Guidance 46
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- Authentic original perfume
- Try before the full bottle
- Travel-ready 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
- Long-lasting scent
Guidance 46 by Amouage takes the pear and hazelnut of its sibling and pushes them deeper, with more rose and a darker, woodier base. It opens with rose water, pear, hazelnut and bitter almond, sharpened by pink pepper and a curl of frankincense. Saffron, osmanthus, rose and jasmine sambac make the heart feel plush. The dry-down is dense and warm: sandalwood, vanilla, labdanum, ambergris and cypriol, with a faint oud-like shadow. It arrived in 2024 and is mostly worn by women, yet it wears like a velvet jacket anyone could borrow. Voters keep it for autumn and winter, for evenings and late nights. In the community vote its longevity reaches eternal and its sillage is called strong. Start with a 3ml decant; it is a lot of perfume.
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The community verdict
Autumn evenings call for Guidance 46, with pear, hazelnut and rose water giving way to saffron, sandalwood and vanilla. Most find it exceptionally long-lasting; the largest group reports strong projection, with room-filling reach also reported. It suits a warm, fruity-floral mood for going out, and winter nights work too.
Summarised with AI from perfume-community reviews
- Topfirst impression
- Bitter Almond
- Frankincense
- Hazelnut
- Pear
- Pink Pepper
- Rose Water
- Basewhat lingers
- Akigalawood
- Ambergris
- Ambrette
- Cypriol
- Georgywood
- Labdanum
- Sandalwood
- Vanilla
- Brand
- Amouage
- Scent profile
- For women
- Launched
- 2024
- Decant sizes
- 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
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Amouage Guidance 46, hour by hour
How it opens, settles and lingers on skin.
Rose water poured over pear slices in a candlelit room.
What you smell
First spray0–15 min
- Bitter Almond
- Frankincense
- Hazelnut
- Pear
- Pink Pepper
- Rose Water
Heart15 min – 2 h
Dry-down2 h – 12 h+
- Akigalawood
- Ambergris
- Ambrette
- Cypriol
- Georgywood
- Labdanum
- Sandalwood
- Vanilla
- Lasts
- 12 h+
- Eternal
- Sillage
- Strong, 3 of 4
What wearers say
Votes from fragrance communities, most-voted answers first.
Longevity558 votes
Most voted: 56%Eternal
30%Long lasting
Sillage538 votes
Most voted: 44%Strong
31%Enormous
Season558 votes
Most voted: 45%Autumn
35%Winter
Time of day558 votes
Most voted: 40%Evening
35%Night out
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Longevity558 votes
- Very weak1%8 votes
- Weak3%16 votes
- Moderate10%56 votes
- Long lasting30%165 votes
- Eternal (Most voted)56%313 votes
Sillage538 votes
- Intimate3%17 votes
- Moderate22%118 votes
- Strong (Most voted)44%235 votes
- Enormous31%168 votes
Season558 votes
- Spring15%84 votes
- Summer5%28 votes
- Autumn (Most voted)45%251 votes
- Winter35%195 votes
Time of day558 votes
- Daytime20%112 votes
- Office5%28 votes
- Evening (Most voted)40%223 votes
- Night out35%195 votes
Which size is right for you?
Every size is decanted from the same original bottle.
At 3 sprays a day.
Loved by 50,000+
Why scent lovers try it with us before they buy the bottle.
Hand-decanted from the original bottle
Decanted by hand from authentic bottles, never diluted.
Wear it for days before you commit
Live with it at work, at night and at the weekend before you buy a full bottle.
Just like the full bottle
A fine-mist atomiser sprays like the original, so it opens, projects and lasts on your skin the way the full bottle does.
10ML vs a blind buy
What a decant gives you that a bottle bought unsmelled can’t.
Why 10ML?
Blind buy
Authentic original perfume
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Smell it on your skin before you buy
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No
Try several scents for one bottle’s price
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No
Travel-ready atomiser
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No full bottle wasted if it’s not for you
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More from Amouage
Amouage was founded in Oman in 1983, and its perfumes still carry the country's long history with frankincense and resins. Expect rich, layered compositions: incense and labdanum, saffron and cardamom, rose and jasmine over sandalwood and oud, made to unfold slowly rather than announce themselves. Guidance is the newer face of the range, woody and softly fruity on a warm amber base. Interlude Man is the resinous, spicy one, while Reflection Man sets clean white florals over woods. Honour Woman is a bright, green tuberose for anyone who likes flowers with backbone. A small decant of two or three shows which side of Amouage suits you.
Frequently asked questions
What does Amouage Guidance 46 smell like?
Amouage Guidance 46 opens with Bitter Almond, Frankincense, Hazelnut and Pear. The heart brings Jasmine Sambac, Osmanthus, Rose and Saffron. It dries down to Akigalawood, Ambergris, Ambrette and Cypriol.
Is Amouage Guidance 46 long lasting?
Shoppers on fragrance communities most often rate its longevity as eternal (56% of votes), and 86% rate it long lasting or eternal. They most often rate its sillage as strong (44% of votes). How long it lasts on you also depends on your skin and how much you apply.
Is Amouage Guidance 46 good for summer?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rate it mainly for autumn; summer takes only 5% of season votes.
Is Amouage Guidance 46 good for winter?
Shoppers on fragrance communities favour other seasons, but winter still takes 35% of season votes.
Is Amouage Guidance 46 for day or night?
Shoppers on fragrance communities mostly wear it after dark: 75% of time-of-day votes are for evenings and nights out, 25% for daytime or the office.
Can I wear Amouage Guidance 46 to the office?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rarely pick it for the office: only 5% of time-of-day votes go to the office.
Who makes Amouage Guidance 46?
Guidance 46 is made by Amouage. It was launched in 2024.
How many wears is a 10ml decant of Amouage Guidance 46?
A 10ml decant of Amouage Guidance 46 holds about 200 sprays, roughly 67 days of wear at 3 sprays a day. The 3ml decant holds about 60 sprays, around 20 days. The 30ml decant holds about 600 sprays, around 200 days.
Which other Amouage perfumes can I try?
Besides Amouage Guidance 46, 10ML has Reflection Man, Interlude Man and Honour Woman from Amouage, each decanted from the original bottle.
Is this Amouage Guidance 46 decant the original perfume?
Yes. Every Amouage Guidance 46 decant is filled by hand from an original Amouage bottle, with nothing added or diluted, so it opens, dries down and lasts on your skin the way the bottle does. We sell only authentic originals.
What is a decant?
A small amount of a perfume, taken from its original bottle and put into a travel atomiser. You get the real fragrance in a size that lets you live with it for days before you decide on the full bottle.
How does the money-back guarantee work?
If a scent isn’t right for you, get in touch within 30 days of it arriving and we’ll arrange a refund. Terms apply. See our refund policy.