Extravagance d’Amarige, the fragrance of an unprecedented personality. Today, the couture house Givenchy is the symbol of French luxury and refinement. It belongs to the LVMH group, but Givenchy was founded in 1952 by Hubert de Givenchy.
The house of Givenchy delights in offering perfumes that are wonderfully feminine, elegant yet innovative, bold yet precious. With Amarige, a great success of 1991, Dominique Ropion's flowers of love spoke to the souls of women. For Extravagance d'Amarige, released in 1998, Michel Girard would address these same gentle and romantic women by delivering the touch of madness that every one of them needs to shine…
When Michel Girard transforms the Amarige fragrance into a bold potion, Extravagance d'Amarige is born
Hubert de Givenchy has not finished infusing his dandyish and whimsical spirit into the creations of the house of Givenchy. Amarige, composed in 1991 by Dominique Ropion, was meant to be sun-kissed, floral and sparkling in order to depict the elegant Givenchy woman at her most floral and feminine. Amarige is, after all, an anagram of the French word for marriage, which speaks to the romantic aura of this beautiful floral woody!
But in 1998, Michel Girard would bring his touch of extravagance to this Amarige woman, shifting Amarige's romantic and floral softness into chiseled green accords, like the laughter of a woman who plays with life.
Exuberant, feminine and whimsical, Extravagance d'Amarige is an effervescent green floral fragrance. Givenchy on Extravagance d'Amarige.
Extravagance d'Amarige would be like a flash of madness from its brilliant predecessor Amarige, yet it loses none of its couture luxury. On the contrary, Extravagance d'Amarige becomes even more sun-kissed and sensual, as if to better draw in men won over by this web of fresh greenery that turns into a woody trap from which no one emerges indifferent…
Moreover, although Extravagance d'Amarige had disappeared from perfumery shelves in 2012, it returned in the guise of a bottle from Givenchy's Les Parfums Mythiques collection, undeniable proof of its timeless beauty.
Extravagance d'Amarige, or the meeting of a delicate bouquet of flowers and sparkling green notes
Michel Girard composed Extravagance d'Amarige by drawing inspiration from the sun-kissed, opulent floral bouquet of Amarige, in order to shake it up further with thunderous, resolutely modern accords. Extravagance d'Amarige thus presents itself as a woman with two faces: on one side, she exudes softness, romance and femininity, while on the other, she becomes unpredictable and ardent.
We discover Extravagance d'Amarige at its wildest right from the top notes, thanks to mandarin, tagetes and pink pepper, which turn sharp and turbulent. This turbulence barely settles into a delicate and charmingly retro violet flower, which signals the end of this green madness, only to lead us into a wonderfully floral heart with orange blossom, jasmine and wisteria. Finally, the depths of sandalwood and cedarwood feel reassuring yet mysterious, a mystery that the beauty of iris barely powders, letting a gourmand sillage of wild strawberries emerge, an ultimate gourmand touch for a woman who never fully reveals herself…
Utterly sensual, the sumptuous sillage of amber and wood unfolds a unique softness in perfect harmony with the luminous nature of this fragrance. A pure delight! Givenchy on Extravagance d'Amarige.