Cuir Amethyste

Leather and violets but in a very subtle version . Reminds me a bit of bottega veneta eau de perfume. It is a pleasant and lovely frag.

Top notch Quality , Its So beautifully blended each notes that its just make you feel so comforting 💖...Best blind buy from the house of armani , will use it mindfully as its discontinued Gem 💎 Its a 10/10 fragrance 😎

Reunited with this gem. Leather and lipstick masterpiece 💋 so sad it’s being discontinued.

MAC Violetrix>Bottega Veneta EDP>Cuir Amethyste Am I missing something?

Obsessed! Cuir Amethyste is EVERYTHING. It's warm, leathery, and slightly sweet with a touch of violet that makes it incredibly unique. Lasts all day too!

Instant scrubber. Was my sample bad? I had to wash it off 4 times! What a disappointment.

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Wow! I just got this in so it’s a first impression but it’s a love at first sniff! I love the tart opening! Tart violets with a slight lipstick vibe on a bed of smooth modem leather! Very sexy. My nose also perceives the tart opening as plum and this sort of reminds me of Kate Walsh boyfriend. Less amber and more leather compared to boyfriend though. Need to spend more time with it to speak on its performance but it has above average projection. The more I wear this the more I love this! It does remind me of Insolence EDP but darker, deeper, and unisex. The powdery-ness is more of a pressed powder so it’s smooth and creamy, mixed with the birch it’s creating a suede accord. It projects strongly for a few hours then becomes a skin scent.

sin city / lord of ava.. this smell. complex... patchouli perfume, violet perfume, make-up perfume or leather perfume? It gives you whatever you want to look at or smell. this is magic

If you know what ”hallon ferrari” candy tastes like, thats pretty much what this smells like, its sooo good!

It has a strong sharp opening with the wood but the drydown is just immaculate, tasty. I loved it, i sprayed only 2-3 and it has been 5-6 hours since i sprayed it, it smells amazing. It has a really calm and safe but also kinda sexy and rich vibe. I love it, gonna buy a big boytle A$AP

gorgeous! had a bottle in my possession for a while, this is one of those all-year round, amazing for an everyday scent. leans chypre for some reason, but a modern chypre, kind of gris dior-/montaign-esque. a cold wearable suede/leather, not too animalic/offensive with a slight fruity patch undertone. i do get a resemblance to bottega eau de velours, both of these scents to me are old money, unisex and fit strong personalities. it does have some airy backbone, which i think might be violet, but it kind of also smells like it has a cold iris going on.

woody violet, dark forest vibes.

Mature smelling leather scent juxtaposed with very violet flowers. Somewhat powdery because of the violet flower. The leather is velvety and suede-y. The flowers and the leather are not blended together so you can distinguish one from the other. In the same wheelhouse as L'Interdit but this smells more alluring and femme fatale. Overall it smells like lipstick on suede. Like if you pursed your lips on suede leather and some of your lipstick was left behind and scents mixed. It's a nice seductive scent. Can be worn in the morning to the office or just to promenade but I feel this will really come alive at night. Scent is linear. Longevity is moderate. Skin scent after a couple of hours. Aged 30 and up unless you're an adventurous 20 something with a villain femme fatale arc going on.

I haven't had such a visceral negative response to a scent in a while. Sharp and acrid, it smells to me like a drugstore candy scent sprayed to cover urea. Is that supposed to be the leather note? Ooooh no no no. I can't wait to wash it off.

Opens like pickles, but the drydown is just the most gorgeous plummy, woody vanilla (yes, I smell plum)…extremely similar to Bottega Veneta’s Eau de Velours in the drydown, but slightly more dense, abit sweeter (thanks to vanilla) and more powdery. Very sensuous dark scent. I imagine an upscale jazz lounge with dim ambient lighting, wine colored lips and black stilettos, smooth bossa nova playing in the background. A still from a film noir, the fur-coat clad femme fatale, seductively lighting her cigarette. A scent that wears best in cold and damp weather. Will be overbearing and sour in sunny or warm conditions.

So I'm a huge fan of Bottega Veneta and decided to sample this in-store while we still have the chance. (It is on sale right now at Armani! Last call it seems). Bottega could almost be a dupe of Cuir Amethyste, but this is more sweet & sour on my skin from the first note. For hours I was trying to think of what familar scent it reminds me of... it's beeswax! It smells like when honeycomb is really intense and waxy. For some reason that gives me a Halloween/Autumn vibe. It feels more like a "villain phase" fragrance than Bottega. The sillage is a banger on this. Although I don't find it entirely welcome. Most fragrances I own can be smelled upon lifting my wrist up to my nose. This I was smelling without trying while at dinner and just living life. Strong vanilla or powdery notes can become sickly nauseating for me. Now I'm getting a vibe of sweet almond alongside the leather in the drydown (another note I hate). I know Bottega launched their set later (and discontinued earlier), but I just can't get on board with this Armani. I would have guessed this is the cheaper fragrance if I smelled both of them blind. I know this leather bergamot chypre texture is an acquired taste, which I grew to love through BV. I don't mean to yuck anyone's yum... my verdict: it smells high end and interesting overall, but it's fairly linear and the bitter vanilla base kills it for me.

I am so obsessed with this scent lately, so alluring, sexy, high end scent profile and make me feel blessing, just love it.

This Christmas I decided to pamper myself with a luxus perfume and this is the one I've been yearning for some years . Now I'm a happy owner of this beauty. This is such an opulent, elegant, precious scent. It's so lovely that me, an ordinary person can enjoy such richness of life with this scent. This is truly a masterpiece, unique and indeed, unisex. My son also was very impressed by this and wanted to lend it from me. Highly recommend!

Cuir Améthyste is not the violet-leather scent I expected. I was hoping for something along the lines of the sublime Balmain Jolie Madame, of which I have a vintage miniature. It doesn't even come close. This is a sweet, modern take on the violet and leather accord, nicely done, but unexpected. Here, the violet is candied, and there is very little greenness, unlike in Jolie Madame. It is also a much simpler scent. Still, the Parma violet effect here marries well with the leather note, which is more subtle than expected. CA opens with candied violet and some bright citrus notes, adding freshness. A sweet rose note emerges, forming a lipstick accord with the violet. The leather accord is surprisingly subtle, softly hovering in the background. It is clean and dry instead of animalic, formed by the labdanum and birch notes. It becomes a little smoky. The dry down is sweet, with smooth vanilla complementing the amber accord. A nicely-judged pinch of patchouli adds some earthiness. I like when patchouli is used to break up a mundane sweet vanilla note, and here is a prime example. It fades to become a sweet vanilla-violet skin scent. Sillage is moderate and longevity is long-lasting. Feminine-leaning to my nose due to the sweetness, this is an autumn/winter scent. While CA is primarily a Parma violet scent, it is intelligently composed, with carefully chosen notes that complement it nicely. While it wasn't what I was hoping for, CA still managed to win me over. Sweet violets done right, second only to Guerlain Insolence. 4/5.

Now this is sex in a bottle. Pure seductiveness and finesse. Powdery violet, sweet benzoin and plush leather. Take it or leave it.

Funny!! On my skin it very much resembles Vetiver Oriental by Serge Lutens. Despite the listed notes, I find here as well a chocolaty sweetness, along an earthy/ambery feel (the patchouli?). Overall, I find it a very beautiful, classy and versatile unisex fragrance

I was really REALLY looking forward to this scent, I was hoping that I would get a nice, transformed violet scent, but this was not the case. The violet with the rose-patch creates a bubblegummy accord. Not that saccharine sweetness kinda smell, but moreso an artificial sweet smell which is not at all what I was hoping for. I'm still searching for that dirty violet. The search continues...

I tested this today with high hopes but all I got was a combination the notes to give the impression of very expensive, buttery leather. The notes are superbly blended but they gave me a big headache almost immediately. I was looking for that shy violet as always, but it was completely overwhelmed by heavy leather. I wish I could have loved it but for me, it does not come close to Cuir Noir which is just fabulous. And as for the amethyst, nothing about this gives me purple vibes which does not mean to say it is not awesome if you can wear it, but migraineurs beware. I feel as if I had been out in a twilit forest looking for violets and all I found was a huge leather sofa, under which the violets had been crushed! Surprising and a bit disappointing. Unisex leans masculine. Longevity 8+ hours, sillage pretty big.

The opening is like a powdery sweetart candy with vinyl--definitely not my favorite, as the juxtaposition between edible and inedible notes registers as poison to my brain. Given time to mellow out the disconcerting vinyl note smooths out to a subtle, understated leather and the violet gets a lot less in-your-face. Whereas the opening is feminine-leaning, it evolves into something more middle-of-the-road. That said, I do think this fragrance could be worn much more elegantly on a mature woman rather than on me, a 30 year old man. Projection isn't insane, and for that I'm glad, because that opening has the potential to be noxious if dialed up more. This is only the second Armani Privé I have tried and it doesn't deliver the same performance as Myrrh Imperiale... Dare I say that's a mercy in this case. This fragrance could be worn either in the day or night, but because of its airy quality I would place it as leaning slightly more towards daytime use. Airy is not a word I would usually use for a leather scent, but in this situation I think it fits.

THIS SMELLS LIKE A LUSH SHOP OMG

This is a beautiful fragrance with luxurious quality. Speaking of performance, its pretty decent in all departments and I love the scent trail. Definitely a unisex fragrance to my nose and a guy who knows how to style his get up will pull this off easily. This is more of a cold weather fragrance and best for evening encounters and formal occasions. They are totally different but somehow it has some fleeting vibe similar to Chanel Coromandel, must be the patchouli. Great to have in my collection. I'll give this a 9/10 “Let us spread the scents of peace and kindness. The two most beautiful fragrance in the world that will cost you nothing and will get you a totally different kind of compliments” 🙏

On me this is nice, but nothing special. Sweet, violet, a very soft leather in the background. A designer powdery ness. The sweetness and musk aren't the same but remind me in their "texture" of Narcisco Rodriguez for her without the rose. I would be interested to smell this on others as it's very meh 🤷🏻♀️ on me and definitely not worth the price. I agree with @Woodlandwalk that it's not quite sleazy but heading there.

The reviews here are very mixed, but here's what I get from my official sample vial from Neiman Marcus. This opens with a strong note of candied violets. Sweet, beautiful violets. Sometimes it smells like violet flavoured lollies, sometimes grape medicine. Within a few seconds, I start to smell an undertone of birch and what smells almost like leather. So now it's a leather-wood base, sprinkled with candied violets. As it starts to dry down, the sweetness calms down a little and the base notes come together to give you a very unique mix of woods, smoke, leather, and sweet violets. I'd even say this is almost on the same level of opulence of regality as MFK's Oud Satin Mood, though not as smooth because the notes in this don't blend too well, you can smell each one individually. I feel like if I took Feminite Du Bois and layered it with Insolence, I'd get a similar effect to this. Beautiful fragrance. I agree with the reviewer that said it smells like a baroque painting of a queen in black velvet.

The Isle of the Dead, Arnold Böcklin 1883 Like a thick cloud emanating from a cauldron, it envelopes like a cloak made of velour. A hazy, powdery mixture of patchouli, violet, and coriander that leans female. Cuir Amethyste reminded me of another bottle on my wife's fragrance station; Patchouli Patch by L'Artisan Perfumes granted with less of the Patchouli 'bang' and much more complex (in a good way) than the former. Despite being of very high quality with longevity that can't be topped, I don't see myself ever wearing this but I do love smelling it on her.