Camélia Intrépide
Atelier Cologne (2016)

The opening is a buttery lemon cookie of bergamot, rose, iris and soft camelia sprinkled with a touch of nutmeg. This warm soft opening bite is layered over a dry suede leather and amber base. The overall effect here is a soft leather scent that gets drier and more comfortable as it wears on. This is a purely unisex neutral dry leathery suede with a slight warm floral surface note. The scent is in the same general range of leathers such as Hermes Cuir d'Ange and Parfumerie Generale Suede Osmanthus. I give it medium high marks for fragrance artistry - Jerome Epinettte seldom disappoints! My primary complaint is the marketing image disguise as floral - It's a leather scent. Nice one at that.

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Like ION-ONE, I couldn't help but think of some adventurous woman called Amelia when seeing the name of the fragrance and smelling the dry leather of the fragrance. But I'm unsure it's an something Atelier Cologne would do. I thought they just chose names according to the notes they use.

Edit: I just saw the company says it's a tribute to her. Suits her well.

I like the first seconds a lot, and would have loved them to last. Fruit, flower, pepper. Then I thought the leather in the dry down was dry, way too dry, and rubber-ish.

After some minutes, it nearly disappears into a random floral mix.

I'm unsure about it, but I go for a neutral. It's quite well done though, if you like the notes. It's light and unisex.

Tested from a very generous AC sample set.
Camellia Intrepide I see some marketing / inspiration from no other than Amelia Earheart - is this ACs best approximation of a celebrity scent? or just the fact that the names kind of sound the same?

I normally try to list at least a couple scents that are in the same ball park - but my mind draws blanks here. Cue a brief google search for Camelia and it seems it is a whole genus of East Asian flowering shrubs, closely related to Tea varieties and often with no scent. Thus the creators could let their imagination run wild creating an imaginary floral.

The scent is quite lovely. I can't compare it to any other, though it is not challenging nor especially groundbreaking. I would call it novel and unique. Overall a strong, green, juicy, fruity piquant floral. The green element reminds me a little of the Fig scent from AC, but it is almost spiky and robust smelling. There is a light smokiness like tea leaves still on the branch.

Still not sure where the Amelia Earheart thing comes in but the scent does indeed do very well outdoors in gusts of wind. Easily unisex. Its the juicy green watery texture that sets it apart - almost a waxy chlorophyll coating.
74/100

This is a very nice scent. There is what I interpret as a tea note, and it is excellent. Also, I find a light leather note which is quite attractive. The scent is dry (not sweet) and sits lightly on the skin. Has fresh, green-leafy notes. Later, it develops a gently haunting, smokey quality.