Dia Woman
Amouage (2002)

Floral freshie. I am not much of a Jean Claude Ellena fan, but I was sold on the idea of an office-friendly God Woman...maybe in that Gold Woman is an extravagant homage to No.5 and Dia is an extravagant homage to the ubiquitous floral freshie.

I love the bold, ornate Amouages: Jubilation XXV and 25, Lyric Woman, Gold Woman, and even Fate Woman. Maybe the idea of a safe Amouage was asking for trouble.

This is a typical Amouage fragrance. A vintage-like mix of a lot of stuff. After having smelled several fragrances from the house, I could say it's Amouage blindly.

Good sillage and longevity!

This one had me perplexed for a time. I have concluded it is an Amouage offering I could live with. I describe it as a woody floral. It seems to change its personality on my skin, depending on my mood.

Top and middle notes revealed for me are aldehydes, peony, white musk, sandalwood, incense, sage, and tarragon. The latter notes really give this scent its magic. When the middles notes settle it becomes powdery for me: heliotrope, violet leaf, fig, and cedar rise for their performance.

Dia is enchanting. She didn't show me her true personality the first few times I encountered her. Maybe she was shy. We are friends now.

This fragrance has enough review that I don't need to add much except the following: the pre-reformulated EDT is an incredible fragrance that has a discernible, wonderful tarragon note that should be experienced by all who love that note (and aldehydes). That's all.

I hope you like aldehydes. The rosy and orangey aspects of dia serve to prop up the tanginess of the top, elongating its opening statement through suggestion. Peony and peach soon after help this pinpoint impression bloom out on the sides into an orangey, daylight blush. The peaking frequency from the beginning is swallowed in slow motion and absorbed into the body. Woods and a thankfully soft incense emerge - a play in three acts, delicately layered to produce a certain sense of passing time; sunrise, sunset. Dia sings softly of intentional beauty.

The fig note with tarragon makes for a pleasant opening, with a nice fruity-floral drydown that merges with a floral drydown sporting rose with a touch of other flowery component. A fairly light frankinsence with wood and a nice vanilla dominate the base on my skin. Elegant, but fairly pale and a bit dull on me, with moderate sillage, adequate projection and five hours of longevity. Nothing special.