Amber Shadow by British self-taught perfumer and fragrance YouTuber, Sam Macer, for Scent Trunk is a bright yet earthy blend of tart and sweet fruits, with buttery amber and slightly animalic leather.

From Scent Trunk
Amber Shadow lures you in with its glowing light and exquisite fruits, darkened by black tea. Woody silhouettes cast enigmatic shadows between velvet moonbeams. Our Dark Academia concept “Ambral Sanctum” is a portmanteau with Umbral (shadow) and Amber. Sanctum is a sacred place, like a dark library for magic seekers to learn about elixirs and spells.

From Perfumer Sam Macer
“Perfumery, like alchemy, is an art form which has been steeped with secrecy for centuries. Both require years of study to master through painstaking trial and error. We all have the opportunity to strive for mastery in our own fields. Sometimes, this means stepping into the darkness and facing our innermost fears head on. Like the alchemists, as well as the physical world, we can transmute our persona, refine our spirit and reach our fullest potential.”

Perfumer
Sam Macer

Ingredient Focus
Clary Amber

Provenance
Drôme Provençale, France

Notes
apricot, earl grey tea, luminescent amber, dark oak, clary amber, orange blossom, old bookcases, vetiver, leather

FYI
Part of Scent Trunk's ORIGINAL EDITIONS, a collection of fragrances featuring collaborations with perfumers who are given a fragrance brief for their commissions inspired by a Scent Trunk annual theme, seasonal focus ingredients, geographic provenance of the highlighted material, and/or color palette.