Fragrance note · Musks and skin notes
Ambergris perfumes
Originally a rare substance from sperm whales, aged at sea. Perfumes today recreate it with molecules such as Ambroxan. It smells salty, mineral, warm and skin-like.
We stock 71 perfumes with ambergris, from 32 houses. By how the houses present them: 39 unisex, 10 for women and 22 for men.
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Notes paired with ambergris
In the perfumes we stock, these notes sit beside ambergris most often.
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We sell only the originals, in 3, 10 and 30 ml.
Questions about ambergris
What does ambergris smell like?
Originally a rare substance from sperm whales, aged at sea. Perfumes today recreate it with molecules such as Ambroxan. It smells salty, mineral, warm and skin-like.
Which perfumes with ambergris sell best at 10ML?
Our best-selling perfumes with ambergris right now are Guidance by Amouage, Guidance 46 by Amouage and Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait by Maison Francis Kurkdjian. We stock 71 perfumes that contain it in all.
Which notes go well with ambergris?
Across the perfumes we stock, ambergris is most often paired with black currant, saffron, labdanum, leather and apple.
Is ambergris a men’s or a women’s note?
Both. Of our 71 perfumes with ambergris, 39 are presented as unisex, 10 for women and 22 for men.
Can I try a ambergris perfume before buying a full bottle?
Yes. Every perfume here is decanted by hand from the original bottle into a travel atomiser, in sizes from 3ml, so you can wear it for days before you commit to a bottle.