In 2023, Amouage released what instantly became one of its most admired and feted creations: Amouage Guidance 46 Eau de Parfum. Composed by acclaimed perfumer Quentin Bisch, under the direction of Chief Creative Officer Renaud Salmon, the scent reinterpreted the Amouage triad of Rose, Frankincense and Ambergris, while remaining faithful to the House’s identity and breaking new ground in terms of what connoisseurs could expect from an Amouage creation. With its distinctive blend of Pear, Hazelnut and Sandalwood, Guidance brought a truly contemporary sense of grandeur to what was already an extraordinary range of compositions.
Amouage Guidance 46 Exceptional
A year on, Salmon and Bisch have returned to the unique landscape they created in Guidance Eau de Parfum and cast it in an even more mesmerising light. The result of their efforts is a new addition to The Guidance Collection – Guidance 46, an Exceptional Extrait that heightens the contrasts and reveals more of the mysteries at the heart of the Guidance story.
When creating Guidance 46, Salmon and Bisch chose to take their cue from one of the Eau de Parfum’s most memorable characteristics: the striking distinction between its quieter facets and its more assertive elements. Their intention was that in Guidance 46, these contrasts would be even more singular, more arresting and more alluring.
The Exceptional Extraits are amongst the most precious creations from the House of Amouage. Each of the perfumes in this exclusive collection is the result of painstaking experiments to gauge the effects of various concentration levels and different ageing times. The aim is to push the ingredients to the very limits of what they can offer to the composition: allowing them time to reveal all their most hidden facets. In the case of Amouage Guidance 46 , a concentration of 46% of perfume oils and an ageing time of 4 weeks were selected as the optimal levels to bring out the full effect of the extraordinary paradox achieved by Salmon and Bisch in this unique piece of work.
