Notes: Coriander oil, lemon, mandarin, grapefruit, elemi oil, cardamom, cumin, rose berries, rose, violet leaves, peru balsam, labdanum, frankincense, musk
Perfumer: Jacques Flori
50% of the profits from Opus IV go to the National HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Program (NAP) in Oman.
beauty on the outside 
Finally it is yours! I’m so happy for you! xoxo
Thank you B!
I’m resisting the impulse to hold the bottle in my arms while muttering, “my precious!”
LOL! I am so thrilled! 😉
Yay! I think the Opus bottles are so pretty & elegant.
Susan, if money were no object, I’d own and happily wear all of them— they certainly are beautiful! 🙂
Speaking of… did you decide on a wedding fragrance???
noooooooo! I still have 6 months to decide! haha
seriously, though, in the last 24 hours I had been thinking about Carillon Pour un Ange as a top candidate. but there will probably be another one in the next 72 hours.
I am also trying to figure out a way to do/afford a fragrance-related favor for our guests… because of money and distance, we’re not doing a ton of personalization/DIY for the festivities, so I’d really like to have one or two little things that speaks to our interests…
Six months is time to fall in and out of love a dozen times… I’m sure what ever you decide on will be perfect!!
A fragrance favor would be amazing, or some other sort of tie-in; Alyssa Harad had a perfume bridal shower! I wish I had had one of those…
😉
a perfume bridal shower sounds amazing… but I don’t think it would go over with my very traditional mother… I suggested doing a honeymoon registry instead of or at least in addition to a traditional registry and she flipped out…
thus, it might just be easier to bring the fragrance to them, rather than asking them to bring fragrance to me… I am just not sure I can afford it! I need to ask for a quote…
I hope that you will find a way!!! 🙂
Oh yes, you’ve got it! What a great day. You have all those special memories close at hand now. So pleased, it’s all yours. Enjoy it lots!
So funny, because I was reading up on all the Opus fragrances today.
P.S. Your care package is on it’s way!
Thank you Tara!!! I’m enjoying it so much— it’s been a long time coming, and it was worth the wait 🙂
Were you really just reading about them??? I think they are terribly under-rated. I hope you will try them soon!
Care package? I love care packages!!! xxoo
I really was! I’m on my own in the office on a Friday so it’s a good chance to carry out some “research”. I’m hoping to find my own perfect Amouage one of these days and I didn’t really have a handle on the Library Collection. I’m still not sure any of them are for me but intend to try them all now that I have a better idea. Opus IV is top of the list!
What a fun coincidence! I’m glad that they were on your mind— I have this niggling fear that they’re going to be discontinued due to unpopularity…
I first smelled IV on Matt, who frequently is first to test something new (since I’m often already wearing something when samples arrive), and I remember the progression of, “Huh, that’s weird! Let me sniff again,” on his skin, then slowly smelling it evolve and unfold… It utterly fascinated me for days (and weeks and months). The whole collection is excellent, but this one is always a surprise and a delight to wear!
I’m confident that you’ll find your perfect Amouage!
Oh I hope they won’t be discontinued. It was fun reading about the actual fragrances because beforehand I only knew them as Opus I – Suzanne, Opus IV – dee and Opus V- Carrie Meredith!
I think some of the best perfumes first inspire the word “weird”. It’s usually a sign of complexity and originally. I didn’t know you normally test most new samples on Matt. What a wonderful couple you are!
!! That’s how I think of the opera too! (multiple opus is opera, right??)
Weird, at least at first, really does it for me: Memoir was the same thing!
Yes, Matt is my ever-patient canvas… and he seems to enjoy being a part of the process. I’m blessed! 🙂
Hurrah!
Hey, you say you like experimental/electronic music? Do you know my husband’s work? (Robert Turman/ ex of NON)
My husband is crapping his pants (excuse the terminology, but it is most appropriate), because our shop just sold out of your hubby’s music— he can’t believe the connection 🙂 How fun is that??
squeeee!!! I love this kinda thing! He has albums, etc here – have him email Robert at rt@robertturman.com. And tell your hubby about our connection! I’ll make sure he puts in some extras (does your hubby have Robert and Aaron Dilloway’s Blizzard yet?)
Also Robert is on FB! He’s easy to friend 🙂
… Matt (my hubby) is now happily in possession of your hubby’s email! This is so much fun; people rarely understand when I try to explain what Matt does— I’ll bet you can relate 😉
This is fun! I’m already planning a road trip to Ohio in my head, lol!
I can totally relate!! The first thing is I saw “do you know Brian Eno’s music?” and if they say no, then there’s nothing more I can do! If they say yes, then it’s a little easier to explain!
That would be great to visit us!! Esp since Aaron and Erika (Dilloway) live a coupla blocks away!
Haha, this is so rad!
Yes, Brian Eno is a good touchstone— I’m going to steal it 🙂 When people ask, I usually just let out a deep sigh and scrunch my face. Eno is a better tactic, I think!
(though forget about trying to explain tapes)
Matt and I have frequently discussed the parallels between his community (niche experimental electronic) and mine, and here is another one! Most funny to me is that we’ve “known” each other quite some time, without realizing this connection.
I love that Aaron Dilloway lives a few blocks from you! It’s a small world!
This connection is SO cool! What are the chances?
This type of thing makes me soo incredibly happy – more proof that we’re all related in one way or another!
bloody frida, it makes me very happy too. It’s comforting to feel that we are connected in some way.
Tara, I’m pretty sure I squealed out loud at my desk while reading 😉
I can imagine. I found it exciting and I’m not even involved! Do sort out a trip to Bloody Fridaville, I’d love to read about it.
😀 These kind of discoveries are so much fun!!!
We’re connected in so many neat ways! 🙂
One day, it WILL happen!!! 🙂
YAY!! And I love that Tara referenced Vanessa’s Bloody Fridaville! heheee
*giggles*
I want to go the Bloody Fridaville too!
Just like Tara, I was also reading up on Opus IV today, but it was specifically your love for it – I’m now at June 2011 in the archives. You waited a while to snag this love, Dee. It’s almost been like a pregnancy. 😉
I do love it so! I knew that one day I’d have a bottle, and I’m so glad it’s finally here 🙂
I’ll send you a sample in your care package, so you can sniff as you read! 😉
Sweeeet!!! 🙂
🙂
Yay!! I am glad you got your bottle and your review makes this scent sound soo gorgeous!
Thank you Lavanya! I’m glad too 😉
It is gorgeous, though I think that it’s not widely loved— I’m on a mission to change that though!!!
Well, done. Could not have come at a better time huh?
Seriously! It lifted my spirits just when I needed it most. I love how perfume can do that 🙂
Lovely bottle – so smooth and strokable… : – )
And that is fun about the musical connection between your and Frida’s menfolk!
There really is something in that degrees of separation thing….
Seriously! So cool…
I love the curve of the bottle, because when you hold it up to your middle, it wraps right onto it perfectly… 😉
I think I’m gonna like this Opus perfume, looks like very elegant and hope the scents too. 🙂
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