Givenchy

Amarige

  • For women
  • Eau de Toilette
  • 1991

Amarige, signed Givenchy, is a generous and sunny floral fragrance. It opens on orange blossom, mimosa and neroli, reveals tuberose, gardenia and ylang-ylang at its heart and rests on a base of vanilla, amber, white musk and sandalwood.

Main accords

Pyramid & evolution

Unofficial sources Data drawn from unofficial sources, not from the house: this pyramid (like the year and gender shown) may contain discrepancies.

  1. Opening First minutes

    Orange blossom · Mimosa · Neroli

  2. Heart ~30 min to 2 h

    Tuberose · Gardenia · Ylang-ylang

  3. Base Several hours

    Vanilla · Amber · White musk · Sandalwood

What its composition says

  • 10 materials declared, against 7.6 on average in the catalogue: the formula is fuller than usual.
  • 3 materials on top, 3 in the heart, 4 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
  • Mimosa: its rarest material, which only 31 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue contain — about one in 64.
  • White musk: conversely, one of the most widely used materials in the catalogue — 50% of the analysed perfumes contain it.

Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.

Scent profile

Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.

Wear time Good
7 to 9 h estimated on skin
Projection Generous
fills a room

Ideal seasons

  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter

Time of day

  • Day
  • Evening

Made for cool to cold weather — below 15 °C (59 °F).

Ideal occasions

  • Evenings & nights out A present trail that holds its own when the light drops.

Avoid if…

  • you shun warm, opulent trails, especially in summer.

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