Le Gemme : Ambero
Bulgari (2016)

Yes, Ambero starts as a quite peppery spicy/oriental (piquant, "stout", woody and saffronish, vaguely a la Herrera Mystery Tobacco) in order to gradually evolve in to such a "familiar" woody/ambery/resinous concoction a la Les Liquides Imaginaires Fortis, Carner Barcelona Cuirs and yes Acqua di Parma Colonia Ambra (with that typical gassy/woody feel provided by synth aoudh). A tad of frankincense provides a final subtle-chic spark which nevertheless does not manage to refine an overly rough untamed concoction. Disappointing under my profane nose (despite such a fragrance could appeal to several macho-scents'addicted), I definitely prefer the amazing Gyan over this one.

I was lucky enough to recently try a tester of this at the Bvlgari display in David Jones store in Sydney. The bottle itself wasn't on display as they will not be selling these until late February 2017, but the SA knew that I would be interested, so he bought out the tester bottles of this one, and the Onekh leather one and the Gyan jasmine/patchouli one.

The bottles are stunning in person and are a nice counter-point to the female Le Gemme series.

Ambero starts out very Oriental. The ginger, saffron and pepper are all distinguishable and soon the fragrance settles on the skin as a comfortable and familiar amber style of fragrance. Unlike a lot of other amber fragrances on the market, this one is not paired with tonka, vanilla or any type of dried fruit. However the familiarity I think comes from the recently released Colonia Ambra from Acqua di Parma.

As to longevity and sillage, I can't yet comment as I've only been wearing this for 2 hours. However, these are all EDP's so I would hope both would be considerable.

Of the 3 I tried I think that Gyan is the most unique and probably full bottle worthy.