A Spiritual Landscape of Love and Scent

This journey begins in rock, deep within the earth’s strata. Here, the wind chisels the mountain, the tree trunks writhe slowly under the winds of time, where light is frail and the air is scarce. The sky splits with lightning, and the earth keeps the memory of this burning brightness. Everything is rough, dry, and bare. Then comes a shift. The air becomes softer, and the contours fade. A green chime echoes in the cool shadow of the undergrowth; bringing scent. Each fragrant note borne by an ancient scar, and the promise of newfound peace. Each perfumed note carried by an ancient scar and the promise of a new peace. Two states, two breaths. The latest creations from perfume house Amouage offer two new explorations of the Omani landscape. Find more in A Spiritual Landscape of Love and Scent

This olfactory story opens with the harshness of minerals, the verticality of the world, and the sting of fire. Gnarled woods stand, etched by time like nature’s scars. Wild weather bursts from above, splitting bark and engraving trees with marks, raw from a withheld force. The air is sharp, the silence taut. It is a scent of a restrained struggle.

Then, imperceptibly, everything relaxes. The resin, stretched like a nerve; begins to flow. The atmosphere softens and rounds. A green freshness rises like a morning in the forest, discreet but tenacious. The plant blooms in the shade and carries a matte light. We are no longer in ascension but in abandonment. The fragile calm of a moment of truth. This essence: Bottled as fragrance.

From this elemental tension emerge two new creations from perfume house Amouage: Decision and Existence. Two fragrances, two paths, each tracing a distinct movement through the landscape of Oman.

A fresh and woody aromatic perfume, carved from wind and stone. It carries the imprint of Jebel Shams, Oman’s towering summit, and the quiet resilience of Juniper trees, gnarled with age yet unbroken.

It opens with a sharp crack: Pink Pepper, Bergamot, and Cardamom sparkle like dry lightning across a cloudless sky. In the heart, Frankincense breathes with gravity, joined by the resinous pull of Myrrh and the green bite of Juniper. Beneath it all, the base unfolds with Patchouli and Cedarwood, grounded by a soft touch of Vanilla, as if, even the heart of the storm holds something tender.

This perfume is named Decision, a name as deliberate and unwavering as the fragrance itself.

Then comes its sister scent, Existence, a fluid, introspective, almost suspended elixir. It does not deny the storm, but it rocks it and softens its edges. Where the breath was tight, it now unfolds in a complete and silent expansion.

The Frankincense, which no longer crackles with fire, becomes like a balm, warm and enveloping. It meets the translucent white/green glitter of the Lily of the Valley and the tender flowering of the majestic Rose. In heart notes, the Labdanum Mystikal gives a resinous depth, like a comfortable memory fading. And finally, in the base, Amber, White Musk and Benzoin form a fluffy echo. The smell of a pause between two heartbeats, of peace that does not forget, but forgives.

Two creations from Amouage, two facets of one key biblical note: Frankincense. This ancient ingredient, much like the historic landscapes it evokes, carries a spiritual and mythical weight. Revered for centuries as a sacred resin, Frankincense bridges the earthly and the divine, embodying a ritual of fire and faith, struggle and grace.

Far from simply echoing each other, these fragrances form a complementary duo. Decision, calls forth strength and endurance, while Existence, invites release and surrender. Together, they compose a sensory dialogue that celebrates resilience in all its complexity.

Amouage’s Decision and Existence www.amouage.com available at Selfridges

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