Amouage The Library Collection Opus X

by: Sandra Raicevic Petrovic

AMOUAGE's special collection THE LIBRARY COLLECTION adds their 10^th fragrance in March 2016! The Library Collection was launched in 2010, and its last edition was offered in 2015, under the name of Opus IX. This perfume came in a dark red flacon and was inspired by the opera "La Traviata" from 1958 as performed in Lisbon. 

OPUS X was inspired by the legendary red violin 'Red Mendelssohn' Stradivarius, which served as the inspiration for the movie "The Red Violin" from 1998, directed by Francois Girard, which received an Academy award. The Canadian drama speaks about the famous instrument and its numerous owners during four centuries. The movie was done as an international co-production of companies from Canada, Great Britain and Italy. 

The composition of OPUS X opens with centifolia rose, blood rose chords, rose buds and the organic ingredient rose oxide, which can be found in roses and rose water. The development of the fragrance accentuates geranium, leather and lacquer chords (lacquered wood) on the skin, while the base is composed of the ambrarome molecule, oud from Laos, ylang-ylang and a metallic chord!  

AMOUAGE THE LIBRARY COLLECTION OPUS X edition 2016 centifolia rose, blood rose, rose buds, rose oxide geranium, leather, lacquered wood ambrarome, Laos oud, ylang-ylang, metallic chords

The flacon of OPUS X repeats the shape of its antecedents and its body is iridescent in shades going from golden-yellow to red, with a golden overall glow. The outer carton features an illustration of the famous violin. The fragrance is available as a 100ml Eau de Parfum.