Amway
Amway
77 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Pink pepper detonates with sharp, crystalline spice, immediately undercut by that deliberate rankness—a green, almost animalic quality that feels genuinely unsettling. The fragrance announces itself as deliberately difficult, refusing the perfume's traditional role as immediate seduction.
Cistus and patchouli emerge with archaeological patience, the rankness receding to reveal a leathered, resinous core that smells like aged wood and dried botanical matter. The composition gains serious weight here, the spice settling into woody undertones whilst a subtle smokiness begins its creep upwards.
Myrrh, frankincense and moss form the final act—a deeply resinous, almost meditative close punctuated by vanilla's subtle anchoring. What remains is smoky, incense-laden, and profoundly intimate, clinging to skin as a subtle reminder of autumn mornings and contemplative solitude.
Crossroads arrives as a deliberately unsettling proposition—a fragrance that rejects comfort in favour of contemplation. The opening salvo of pink pepper cuts through with peppery snap, immediately complicated by a deliberately animalic rankness that prevents this from ever drifting into conventional territory. This is not a fragrance designed to flatter; it's one that questions.
The heart reveals Crossroads' true character: a brooding cistus-patchouli alliance that conjures dried earth and leather-bound books left in damp libraries. Cistus brings its characteristic resinous, almost tobacco-like warmth, whilst patchouli adds earthen depth without the cosmetic sweetness that dominates modern fragrances. Together they create an almost medicinal intimacy, as though you're standing in a apothecary's back room where curative oils gather dust.
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