Estee Lauder will launch Youth Dew Amber Nude in early November. It will be lighter than the original Youth Dew, as Tom Ford explains:
"The original Youth Dew was very concentrated because it was conceived as a bath oil," said Ford, referring to the 30 percent oil concentration. "[For Amber Nude] we cut the concentration of the fragrance in half, then went back in and added magnolia and ginger to give the top notes more sparkle. We retained the vetiver and sandalwood [in the drydown]. We wanted people to smell it and say, ‘Wow, Youth Dew — that smells amazing,' not like a different fragrance."
Amber Nude's top notes also include fresh tea, grapefruit and a bare skin accord; while the heart adds textured black rose to the original creation's red carnations, jasmine and ylang-ylang. The drydown retains Youth Dew's patchouli notes, and adds amber, vetiver and a dark chocolate note that replaces the original vanilla in the finish.
The lineup will include an Eau de Parfum spray ($65 for 2.5 oz), a solid perfume ($150) and an atomizer purse spray in Parfum ($225). (via Women's World Daily) Update: see a non-review of Youth Dew Amber Nude, but only if you're really bored.
I keep reading “Amber Dude”, and I understand from looking at the fragrance board this morning, I am not the only one. LOL. Not that Amber Dude is an unappealing image, quite to the contrary. That tea note and black (!) rose sound interesting…but dark chocolate…will it end up smelling Angel-like do you think?
Perfect name for the male counterpart to this scent! I like “Amber Dude”, LOL!
It has been so long since I've smelled Youth Dew. Note that it is “textured” black rose…I have no clue what that means! It does sound more Angel-like with the chocolate though.
I will sniffy, but I'm really chompin' at the bit to see his cosmetics line for EL launching at the holidays! And then his line next year! Tom Ford is HOT! LOL
For you, then, from WWD:
…14-stockkeeping-unit collection is relatively pricy: lipsticks retail for $35; an impressively sized bronzer is $60. The eye-catcher of the collection is a $550 gold minaudière, containing a lip polish and a face powder.
One practical touch is a $35 lip transformer called Lip Polish, which allows a consumer to adjust the tones of the other lipsticks by layering. Face and eye glosses, designed to be layered over other products and even applied by hand, are $40 each. Nail enamel retails for $25 and face powder is priced at $50. And there's 24-karat gold in the lip polish and the face gloss: The usual cost-of-goods worries apparently didn't apply. All of the products in this collection are limited editions, with the exception of the Amber Nude eau de parfum.
Good grief! Well, I didn't think it would be cheap! Hey, I get WWD…how did I miss that? Or I just haven't gotten that issue yet as I get the hard copy, not the online version! I want to see what he has done with the compacts I read about! I think I'm gonna fall in love with the packaging!
I'm feeling good vibes about Amber Dude, er…I mean Amber Nude…though not crazy about the name. This sounds like it might be a bit heavy and possible for me to carry off?
Am I the only person who doesn't get a chocolate note from Angel? On me it smells like Windex! I've always detested it, and have always been stunned by its popularity. I am curious about Alien though – what a genius name!
Youth Dew is a favorite of mine. I am soooo excited to try this, especially now that I know Ford's leaving my YD alone. I think it's a little pricy for an Estee Lauder fragrance — I read the other day that she was adamant about keeping prices for her scents relatively low. And typically, I hate chocolate and grapefruit notes, so I cannot imagine them co-mingling! :::shudder::: But oh well, I still can't wait! And I hope it brings a new group of fans to the original Dew also.
P, I think those compacts in the picture shown with the article are the makeup compacts…there is way more detail in the WWD article though, which I assume you'll get shortly (I get the online & not the hard copy).
Windex, LOL! I get some chocolate, but also a whole ton of other things: gasoline, pipe tobacco, you name it, it is in there.
Hard to say, M — it does sound like they have lightened it up. I couldn't carry off the original.
G, it is pricey, but actually less expensive than I expected, since 2.5 oz is rather a lot. It would have been cool if they had done a coffret set with the old & new versions in small sizes.
Youth Dew is one of my faves, and it's wonderfully cheap. I can see you not liking it very much R, the patchouli-cassie bombast and whatnot. I think of it as a very round-breasted (one-breasted?) Amazonian fragrance – I am, of course, very small and meek and a librarian and can't “carry it off” at all, but a girl can dream! Of course, Rush is another busty attitude scent I love in spite of myself, a Ford-approved I believe, so I'm interested in this Nude/Dude. The tea, ginger and (bitter and kind of mole, I hope) chocolate notes sound intriguing….
Well, Tigs, I probably don't like YD, but I can hardly even remember it. Mostly what I remember is that it was STRONG, so this is bound to be an improvement in my book, and perhaps will be more suited to a meek librarian as well — although from the sound of the advertising campaign, which will feature a nude Carolyn Murphy, that is not the market Tom Ford is reaching for, LOL!
Yes! Gasoline, tobacco, and Windex – that is Angel to my nose exactly! I don't smell florals or chocolate or caramel or any of those “heavenly” and “delicious” notes that people talk about when they talk about that perfume. How did Thierry Mugler get this scent to become so incredibly ubiquitous? That marketing genius could make cellulite popular! I may be overstating the case, but it almost keeps me up at night wondering why people like it so much (I wonder the same thing about Clinique Happy, which smells like stale tobacco and plastic but is still less offensive by far than Angel).
Anyway, just wanted to add that at Barneys yesterday I was revisiting the Serge Lutens line and I realized that almost all of his fragrances have that same sickly Windex note that I find so offensive! It had never occurred to me before why I didn't like his scents, and now I know exactly. I did like Cedre, but only at first sniff, as I didn't try it on because I didn't want to risk my new cardigan smelling like industrial chemicals forever.
You know, I find Angel much more palatable after the top notes die down…after an hour, most of the gasoline-windex thing is gone. But, I don't like patchouli, I don't like very sweet scents, and the sillage is too potent for my taste, so it isn't something I can ever imagine wearing. But I don't think it is just marketing genius…half of everything released since Angel smells at least similar to Angel, so it must strike some chord in others that it doesn't strike in me.
But the Serge Lutens line is another matter — you didn't like a single one other than Cedre? Most of my favorites are in the exclusive line, but I do like Datura Noir, A La Nuit, and Un Lys. Did you try them on skin, or just on paper?
Okay, to be honest, I am talking only top notes here. I should have been more clear about that. I've never put Angel on my skin – haven't smelled anything but test strips, or straight from the bottle, or on other people, years ago when it was introduced. But I don't love gourmand scents or patchouli either, so I'm sure I wouldn't like it.
Same with the SL's – I was smelling everything straight from the bottle, and was sufficiently turned off so as not to want them on my skin. I know I shouldn't judge anything until I've actually worn it, but still I was shocked at how little I liked the scents straight out of the bottle. So many of them had the chemical smell I associate with Angel (what is that?!), which really surprised me. I feel silly saying this after knowing (and reading so much on this site) about how a fragrance develops and changes on the skin, and over time, and on different people…but as a rule if I don't like the top notes I won't try the perfume. Is that horribly closed-minded of me? I want to be more sophisticated about it but it's hard when there are so many scents whose top notes I do love! (I tend to love L'Artisan and Frederic Malle and Creed and, in terms of non niche brands, Bvlgari).
If I don't like the drydown, I won't wear a scent either. Annick Goutal Gardenia Passion is heavenly at first, but quickly becomes cuminy and curry-like on me, which I don't like. I find most of her scents have that sort of a base actually, even the fresh ones like Petite Cherie. I guess I'm mostly a straight-up floral lover. I like citruses, leaves, and teas, but usually only when blended with a floral and in moderation. And certainly nothing too spicy, nor too fruity, nor too oceanic, nor too green, nor too food-y…I dislike too much wood, any chypre, most vanilla, et cetera.
Gosh, now I feel kind of gauche, as if I've just confessed that the only films I like watching are mainstream romantic comedies or something – eek!
Everyone is different — so I wouldn't say that is close minded of you. I don't mind horrific top notes so long as they fade in a reasonable time and the dry down is “worth it”. I have a number of favorites that start just awful, but the beauty after 20 minutes makes it all worthwhile. By the same token, there are zillions of fragrances that I love for the first 20 minutes, then they bore me silly.
Sniffing from the bottle just doesn't work for me in any case, although in a pinch, I'll spray into the cap and smell that.
And L'Artisan & Frederic Malle don't translate into mainstream romantic comedies, so I wouldn't worry about being gauche
And oops…deleted your duplicate post, then accidentally deleted your apology for your duplicate post, which I think might have also included a perfume comment! Very sorry, and apologies also for this dratted comment system which keeps malfunctioning!!!
No problem about the deleting!
I had just said that of the SL's I smelled the other day, I liked A La Nuit best – the jasmine was beautiful and the spices actually smelled great with it.
Having never tried any of the exclusives (are those different from the exports or the same thing?), I am very curious about Criminelle, since I am a tuberose fanatic. But the menthol top note you've described doesn't sound too appealing. Maybe, in fact, the note I object to in the SL's and Angel (also in Flowerbomb and so many other post-Angel scents) IS a menthol note? Not sure.
But as you said in your Criminelle review, the menthol note in tuberose is actually true to the flower. After I discovered tuberose fragrances I began ordering tuberoses from Hawaii and was shocked to discover that they reminded me of Desitin, the diaper rash cream. Seriously, a lot. The flower is also MUCH greener smelling than tuberose scents – not as lush or feminine, more medicinal, but still beautiful and definitely narcotic.
Bluegardenia —
I can't believe how quickly I have managed to forget what Desitin smells like, but TC definitely starts medicinal, or worse. I couldn't explain why, but I have come to enjoy the opening. Highly recommend that you try it, and don't give up after 1 try. It grows on you. And once you can take those top notes, you can take most anything
Not sure what you mean by are the exports the same as the exclusives…the exports are what you can get at Barneys or Aedes, the exclusives are Europe-only (is that what you meant)?
A La Nuit is a gorgeous fragrance. I don't own it and not sure I would wear it frequently, but I admire it greatly.
Answered you below so it won't be so indented…
That's it, I'm getting a Criminelle decant from ebay and a full-size A La Nuit from aedes!!!
Hope you love the TC, I think it is a great fragrance.
Ordered it last night – will let you know. I was convinced to do so after reading the archives about Carnal Flowers and its potential proximity to TC…thought I should keep up! (ps – unlike everyone else I really like the name CF)
Does this resemble Black Orchid by Tom Ford? anyone?
Does which resemble BO? Can't tell by where you've put the comment, sorry!
*LOL* sorry about that, you're right! I was so focused on it, I didn't realize I just threw my post in there like that…..I meant does Youth Dew Amber Nude by Tom Ford for Estee Lauder resemble Black Orchid?
Hmmm…never tried them together, but answering off the top of my head, and not having smelled YDAN in a very long time, I'd say no, they aren't much alike other than in both being a) strong and b) sweet.