Launched in 2001, Ambre 114 is from Histoires de Parfums, the French niche perfume house founded in 2000 by at ISIPCA trained perfumer Gérald Ghislain. The concept behind the name was, according to the Histoires de Parfums website, to present a “Library of scents Spotless crepe paper, titles in color, bottles chiseled in glass: Histoires de Parfums is smartly bound in sixteen volumes to create a unique library.”

Over time, the ‘library’ concept was broadened to include places (1889 - Moulin Rouge and Olympia, Music-Hall le Parfum) and themes like the Tubéreuse series and unique, cult perfumes, such as Ambre 114.
 
Ambre 114 opens with a vegetal note of thyme and spicy warm nutmeg that dance close together and apart, creating one of the most exciting openings I know. As it develops, the amber comes forward, and it gets more floral from rose and geranium, but it gets more exciting from sweet patchouli, sandalwood, camphorous cedar and earthy vetiver. Vanilla, Tonka bean, benzoin and musk at the base make it rich, sweet, resinous and deliciously animalic.

Ambre 114 is constructed so that, on me, the notes aren’t isolated or in a progressionthey appear as flashes, creating a smooth, gorgeous olfactory experience.

Notes: Thyme, nutmeg, rose, geranium, patchouli, sandalwood, cedar, vetiver,
amber, vanilla, Tonka bean, benzoin, musk.