AMOUAGE
SUNSHINE WOMAN

2014

PERFUMER
Sidonie Lancesseur

Almond
blackcurrant
Artemisia

Osmanthus
Vanilla
Magnolia
Jasmine

White tobacco
Papyrus
Juniper
Patchouli

Sunshine Woman used to be my favorite from the women’s releases. It’s since been passed by Epic 56 (& Epic Woman) for me, but it’s still one of the best Amouage fragrances on the market.

Sunshine’s name can be a bit misleading. Although there is definitely a fruitiness here that works like a ray of sunshine in the composition, the overall scent profile isn’t exactly Summery to me at all.

Instead, Sunshine Woman combines that peachiness from osmanthus (which on it’s own has a dry, leathery, smoky facet) with a soft tobacco and bitter sweetness.

It has an aromatic vanilla, with bitter almond. A hint of green, but mostly sweet, fruity and tobacco-ish. It’s not a full on tobacco scent and comparisons to Triumph of Bacchus for a fruity tobacco are a bit overstated in my view.

Sunshine Woman is more a tobacco blossom with a long-lasting osmanthus scent. The added sweetness makes this feel more like an Autumn/Winter fragrance in the air to me, although up close the fruitiness is more prominent and it feels more sunshine appropriate.