What does Al Ambra Irish Ferre smell like?
Irish Ferre opens with juniper berries, the dry, piney note that flavours gin, placed next to amber, which is warm and resinous. Cold and warm are there from the first line of the list.
The heart is maté and leather. Maté is a South American leaf with a green, slightly smoky tea character, and it gives the leather a dry, herbal companion instead of a sweet one. The base repeats leather as a leather accord and adds tonka bean and dry woods. Tonka bean, with its almond and hay tone, is the only soft note in the composition. The brand describes the direction as dry, leathery, woody and slightly smoky.
What Al Ambra says about Irish Ferre
Classic leather is the brand's label for the style. Al Ambra suggests Irish Ferre for autumn and winter and is specific about the setting: formal occasions, evening wear and business. Its page gives the projection as moderate.
Who is Al Ambra Irish Ferre for?
Men, says the product title of Irish Ferre, and the rest of the brand's page does not disagree. The note list is short and dry: juniper, maté, leather twice, dry woods. That is a pyramid for someone who likes leather without fruit, flowers or vanilla around it and who enjoys the bitter, green side of tea. Amber and tonka bean give some warmth, but if you are looking for a sweet leather, the range has others. Women who wear dry leather scents have no reason to skip this page.
Al Ambra Irish Ferre Eau de Parfum, 100 ml: size and concentration
At 100 ml (3.4 fl oz), Irish Ferre follows the pattern of the range: all 21 eaux de parfum in this guide come in that size, and the brand lists no alternative for this one. The oil richness is labelled high and the blend style Arabic, both in the brand's own terms. What sets an eau de parfum apart from an extrait is covered in extrait de parfum explained.
Al Ambra Irish Ferre compared with its closest siblings
Spirit of Elegance is the sweet counterpart. Amber, leather and tonka bean are in both, and both are eaux de parfum for men in 100 ml. Spirit of Elegance surrounds the leather with clary sage, lavender, bitter almond, vanilla, orris and Cashmeran: herbs, marzipan and powder. Irish Ferre gives it only juniper berries and maté. If almond and vanilla sound too soft, Irish Ferre is the drier choice; if juniper and tea sound too austere, go the other way.
Amber and leather are all that Irish Ferre has in common with The True Bold, though the two match in type, size and audience. The True Bold adds vanilla, cinnamon, spicy tobacco and oud accords. Irish Ferre has none of these four; its own notes are juniper berries, maté and tonka bean. One is a leather with tobacco and oud, the other a leather with a gin berry and a tea leaf.
The link with Ambra Nuit is thin: amber and tonka bean. Ambra Nuit is a wood scent, with oud, sandalwood, rosewood, cardamom, vanilla and vetiver, and it lists no leather. Irish Ferre is a leather scent with no oud and no sandalwood. Both are 100 ml eaux de parfum that the brand lists for men, so choosing between them means choosing a main material, not a format.
Where to buy Al Ambra Irish Ferre in Europe
FragranceGems does not have Irish Ferre in its range for now. As an independent reseller it sells four Al Ambra scents, and its request page is where you can ask for another one; asking creates no obligation on either side. It would be wrong to present a look-alike here. None of the four shares a single named note with Irish Ferre, and none lists leather. If dryness is what draws you, Black Forest is a short pairing of grapefruit and ambroxan, and Ravenna has a black tea note, a distant cousin of maté, next to smoky guaiac wood.
Request Irish Ferre at FragranceGemsA request is not an order, and it is no promise that the shop will add the scent.
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