• Opus Oils Les Bohemes Heavy Sugar EDP Perfume Review

    Date: 2012.01.11 | Category: fragrance | Tags: ,,,,,,,,,

    Opus Oils Heavy Sugar EDP

    Opus Oils Heavy Sugar is a perfume in Les Bohemes Collection, a collection dedicated to flappers, speakeasies and good times. Heavy Sugar is the amber scent in the collection. And it helped me get my “amber mojo” back.

    For years I loved amber perfumes, owning many and wearing them frequently. I burnt myself out. Heavy Sugar brought back my “amber mojo” and I’ve been on an amber kick for the past few months. I feel like my old self, but better and stable ;)

    Heavy sugar opens as rich resinous amber with lots of camphor from patchouli. You must love patchouli to enjoy this perfume. The amber and camphoric patchouli lays over a smooth buttermilk sandalwood. The fragrance gets warmer and richer on the skin. The dry-down is soft and smells like sun-warmed beaches and a memory of amber.

    What I like about Heavy Sugar is that it isn’t a powdery amber or a “soft”, sweet vanilla-ish amber. This amber is “crystallized” and resinous, sharp. It’s beautiful alone and I could see myself layering it with other perfumes from Les Bohemes Collection.

    Gilbert Roland

    Notes listed include dark amber, aged labdanum, fossilized amber, vintage patchouli, sandalwood, and beach found ambergris. PERFUMER – Kedra Hart

    Give this a try if you are looking for a non-powdery amber or if you like perfumes like Serge Lutens Borneo 1834, Etat Libre d’Orage Archives 69, Tom Ford Extreme and/or Byerdo M/Mink.

    Heavy Sugar is unisex but because of the camphoric patchouli and ambergris, I think it leans more masculine. The scent is very long-wearing and has average projection as an EDP.

    The 1 oz EDP of Heavy Sugar retails for $55. Other sizes are available. You can also get this as an oil base at Opus Oils. 

    Victoria’s Final EauPINION – A camphoric amber. I love it because I love patchouli and non-powdery ambers.

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    *Disclaimer – Sample provided by Opus Oils. I am not financially compensated for this review or any others. My opinions are my own. Pic from Opus Oils. Heartthrob, Gilbert Roland, an early pic from www.fanpix.net