Review of Fiore D'Ambre by aad de gids

this is one of the best perfumes I ever smelled. I have always loved 'Obsession' so I guess I love amber-perfumes. what draw me in here was the word 'Opium'. yet this doesn't imply that this perfume derives from the perfume of Yves Saint Laurent (1971). it is a full blasted amberperfume. it also is really full, dense, thick. it lasts long. it made me aware of PROFVMVM ROMA. but the money isn't growing out of my back. it has a kind of heroin-y scent. (been there, done that.) those big Afghan 'poppies' really deliver. it is herewith a whole new take at 'amber perfume'. this heroin incidence is supported by the spices, used. my twinbrother thought heroin smelled like clove. I think that is in here too. they say Tom Ford's Tuscan Leather smells like cocaine. I loathe the cannabis smelling perfumes. maybe bc I am from Holland...... I love tobacco. I love boozy perfumes although I am a recovered alcoholic since jan, 5th., 1999. (one hell of a boozy perfume is Phuong Deng. Leather Up.) Franck Boclets 'Cocaine' seems quite flowerish. so you see. but this perfume blends it all: amber, opium and the silk route. because it is so thick, it is one of my absolute favorites. (and then I bought Pharmacia NN Annunciata's 'Ambra Nera'.)