The Odyssey Collection

Guidance 2023

Guidance by Amouage
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7.5 / 10 507 Ratings
A new perfume by Amouage for women and men, released in 2023. The scent is sweet-creamy. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is being marketed by Sabco Group / Oman Perfumery.
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Main accords

Sweet
Creamy
Fruity
Floral
Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
PearPear HazelnutHazelnut FrankincenseFrankincense
Heart Notes Heart Notes
OsmanthusOsmanthus RoseRose Jasmine sambacJasmine sambac SaffronSaffron
Base Notes Base Notes
Akigalawood®Akigalawood® SandalwoodSandalwood VanillaVanilla AmbergrisAmbergris CistusCistus

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.5507 Ratings
Longevity
9.0463 Ratings
Sillage
8.6461 Ratings
Bottle
8.8426 Ratings
Value for money
6.3335 Ratings
Submitted by NicheOnly, last update on 24.04.2024.
Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the "The Odyssey Collection" collection.

Reviews

25 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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Schar002

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Top Review 25  
Try the Hype: The Temptation That Wasn't.
Hyped fragrances. Highly praised and praised as olfactory Offenbahrung, they screw my expectations into the unfulfillable. So also here ... why I followed the hype? The fragrance pyramid and the perfumer of my first "luxury bottle" have made me weak.

Following my fragrance experience. It should please no one feel attacked or deny me my sensibilities - thank you very much. :)

In the Opening it was really not my fragrance at all. I smell somehow only herbs,spice and something sweet ( pear), which for me also does not fit. Everything is inharmonious and leads to the Naserümpfen. Should probably be hazelnut? Personally, it reminds me of the herbaceous-spicy note in Angélique Noire, which I unfortunately do not like (no, the scents can not be compared at all that is my personal association! :) )

So our fragrance start was difficult and I really have to "force" myself not to wash off the fragrance right away. This difficult phase lasts far too long for me, as that I can see the fragrance as a candidate for purchase. There are quite fragrances with getting used to opening, which become so beautiful in the course that it is a candidate for purchase ... does not apply here.

After the spicy hazelnut is (finally) gone, then come the heart notes. Are quite nice, remind me of my Delina Exclusif - I spray equal times on the other back of the hand. Can not(!) Compare, probably my perception was influenced by the knowledge of the perfumer ;-)

Even in the heart notes, the fragrance thus "stands for itself". Rosy, floral and quite beautiful. Does not save the fragrance for me, unfortunately.

Conclusion: the fragrance wants a lot. Can also some. An opening, which I have not yet smelled so and nice drydown. Unfortunately, he combines everything I do not like fragrances or awakens the association with tested fragrances, which bother me.

Nevertheless, there is nothing comparable, direct associations could not really be strengthened, the fragrance or the composition is thus definitely unique!

At only 1. sprayer the intensity was really very strong and you have to really like the opening- then it is definitely a great fragrance!
Durability and sillage are comparable to the Delinas eg Delina Exclusif - here you have to like just as the opening as well as the fact that the fragrance even in small doses very radiated and holds well.
With the Guidance it was all too much for me, which I did not like. Pear, hazelnut... Spice... nope... was somehow exhausting and did not cuddle.
Was not my fragrance from the beginning to the end.
The opening I did not want to experience 2x, so the fragrance unfortunately had only 1st chance.

Absolutely no blind purchase candidate, necessarily test before!

And the moral of the story: "Don't follow the hype"
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Kellianca

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Kellianca
Very helpful Review 10  
Skin wood veil
Guidance is the woody scent I found without knowing I was looking for it. I just wanted to know what the hype was all about. I was expecting a sweet floral cream scent based on the popularity and the bottle - it kind of is. But it's much more of a fluffy woody scent with musky undertones (must be from the ambergris). It humanizes in the best way and surrounds you with a fragrant aura, all in one spray!

When you smell the sprayed area, you smell rose-fruit mishmash - especially in the first few minutes. Quite pleasant, but not so special. As soon as it spreads in the room and over the whole drydown, but this woody skininess comes out, which I have so not yet smelled anywhere. Totally complex! The sandalwood of Guidance reminds me of the one in Santal Calling by Ex Nihilo. It also has a bit of Orpheon by Diptyque for me. The also spreads similarly in the room, but seemed to me much soapy-vintage-iger Both I did not like, Guidance for it all the more.

Overall, it is a unique fragrance, about which a dear friend, who is otherwise not at all interested in perfume, said "if I could smell like only one perfume, then it would be just that, just so I would want to smell". If that means nothing...
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MelliProfumo

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MelliProfumo
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Difficult, difficult..
To be honest, I find it very difficult to write a review of this fragrance, as I can understand both those who love it and those who were immediately hooked. Personally, I belong to the second group, but the strange thing is, I can't even say exactly why I like this fragrance so much. If I had to describe it in one word, it would be: extraordinary. That sums it up best. And I simply find this extraordinary quality incredibly beautiful. But not everyone will feel the same way, so please do NOT buy it blindly. You should definitely test this fragrance beforehand, otherwise you will end up with a nasty and, above all, expensive surprise. H/S are almost too much of a good thing. The price is therefore justified, as the fragrance is almost impossible to remove. You can still smell it even after washing. If you store it properly and use it sparingly (and you definitely should, otherwise it will kill you), you will have it for a very, very long time.
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SarahScent

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SarahScent
Helpful Review 8  
Love-hate relationship on the hype train
It was impossible to escape the Guidance hype - every perfume influencer held the bottle up to the camera and raved about a fragrance like no other. So I finally wanted to find out what the scent beast was all about... When the small bottle arrived from the souk, I sprayed it directly onto my wrist: what a mistake! Guidance hit me in the face with what felt like a fist - a blast of hazelnut, pear, incense, spiciness, sweetness - all at once. I had really never smelled anything like it before. It really overwhelmed me. After a few minutes it got better: ah, there's jasmine and a little vanilla. After about half an hour, the dense, intense heart note settled on my skin - and stayed there. For hours. Until the next shower.
I'm not quite sure whether I love Guidance now or whether it's just "too much" for me. I've now bought my 2nd Souk bottle and some days I love it, but somehow I can't bring myself to buy the whole bottle.
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Ivana96

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A masterpiece
Like many perfume lovers, I became aware of this fragrance through the countless videos in which Guidance was discussed - whether negatively or positively. I kept hearing in the videos that this fragrance was something special and that people either loved it or hated it.
My curiosity was piqued.

After a long time, I finally went to a perfumery that had Guidance in its range and was finally able to spray it on. First on the test strips. As I had heard from many people that the first few seconds were a bit "strange", I waited about 30 seconds until I smelled it... and then boom! I have never smelled anything so noble, luxurious and special. This is what it smells like in an expensive hotel, I thought. Then I sprayed a small amount on my neck. I smelled it all day long, even after showering the next day. The fragrance strip and everything that came into contact with this fragrance smelled of this fragrance for 3 weeks, or still does. I knew I needed this fragrance!

Guidance undergoes a dramatic development. The first few minutes, I felt a bit "weird" at first. Guidance needs a few minutes for everything to blend together and for the incredible heart and base notes to emerge. I think it's the incense with the pear that makes the opening so unusual. The heart note is floral, creamy, nutty, slightly spicy and sweet. It then stays on my skin for around 3-4 hours. Then comes my favorite part of the fragrance. The drydown is simply a dream. This is where the full magic of Guidance unfolds once again. So warm, sensual, feminine and creamy. I especially smell the sandalwood and vanilla here.

All in all - once the somewhat pungent top note has disappeared - it's the creamiest fragrance I've ever smelled. Quentin Bisch also says in a video for Guidance that he wanted to create a new experience of "creaminess". In my eyes, he has achieved that. Guidance will become my signature.

So test this fragrance and spray it on your skin. There it unfolds its magic and enchants you.

For me, it was love at first smell. Some people had to "fall in love" with the fragrance first, as it is quite complex.
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NoirAletheaNoirAlethea 7 months ago
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9.5
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Nutty, woody, fruits.
Unlikely combination
that blows my socks off.

a haiku review.
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Hartsy3Hartsy3 10 months ago
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Really strong, strange synthetic opening. Needs about 45 whole minutes to develop into the masterpiece people describe.
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NicheOnlyNicheOnly 1 year ago
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Patchouli Magnetik (also made by Bisch) w/ limited dirtiness. Mainly sweet (peachy vanilla), smells like a body cream. Feminine, non-summer.
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DiseasewitchDiseasewitch 5 months ago
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This is a fruity ambergris bomb in the worst way to my nose. It makes me recoil. A scrubber!
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BossowaBossowa 1 month ago
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I don’t get the hype. It smells like any typical mainstream perfumes from last 3 years.
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