though.

Jovoy

You meant to say Jovoy ❤️

LDDM worn yesterday ❤️

I'm wearing Ambre Sultan today, topical