Amazone (1974)

7 reseñas

Mostrando las más recientes primero.

• mellody

  October 11, 2015

  

  Amazone… The advertising showed a woman riding naked, running against the wind, removing her shawl. Free, entrepreneurial, transgressive. Hermès launched a different feminine fragrance, perhaps to reach younger generations. It retains that extraordinary quality and seventies spirit: green, mossy, spicy, with voluptuous flowers and soft woods. It avoided aldehydes, a masterstroke. It opens with a burst of bergamot and galbanum, with touches of orange blossom. It’s green, reminiscent of Balmain’s Ivoire, but then takes a different path. Balmain turns spiced, while Amazone reveals its flowers. Hyacinth, narcissus and rose are neat, none dominating. Quality first. A green floral, slightly sweet and mildly spicy from the lily. The galbanum settles and cassia stands out; then rose and geranium take centre stage. It’s more strident than Caleche, moderate projection, but lasts over 10 hours. Woods and moss are noticeable after two hours. A sublime sensation. It bears the stamp of its era, but Hermès’ quality makes finding an alternative difficult. Indispensable for lovers of spicy green florals. It has that delicate yet intense play I adore.

• Selene

  August 5, 2021

  

  It smelled like angels.

• jerry drake

  August 5, 2021

  

  Vintage green, sibling to Chanel’s N19. Hyacinth, lily root, narcissus and moss. A perfume from a generous era, no frills, with ingredients and depth. It starts beautifully green before darkening, like a forest at night. It lasts a long time and stains clothes. I adore the formulas of back then, where fashion and perfume had that pomp and cleanliness. Verdant woody, Amazone is Hermès’ green branch.

• Lux

  January 5, 2022

  

  I used to steal drops of this gem from my mum to go out partying. I regret they’ve discontinued it.

• Lux

  January 28, 2022

  

  I’d be lying if I said classics like Amazone are easy to describe. Not only do they don’t smell much in the street, but they are groundbreaking, full of beauty and far more complex than five new launches combined. A quick nose isn’t enough: more layers, denser, with more character and mystery. Amazone is beautiful and simple; if you like vetiver, give it a chance. Combining vetiver, blackcurrant and hyacinth sounds challenging, but more interesting than 90% of moderns. It’s hard to imagine today a women’s perfume that isn’t niche and smells like this; it’s not sufficiently feminine and is an acquired taste. The first time I wore it, I mistook the herbaceous vetiver for coriander, just as I was enveloped by it, I caught the earthy hyacinth, the clean green of galbanum and a warm sweetness from blackcurrant. Jasmine, lily and rose bloom unexpectedly, balancing with conventional femininity. I love vetiver; when it predominates in feminine scents, as in this 1970s green floral, it connotes a capable, earthy, rooted woman, perhaps tomboyish but elegant. Timeless, green, combative and assured. Sometimes a forest fairy, sometimes a coast queen, always superior and a princess of hearts. Undoubtedly a Hermès classic. Warm, significant, wise, soft: a bouquet, a forest full of attraction and charisma. Power, poetry, intensity, like a classical symphony. They don’t make them like this anymore.

• Horacio G 2026

  March 13, 2026

  

  My favourite fragrance, the one that best represents me.

• Horacio G 2026

  March 18, 2026

  

  When I was 15