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Ambre Russe
Eau de Parfum
by Parfum d’Empire

The Scoop
The moment we smelled Ambre Russe, we knew that we found our new Holy Grail amber scent. It is a baroque, luxurious perfume; its very notes spell excess. The legendary wealth of the Tsars, the rivers of vodka and champagne, the tea and honey, the sinful leather, the incense burned as an atonement for one's sins — it's all here. As rich as it sounds, however, the fragrance is not heavy or overwhelming; the lavish notes are blended masterfully, smoothly, in a composition that is warm, sensual and comforting. After the initial hot blast of amber and incense, a velvety, honey-like accord becomes apparent, along with the feisty and exhilarating 'boozyness', which lightens the mood of this dark brew. The tea note, combined with spices and leather, adds very enjoyable smokiness and emphasizes the full-bodied, darkly-ornate character of Ambre Russe. This is an extravagant, captivating perfume, quite unlike any other scent we have ever experienced.

Ambre Russe Notes
tea, incense, vodka, champagne, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, ambergris, vanilla, leather

	$75	50ml


Ambre Russe - 100ml
	$110	100ml


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Ambre Russe is equal in my eyes as my favorite scent from this line. A boozy opening (which some dislike) is replaced by a warm amber, tea and tobacco. Good longevity and sillage. My best amber scent.

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Anonymous -- from -

So opulent, golden and rich. A regal golden lion. I don't smell the boozy notes, just the alcohol in the liquid itself drying off. Mostly just get an exquisite amber with well-blended spice notes, fading to powder. This may be too ornate rich a scent for me to wear regularly, but at least I feel like I've smelled a work of art.

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Anonymous -Designer from Northampton, MA

This is a gorgeous, luscious, warm, rich, elegant scent steeped in decadence. It makes me want to purr like a cat and roll around on a leather couch. It smells like the most delicious honey tastes--sensuous yet airy, utterly addictive. This is drambuie without the burn, amaretto without the cloyingness. Simply put, when I wear this, I want to seduce myself and take me to bed. Now I just need to find someone else that has that same reaction!! :)

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Anonymous - from Arlington VA

The vodka blast was awful and I can't get past that. I don't want to wait for what's after that awful vodka. I hate vodka. I don't drink.

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perfume buff -mom from Pacific Northwest

One of the very the best among the many ambers Luckyscent has to offer. It feels so familiar and comforting, yet at the same time, exotic and luxurious. And I would wear it any time of day, whatever day, as it is beckoning me to wear it! Smoky, boozy, foody, warm, sweet, woodsy amber - yeah, baby!

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Constance -medical professional from Alameda, CA

I once had the opportunity to visit Russia when I was participating in a joint show of Russian and American artists. They graciously held a reception for us at a very grand old building that sits opposite The Saint Basil Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow. Beautiful crystal chandeliers provided warm, ambient light and as a 4 string quartet played, tuxedoed waiters kept the champagne and vodka coming on polished silver trays. At some point during that cold December evening the huge wooden doors of that grand building were flung open and became a perfect frame for the view of the onion-domed cathedral at the opposite end of the square. Perfect snow flakes were falling and I stood mezmerized feeling like I was standing in the middle of a scene that could have been in Dr Zivago if it wasn't the year 2000. Please excue my moment of reverie, but it helps to explain why I think this scent is a masterpiece. The opening is all boozy amber making it one of the most unusual scents I've ever experienced. The alcohol starts to recede after about 20 minutes to a half an hour, making way for more amber and what smells like the tobacco from an unlit fine cigar. But at the same time, if you put your nose to your wrist, you can smell notes that are both floral and spicy. I have yet to get the leather note that everyone mentions, but it doesn't matter, there's enough going on here to satisfy me and the amber is gorgeous througout. I don't know, maybe the 8 days spent in Moscow and St Petersburg primed my imagination, but I can see how this could have been the elegant/decadent smell of Russia at the time of Czars and Czarinas. Silliage is perfect. Love it!

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ms rochambeau -artist from DC

A fragrance that calls to mind the grand drawing rooms of the past, redolent of fine brandy, good cigars, and luxurious appointments.

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Anonymous -Acting Teacher from Yakima

I'm in awe that the poetic description Luckyscent provides on Ambre Russe is so perfect; to my nose (and on my skin) it was everything that was promised. Fantastic staying power, excellent quality perfume, with such uniqueness and creative beauty that I'm very much in love with this one. The amber never leaves, and remains warm and true. The tea and incense notes are very balanced and smooth with the others, something I'm coming to recognize about this line; all so smooth. The leather note is erotic and gorgeous, and I'd love it on a man or a woman. The vodka I can understand some may not 'get', but this boozy note is truly luscious in this one and is more reminiscent of the smell of incidental high-class environs, not a bar. The lovely, decadent blend of the sacred and the profane in this perfume really made me smile, because for some reason it reminds me of Alan Rickman's performance in Rasputin - purely a personally subjective association I'm sure, but the churchiness is never dominant, equalized by the erotic decadence. My partner actually suggested we could write romance novels about handsome Russian officers and watch War and Peace wearing this one. :) A true love, Ambre Russe... I only wear it in the evening.

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Sara D.C. -musician, writer from Houston

This is just gorgeous. Spicy with just the perfect hint of off-setting sweetness. It's booziness is effervescent and delightful. More like a tipsy Carole Lombard than Charles Bukowski. But patience is a virtue. When this goes on me there is a *very* short-lived trip to the barnyard!

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oudemia -professor from new york city

I get the tea. I get the amber. Some cumin (not much, thankfully), cinnamon, alcohol... A shifty scent and one that differs each time I wear it. Sometimes I like what I smell - sometimes I don't. The swing here is dramatic and it happens all in the course of a wearing. Definitely finish the sample before you buy.

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sakecat -trainer from Washington DC

RAVE!!!!!!!love @ first sniff! this will be my next purchase. just beautifuL. haven't had a scent that i knew immediately in a lOONg time but this is it!

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Susan - from St. Louis

After a boozy start, this dries down very nicely on my skin into a Tea-spiked, spiced amber. Very layered and rich. Can't agree with the others who say it stinks, but can see it turning nasty on the wrong chemistry. It works for me and it works as a beautiful, dense and layered fruited amber. Have to say thumbs up.

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Anonymous - from Chesapeake

Lush and opulent--old-style in its complexity and tenacity but modern in its artful and very subtle use of cumin and vodka. Delicious--this one's a keeper.

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Anonymous -artist from san francisco

Imagine a room lit by candles filled with ladies in brocade dresses, surrounded by chavalier in their tall leather boots, sabers slapping their thighs and the scent of tobacco trailing after them. This is a very european parfum. This is a very well constructed perfume with no sharp edges but great depth. I like this over all the other amber fragrances I have tried because it is not aggressive, and doesn't have any dissonent chords, and it is dry, dry, dry. In spite of the notes of champagne, and vanilla Marc-Antoine Corticchiato mercifully left out the sugar.

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yonderblues -Mom from Riverside, Il

I collect amber scents, and adore this fragrance. It has a lighter amber feel than many, with a multi-faceted weaving of the other notes-to make a wonderful, completely original fragrance.

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Louise -Teacher from D.C.

I must have a different body chemistry than those who have reviewed this scent. It is gorgeous. Exotic and yet gentle ...a perfume of distinction. I will buy a full bottle. Many comments on how beautiful it is...interesting to me that they were all from men!. Usually at least one woman comments on a fragrance Were I to use a one word description it would be..stunning.

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michelle -teacher from Indianapolis

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michelle -teacher from Indianapolis

Just not good.

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Frank - from Tucson

First it smells like an alcoholic and then it smells like a horse stable and NOT in a good way. Wouldn't even like it on my man!

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Anonymous -yoga teacher from nyc

Something about this one that doesn't feel right - I think it might be the Cumin. It seems displaced is this otherwise spicy, aromatic blend.

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CH - from

I think the thing some people are describing as 'booziness', I get as a kind of fruity decay. Imagine extremely ripe mango wrapped up in smokey vanilla. Mango and vanilla - not my thing, but it does have presence.

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Tanguera - from Melbourne, Australia

i always go back to amber scents. i have several and they are all different this one is lovely. and i love when i can smell it alllllllllll day.

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louise kahle -agent from st pete

Just tried the sample. Unfortunately I have to agree with the other posters. I don't think this scent delivers what the brilliant copywriters at this site promised. Boy, those people can write and spin a fantasy. The samples are a brilliant idea.

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Anonymous -anonymous from anywhere

A disappointment for me. The drydown is lovely - ambery, fruity, sweet and leathery goodness - but I can't get past the authentic alcohol smell in the beginning. It smells too much like some of my vodka-loving uncles whom I love but don't want to smell like.

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Anonymous - from NYC

I simply adore this scent! One of the nicest ambers I've smelled in a long while, and perfect for cooler weather! Ah, those Russians. . . opulent, extravagant, doomed. It's what Byron would wear if he were still around! Boozy, bookish goodness!

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Well-Scented Librarian -librarian from United States

Just want to make sure that everyone knows what I posted earlier has nothing to do with this fragrance in paticular. I have smelled it and it is lovely. I am having a bad day. Tried another sample (not this one) and broke out in a rash from the chemicals.

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Anonymous - from Baltimore

I agree. This stuff ends up in are waterways when it is washed off by thousands of people per day. Along with all the other chemical body care products everyday. It is gross!

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Anonymous - from Anywhere

Not picking on this perfume in particular just tired of the use of aroma chemicals being described as natural. Far from fact.

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Anonymous - from Baltimore

OOh! A bath of aroma chemicals! Gross.

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Anonymous - from Baltimore

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Ambre RusseEau de Parfumby Parfum d’Empire

Ambre Russe
Eau de Parfum
by Parfum d’Empire