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The Amouage Beloved Man Eau de Parfum for men reflects the embrace and memory of a loved one. Its unique combination of fragrant ingredients creates a scent filled with the intimacy, calm and warmth which those precious moments with loved ones bring us.
Opulent without ostentation, Beloved Man is an introspective exploration of life, love and longing. Whereas some of Amouage's previous creations were red-carpet stunners designed to make a grand entrance, Beloved Man takes a different approach. While Jubilation, Epic, and Interlude pose for the paparazzi, Beloved Man discreetly enters through a side door.
Inspired by the 1980 film, Somewhere in Time, Beloved Man reinterprets the themes of time and timelessness. In the classic movie, Christopher Reeve plays Richard Collier, a handsome playwright who falls in love with a young woman he sees in an aged photograph. Through self-hypnosis, he travels back in time to the year 1912 to find the object of his affection, Elise McKenna (portrayed by Jane Seymour). Despite the transcendence of time and space, Elise herself feels an unbound connection to something, someone…
Christopher Chong recently spoke with CaFleureBon and shared his cinematic vision for the fragrance: "I want to give the mood of traveling back in time a kind of nostalgia with an added tone of Death in Venice drama. It's the timelessness and the spatial distance that the two characters share. I wanted to explore this spatial dimension of love. I could have gone avant-garde with the formulation, but I chose to stay with something that represents remembrance and nostalgia." The fragrance was co-created with perfumer Bernard Ellena.
In an attempt to describe the result of Mr. Chong's vision, we might reach for words such as aromatic, spicy, floral, etc., but with a fragrance such as this, words are insufficient beacons. Nevertheless, until you can experience Beloved Man for yourself, words must do. So, what does it smell like? Elise herself feels the futility of words as she attempts to describe the indescribable:
"The man of my dreams has almost faded now. The one I have created in my mind. The sort of man each woman dreams of, in the deepest and most secret reaches of her heart. I can almost see him now before me. What would I say to him if he were really here? 'Forgive me. I have never known this feeling. I have lived without it all my life. Is it any wonder, then, I failed to recognize you? You, who brought it to me for the first time. Is there any way that I can tell you how my life has changed? Any way at all to let you know what sweetness you have given me? There is so much to say. I cannot find the words. Except for these: I love you.' Such would I say to him if he were really here."
…and that's what Beloved Man smells like.
Composition of the fragrance
The soft fragrance of sweet elemi resin mixes with notes of pepper, saffron and cardamom. The exotic combination is brightened up by accords of grapefruit and orange. The rich floral middle notes, with smooth accords of geranium, jasmine and orris root, blend with the deep woody base notes of cedar and guaiac wood, combined with patchouli, vetiver and white musk.
