Um oh my god, Amouage Epic Woman is the best. THE BEST. This may be my favorite in the entire line, which is saying something because Amouage has a seriously impressive lineup of fragrances. At least it is tied with Jubilation XXV, which is my other nominee for best in show. Everyone is doing oud now and it's pretty fucking tired, to be honest; but if there's one house who really should do an oud it's Amouage and they killed it with this one. What makes Epic Woman work is that it's not just an oud; it's based around the genius triple combination of oud, rose and tea. None of these notes dominate; this is a highly complex fragrance in the classic Amouage style. It is a truly brilliant idea to pair oud with tea, the kind of brilliant idea that once you smell it you're amazed nobody has done it before: the sour medicinal quality of the oud note is perfectly complemented by the light airiness of the tea note. The whole thing is rounded off by a pleasing burst of spices in the top notes. Masterful. If I have one small complaint it's that the lasting power is not as long as I expect from an Amouage -- the warm vanillic/incense drydown appears a bit too fast for me -- but with a fragrance this beautiful, this unexpected, it seems churlish to complain.
On the other hand, Epic Man is dull. It's a generic men's oud which means there's not much here. Yes, it's made with good ingredients, and if you want a standard par-for-the-course oud you could definitely do worse, but why would you want that? If you do, I'm judging you right now.
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