Vendor: Kristin Ess Hair
The One Signature Hair Perfume
powdery floral pear on creamy sandalwood
White amber in perfume smells soft, clean and lightly sweet, a paler version of classic amber. Expect 280+ perfumes that list white amber as a note, from about $7 up to $899.
Amber in perfumery is an accord, a blend of resins such as labdanum and benzoin with vanilla, not fossil resin. White amber is the lighter reading of that idea, with airy, musky and slightly salty tones in place of dark resin and spice. Perfumers use it in the base to give a clean glow.
Cartier Eau de Cartier Concentrée is a perfume people discuss in the communities Scendira tracks that lists white amber. It lists white amber in the base with cedar and patchouli, under yuzu and coriander at the top.
Suits: People who like soft, clean amber. Skip if: you want the dark, resinous kind of amber.
If you like this, try amber perfumes or ambroxan perfumes, or step back to warm amber perfumes.
Vendor: Kristin Ess Hair
powdery floral pear on creamy sandalwood
Vendor: Kenneth Cole
cool sea breeze over zesty ginger woods
Vendor: Jul et Mad Paris
Fresh lime and ginger on salty sea breeze
Vendor: Guerlain
powdery cherry rose tart sweetness with soft florals
Vendor: House of Nulla
spicy rose oil warmed with amber woods
Vendor: Houbigant
Fresh floral powder, citrusy sunshine, soft musk
Vendor: Heretic Parfum
dusty suede leather, cedar, peppery warmth
Vendor: Gale Hayman
tropical fruit tea with soft floral powder
Vendor: Fugazzi
Bright orange soda with creamy woody edge
Vendor: Fugazzi
sparkling orange peel wrapped in soft amber
Vendor: Franck Olivier
Fresh citrus soda with earthy vetiver
Vendor: Fragonard
Peppery cedarwood, leather, dusky violet leaf
Vendor: Elizabeth Arden
Cool green tea, salty coconut breeze
Vendor: Ellis Brooklyn
Caramel and vanilla cream with spiced date
Vendor: Clean
fresh lemon and bergamot with airy white florals
Vendor: Cartier
cool yuzu bergamot cologne, violet-citrus breeze
Vendor: Byredo
soft rose petals with a rosy peppery warmth
Vendor: Beso Beach Perfumes
Bright citrus and ginger over green tea
Soft, airy and skin-like, with a gentle resinous sweetness.
No. Amber in perfume is an accord of resins and vanilla, and white amber is a lighter, cleaner version of it.
In Cartier Eau de Cartier Concentrée white amber is a base note with cedar and patchouli, under a top of yuzu and coriander.