Crimson Rocks Amouage for women and men

This stuff is REALLY good. I have a number of Amouages - perhaps 10 to 12 in all - but I've never warmed up to Lyric Man. It's light and effervescent and well done, but this - this is what I would have wished that to have smelled like.

Crimson Rocks opens with a strong blast of cinnamon which prompts, "Who just ate a whole box of Red Hot candies?" It's a strange opening, perhaps jarring and why some comments so far profess to it not being their favorite part. There's a certain darkness there at the start (and throughout), which encapsulates the theme perfectly of a sunset on red rocks; you can feel the darkness coming on, but there's a flare of light burning that provides a stark contrast.

Then comes the honey. Rich and dripping in texture, there's something lurking amongst the combination of notes that, at my skin, gives off an almost honeyed-tobacco accord as the rose starts to bloom - and this is not the light, airy rose of Lyric Man, either, as its soon propped up by woody notes and vetiver making this perfectly unisex, more so than Amouage Overture Woman.

Over time, I get different wafts of notes depending on where I sniff. Sometimes, the burst of cinnamon is pronounced, fiery with spice. Other times, it's the woody notes. The rose is always there, but never hammering you over the head with its presence. As bdoughty82640 noted, imagine Moss Breeches with the just the right amount of smooth, spiced-roses.

Stellar stuff!

Opens with very weird BLAST of honey-tinged pepper and Red Hots, but once it calms down... yummy! The syrupy rose/cinnamon/honey heart is predominant but the base notes are my favorite. Earthy dry woods, absorbing some heat and dustiness from the main notes, complex and potent. It almost suggests incense without having any incense.

If we adhere to the quality Amouage has accustomed us to, Crimson Rocks is a scent that is easy to like.

It is a rich and alluring woody perfume that is spicy without being overpowering, slightly sweet thanks to the honey, and with a rich and appealing background of dark roses; with cinnamon playing a prominent role in the composition, blending well with the rest of the notes.

Perfectly unisex, I think it performs well, though possibly not on a beastly mode as some of the other, already-powerful perfumes from Amouage. However, the whole composition is just delicious and the perfume bubble it creates around the wearer is very unique.

Love at first sight. Took me a while to try to understand what happens in this fragrance. It’s in my view back to what makes Amouage great, which is that the end result is bigger than the sum of its parts. The opening is almost gourmand and sweet but in the same time totally dry. It has a bit of the toasty réglisse notes of Memoir Woman but just slightly coming out from a blast of dry caramel on incense. The incense is very present and keeps it all dry like the desert. The rose is there but never center stage and in the end it all comes out to a superb opulent feeling but which is hard to nail in a word.

This is a gorgeous fragrance. I was hesitant at first because some of the notes are not congruent with what I normally like, but I was pleasantly surprised. This is the first fragrance I own that has cinnamon in it, and when I initially smelled it, I thought it was a little heavy. But when it is ON, you get this chorus of deliciousness that involves rose, cinnamon, honey, and pink pepper, among some nice woody elements I was pleasantly surprised by.

It is so beautiful. Truly a masterpiece.