Amouage has launched Epic Man and Epic Woman:
The House of Amouage reveals mysteries of the Orient and Legends of the Silk Road with the launch of its latest fragrances, Epic for Man and Woman. The spellbound Oriental fragrances artistically infuse the smoky splendour and allure of Arabia whilst maintaining the poetic depth of the Chinese culture by combining essences that would have been plied along the ancient trading routes.
In continuation with the series of narratives developed for the House of Amouage, Creative Director Christopher Chong, takes us on an evocative journey of triumphant discovery in the third instalment where beyond immortality, a legend is born.
Inspired by the operatic masterpiece, Turandot by Puccini, Chong tells the tale of Epic Woman on a quest driven by ambition and power and a guiding beacon, Epic Man, as her compass along a perilous journey along the Silk Road. She traverses the formidable and surreal landscapes only to be united with her fate of finding the long-lost aria. He explains, “The richness of both fragrances evokes the precious commodities traded across the Asian continent such as gold, pearls, tea, silks, jade, spices and frankincense, blended with a dramatic signature. Epic embraces one of the rarest and special ingredients traded since ancient times, Oud. I have juxtaposed its complex structure and ethereal essence essence with Chinese tea and Oriental flowers to complete the fusion of the two geographies’ shared trading history.”
Epic Woman (shown above left) is a spicy floriental with notes of cumin, pink pepper, cinnamon, damascene rose, geranium, jasmine, tea, amber, musk, frankincense, oud, sandalwood, guaiac wood, patchouli, vanilla and orris.
Epic Man (shown above right) is a woody oriental featuring pink pepper, frankincense, cumin, cardamom, saffron, mace, nutmeg, myrtle, geranium, myrrh, oud, sandalwood, patchouli, leather, cedarwood, musk and castoreum.
Amouage Epic Woman is available in 50 ($200) and 100 ($245) ml Eau de Parfum; Epic Man is available in 50 ($170) and 100 ($210) ml Eau de Parfum. (via press release)
Update: Amouage Epic Man was developed by perfumer Randa Hammami; Epic Woman was developed by perfumers Cecile Zarokian, Daniel Maurel and Angeline Leporini.
Another update: see a review of Amouage Epic Woman.
May I just say, and I don’t say this too often, the man’s version sounds better than the woman’s. They had me at cardamom!
I liked the men’s Jubilation better than the woman’s myself, and the men’s Gold better than the women’s too. I think I’m the only one who didn’t fall in love with either of the Lyric scents.
I agree about the cardamom! I’m putting an aromatherapy blend that has some cardamom on a sprained tendon, and it smells great!
Motion Seconded!!
I would love both of these! But the notes sound right up my alley. Amouage seems to be a brand that every scent I’ve tried, I love and wear well. But boy at those prices……unfortunately the price is “epic” too
They’re pricey!! Hoping travel sizes will show up on Beauty Encounter as they did with Jubilation.
they will still be pricey in any size
The travel sizes on BE were only $50 — huge bargain considering how wonderfully done the Jubilation scents were, IMHO.
Okay, these are both EDP, and the man’s is STILL cheaper!! I’m really tired of paying more for everything just because I have boobs.
Earn less, pay more, that is our motto.
Yep. And go through childbirth. We can even die in wars these days…
(OTOH, The CEO reaches the stuff in the tall cabinets for me! Minor snark aside, we love you, men.)
well, that’s YOUR fault for being short! oh wait…I’m only 5’4″ and my CEO gets the high stuff down for me too…..
Soooo…it must be the boobs.
Hmph. You’re only 2″ shorter than my husband. Still, I make him get stuff down from the high spots; he’s 4″ taller than I, which gives him 6″ more reach.
I have a perfectly acceptable stepstool!
LOL and it’s lower maintenance too!
Can only assume it has pricier ingredients? I hope that’s why.
nope. Boobs.
LOL!
I know, you can add dry-cleaning and hair cuts to that list! Sheesh!
They do sound nice, but the only one which I would have considered squeezing my credit card for was Homage, which was a squeeze too far. Lyric Woman was nice, but the drydown tortured me with its similarity to something else – eventually I worked out it was Jo Malone Dark Amber & Ginger Lily, which I already had. 🙂 It’s such a relief when you don’t love any of a Really Expensive line…
Homage was gorgeous. Seriously gorgeous.
Oh dear – tested Epic Woman yesterday and absolutely adored it. It starts off a lot like Bois d’Encens – dark heavy wood and incense, a lot of medicinal green – then softens into a spicy, sweet, incense-y floral. Very Arabian Nights. The men’s one smelled even more striking, but I didn’t test it on skin. Trouble was that 100ml cost £165 (50ml was available, but cost £135, which hardly seemed worth it.) I had to make myself walk out of Harrods step by step.
To make up for it, I managed to pick up a replacement bottle of Cuir Ottoman for £30 in Harvey Nicks. I kind of wish I’d bought two now.
*weeps*
I want to try these….
but I hate the name. Maybe it won’t sound as silly to people who don’t spend all their time on the internet, though.
Probably not.
I’ve been afraid to sample the Amouages because given my tastes, I’ll fall for several of them. Ah well. Travel sizes are a very beautiful thing! 🙂 Jubilation is really tempting though, both the mens and womens versions.
IMHO Jubilation duo are the 2 most interesting of the line. I love the originals though…Amouage Gold.
no no no ….Ubar and Dia are the best…..now I’m DYING to try Epic ……argggg lemmmmmmmmmmm
I have to say, all of the Amouges I’ve tried haven’t done anything for me. (Which was sort of a relief, as I have expensive enough taste already.) Both of the women’s and the men’s sound like something I would like this time. I will at least give them a try. Oh, and I LOVE the bottles! There’s something about green glass for me–I just think it’s one of the most beautiful things ever. Embarrassing to admit that I think about things like this, but I have always thought if I were to have my own fragrance (because I am a celebrity, at least in my own head…) it would be in a green glass bottle like this.
I KNOW!!! I saw those green bottles and SQUEEEEEEE!!!
They’re gorgeous.
I’d never pay the price they want, but geez, those bottles are gorgeous! Tell you what, if anybody uses up a whole bottle of this stuff, I’ll take the empty off your hands 😉
Yeah, you & me both.
Hey – just don’t put on your glasses and they could be Polo by RL bottles…. 😉
HA.
Host a split! I did a Lyric split, kept the bottle and what was left of the 100ml after decanting 85 (so nearly 15), for about $50. Leads me to wonder what places like TPC do with their empties, though… can you imagine?
I’ve never tried any of the Amouage scents, an oversight that is soon to be remedied thanks to Perfume Shrine’s Helg. But I have to agree with everyone on the emerald bottle – love it! And their story sucked me in a little too as Turnandot is my favorite opera.
sooooo sad….but I guess that’s opera.
LOL! The stories are all over the top! I just meant music-wise.
Both of these sound very good. There are still plenty of Amouages I haven’t tried, but their work impresses me as one of the five highest-quality lines out there.
About to score a sample of Dia Men in a swap and really want to try the Golds as well.
You must go watch the beautiful short film for Epic at the Amouage website! I was getting haunted by the music, knew it was familiar (and very German), then somehow remembered it was used to great effect in the recent movie “The Fall,” which interestingly, had some similar imagery to the Amouage short. (Beethoven Symphony No. 7, Movement II, by the way.)
I did not adore the Dia for women but not sure I’ve tried the men’s…
Another “EPIC” Amouage Fragrance… What can i say but… HOORAY! Sounds Simply Fantastic, both of them! Just itching to get a whiff or a bottle! I’d Honestly wear either version!
Now even you cannot know that you’d wear either version before you smelled it!
they sound divine enough to not even have to worry about smelling them! 😀
I am really excited about trying this one. I have been wearing oud scents like crazy lately. Incense, wood and oud…Yum!
They sound excellent; I’m hopeful!
Oh yes, the bottles also look wonderful!
Oy. These sound and look so awesome I can hardly stand it.
Let’s hope they live up to our expectations 🙂