Amyris Homme

The Scoop:

Amyris Homme by Maison Francis Kurkdjian is a fragrance for men. Amyris Homme was launched in 2012.

Amyris is a wood formerly known as West Indies sandalwood, which draws its name from the Greek amyron, ‘intensely fragrant’: it was in rediscovering its scent during exercises with his apprentice that Francis Kurkdjian was inspired to use it. The word itself included ‘iris’, which yields the core accord of the fragrance with amyris, which straddles cedar and sandalwood.

Amyris homme plays on the tough-tender duality with an aromatic opening brightened by a squirt of mandarin. For his iris note, the perfumer uses iris resinoid, which develops striking dark chocolate facets. It is this non-gourmand chocolate effect that Amyris homme plays on to express dusky masculine tenderness by setting the iris resinoid in a coconut, coffee and tonka bean, with its hay and tobacco facets suffused with a bitter-almond flavor.

Unapologetically masculine – but with a twist – Amyris homme is as easy to slip on as a favorite white shirt and jeans outfit, yet chic enough to carry you into the cocktail hour. A classic.