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Amouage Guidance 46
Fragrance

About this product

A luxury fragrance featuring rhubarb, rose, sandalwood, and incense notes with a soft woody undertone.

Guru Score

80%

Yay

Early verdict · Few reviews so far
2Gurus
2Yay
0Mixed
0Nay

What they liked

  • Distinctive incense and woody notes
  • Receives frequent compliments
  • Truly unique scent profile

What they flagged

  • Divisive scent, not for everyone

What the gurus are saying

This fragrance draws strong praise for its incense note, which creators say smells completely unlike incense they know from everyday life, lending the scent something almost mystical and utterly distinctive. Both who've tried it love it, though they note it's polarizing, the kind of perfume people either adore or find too unusual. If you're drawn to genuinely unconventional scents with real presence and compliment-worthy staying power, this lands in that rare bracket.
Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take August 2025

What the gurus are saying.

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"I've never had so many compliments in my life. It's called Amouage Guidance so Guidance is the name and Amouage is the brand, it's a brand from Oman. On first impression it really smelled like rhubarb to me which is not my usual, but there is a kind of soft woody undertone, bit of rose definitely, sandalwood. I feel like if you know me well by now you kind of know what kind of scents I like, it fits in that bracket for sure. When I started wearing it I was like I'm going to gatekeep this, I'm not going to tell anyone this is my new scent, I'm really excited about it, but I've not joking told about 2,000 people it face to face."
Yay
"If you're interested in trying really new things or you're interested in a perfume that you've not quite smelled anything like it, like ever probably, you should consider Amouage Guidance. I use it once in a while and every time I use it, there's always like you smell so different. One of the notes that you get with this is incense and I remember, I know what incense smells like, but for me the only place I'll smell incense is in church and I remember the first time that I smelled this I was like what is this, and I never knew that incense could be in something I smell as good as it does outside of how I know incense to smell. This is so different, there's something like almost mystical about this, like it's crazy. There's just two types of people for this like you can stand it or you absolutely love it or you hate it, but it's a very very good perfume."
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"As popular as Guidance is, as pleasing and as shocking as it was to my senses in the very very beginning, there's something about it that is just kind of heavy for me."
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"If you're interested in trying really new things or you're interested in a perfume that you've not quite smelled anything like it, like ever probably, you should consider Amouage Guidance. I use it once in a while and every time I use it, there's always like you smell so different. One of the notes that you get with this is incense and I remember, I know what incense smells like, but for me the only place I'll smell incense is in church and I remember the first time that I smelled this I was like what is this, and I never knew that incense could be in something I smell as good as it does outside of how I know incense to smell. This is so different, there's something like almost mystical about this, like it's crazy. There's just two types of people for this like you can stand it or you absolutely love it or you hate it, but it's a very very good perfume."

Frequently asked.

What is Amouage Guidance 46?

A luxury fragrance featuring rhubarb, rose, sandalwood, and incense notes with a soft woody undertone.

Is Amouage Guidance 46 worth it?

Yes. All 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 80%.

What is Amouage Guidance 46's Guru Score?

Amouage Guidance 46 holds a Guru Score of 80%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.

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