Amouage: The Geometry of Time — The Essences New Trilogy

How three new perfumery expressions reinterpret time as scent

Amouage, the Omani high-perfumery house long celebrated for its bold sensibilities and sumptuous compositions, has expanded its Essences collection with a new trilogy of fragrances that transform geometry — and the notion of time — into olfactory experience. With Line 618, Remain, and Sequence, Amouage presents not just scents, but conceptual journeys expressed through masterfully layered compositions.

The overarching concept behind this release is the interpretation of time through geometric forms — a straight line, the smallest point, and the circle — each offering a unique perspective on existence and progression. The perfumes are crafted with 30% pure perfume concentration and undergo a meticulous six-month double-infusion aging process that imbues depth and refinement into every note.

Line 618

The Scent of Motion and Continuity

Named with a nod to the Golden Ratio (0.618) — a mathematical principle revered across art and design — Line 618embodies movement, extension, and proportion. Perfumer Nathalie Lorson builds this unisex fragrance around contrasts that feel harmonious: smoky frankincense and vibrant fruits.

Opening with frankincense, black pepper, pineapple, peach, and plum, the composition juxtaposes resinous depth and juicy brightness. A heart of pine, heliotrope, and coconut milk introduces creaminess and aromatic freshness, while a base of sandalwood, patchouli, guaiac wood, and leather anchors the scent in woody intensity. The result is a fragrance that feels like an olfactory horizon — expansive, evolving, and quietly enduring.

Remain

The Origin of Presence

For Remain, perfumer Pierre Negrin contemplates the point — the essential starting place from which everything unfolds. This interpretation yields a fragrance that feels immediate yet timeless, vivid yet grounded.

At the opening, Hojari frankincense, mandarin, pimento berry, and bergamot intertwine, creating a vibrant aromatic introduction. The heart evolves into a floral-spicy tapestry of Madonna lily, ylang-ylang, juniper, and jasmine, while the base of ambergris, guaiac wood, patchouli, vanilla, and tonka bean delivers a warm, enduring drydown. Remainresonates with a sense of singularity — a moment made vast through sheer presence.

LÉOPARD in Conversation with

 Pierre

Negrin

The son of scent traders, Pierre Negrin learned perfumery not through formal schooling, but through lived experience — in laboratories, raw materials, and instinctive experimentation. Years spent between Mexico and New York shaped a sensibility that feels both cosmopolitan and pragmatic. At Amouage, Negrin is known for capturing the depth and complexity of the densest balsams and absolutes, translating weight into clarity, and intensity into quiet confidence. Remain is a study in exactly that balance.

LÉ: Remain feels like a dialogue between warmth and restraint. What does the name “Remain” mean to you within this composition?

Pierre Negrin: The warmth in this fragrance is what creates the sense of remaining. For me, Remain is about materializing the eternity of a dot — something minimal, yet infinite. It’s not about excess or expansion, but about presence that quietly endures.

LÉ: If Remain were about what stays after everything else disappears, what do you hope the wearer is left with?

Pierre Negrin: I hope the wearer is left with a beautiful state of mind — one filled with optimism, and a deep sense of pleasure. Something intimate, comforting, and affirmative, rather than loud or declarative.

Sequence

The Cycle and Return

Completing the trilogy, Sequence interprets the circle—the symbol of continuity, cycles, and return—through an olfactory structure that unfolds like a story. Crafted by Julien Rasquinet, this fragrance weaves fruit, spice, and rich base notes into a narrative of progression and resolution.

The opening blends lychee, raspberry, and saffron to a striking effect, immediately arresting the senses. In the heart, rose, osmanthus, and tonka bean impart warmth and floral depth, while a base of oud, leather, and amber woods imbues maturity and gravity. Sequence traces an arc from light and effervescent beginnings to resonant, layered persistence — an elegant reflection of continuity itself.

LÉOPARD in Conversation with

Julien

Rasquinet

A child prodigy of perfumery, Julien Rasquinet refined his technical foundation under the legendary Pierre Bourdon before shaping a language entirely his own — opulent yet precise, imaginative yet disciplined. Today, his work reflects a life lived between Paris and Dubai, where heritage and excess meet naturally. For Amouage, Rasquinet translates this duality into Sequence, a fragrance conceived as a meditation on time, return, and continuity.

LÉ: Oud is often associated with power, dominance, and finality. Yet in Sequence, it feels integrated rather than commanding. How did you rethink its role?

Julien Rasquinet: Oud is fundamental to the structure of Sequence, but it was never intended to stand alone. It functions as part of a larger architecture. Here, it conveys soft leathery facets, interlaced with osmanthus and saffron, and supported by red fruity, musky, floral, and subtly gourmand notes.

I deliberately avoided making the oud too loud. I chose a Cambodian oud, known for its softer, more floral and ambery profile. This allows the material to anchor the fragrance while remaining fluid, elegant, and nuanced rather than overpowering.

LÉ: Sequence speaks of time as something circular rather than linear. How did this idea shape the fragrance’s construction?

Julien Rasquinet: This concept required a very technical approach. I wanted the base notes to appear from the very first seconds. Leathery notes — typically associated with the dry-down — emerge immediately through saffron, are reinforced in the heart by osmanthus, and remain present until the end.

At the same time, I wanted a sense of return. The red fruity note opens with lychee and raspberry, then reappears in the heart through tonka bean shaped into an almondy, almost cherry-like form. Finally, Aromalide — a CPL Aromas captive musk with fruity undertones — extends that joyful, luminous fruitiness into the dry-down.

This structure reflects the idea of eternal return: time looping back on itself, much like the evolution of a fragrance on skin — familiar, transformed, and continuously resurfacing.

What distinguishes this trilogy — beyond its creative concept — is Amouage’s artisanal approach to perfume development. Each scent’s concentrate matures for months with Australian sandalwood chips and in handcrafted oak barrels, enhancing texture and richness before the final blending.

This kind of time-honoured process,

rare in contemporary perfumery,

accentuates the very theme

The trilogy seeks to explore.

Time as craft,

and craft as time

made palpable

in scent.

The bottles themselves, with their tactile ribbed surfaces and sculptural presence, reflect this philosophy visually — a fusion of desert minimalism and refined form that echoes the deep, meditative quality of the fragrances within.

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