Amouage Opus XIV – Royal Tobacco is an intellectual — and intensely sensorial — expedition that traces the Tropic of Cancer from the sun-scorched deserts of Oman to the sultry nights of Cuba. Conceived by celebrated perfumer Cécile Zarokian, this Library Collection masterpiece fuses two cultural treasures: Omani Royal Frankincense, revered for its luminous, resinous aura, and Cuban Regal Tobacco, famed for its dark, velvety richness.
The fragrance opens with a radiant curl of frankincense smoke, brightened by facets of aromatic angelica and a whisper of sweet liquorice. Soon, a deep chord of sun-cured tobacco leaf surfaces, intertwining with creamy osmanthus and a trace of leather to evoke vintage cigar rooms and desert caravanserais in equal measure. As the journey settles, a sumptuous base of vanilla-laced benzoin, guaiac wood, and labdanum casts a warm, ambered glow that lingers long after twilight.
Opus XIV is more than perfume; it is a cultivated dialogue between worlds, a seamless conversation of spice, resin, and leaf. Spray it once, and you accompany frankincense from its ancient Omani groves to the storied tobacco barns of the Caribbean—experiencing, in a single breath, the meeting of two empires of scent.
Top notes: Frankincense Oil, Elemi, Cardamom, Anise, Basil, Bergamot.
Middle 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