Gold Man
Amouage Gold Man was launched in 1983 as a deliberate assertion of ultimate luxury — the most expensive fragrance in the world at the time, built from precious materials without apology.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 15 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Incense80
- Sandalwood75
- Amber65
- Jasmine60
- Musk55
By the editors · 2 min readAmouage Gold Man was launched in 1983 as a deliberate assertion of ultimate luxury — the most expensive fragrance in the world at the time, built from precious materials without apology. The opening declares its intent immediately: incense, resinous and churchy, alongside the improbable freshness of lily of the valley. Myrrh and jasmine in the heart deepen the incense dimension while iris adds a powdery, refined character. The base is the composition's true distinction: Mysore sandalwood, oakmoss, civet, ambergris, patchouli, and amber layered into something so dense and complex that the dry-down evolves for hours. An oriental of genuine consequence.
