This fragrance may have been typical of the fragrances found in the Middle East in the early 1980s, but I doubt it. I suspect that this scent pushed limits at that time. It still does today. Both are great, but as a lover of all things vintage, I would love to get my hands on a full bottle. A completely new theme for a men's scent in the early 80s, Gold Man bears a close resemblance to Chanel No. 5, at least in the opening stages. But do not be fooled by the development of this scent, which is so drastic, it could easily be classed as 3 scents rolled into one.

Myrrh, delirious with warmth, and a pearlescent and indolic white Jasmine stand on an Iris from which emanates a rich, terribly luxurious scent ofSensational, huge powdery animalic fragrance. Now I understand why these old perfumes were both powdery and animalic. If you do it right, it's brilliant. The opening is full aldehydes and florals. Jasmine makes an early appearance whilst slightly veiled by the aldehydes, but the rose that introduces the middle stages takes the scent into a completely different direction. It's almost as if the Chanel No. 5 has been spiked with roses. Some more powdery notes enter at this point, before musk and frankincense join to create an opulent and long-lasting dry down. Older bottles had a nuclear civet note from about the mid point, which contrasted beautifully with the rose. This has been neutered in more recent bottles, but the overall aldehydic, soapy, floral-musky accord is largely still intact. In 1983, the Sultan of Oman had him come to Oman specifically to make the first magnificent Amouage perfume. I had no notion until I smelled Gold Men that I'd formed an image (fantasy) in my mind of what the old-school animalic floral/orientals of the early 20th century were. On smelling Gold Men, I realized that I did, and that this was it. He introduced the maximum finest delicacy to Guy Robert, the noblest Omani raw materials, and the great genius created this grand chypre containing more than 120 elements skillfully orchestrated in an amazing perfume!

Just received a .5ml vial of the original formula. It should be noted that the original was an EdT, while my other bottle (magnetic cap) is an EdP.No, I added some other ingredients... also some frankincense and myrrh." "Surely, which two of the Magi live within you? Caspar for sure, because that's what you are to me, a clown, a braggart! Who mixes all this together and from something animalistic becomes this! Something... moment... actually... very pleasing... what was in it again, the Lord?" You already had myrrh and frankincense," he said when leaving the room a free man. "The third gift was still missing, then you have the name!" that of Civet, its tobacco undertones highlighted by those of Patchouli, while Oakmoss and Cedarwood transform them into a resolute chypre.