Fate Woman Amouage 2013 Eau de Parfum

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Fate Woman (Eau de Parfum) is a popular perfume by Amouage for women and was released in 2013. The scent is oriental-spicy. The longevity is above-average. It was last marketed by Sabco Group / Oman Perfumery.
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Main accords

Oriental

Spicy

Floral

Resinous

Sweet

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Cinnamon

Pepper

Bergamot

Chili

Heart Notes

Frankincense

Jasmine

Narcissus

Labdanum

Rose

Base Notes

Frankincense

Oakmoss

Castoreum

Vanilla

Benzoin

Patchouli

Leather

Perfumer

Dorothée Piot

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Ratings

Scent

8.0320 Ratings

Longevity

8.7254 Ratings

Sillage

7.7261 Ratings

Bottle

9.0270 Ratings

Value for money

7.051 Ratings

Submitted by Merlina, last update on 09.01.2024.

Reviews

12 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/20/2019

Brunhild
8 Reviews

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Brunhild

Top Review 11

The duel, Fate versus Lilac Love

Lilac Love vs. Fate, the winner? Fate!
Today the sample Fate arrived at my place, I spray it on and wow the movie runs .
She comes towards me in her evening gown, with sparkling eyes she looks at me and her
dark red mouth whispers, I am Fate your Orientalin . Welcome Fate.
After the spicy prelude, cinnamon dominates for a very long time. The noble scent is changeable ,
it becomes pleasantly soft, but remains dark and mysterious. Rose, vanilla, incense, leather, unite to a wonderful fragrance experience. Fate stays on my skin for many hours, he holds me captive and ends up on my wish list

02/01/2020

10
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 7
Scent

Bergerbelge
16 Reviews

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Bergerbelge

Very helpful Review 9

Confusion of fate in Rainbowland...

I only recently afforded "Fate", although I found it totally ambivalent based on a sample.

But I was and am totally taken with the shimmering rainbow colours of the bottle and the pretty box... A dream!

Because he smells me like this:

At first completely indefinable, super strong olfactory, biting chaos. Like a giant black hole that may swallow me and everything around me. Whew. I can't smell anything. Everything pours down my poor nose unfiltered. Headache? Not yet. But almost!

After one hour:

Woody, incense, warm, some "pee-narcissus" ...

After two hours: Bang! There it is, the smell that I like so much in itself!

Balsamic, slightly creamy, soft, spicy. Not too loud, but not discreet either. Super classy, luxurious
After 3 hours still a little tamer, so he stays with me almost until the next day.

Well, man and woman have their fate in their own hands - I will only consult this one rarely and with care...

But: for the right woman or the right man, it will be the holy rainbow grail :)

11/04/2013

hedonist222
26 Reviews

hedonist222

Very helpful Review 5

Amouage's new path

I too can't figure it out completely.

It's very sweet the first ten minutes. Not candy floss , not chocolate, not caramel. Some sweet I can't put my finger on at the moment.

The middle part is my favorite.
Some floral accord tainted with heavy labdanum.

I haven't gotten my head around it completely yet.

What I like for certain is how it's not typically Amouage.
It doesn't have their signature accord:
Incense, oud & resins.

I think Fate Woman is what Christopher Chong was referring to when he said they're heading in a new direction.
It's blended seamlessly.
I don't complain about seamless blends. I enjoy not picking out notes sometimes.

The
|absolute value|
of perfumery.

11/04/2013

7.5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7
Scent

Drseid
819 Reviews

Drseid

Very helpful Review 5

Extremely Polished and Distinctive, But Something Still Is Missing...

Fate Woman opens with a very ephemeral splash of light bergamot supporting a stronger rose-led floral melange. As the composition enters its early heart the rose-led florals remain in full force, as gentle hints of underlying cinnamon spice and frankincense add additional richness, with significant amber-like rock rose (labdanum) adding depth. During the late dry-down the composition turns bitter-sweet and slightly powdery as the amber-laced florals recede and vanilla from the base emerges as late star, balanced by supporting benzoin. Projection is good and longevity outstanding at about 15 hours on skin.

Fate Woman is one of those compositions that is difficult to outright dislike. It marks a significant departure from Amouage's other offerings with a more classical structure, while subtle ties to the house (and its counterpart Fate Man) pop in and out through most of its development. During the fragrance middle, the amber-like rock rose gives the rose-led florals richness and body while adding just a touch of sweetness and underlying powder. Even the base is composed extremely well as the starring vanilla is balanced by supporting benzoin to create a dichotomy of countering the inherent sweetness of the starring vanilla with a bit of the earthiness from the resinous benzoin. All this polish makes for quite the accomplished composition by perfumer Dorothee Piot, but somehow still comes off as somewhat detached. The bottom line is the $375 per 100ml bottle Fate Woman is a well-composed, distinctive composition from Amouage that will please most but somehow still doesn't quite click with this reviewer, earning a very good 3.5 stars out of 5.

04/21/2017

NaughtyKitty
6 Reviews

NaughtyKitty

Very helpful Review 4

The Best Amouage Money Can Buy

Before dabbling in Fate (no pun intended), my two favorite Amouage perfumes were the women's versions of Memoir and Sunshine. Fate is uniquely different from both of these fragrances.

Amouage Fate starts off with a sweet spicy note, bergamot, a tinge of powder. While many powdery perfumes exude a strong bitter scent, this note is different. It is a sweet vanillin powder, nothing overwhelming and no hints of violet or iris. This powder note is often present in perfumes that contain a combination of labdanum and vanilla. It stays persistently throughout the life of the scent, on my skin at least.

Next, we have the incense notes which skillfully adorn the aforementioned spice and vanilla. This prevents the perfume from being a traditional gourmand while still maintaining the sweet aspects of the fragrance. Although I don't get the same obvious leather here that I detect in leather-dominant scents, it appears at the base of Amouage and gives it a very slight animalistic nature. Do not fear my use of the word animalistic here, for Fate is very far from being overwhelming or off-putting. I was actually afraid to blind buy Fate because the notes suggest a style of traditional fragrance I wouldn't normally be able to pull off, but alas Fate has found me and I couldn't be happier.

Amouage Fate is a very different experience for everyone, and like with most perfumes you cannot truly know whether or not it will suit your tastes until you test it. I am partial to woody, spicy, and sweet perfumes myself, and for me it is one of my favorite scents to date. I can wear it in any weather without feeling suffocated or overwhelmed. Fate manages to find the balance between presence of scent and projection without sacrificing one aspect for the other. The quality of this perfume is superb, and the scent lasts all day albeit going through variations and changes in notes (I.e. Fading of the bergamot and dominance of incense). I don't find this perfume to be very floral, but this might be because of how floral perfumes interact on my skin.

Lastly, I find Fate to be what Amouage does best: Incense and complexity. While the fragrance maintains the individuality of notes, the blending is so refined that it takes you some time to figure out exactly what you are smelling. Some people fear that Fate may be too old-fashioned for them. I think that Fate is more of a modern take on classic fragrances than anything else.

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