Guidance 46 Extrait de Parfum - Amouage
A study in light and shade.
Guidance 46 opens on pear, hazelnut and bitter almond against rose water and frankincense, sweet and nutty before it turns. Rose, osmanthus and saffron fill the heart, then sandalwood, akigalawood and vanilla carry it out warm and woody. Dosed at 46% concentration, so it goes a long way.
Top notes: Rose water, pear, hazelnut, bitter almond, frankincense, pink pepper
Heart notes: Rose, osmanthus, saffron, jasmine sambac
Base notes: Sandalwood, akigalawood, vanilla, ambrette, ambergris, labdanum, georgywood, cypriol
Family: Oriental floral
Concentration: Extrait de parfum
Best for: Evening, autumn and winter, feminine
The story
A study in light and shade.
Guidance 46 opens on pear, hazelnut and bitter almond against rose water and frankincense, sweet and nutty before it turns. Rose, osmanthus and saffron fill the heart, then sandalwood, akigalawood and vanilla carry it out warm and woody. Dosed at 46% concentration, so it goes a long way.
How it wears
Top notes greet you, the heart settles in over the first hour, and the base is what stays on skin at the end of the evening.
- 1
Top notes
First minutesRose water, pear, hazelnut, bitter almond, frankincense, pink pepper
- 2
Heart notes
First hoursRose, osmanthus, saffron, jasmine sambac
- 3
Base notes
LastingSandalwood, akigalawood, vanilla, ambrette, ambergris, labdanum, georgywood, cypriol
At a glance
- Family
- Oriental floral
- Concentration
- Extrait de parfum
- Best for
- Evening, autumn and winter, feminine
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