Amouage Opus IX - Red Hellebore
3.9
Overall
Accords
fresh spicy
amber
citrus
aromatic
musky
woody
animalic
white floral
powdery
Notes Pyramid
Top
Calabrian bergamotPepperJasmineCameliaBlack Pepper
Heart
Sichuan PepperLavenderPink PepperVetiverPatchouliGeraniumelemiBeeswaxLeatherGuaiac Wood
Base
AmbroxanCedarLabdanumCivetAmbergrisVetiver
Community Verdict
Pros & Cons
- ✅ A modern classic. Much better than most of the modern designer releases that lean candy-sweet and borderline unisex.
- ✅ Amazing perfume. Works day or night, any season.
- ✅ Great scent profile with a fresh, spicy character that feels vibrant and well-balanced. Performance is excellent.
- ✅ Fresh and versatile scent suitable for many occasions
- ✅ Easily recognizable and crowd-pleasing profile
- ✅ Good longevity that lasts through most of the day
- ✅ Strong sillage that makes a confident impression
- ✅ Widely available in many sizes and concentration options
- ✅ Top marks to Amouage for continuing to embrace the stranger territories of olfactory art.
- ✅ It makes a virtue of its synthetic composition, putting together a bewildering array of lab-made materials to make a statement that is unabashedly abstract.
- ✅ You'll have fun trying to decide [whether it is chaste or brimming with full-blooded vitality].
- ❌ Foul stench! Made my husband scrub it off.
- ❌ while i understand the mass appeal, this is synthetic slop. one of the few fragrances that makes me nauseous
- ❌ Mainly a very strong and dominant synthetic dry wood plus random spicy notes mix.
- ❌ Very common, so it may not feel unique
- ❌ Might be too strong for close-quartered settings
- ❌ Some find it overly synthetic in certain formulations
- ❌ Not ideal for very hot weather due to projection
- ❌ Price can be high compared to some alternatives
- ❌ IX being surprisingly challenging.
- ❌ The civet really comes through in this otherwise rather dense white floral scent.
