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Invite Only Amber - 198

Name: Invite Only Amber - 198 Eau de Parfum
Brand: The Essence Vault

The Essence Vault Invite Only Amber - 198 is an Eau de Parfum. Invite Only Amber - 198 opens with Honey, Tobacco, and Black Cherry, settles into a heart of Cinnamon, Hazelnut, and Rum, and dries down to a base of Amber and Vanilla. The Essence Vault's Invite Only Amber - 198 carries an Acquired verdict, a sweet-led wear.

No. 198 leans on the same tobacco-cherry-amber-vanilla skeleton as Kayali's Invite Only Amber, but flattens the layering into a louder, sweeter opening and a shorter, simpler dry-down that loses much of the original's smoky depth.

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Seductive
Warm
Confident
Intimate
Bold

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Invite Only Amber - 198 Eau de Parfum bottle

Inspired by

Invite Only Amber I 23 by Kayali

72%

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Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

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Topas listed

Tobacco41%

Black Cherry34%

Honey25%

Heartas listed

Cinnamon40%

Hazelnut31%

Rum29%

Baseas listed

Amber54%

Vanilla46%

Top, heart and base are the brand's own listing, not a timing claim - the industry classifies a note by its character as much as by how fast it fades. Each curve here is modelled from that material's own volatility, so groups can overlap when a house lists long-lasting materials in its heart.

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Performance & Mood

Performance

Longevity

Moderate (4-6h)

Projection

Intimate

Intensity

Moderate

Mood

Mood Energising

Calming

Character Playful

Serious

Sentiment Uplifting

Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:

Fall Winter

The tobacco-amber-vanilla core reads as a cold-weather scent, with the cherry and honey top giving it just enough lift for early autumn evenings.

Best Occasions

The rich amber-tobacco-vanilla trail is built for evening wear, dates and nights out rather than daytime or office settings.

Ingredients and allergens

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Ethics and formulation

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About

No. 198 opens with an intense hit of tobacco leaf, black cherry and honey, chasing the same smoky-sweet opening that made Kayali's Invite Only Amber a bestseller. Where the original builds a slow, resinous depth through Ceylon cinnamon, agarwood and layered musks, this version moves faster: cinnamon, hazelnut and rum bring a decadent gourmand heart, but the transition into the amber-vanilla base arrives sooner and with less texture. It reads bolder and sweeter in the first hour, then settles into a simpler, more linear amber-vanilla skin scent with noticeably less sillage than the Kayali original by hour four. For fans of the smoky-tobacco-amber genre who want the mood without the price tag, it is a fair approximation of the opening act, even if it cannot match the original's slow-burn complexity.