Opus VI
Amouage (2012)

If you appreciate the fragrance of bay leaf, you might want to give this scent a try. It features a light incense note that is well-balanced by amber and cypriol oil. Although the bay leaf note is not dominant, it remains present throughout the entire wearing experience. In my opinion, this scent bears some similarity to Bentley Intense but with less sweetness. Unfortunately, I'm not particularly fond of the bay leaf note in this fragrance as it gives off a somewhat cheap aroma. The combination of amber and bay leaf creates a scent that seems to strive for a labdanum-centric aroma but falls short of the mark.

Beautiful brilliant chypre scent.

Looked promising with the thought of pepper and frankincense upfront, but none there. Just ends up being a powdery amber scent, with some synthetic citrus mixed in.

Stunning. This is Soapy Spicy Amber.
Amouage have some of my fave Scents now.

Although this is fairly similar to Journey, for me Journey is the more spicy stronger better scent.
Not taking away anything Opus V1 is another Masterpiece, only beaten by Journey. Just in my opinion.

Scent. 8.9
Longevity 9.0
Sillage 7.6

Complete masterpiece.
A lot of people go for Jubilation... This is my go to Special occasion frag. Big thumbs up

Overwhelmingly crowded feeling scent, unlike any other scent (in or out of the Opus Library Collection, including a mention of YSL's M7).

This one has a peppery, smoky, balsamic, ambery, green, and spicy multi-personality; apparently, Opus VI was deliberately designed by perfumer Chrisopher Chong to feel emotionally discordant and uneasy; personally wouldn't wear it as this one's vibe's don't do it for me.

Unfortunately, I have to go against the grain here: Opus VI was strong and overbearing. The sweetly animalic note was super over the top. Opus VI has so much going on that it is hard to enjoy, IMHO!!

Don't get me wrong I think it has some great qualities that makes this stand out among its counterparts, however I couldn't get past the incensey, almost [sweetly] BO smell that enveloped as the fragrance evolved.

Two fragrances Amouage Opus VI reminds me of: L'Artisan Timbuktu and also, Jubilation XXV. The difference is all have an animalic nuance, however Timbuktu's sweetly nuance is toned down a bit and Jubilation XXV's nuance comes through in the blackberry note. Both of the latter, IMHO, have down the sweet incensey thing a little better than Opus VI.

Performance: 8.5/10
Projection: 9/10
Longevity: 9/10
Silage: 8.5/10
Overall: 8 or 9 out of 10 (for pure fragrance)

(Although not a fan of this, still wanted to give an honest rating for those who do enjoy this...)