Opus XIV Royal Tobacco 100ml
One of knowledge and aesthetic pleasure, Opus XIV - Royal Tobacco is a fragrant journey along the Tropic of Cancer from Oman to Cuba, connecting Royal Frankincense to Regal Tobacco. The perfume references the tradition of ‘El Lector’, whose role was to read to cigarmakers in Cuban factories, captivating them with riveting novels like Les Misérables by Victor Hugo and works by Honoré de Balzac, Stendhal, Edgar Allan Poe or Herman Melville until it became an honored ritual as synonymous with the rolling floor as the scent of tobacco. Interpreted by renowned perfumer Cécile Zarokian, a unique accord of Frankincense and Tobacco bursts alive in a novel and rich sensory experience.
Amouage is honoured to have won the following prestigious awards, for our now multi-award winning fragrance Opus XIV - Royal Tobacco:
- The Fragrance Foundation (USA): Indie Fragrance of the Year award
- EXIPA (Mexico): Fragrance of the Year 2022 Excellence Award
- ScentXplore (USA): Fragrance of the Year Award
- Belgian Beauty Awards: Best Niche Perfume
- Icon Awards (Spain): Beyond Gender Category, Unisex, Reinvented, Winner
- Top Notes: Frankincense Oil, Elemi, Cardamom, Anise, Basil, Bergamot
- Heart Notes: Tobacco Absolute, Liquorice Root, Lavender, Prunol, Fenugreek, Orange Blossom, Osmanthus, Rose
- Base Notes: Frankincense Resinoid, Peru Balsam, Benzoin, Labdanum, Myrrh, Birch Tar, Tonka Bean, Vanilla Madagascar, Vetiver, Guaiac Wood, Oud Assam, Musks
OPUS XIV - ROYAL TOBACCO
Ode to Smoke
As the 23rd parallel north unites the sundrenched shores of Cuba and Oman, Opus XIV - Royal Tobacco weaves as one their iconic treasures, Royal Frankincense and Tobacco Absolute, hence bearing the name of Royal Tobacco.
Both fumigated since the earliest days of recorded history, their vertical signature imprints the entire evolution of the perfume, each enriched with supporting notes that reveal and sublime their complex personality.
Aromatic flashes of Cardamom and Elemi light up a voluptuous heart shining with many facets of flowers and balsams casting their reflections upon the Frankincense and Tobacco duo. Emboldened by Benzoin, Labdanum and Myrrh, ambery notes of Vanilla Absolute and Tonka Bean echo the coumarinic depth of Fenugreek while graceful volutes of Prunol, Bulgarian Rose and Osmanthus Absolute evoke the fruitiness and floralcy of high-end cigars. Supported by Anise and Basil, the typically treacly burnt molasses notes of Liquorice act as a link with the choral finale of smoky Birch Tar, Vetiver and Guaiacwood amped up by the glaring animality of Oud.
Opus XIV - Royal Tobacco is a daring, lavish, deep and modern creation fit for men and women alike.
Perfumer: Cecile Zarokian
OPUS XIV - ROYAL TOBACCO
Cecile Zarokian
An ISIPCA alumnus, Cécile Zarokian trod her own path by becoming at 27 the youngest independent woman perfumer of our age. Her humility, curiosity and panartistic vision of her craft result in fragrances that offer a certain grandiloquence and Armenian homeliness.
