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I have it: 237 I had it: 88 I want it: 267 My signature: 4
Amouage presents a new pair of fragrances by the name of Interlude. Interlude Woman and Interlude Man are said to evoke an air of disorder while maintaining a sense of balance and tranquility through the inventive use of incense and myrrh.
Christopher Chong said: "I interpret what I see and feel into scents. All the social and natural chaos and disorder surrounding us today can be translated to a much more intimate level. The interlude moment is a reflection of all the trials and tribulations one overcomes to attain personal satisfaction and achievement." He also explained the use of ingredients: "Amouage has established an enviable reputation for re-inventing accustomed scents. Frankincense and Myrrh traditionally smell spiritual and religious but in Interlude, they have been reconstructed to feel contemporary yet sophisticated."
Interlude Woman is a floral chypre fragrance that reveals an interlude moment of unity and serenity. The sweetness of bergamot and bitterness of grapefruit in the top notes (together with ginger and tagete) create turbulent tensions while rose, frankincense, jasmine, orange blossom, helichrysum, opoponax and sandalwood in the intricate heart are masqueraded with an unconventional combination of nut, coffee, kiwi, honey and agarwood. An opulent base of sumptuous vanilla, benzoin, amber, sandalwood, oakmoss, leather, tonka and musk inject warmth to the fragrance's contradicting accords. Perfumer: Karine Vinchon Spehner.
Amouage's signature glass crystal bottles are colored in a rich and mesmerizing midnight blue hue with gold plated decorations, accentuated with a sapphire blue Swarovski crystal. The outer packaging is designed in vibrant colors that show orderly chaos in abstract and conceptual representation.
The fragrances are available as 50 ml and 100 ml Eau de Parfum. Interlude Woman was launched in 2012.
Perfume rating: 3.78 out of 5 with 442 votes.
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Interlude Woman was released in 2012 and came to market along with the male version of the same name. Its name means recess or interval. It is a widely used term among acts of theaters, orchestras or musical concerts.
For this version, the perfumer was Karine Vinchon Spehner, who has already created perfumes for Terry of Gunzburg and L'Artisan Parfumeur.
Both fragrances were inspired by that little quiet moment that comes amid chaos and day-by-day's disorder. The female fragrance reveals a period of unity and sentiment, while the masculine exalts a brief period of harmony.
Once again, I will remain faithful to the list of notes on the official website of the brand, which lists bergamot, grapefruit, ginger and tagetes at the top of the olfactory pyramid. Then, in the body of the fragrance, appear notes of frankincense, rose absolute, orange blossom, helichrysum (from the family of the everlasting flowers), jasmine and opoponax. Ending the composition, the base features notes of vanilla, benzoin, amber, sandalwood, oud, oak moss, leather, tonka beans, musk and animalic accord.
On my skin, Interlude Woman does not change as much as Interlude Man. Basically, the fragrance behaves as a mix of bergamot with frankincense and helichrysum, which evolves into an almondy and creamy scent with a lot of benzoin, sandalwood and tonka bean. I could not feel the ginger, the jasmine or the leather. One of the most intriguing things is an alcoholic smell that insists on exhaling, especially when I breathe in over the sprayed areas, and it reminds me of the smell of rum.
To be honest, this fragrance is not completely groundbreaking for me. I remember feeling something like this before, but I do not remember if it was in a Guerlain or in a Lutens.
Interlude Woman is classified as chypre-floral, but on my skin it behaves more like a kind of semi-gourmand incense fragrance. It is cozy, it projects well and it does not lose strength as time goes by. In addition, it is quite shareable, making a nice pair with the male version and both can be easily exchanged by the couple.
Interlude: True Oriental. Extremely complex. Authentic notes of frankincense, sweet myrrh, smoky oud. Additional notes of juicy citruses mainly sour grapefruit. Large dose of candy like kiwi/musk melon in the heart. Smoked oud chips in the drydown. Incense note remains throughout. Unisex truly. 9/10. Marks reduced for ease of wear and user engagement. A must have for pure franckincense lovers. Period. A smoky oriental cannot get more authentic than this for winters/fall. I tip my hat.
I appreciate its complexity and applaud the Perfumer for pushing the boundaries but I still couldnt wear it. My taste can definitely be called niche and a bit out there but I still could not go beyond a like.
I appreciate the artistry of balancing acidy sweetness versus bitter. A sweet and sour chypre. Its definitely an interesting and complex result. I would put this down as a unisex fragrance.
This is one fragrance you should never blind buy. Phenomenal longevity and good sillage.
Interlude woman is a fragrance of phenomenal complexity. The blend in this is simply outstanding.
It opens up nutty with a gourmand feel that dominates the general impression of the entire fragrance also in the drydown where it becomes buttery and warm.
The sweetness is very well balanced with a little bit of a tart aspect that comes from the kiwi note and sustained with the use of immortelle which gives it a roasted, spicy vibe. The incense in here is very comforting and gives depth to the composition.
This is a sensual, alluring fragrance that is simply amazing.
Sweet sandalwood incense with a touch of fruit and chestnut. Years ago I owned incense that was made from sandalwood chips formed into a bar shape. What the scent was doesn't matter, because the burning sandalwood itself ingrained in my memory. Interlude smells much like it - not incense resins, but the smoke produced, along with the unmistakable sandalwood. At first sniff Interlude seems linear and basic, but the honey peeks out after a bit, and the scent develops more. It is both warm and acrid tartness; feminine softness and strength. It blossomed in cold weather, but I'm eager to see how it would be in the heat. I enjoyed it quite a bit, but the price tag is steep. I will stick with a decant, but am glad to add it to my collection.
I just dont think anyone can stick a gender assignment on this, and call it a day...sorry.
yea, its a tad bit sweet, with the honey and jasmine and vanilla notes, but not from the outset...not at all. Everything in it, makes it as androgynous as a fragrance can be. Its a "layered monster"..and how the Hell Karine Sphener was able to add all these notes and keep it from becoming unhinged, is a mystery to me. Im very jealous of her talent...just, wow.
Interlude Woman is what you wear when you take that Spring vacation to Paris, St Barts...the Maldives or Palm Springs...its what you wear if you own that art gallery in the "hip part of downtown", or that new, edgy furniture store in SoHo/NYC or the Pearl District in Portland, OR.
but its also for common folk like me who just know what to spray on the themselves when they dont want to smell like anyone else. My best friend was with me when I bought this. And before I sprayed the tester, I said " I hope this shit doesnt smell nice for half an hour before it starts smelling ordinary"
.. Chip sprayed it before me, before saying a minute later "aint a goddamn thing, ordinary about this stuff, dude"
bottom line, Interlude Woman is simply beautiful..and VERY unisex. Nothing else smells like this, in my opinion.
I'm enjoying this perfume so much. I smell mostly the rich immortelle sweet syrupy goodness along with Tonka, coffee and incense. What hit me first was a strong grassy element, both green and juicy as well as faded summer stalks. So, grass and immortelle--perfect end of summer transition to fall scent. While there is a maple richness here, it is not gourmand.
I love the Amouage line and this is going to the top.
sofisticato, caldo, orientale ed avvolgente, questo amouage ha, come tutti gli altri dello stesso brand del resto, una netta impronta arabeggiante, che mi piace moltissimo. la piramide è complessa: ci sono resine (benzoino, mirra, ambra, oud), fiori (rosa, gelsomino, neroli), frutti (kiwi, noci, agrumi), ma anche caffè, vaniglia, etc etc. l'effetto complessivo di questa meraviglia è un'esplosione iniziale di elicriso e sentori balsamici, con punte di incenso e di cuoio, che ricordano tobacco vanilla di tom ford. buono, persistente, tenace. ottimo e costosissimo.
I personally find this a touch more femenine than masculine as my skin accentuates the fruit and flora of the fume, but I am not one to shy away from something floral anymore, especially when it is beautiful! The opening is like a grand finale of fireworks - there is so much going on that it feels impossible to take all of it in! To the person who said this opens as an average fruity floral - you should probably make sure you have a reputable supplier or get your nose checked cuz this is magic! I can pick out a big and juicy kiwi note (it smells true to life and its tenacity is illogical) drenched in a delicious immortelle syrup with a dusting of ground coffee and nuts with just a hint of sandalwood. This phase rotates through these notes for a good hour on my skin before transitioning to an airy oakmoss and immortelle combo that is nicely accented by the walnut/coffee note and a creamy musk and sandalwood lingering about. There is a bit of bitterness that weaves itself in and out of perception and this fume, at a distance, smells quite like a rich and exotic cup of coffee. Many hours later, all that remains is a quiet and beautiful honeyed wood and musk - this is a fantastic fume and we'll worth the money as it is far more intricate than it appears. May you all enjoy the it the breaks you get and find something to indulge in!
Day 27 - Reprieve
Listening to: Massive Attack - Everywhen
I have no reference point for this perfume - none whatsoever. At the time of leaving this review I see that the 'this perfume reminds me of..' box is blank as well. I don't claim to be an experienced nose but fruit/smoke/church is the best I can inadequately come up with. It is wonderful. A must to try out if nothing else for its uniqueness.
Just decided to leave a short note as I already described my feelings about this perfume in one of the forums here.
In the first moment when I put this scent on my skin I knew that I can wear it, if and only I am sitting in my leather sofa at home, reading 'The Arabian nights: Tales of 1001 nights', listening to 'Rimsky-Korsakov:Sheherazade', drinking Turkish coffee, and just following A fairy tale... A bit emotional, a bit sad, however, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful......
Woman Interlude is a very powerful and strange aroma.
It lasts and super powerful wake.
Its uniqueness lies in the combination of fresh, light and fruity as a potent starting kiwi mixed with a honeyed siempreviva, combining it all with a strong contrast of dark and smoky notes as wood and a strong aura of incense that envelops everything, but without ever resemble incense Comme des Garcons, but as an amalgam of different notes in true eighties retro style.
Interlude gets to be complex, opulent, charismatic and chaotic.
With this fragrance I can think of what their male counterpart entry I find challenging and misplaced to become both a fabulous leather drying, preferring the male version of this.
My congratulations to Mr. Chong for their originality and for making us enjoy both Amouage.
Rating: 7
Melons and leather. Unbelievable but this is what Interlude smells like to me on initial spray. I bought this and Lyric as my first Amouage perfumes and at first I thought, "goodness, this can't be it," but the more I wore it, the more the fragrance started to bloom into this weird but wonderful juicy spicy woody scent. Somehow it works. I have never gone back to a bottle so many times in just a week. I've fallen in love with this and will likely be checking out more from Amouage.
For some reason this smells very 90's to me.. Fruity and smoky. Very long lasting, as go with all Amouage's
I love Interlude for men and women. I don't get the jolly rancher, kiwi, coffee references. All I get is a fantastic mix of incense, smoke, wood, and maybe some spices. The men's version is quite smoky and distinctive and lasts forever. I think it's a smokier version of Tauer's L'air du Desert Marocain. Interlude for women also lasts a long time - I'm comparing Epic to Interlude right now and Epic is nice but has all but disappeared while the Interlude is going strong with just a little bit on my collar. Someday I'll get a bottle of this and just wallow in it every day.
Update: Just ordered a bottle on ebay!!! I LOOOOOVEEE Interlude! Life is better when it smells good. :D
I had to wait for the drydown to decide if I liked it or not. To begin with I got a distinct melon note and then the pepper and oud. It's a dark brooding scent and I usually gravitate to these, but this one leaves me non plussed. Yes, I kind of like it, but certainly wouldn't spring for a full bottle.
I'm absolutely hooked on this one! Dark, smouldering, smoky, incense rich, mysterious perfume which is insanely beautiful. Even more beautiful than Lyric, this is a woody masterpiece which starts like a burning fire and changes into a herbal Chinese medicine store to then morph into a sweet garden of flowers.
This house is going to be my absolute downfall! Stunningly, breathtakingly divine perfume!
Interlude is difficult to describe in a tangible way because it is somehow both monolithic (that kiwi watermelon Jolly Rancher a previous reviewer mentions is bang on, and while Amouage immortelle is the absolute BEST, it is way sweeter in Interlude than it is in Beloved, where it is used with a lighter hand) and highly changeable.
The incense benefits from this. Most incense perfumes get so bitter and smoky that they're hard to choke down. The round, thick sweetness of the kiwi and immortelle tamp down the acrid nature of the powerful incense and what remains is rich and complex but doesn't singe your nose hairs like Avignon and Sahara Noir does.
At the same time, the radical juxtaposition is the olfactory equivalent of cognitive dissonance. The fruit was bright and sweet and the incense was dark and heavy and it was like my nose was being pulled apart by two horses running in opposite directions: flat-out drawn and quartered.
Or like two things you like to eat, but wouldn't want to eat *together* - like vanilla ice cream topped with really flavorful steak sauce. Ew, no.
But when Interlude hushes down bit, the metaphor does too. Then it's more like two things you like but wouldn't want to eat *together*... Which actually turn out to be delicious as a combination, although you were super not into the concept at first.
The first time I was served a super high-quality vanilla ice-cream drizzled with a dark green olive oil and then sprinkled with Maldon salt, I was like "oh man, no me gusta. Do not want."
But you're at a dinner party, and you're not five, so you eat it. And damn if that isn't just about the most delicious way to eat ice cream in the history of ever. I wanted to lick the bowl, but again: at a dinner party, and not five. Highly recommend trying it, btw.
So I enjoyed Interlude for being a wearable, really lickable incense. That's a first. And of course... The longevity is fantastic.
30 minutes after application, it's doing that Amouage thing in which it's now almost a completely different scent. I love that thing. The immortelle caught up to the incense and sweetened it to the extent that it now smells almost exactly like Nag Champa incense and herbs and I don't know whatall. Like one of those ultra-spendy New Age bookstores in Sedona with the couture crystal alien-communication jewelry.
About an hour in, it's predominantly immortelle, sweet brown sugar, and how immortelle goes kind of osmanthusy sometimes, bread + apricot. Tasty. A lot sweeter than I usually wear. I'd probably reapply at this point to get back the incense.
Amouages are the Everlasting Gobstoppers of the perfume world; you get very different perfumes at each stage in the drydown, and the half-life of this particular radioactive neon green Vegas cathedral is about eight hours on me. I could still smell it, though barely, the next day.
That's pretty amazing for me, because I have scent-eating skin.
The first time I tried this (sample spray), I thought "Oh NO NO NO NO NO". Coffee? Incense? Kiwi? (which to me smells a bit like watermelon Jolly Rancher) Honey? Maple syrup? All mixed together? Who is this frag trying to be?? What is it trying to say?? But I have found myself reaching for that sample spray again and again. I am discovering I am a total sucker for immortelle and I really love the immortelle in this, but sometimes that Jolly Rancher kiwi note overstays its welcome. This is my first exposure to Amouage and won't be my last.
Interlude. Remember the Powerhouse 80's scents that include about 100 notes? This is much the same. But Mid-Eastern in flavor, and I do mean Flavor.
The first half-hour or so are mind-boggling. Kiwi fruit, coffee, loads of immortelle (a favorite note of mine) with a honey bee coated with honey sitting atop. Dark smokey incense floats above all. Heavy blankets of yummy goodness.
After a while, Interlude takes an interlude of sorts. It brings out a subtle ginger and a nice nutmeg. The smoke clears just a bit... maybe it's more smoldering at this point. It reminds me of really well-made Baklava, with a little cup of Turkish coffee.
Interlude is a stunner. Good sillage, amazing longevity. All this from a sample vial. So... I just pulled the trigger for a FB. Can't wait to try it sprayed!
Incense, leather, and wood are the most prominent to my nose. I do wonder if it's Kiwi lending a somewhat brighter air to this composition than is usually felt with such heavy main notes... In some ways, this brightness is the only aspect of the masterpiece that I dislike, giving a more high pitched vibe to an otherwise deep beauty.
Thanks to the amazing presence of Immortelle, Interlude is likely to be either loved or hated. Immortelle also brings to mind the scent-bomb, Dev#2, from Olympic Orchid Perfumery. I am wearing both at the moment, and find Dev#2 considerably stronger, DARKER, and less feminine in nature. But they could easily be cousins, both featuring large amounts of Immortelle and Incense.
Whereas Interlude is essentially a pretty fragrance for such a smoky wonder, Dev#2 has no qualms about possibly offending anyone. One wee drop and your entire world goes up in smoky, Immortelle infused, flames! Truly a one of a kind experience, and not for the faint of heart. :D
Interlude Rating = Five star quality and unique beauty.
Please, those of you who adore Immortelle should err on the side of danger and sample Dev#2 as well. You will have a memorable experience, I promise!
all amouage line is my favorite.. interlude feel so luxarious smell.. im so lucky that i purchase tester version from my friend working in amouage boutique in k.l. as we know all the luxarious brand markup price too high almost 70% from factory price.. i save $$ 60% from real market price. cost me only $90usd for all amouage line only opus library collection a bit pricey about $130usd.
Perhaps one of the strangest (in a pleasant way) perfumes I have ever encountered, not because it contains unusual or controversial notes (like bodily fluids, fecal notes, etc., etc.), but because the dominant note in the perfume is kiwi. And it smells like real kiwi. I am used to strong fruit like that in Brittany Spears perfumes, but Amouage?
I can't even say that the kiwi "works" with the perfume. It seems rather out of place, considering the other luscious notes, and yet it must make up 50% of the perfume. The other notes I get are coffee, cream, something nutty, amber-colored maple syrup, and a haunting base of dark wood & incense. I absolutely love it, especially about 8 hours into wearing it, despite the fact that each time I wear it I am surprised by the tenacity of the fruity kiwi. Amouage perfumes always make me think of India. Interlude is like the Indian jungle.
Ah, Interlude. Very confounding scent. Ginger is dominant and you are left guessing what else you are smelling. A very individual perfume, but not alluring.
Wow! Kudos to Amouage for packing so much originality and unpredictability into my tiny sample vial.
First off, what is this doing in a bottle labelled "Woman"? It's truly unisex though arguably more masculine than anything.
Then there's the scent itself, kiwi, incense and immortale in that order. What a crazy combo and yet it really works.
Imagine opening a dusty old spice cupboard, empty except for one perfectly ripened kiwi. Into this cupboard you place a lit stick of incense. Then you take out the kiwi. Eventually the incense burns down and the smell of the kiwi fades away. Later the last traces of incense fade and there's just the smell of the cupboard itself (this is what the immortelle smells like to me), dry, dusty and with the faintest memory of the spices it once contained. Eventually this fades away too and you're left with only the memory.
For women? I would say unisex. Kiwi predominant but leather notes very intense and not too sweet. Unfortunately, the sillage is not high. Pleasant and at times surprising but not a masterpiece.
This must have been badly reformulated. I have to assume this because my sample (from a completely reputable place) smells like nothing but fruit and is barely detectable after 20-30 minutes. There is no incense, oud, coffee (which is not listed on Amouage's website anyway), nor any other sort of depth. I took a shower, and it came right off and left no trace. I don't even feel right about reviewing it as I don't think I have the version that others are commenting on. Mostly this is just a warning. If you are considering buying this, a reformulation likely took place. I am sorry I may never get to try the real thing, as I have fallen hard for Amouage.
quite potent and sweet. kiwi and incense are really leading notes (to my nose). 2 very light sprays is perfect otherwise it turns too heady and destroys the beauty of the scent.
This felt like my type of parfume right away. For me, it opens on skin with coriander, cinnamon, honey, amber, green forest, warm spices, vanilla, pines... What an unusual mixture of scents! I really did feel like taking a moment - an Interlude - to take in and process all of these wonderful smells. I have applied the rest of the tester everywhere and after about 15 minutes my body smelled like a holiday kitchen. Wow! And then, after about an hour, we were back to the fragrance that was sophisticated yet free and dreamy. Bravo Amouage! And I am not saying this lightly, as I have not really liked any of the Amouages so far, except Memoir. Placing Interlude for Women on my " to have" list.
One of my favourites from Amouage. Interlude Man is too much - it is loud and unfocused. Interlude Woman however, is much more balanced and better put together.
It opens with a blast of bitter-green-woody notes and soon develops into a heart of dusty-sweet-spicy immortelle. I am always sceptical of immortelle since it is a powerful and dominant note, but in this case it seems to be under control.
The fragrance is long lasting and completely unisex - I cannot detect anything feminine about it. And since it better balanced and composed that the Interlude Man - I'll go for it.
First, when I put it on, it was so intense I had to step back from the place I sprayed it on... Smoke, bbq, smoke and wood tar, as well as buckweed honey - honey- honey- BAM!!!- dates!!! In a minute my nose started to burn, in 15 min I got a tingling sensation in my throat ( not a good sign), and general discomfort. This is 3rd Amouage sample, and so far a very different and unpleasant one! An hour later I still try to climb out of the scent in the house, but it's very strong! Very complex, very Amouage, but sadly I guess allergic :( 5/10
Have a sample from Amouage with box, full 3 ml if someone interested
totally digging this gem, so faraway from the male version but great for male wearing also..this is unisex with a leather note in the background..for the Kinky Gentleman
As a true Immortelle lover I smell directly a very strong Immortelle in this perfume, can perhaps also smelled like lovage. The Immortelle tie all the loose scents together into one masterpiece.
I smell a sweet dried fruit / dates, I smell the Eastern Oud, a sweet rose (not a Bulgarian rose but more a rose like in "la fille de Berlin."), mmm i smell some tonka beans, a very little fresh fruitscent and offcourse i smell some honey in it!
Whatever i try..,I can not smell incense, which makes this perfume perhaps such a masterpiece and so Unique; because it smells so wonderful to everyone else!
Oh, and thanks heaven i don't smell the oily-background note wich i smell in Montale and Al Rehab perfumes.
This is definitely a high class scent.
At the start it was too intense for me, but as it developed I really liked it. It is warm and enveloping. And it has so many notes that I can't even name it all, it is a very sophisticated rich scent. You can sense leather, incense, immortelle, honey, a little bit of coffee and when the scent develops I start noticing walnut, sandalwood and subtle hint of ginger. I can't smell any kiwi or fruity notes in it..
When I sprayed it on paper the scent was different from what it appeared to be on the skin, therefore please try it on your skin and give it a moment to develop.
It is also extremely long lasting, over 12 hours on my skin and even in the morning next day I can still smell the hint of it on my wrist.
Overall it is a nice oriental scent, not exactly my type but still... I liked it :)
Immortelle-centric, unisex and atypically experimental and vivacious for Amouage.
The beauty of the composition is apparent only in very warm, dry weather.
Introductory kiwi is surprising, fresh and sweet, very realistic and swiftly disappears in favour of an oriental-woody opulence of notes; among some more expected (incense, oud, rose) and some least expected notes (kiwi, coffee), I can clearly smell some not listed notes as celery and cedar, as well. Surprises never end.
The drydown is Mediterranean-smelling to the same extent as it is Arabic-smelling; a precious wooden chest containing the finest, golden immortelle dust.
As I am both immortelle and Amouage fan and the summer is here, I am enjoying it immensely. No surprise.
Ack! This burns my nose! I think I might be allergic to something in it. It smells really smokey (incensey) to me. And, seriously, my nose is burning. Something's rotten in Denmark, y'all.. Off to scrub.
Obv, this sample is available for trade.
Incense and immortelle dominate and IMO they don't mix well together. It's expensive and it's in a lovely blue bottle, and incense perfumes are fashionable, but that doesn't make it a great perfume.
Update: the incense has faded and it smells much nicer now. Perhaps I was a bit harsh. It's just not for me that's all
Exciting and quite messy. A lot going on at once with this fragrance.
The Bergamot, coffe, amber, oud and incense is very prodruding at first, the drydown is sweet (honey), mossy and woody. Very intriguing. Quite unisex?
The flowery notes are not very protruding. This is for me more of an oriental woody scent.
Good longevity and sillage.
Absolutely NOT something you should buy without trying it on skin first.
love this! wonderful wonderful wonderful! amouage's 'for women' perfumes are so much nicer than the 'for men' ones. the kiwi mixing with the incense is amazing! smoky, tangy and sweet. 10/10 for me, looking for a full-bottle methinks...
Tried it today and I'm crazy in love!
I know it sounds as a totally weird comparison, but it really reminds me of sparklers on New Year's Eve!
Very exciting fragrance.
It lasts on my skin for a long time and it gets better and better and better. It's like drug - you need to smell it again and again and again.
My nose sniffs lots of leather, incense, vanilla, tonka bean, agarwood and ginger. But this is all what I feel on my skin. I think it will be a bit different depending who is wearing it.
This fragrance is very intriguing. I feel I just need to buy it! And then go out on friday evening wearing green velvet dress and spray it all over myself. It smells like something's burning. And isn't that hot????!!!
Sexy sexy scent for a sexy sophisticated nose. :)
Rich, warm, comforting, intoxicating. Like being wrapped in the softest furs......in the nude. This one feels raw and sensuous and oh so beautiful. I can't identify a single note because the blend is so smooth.
This fragrance opens on me like typical fruity floral fragrance. Nice, but simple for its price.
Sadly there's so much immortelle going on here I can't appreciate the composition. I did very much enjoy the playful kiwi note in the opening, the fragrance seemed even quite promising then, so different and surprising. But from that point onwards the immortelle pushes itself to the forefront, for hours. I wished I smelled some proper smokiness, incense, nuttiness, leather, but no. IM-MOR-TEL-LE.
Love it!!! A surprising love by first sniff and it grows still stronger... Usually I prefer all natural scents, but this is just too good.
I can't understand the people that call it, "a mess", for me it's just everything in one perfume, fresh and warm at the same time, herbal-flowery, resinous and gourmand deliciousness. And in the dry-down it becomes a wonderful Sandalwood scent. I want to smell it all the time, still give it a rest some days, to not get over-used to it. Ok, there's the price-tag, but as it makes me feel happy, when I smell it, it's definitely worth it. I received already many compliments on it and the longevity and sillage is outstanding. One day someone gave me a ride in a car, and on the way back, one hour later in the same car, I noticed my perfume still lingering slightly in that car. My signature scent.
Just got my bottle after a six month wait before it hits the shores at this part of the world.
First impression? Choatic, messy, loud, busy but very very unique in a very very awesome way.
Definitely not meant for the conventional and faint hearted.
This seems to be one of my costliest purchase besides the Limited Edition Nina Ricci L'air Du Temps Lalique Crystal Parfum Extract which is more for keepsake purpose...
The quality materials used and one of a kind fragrance composition made this purchase worth every single cent as it has all the virtues I looked for in a perfume.
Originality, Sillage and Longevity.
Loved It!!!
Next target: Amouage Gold!!!
I wore this today and its a very unique blend of incense with some kiwi&honey. That does makes it an interesting fragrance... It does have a strong projection and a moderate - long longevity.
I do think is have to match your skin and you got to feel for yourself if you're comfortable with the projection around you. It does give the same feel of projection and depthness as Molinard Habanita. Its very good blended but as well very deep and rich in smell.
I read through many of the reviews here, and can't help but think they are reviewing INTERLUDE MAN, which after a green open, gets very smokey. INTERLUDE WOMAN opens with a sweet ginger, honey, and floral, almost a cedar-type smell. The Immortelle smells maple/sweet with a straw-smell. Dry-down warmer, sweeter. Take some of these reviews with a grain of salt...there IS an Interlude MAN also.
One of my favorite Amouage fragrances is Memoir. The way i experienced Interlude is as someone put Memoir on fire and the smoke that came out is this perfume. As someone already said: smoke, a lot of smoke, but to me not the unpleasant one.
Smoked Memoir :)
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It doesn't smell chypre floral to me, it smells more like woody oriental. A lot of woody notes. Interlude is like an Oman version of Guerlain Vol De Nuit. Though not 100% alike, it has the Amouage touch.
Mmm... This is delicious, gorgeous and, as"DoraRoxx", "cryptic" and "Coconut" have remarked in their wonderful reviews below, perhaps "Interlude, Woman" unintentionally exemplifies this magnificent house's most suitable unisex creation.
I confess from the outset that there's something appealingly odd about this perfume that I thoroughly enjoy though appreciate fully that others might dislike intensely.
Stylistically, "Interlude, Woman" is a 'modern' perfume of sorts in contrast to the classical Platonic ideals found in Amouage's [women's] creations: "Dia", "Gold" and "Ubar", and puts me in mind of a triangulation of sorts in which the extroverted, love-hate, chemically, fruity-lactonic-chypre theme of "Gucci Rush" meets the leather theme within (the underrated) "Cuir Amethyst" by Armani Prive, together with a tiny splash of Le Labo's extraordinarily smoky, BBQ-plus-weird-leather chord that dominates their intoxicating "Patchouli 24".
I personally prefer to this new perfume to their excellent though rather blocky, "Tom Fordish" 'masculine', "Interlude, Man", as on my jolly old male skin, "Interlude, Woman" behaves as a 'proper' perfume that without effort unveils and projects its inner qualities gently, warmly, and modestly. That is, once one has got over the initial aldehydic, acetone blast that, as many have remarked, can be off-putting to the point of possible repugnance.
Indeed, to appreciate the grandeur of "Interlude, Woman", one has to stand back from the opening fierce salvo as if igniting the propane burner in preparation to launch a large hot air balloon. Once airborne and from a distance, however, there appears to the perceiver a certain tranquility in which near-imperceptible powers of flight sustain the balloon in its apparent relative state of inactivity throughout the day.
At this point of development the perfume rather floats as if gazing at the balloon's rotund body poised above the gathering early evening haze towards the close of a perfect, delectably warm, early September day in the South of England's 'Weald': the low angle of the sun's golden rays almost occluding the occasional burst of shimmering fire that intermittently breathes a gravity-defying sigh of life in to the wingless giant.
Housed in an exquisitely colourful avant-garde painted box, and stunning blue bottle, "Interlude Woman" is a triumph, though please try first and be patient!
Imagine a rich lady entering the building. She has a fur coat, leather boots, perhaps a fancy hat. She removes the coat and you see that she wears a velvet dress and is covered with gold and emerald jewelry. She has blood red lips and she is dozed with perfume. You can see that she owns loads of money, but you can't seem to stop to think that she looks ridiculous as she attempts to show every fancy piece of clothing and jewelry she has.
So the same for my nose is with "Interlude woman". Yes it is nice, yes it smells expensive and unique and very rich, the silage is all over the place and longevity is worth every penny the perfume costs. But it is simply too much. Even though each and every note is blended together perfectly as one would expect, it does turn to a huge mess. A huge sweet/smoky mess of best ingredients with leads me to think that this is not good at all. Well at least not for me.
I know there will be many who will love this, so do try, but don't expect a blast with so many notes - this is very complex and might be too much for most.
I love Amouage for it's complexity and quality and I'll gladly pay an arm and leg price for their perfumes if my finances allowed it. Interlude does not fail to disappoint in terms of both complexity and quality. It's very Amouage, kind of like how Guerlain scents have that particular Guerlain feel to them, same with Amouage. It's a very busy composition and I will forgo relisting the notes except to say that the leather (and I generally abhor heavy leather couch type fragrances personally) is strong in this one but nicely done. Besides the leather, I get immortelle and woody notes,some sweetness to throw relief into the heavy mixture, the typical Amouage incense note and hmm, prunes? It's the same prune note that I pick up from Memoir Women. All in all, wonderfully complicated and FB worthy for me. I would not recommend this as a blind buy though unless you are really into heavy smoky scents. Sillage- my nurses smelt rather than saw me walking into the clinic ( I only sprayed 3 times on my clothes) and longevity is very good, but that has never been a problem for me with Amouage.
A great scent. The rose is reminiscent of the black rose in Noir de Noir. I smell honey, sandalwood, frankincense. Next I get definite nuts, coffee, and agarwood. Very complex and beautiful. The base notes are all detectable and intertwined and delicious. The leather is perfect...vanilla, benzoin, tonka, etc...just warm, sweet, and gorgeous. IMHO, an even darker, sweeter, earthy, more boozy interpretation of TF's Noir de Noir. Very interesting...I love it!
I love and own few of Amouage's creations. Every time I wear them I'm smitten by their complexity and quality.Reading reviews on Interlude woman, I knew this is the one I'd have to try on. Naz from The Perfume Shoppe is the person I see when I feel discussing and trying new stuff. She wasn't too excited about woman's version but adored men's. I sampled both and must say I was amazed by Interlude woman. It started rich and green then mellowed into a soft caramel infused creamy coffee mix with abstract flowers.I hardly got any smokiness from this one. On the other hand men's started as a blast of smoke and took it some time to calm down. I ended up buying a travel size, but I can sense FB splurge in the near future. Simply amazing.Lasted forever on me.LOVE THIS ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sometimes a scent comes along that can be summed up with three letters, and Interlude is one of them.
I really don't know what the point was of this discordant mess. Its a mix of moldy basement, overly ripe cheese and bad air freshener. I tolerated it for all but five minutes. Is there a sliver lining in the dry down? You tell me. I can only hope that the number of bottles produced was limited.
Nancy: Yup, there's no problem with your tester, it just smells that way.
Can someome who sniffed this help me out here becasue I think I may have received a bad sample of this. ALL I am getting on my skin is smoke, perhaps this is the agarwood(oud) though this is the most unpleasant representation of that note I have experienced, and I get honey. That's it. I could nearly vomit from this smell of deep choking smoke. I get no Kiwi as so many above have. No floral. No chypre, which happens to be my favorite type of scent. Just heavy choking smoke.
It is reminding me of being in a dance club way back in the day when everyone smoked in clubs and then the smoke machine would come on too with it's sweet heavy smoke combined. This is yuck!
I will try requesting a different sample, but for now, just horrible!
Wow revisited this today and it's still a NO GO! Wow big no!
I got a big sample and it makes me wanna sniff more on more on my wrist. Sprayed it all over and was shocked by the complex and intense chemistry of INTERLUDE.
WOOOOW! What is this!? I dunno what I get but I think it is oriental Flowers,Wood,Plum,Kiwi and Coffe Caramel. Smells quite intense over hours.
I am in the mood buying it as i felt so cosy with that lovely projection and sillage. For me it is unisex and I dont know any other Scent that is close to this formula. Just well made Composition.
Dont expect this scent to change a lot on your skin ... it stays fruity and creamy on me and didnt changed a lot.
High quality I say! Worth the price? Maybe.
Will update my review soon.
By now total 8/10
This scent feels like I'm walking, and the walk takes place in a garden. Soily, leafy, flowery... Nice! And for some odd reason I know that there are sword lilies, right where I can reach them.
Oud, oud, and more oud. A common favorite among Middle Asians. Smell of when you walk pass by Arabian style aroma shops.
Oud, aka agarwood incense is consider the greatest incense offer (most expensive material for incense making) among Chinese Buddhist society, specially in Taiwan.
Update: I feel this perfume is more on the woods category instead of Chypre. Amouage is for people who appreciates exortic perfumes, not for rookies.
The advance rave reviews of Interlude Woman prompted me to haunt the decant sites until it appeared, and I immediately ordered a good-sized sample. That sample arrived on a ridiculously hot day. Normally, I would have avoided testing a heavier fragrance in extreme heat, but in this case I couldn't wait and stupidly sprayed myself with abandon.
My initial reaction was that Interlude was horrific. Out of that huge pyramid of notes the only one that emerged with any distinction was immortelle, a note I loathe. If you've ever lived in a US college dormitory, you're probably familiar with Roach Motels. They are cardboard traps that are coated on the inside with a mixture of maple syrup (to attract the "tenants") and pesticide. This gruesome smell was what Interlude evoked for me. I was tempted to toss the sample but fortunately I didn't.
Once the weather cooled a bit, I decided to give Interlude another shot, and I'm so glad I did. The dreaded immortelle retreated to the background and all the loveliness immediately emerged. I don't know that I've ever encountered a walnut note before in perfume, but it is delicious, especially in conjunction with the strong coffee aroma that permeates the heart of Interlude. I should tell you that this is not at all a fruity fragrance, despite the presence of grapefruit and kiwi, so don't let that scare you away from trying it. What I found Interlude to be was a warm, woody, tonka-infused perfume with just a suggestion of rose and incense. Men could wear it just as easily as women, but I do think that it will end up being a fall/winter frag for me if I ever decide to spring for that gorgeous blue bottle.
The above ingredient list is true! I also detect myrrh, though it is not listed. Interlude has a most complex composition and I guess it can smell like anything depending on yor body chemistry.
It starts with strong tagetes smell, than I get kiwi, honey, coffee, walnuts and prunes.
The drydown is woody, sweet and creamy.
Thanks to tagetes, it reminds me of Burberry Woman. However, Interlude is much, much better (naturally).
Projection: 5/10
Longevity: 8/10
Originality: 10/10
Composition: 10/10
Giving this a full wear this morning, 2 spritzes on each wrist. It is a soft, and has a mellow gingery zing to it. Unlike many other creation from the house, Interlude woman is more subdued. Once it dries down, and could easily detect the mossy note and this perfume can probably qualify as unisex scent.
Unbelievably excited for both of these, especially the woman's variant as it is done by Karine Vinchon who is probably my favorite perfumer alive right now (she did Memoir Man, Opus III, and also Batucada, Jatamansi, and Coeur de Vetiver Sacre for L'Artisan).
The notes list on this is massive but appears to be cohesive, and should reflect most of the colors on the packaging quite well. I love that she almost always uses some animalic notes in the composition, too.
If anyone gets an early sniff of this, please report ASAP!
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Deepen your understanding of the behaviour of individuals and groups across a range of organisational and social contexts Qualify in Level A & B Psychometric testing as defined by the British Psychological Society (additional workshop and fee applies) Develop a range of competencies in the areas of human resource management and work psychology valued by graduate employers internationally.
Requirements: MSc Organisational Behaviour is suitable if you wish to develop a career either as a general manager or as an organisational consultant, it also provides an excellent first step for an academic or research-based career. Organisational Behaviour involves the study of individuals and groups within organisational and social contexts, and the study of internal processes and practices as they affect those individuals or groups. You will also have the opportunity to complete Level A and B Psychometric Testing Training as defined by the British Psychological Society. This programme...
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AutoWeek is reporting that Corvette's Chief Engineer Tom Wallace has confirmed that GM will be building the "Blue Devil" Corvette, a high-end variant of the Z06 which will reportedly have around 600 horsepower. Wallace tells AutoWeek the biggest challenge facing the so-called Blue Devil Corvette is figuring out how to get 600 hp to the ground in such a way that it can be handled by a driver with the money to buy the car.
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I hope it does get built. It will be a nice Halo car for the brand. The Z06 is allready a great bang for the buck and this car will be an even bigger bang.
The driving school is also a great idea. I hate seeing guys with their brand new Vette's at track events driving them like their on their way to the grocery store.
Thanks for your comment. Corvette has a history of offering cars with multiple engine options and based on the demand for the new Z06, the blue devil should fit right in to the product lineup nicely.
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The impact of compliance with 6-hour and 24-hour sepsis bundles on hospital mortality in patients with severe sepsis: a prospective observational study
DOI: 10.1186/cc3909
© Gao et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2005
Received: 29 July 2005
Accepted: 20 October 2005
Published: 11 November 2005
Compliance with the ventilator care bundle affects the rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia. It was not known, however, whether compliance with sepsis care bundles has an impact on outcome. The aims of the present study were to determine the rate of compliance with 6-hour and 24-hour sepsis bundles and to determine the impact of the compliance on hospital mortality in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock.
We conducted a prospective observational study on 101 consecutive adult patients with severe sepsis or septic shock on medical or surgical wards, or in accident and emergency areas at two acute National Health Service Trust Teaching hospitals in England. The main outcome measures were: the rate of compliance with 6-hour and 24-hour sepsis care bundles adapted from the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines on patients' clinical care; and the difference in hospital mortality between the compliant and the non-compliant groups.
The median age of the patients was 69 years (interquartile range 51 to 78), and 53% were male. The sources of infection were sought and confirmed in 87 of 101 patients. The chest was the most common source (50%), followed by the abdomen (22%). The rate of compliance with the 6-hour sepsis bundle was 52%. Compared with the compliant group, the non-compliant group had a more than twofold increase in hospital mortality (49% versus 23%, relative risk (RR) 2.12 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.20 to 3.76), P = 0.01) despite similar age and severity of sepsis. Compliance with the 24-hour sepsis bundle was achieved in only 30% of eligible candidates (21/69). Hospital mortality was increased in the non-compliant group from 29% to 50%, with a 76% increase in risk for death, although the difference did not reach statistical significance (RR 1.76 (95% CI 0.84 to 3.64), P = 0.16).
Non-compliance with the 6-hour sepsis bundle was associated with a more than twofold increase in hospital mortality. Non-compliance with the 24-hour sepsis bundle resulted in a 76% increase in risk for hospital death. All medical staff should practise these relatively simple, easy and cheap bundles within a strict timeframe to improve survival rates in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock.
Infection in hospitals continues to be a major concern for health boards and trusts throughout the UK and the rest of the world. Severe sepsis (infection-induced organ failure) usually develops as a consequence of infection in general medical and surgical wards, and is often initially managed by the non-intensive care medical team, although the patient's usual destination is an intensive care unit (ICU). Severe sepsis is common, the prevalence being approximately 2.26 cases per 100 hospital discharges and 68% of them require ICU care [1]. Severe sepsis is expensive; in the USA, the average cost per case is $22,100, with an annual total cost of $16.7 billion nationally. In the UK, although patients with severe sepsis represent 27% of ICU admissions, they account for 46% of all ICU bed days and 33% of all hospital bed days consumed by patients admitted to the ICU [2]. Costs are higher in non-survivors, ICU patients and patients with more organ failures [1]. Severe sepsis is frequently fatal, mortality rates remaining between 30% to 50% [3], or 500,000 deaths per year worldwide, with as many deaths annually as those from acute myocardial infarction and the number is projected to grow at a rate of 1.5% per year [4].
As the mortality rate of severe sepsis remains unacceptably high, a group of international critical care and infectious disease physicians, experts in the diagnosis and management of infection and sepsis, developed guidelines in 2004, termed the 'Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock' [5].
A group of evidence based treatments related to a disease process, instituted together over a specific timeframe and termed 'a care bundle', is anticipated to result in better outcomes than when they are executed individually. For instance, the highest potential survival rate from cardiac arrest can only be achieved when the cardiac chain of survival, 'the care bundle' in cardiac arrest, occurs as rapidly as possible on site, and with each minute's delay the chances of a successful outcome fall by about 7% to 10% [6]. Compliance with the ventilator-associated pneumonia care bundle resulted in an average 44.5% reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia [7]. The SSC group [4, 8] has introduced the 'sepsis care bundle' into clinical practice with the goal of reducing mortality by 25% in five years. They recommend that individual hospitals codify the bundle elements, extracted from the SSC guidelines, into customised clinical protocols that function best in their institutions. We therefore instituted 6-hour and 24-hour sepsis bundles, modified from the SSC standard sepsis resuscitation bundle and sepsis management bundle, in our local hospitals.
There has so far been no information about compliance of sepsis bundles and its impact on outcomes. In this study, therefore, we determined the rate of compliance with 6-hour and 24-hour sepsis bundles and the impact of the compliance on hospital mortality in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock.
Materials and methods
Patient population
The study was conducted in two acute National Health Servie (NHS) Trust Teaching hospitals in England. The protocol was considered by the Local Research and Ethics Committee, and the need for informed consent was waived in view of the observational and anonymous nature of the study.
From 1 November 2004 to 31 March 2005, four authors (TM, DFD, SG and SF) ran daily screening on new admissions (aged 18 or over) into medical and surgical wards and accident and emergency areas for patients with severe sepsis or septic shock as defined by the International Sepsis Definitions Conference [9]. We then followed them up and used proximate look-back data extraction to record the time '0' when signs and symptoms of infection, documented source of infection and ≥1 organ disfunction had all been fulfilled.
Six-hour basic ward care and six-hour sepsis bundle
All the patients were eligible for 6-hour basic ward care: such as oxygen, iv access and Modified Early Warning Scores (MEWS) [10] as well as the 6-hour sepsis bundle.
The elements of basic ward care and the 6-hour sepsis bundle adapted from the SSC standard sepsis resuscitation bundle are listed in Additional file 1. Our bundle differed from the sepsis resuscitation bundle as we used a haemoglobin target of 7 to 9 g/dl instead of haematocrit ≥ 30%, and used remaining hypotension after fluid resuscitation for threshold of inotropes instead of central venous oxygen saturation (ScVO2). A 'yes' score was obtained if the element had been executed, as documented on charts or notes, within the first six hours after time '0' (diagnosis of severe sepsis); a 'no' score was obtained otherwise.
Twenty-four-hour sepsis bundle
If the process of severe sepsis was progressing and organ function support was required (for example vasopressors, mechanical ventilation), patients were reassessed for the appropriateness of critical care admission and of the 24-hour bundle; 69/71 patients were eligible to receive the 24-hour bundle as part of critical care management.
The elements of the 24-hour sepsis bundle adapted from the SSC sepsis management bundle is listed in Additional file 1. Again, a 'yes' score was obtained if the element had been executed, as documented on charts or notes, within the first 24 hours after time '0' (diagnosis of severe sepsis); a 'no' or 'not applicable' score was obtained otherwise.
Definition of compliance
We assessed compliance using 'all or none' as a pass-fail basis for the whole bundle of elements. We used hospital death rate as the outcome measure.
Statistical analysis
We applied Chi squared test, relative risks (RR) and their 95% confidence intervals (95%CI), and the number needed to treat (NNT), as appropriate, to compare hospital mortality between compliant and non-compliant groups.
General information
General patient information
Parameters | Results |
Total number of patients | 101 |
Age (years): median (IQR) | 69 (51–78) |
Gender: M/F (%) | 53/48 |
Known cause of severe sepsis | 87% (87/101) |
Pneumonia | 50% (50) |
Intra-abdominal infection | 22% (22) |
Urinary tract infection | 6% (6) |
Others (skin, hip or CVP line) | 9% (9) |
Unknown causes of severe sepsis | 13% (14/101) |
Medical/surgical | 55/45% (56/45) |
Critical care admission | 71% (71/101) |
ICU mortality | 39% (28/71) |
Hospital mortality | 36% (36/101) |
Six-hour basic ward care
Within the first 6 hours following the diagnosis of severe sepsis, when patients had already developed one organ failure, we found that of the 101 patients, 8% had no oxygen administered, 14% had no iv access established, and 14% had no essential monitoring, including blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, temperature, urine output and level of consciousness described as MEWS. One-third of the patients received no outreach service within the first 24 hours following the diagnosis of severe sepsis.
Compliance with 6-hour sepsis bundle and hospital mortality
Of the 101 patients, within the first 6 hours after diagnosis of severe sepsis: 74% had a presumptive diagnosis made, including blood culture; 74% had antibiotics administered; 52% had serum lactate measured; in the event of hypotension, 84% had immediate 0.5 litre fluid administered; and in 70%, when MAP < 65 mmHg despite fluid resuscitation, a vasopressor was used and/or blood transfusion given to a haemoglobin target of 7 to 9 g/dl. All the elements of the first 6-hour sepsis bundle were received by 52% of patients and, by definition, the rate of compliance was 52%, with the lowest compliant element being the measurement of serum lactate.
Compliance with 6-hour sepsis care bundle and hospital mortality
Parameter | Patient groups (n = 101) | P value | |
Compliant | Non-compliant | ||
Age, median (range) | 69 (51–79) | 69 (51–76) | NS |
Sex (M/F; n) | 28/24 | 26/23 | NS |
Pneumonia/abdomen (%) | 56/26 | 55/25 | NS |
Medical/surgical (%) | 57/44 | 56/45 | NS |
MEWS, median (IQR) | 6 (5–6) | 6 (5–6) | NS |
Requiring 24-hour bundle | 57% (39/69) | 43% (30/69) | NS |
Compliance with 6-hour sepsis care bundle and hospital mortality in 71 patients admitted into critical care units
Parameter | CCU patient groups (n = 71) | P value | |
Compliant | Non-compliant | ||
Age, median (range) | 71 (59–81) | 70 (51–75) | NS |
Sex (M/F; n) | 22/20 | 17/12 | NS |
Pneumonia/abdomen (%) | 55/25% | 56/26% | NS |
Medical/surgical (%) | 55/45% | 57/43% | NS |
Requiring 24-hour bundle (%) | 57% (24/42) | 45% (13/29) | NS |
MEWS, median (IQR) | 6 (5–6) | 6 (5–6) | NS |
APACHE II, mean (SD) | 19 (5.6) | 20 (7.7) | NS |
Predicted hospital mortality (n) | 27% (16) | 29% (19) | NS |
Hospital mortality (n) | 29% (12) | 55% (16) | 0.045a |
Compliance with 24-hour sepsis bundle and hospital mortality
Of the 71 critical care patients, 2 (2%) required central venous pressure monitoring only prior to emergency laparotomy and wound debridement. Postoperatively, they were discharged to wards and required no further special care. Of 71 patients requiring organ support, 69 (98%) were qualified for the 24-hour sepsis bundle for clinical care. Of these 69 patients, within the first 24 hours following the diagnosis of severe sepsis: 64% received glucose control < 8.3 mmol/l; 43% had low-dose steroids given when requiring continued use of vasopressors; activated protein C was considered in only 30% of patients; and plateau pressures were maintained < 30 cm H2O in 85% of ventilated patients. The entire 24-hour sepsis bundle was achieved in only 30% of eligible candidates (21/69) and the rate of compliance, by definition, was 30%. Again, the compliant and the non-compliant groups were comparable in their characteristics and severity of sepsis, but hospital mortality was increased in the non-compliant group from 29% to 50% with a 76% increase in risk for death, although the difference did not reach statistical significance (RR 1.76 (95% CI 0.84 to 3.64), P = 0.16).
We found the rate of compliance with 6-hour and 24-hour sepsis bundles to be 52% and 30%, respectively. Patients with severe sepsis who did not receive the 6-hour sepsis bundle for their early management had a twofold increase in hospital mortality compared with the comparable group who were compliant with the bundle. Our low compliance is similar to other studies that reported initial low compliance following the publication of international guidelines, such as the management of ST segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (44%) or the management of stroke (26%) [11, 12]. Our findings support previous studies showing that compliance with evidence-based guidelines significantly reduces mortality [13].
Informally, clinicians have used types of 'care bundles' since the early 1960s, when the pioneers of cardiopulmonary resuscitation established three components of cardiopulmonary resuscitation to be performed in unison in patients with ventricular fibrillation: closed chest cardiac massage, electrical defibrillation and artificial ventilation [14]. The theory of bundles in clinical care improvement, however, has only recently been developed [4]. Theoretically, the individual elements of a bundle are based on scientific evidence. Clinically, the aim of introducing bundles into clinical practice is primarily to improve process reliability, although the final endpoint in bundle development is to improve clinical outcomes.
In our study, each of the five interventions in the 6-hour sepsis bundle and each of the four interventions in the 24-hour sepsis bundle is backed by the SSC guidelines with grading recommendations of A to E. We chose, however, to deviate from the SSC bundle in our choice of the benchmark for persistent hypotension despite fluid resuscitation, adapting a target haemoglobin of 7 to 9 g/dl and/or vasopressors but excluding the requirement to achieve a target central venous pressure of >8 mmHg and ScVO2 of >70%. Both approaches are based on a grade B recommendation [15, 16]. Both approaches aim to increase oxygen delivery to prevent or correct deficiency in oxygen delivery in severe sepsis either by a relatively programmatic and non-invasive approach (ours) or by a more scientific, invasive but more resource intensive approach (SSC). We felt this deviation from the SSC sepsis resuscitation bundle was necessary within our own trusts in the short term, due to resource limitation (ultrasound-guided access, training, staffing) preventing the safe and early placement of central venous catheters outside the critical care environment.
Our findings on inadequate ward care in critically ill patients replicate the old problem highlighted in a previous local report [17] and in the most recent National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) [18].
Strengths and weaknesses of the study
The study has some notable strengths. To date, this is the first study to demonstrate the impact of compliance with an adaptation of the SSC 6-hour and 24-hour sepsis bundles on hospital mortality in patients with severe sepsis. Our findings add to the limited literature supporting the association between the use of a group of evidence-based interventions, executed together, and improved outcomes. In addition, the results suggest that if the association between use of process, indicated by compliance with evidence-based treatments, and improved mortality holds true, using process measures rather than the more resource-intensive outcome measures may be the better way for the NHS healthcare system to monitor performance and for the NHS hospitals to compare performance. Process measures based on the results of randomised controlled trials are able to detect relevant differences between hospitals that would not be identified by comparing hospital specific mortality, which is an insensitive indicator of the quality of care [19]. Finally, if the NNT is confirmed by future studies, sepsis care bundles will become the most powerful interventions in clinical care.
We recognise that the study also has some limitations. First, the nature of this observational study may have led to some unknown bias that, rather than interventions, may actually be the cause of both the differences in compliance with interventions and the differences in mortality observed. Second, we may not have measured the full clinical impact of these interventions. For example, we did not measure other risk factors for death, such as the severity of late stage of severe sepsis using a sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score, or patients' co-morbidity, which may have had an impact on decisions of withholding or withdrawal. Thirdly, we did not assess the patients (n = 30) who did not require critical care admission for inotropes, mechanical ventilation or drotrecogin alfa for glucose control. This approach also deviated from the SSC method. Finally, small sample size has resulted in the failure to demonstrate an association between compliance with the 24-hour sepsis bundle and hospital mortality.
These pilot data suggest that compliance with 6-hour and 24-hour sepsis bundles can have a great impact on hospital mortality, although future studies will be needed to confirm these results. Efforts to improve hospital mortality from severe sepsis should focus on increasing compliance with these evidence-based interventions in appropriate patients.
Key messages
We instituted local 6-hour and 24-hour sepsis bundles, modified from the SSC standard sepsis resuscitation bundle and sepsis management bundle.
For basic ward care, within the first 6 hours following the diagnosis of severe sepsis, when patients have already developed one organ failure, we found that 8% had no oxygen administered, 14% had no iv access established, and 14% had no essential monitoring, described as MEWS. One-third of the patients received no outreach service within the first 24 hours following the diagnosis.
We found the rate of compliance with 6-hour and 24-hour sepsis bundles to be 52% and 30%, respectively. Compared with the compliant group with the 6-hour sepsis bundle for their early management, we found that the non-compliant group had a more than twofold increase in hospital mortality (49% versus 23%, RR 2.12 (95% CI 1.20 to 3.76), P = 0.01). The NNT to save one life was approximately 4.
To date, this is the first study to demonstrate the impact of compliance with 6-hour and 24-hour sepsis bundles on hospital mortality in patients with severe sepsis. Our findings add to the limited literature supporting the association between the use of a group of evidence-based interventions, executed together, and improved outcomes.
Future studies will be needed to confirm these results.
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Funding for this study was provided by an Education grant, Critical Care Europe, Eli Lilly. The present work is independent of the funder.
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About the murderous rampage of U.S. soldiers from the 5th Stryker Combat Brigade who killed and dismembered Afghani civilians, evidently "for sport," the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported on Sept. 20, "Army officials have not disclosed a motive" for the outrage. Let me try.
Violence is puzzling when we can't see the forest for the trees. If we focus on just this event – and it's certainly a shocker – we may not realize that it's part of a much larger pattern, to see which we want to take a step back – in fact, in two – to get the whole picture.
What these men did is only one of many signs of breakdown in both our long-drawn-out wars in the Middle East. In Iraq, for example, from a report filed by McClatchy's Washington Bureau on Sept. 17:
• Drug and alcohol abuse in the ranks, and the associated misdemeanor offenses, have risen alarmingly in the nine-year course of the war. "Drug and alcohol abuse is [now] a significant health problem in the Army," stated a 350-page report the Army released in July.
• Sexual assault tripled in the period 2001-2009; and most telling:
• So did suicide. There were 148 Army suicides in the first six months of this year and the toll is expected to surpass last year's grim total of 160.
Moreover, record numbers of veterans from both wars "broken," dysfunctional, unable to work, to stay in relationships, or out of jail.
At least, the Army is starting to lend some humane attention to these men and women, after a decade of denial and neglect. Said Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, the vice chief of staff of the Army,
We can't use these people up, have them develop a problem and then throw them away and not take care of them. There is no way. I can't be part of an organization like that. Part of the reason they're having the problem is the situation we put them into.
And what is that situation? These soldiers lose it because they were put into a war that should never have been fought. There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq – and our leaders knew it. Similarly, it was not necessary to destroy the entire Taliban movement – assuming that military force could accomplish such a thing – to capture Osama bin Laden (which, of course, has not happened anyway).
But to get the final answer, we have to step back yet again. We have to recognize that there is such a thing as moral progress. Slavery was considered normal from the earliest records of history down to the nineteenth century of our era, when a small band of Quakers in London started a movement that broke the spell and suddenly brought to light the horror of enslaving another human being. Slavery still happens, but that's because of other factors; it was formally abolished in the nineteenth century because the time was right for people to wake up and stop looking on a whole race of human beings as objects, as possessions.
Today we are reaching a similar crisis with the institution of war; despite appearances, people are becoming more aware that we cannot solve problems by waging war on them. If you are not aware that this is happening, you are not alone; watch any news or "entertainment" program and you'll see that competition, violence, and war are still considered "normal." It's rare to spot nonviolent alternative methods, since they are so rarely featured in mainstream media.
It is significant that a good number of the troubled veterans we just mentioned are not suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), exactly, but a variant recently uncovered by psychologist Rachel McNair that she calls PITS: Perpetration Induced Traumatic Stress. Simply put, when we do violence against others we are in some psychological way hurting ourselves – and that pain is becoming more evident as the patina of glory surrounding war wears off. One brigade commander correctly pointed out that the drug problem is "just a symptom of the disease." But the name of the disease is not dysfunctional leaders or lax discipline or a particular conflict that should not have been fought; it's war.
Back when he was campaigning, soon-to-be President Obama said that we must "not only end war (in Iraq) but end the mindset that lead to war." Of course, he did nothing of the kind. And so it's up to us.
I encourage anyone who hasn't already done so to familiarize him- or herself with the alternatives to war that fall into three broad categories: 1) living more lightly on the earth, since most wars today are fought over its diminishing resources; 2) diplomacy, mediation, and international institutions that can keep disputes from turning into wars, and 3) nonviolent mechanisms to deal with the wars that nonetheless break out, like the unarmed interventions just mentioned that are helping to reduce violence in trouble spots all over the world now. I recommend that we all learn about these things and talk about them with family, friends, and our congressmen or women. You may not get anything but raised eyebrows at first, but remember what Gandhi said about a real innovation: "First they ignore you; then they laugh at you; then they fight you – and then you win." Provided you have learned to fight nonviolently. That must be the subject of another article.
Michael Nagler is president of the Metta Center for Nonviolence.


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I've been listening to the Donnie Darko soundtrack a lot, and it makes me feel sad and happy at the same time.
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"When Indira Gandhi was assassinated Rajiv Gandhi was in Kolkata and he went back. Under a democracy, that time the senior-most minister in Indira Gandhi's government was Pranab Mukherjee. It would have been good had he been sworn in as the country's Prime Minister," Modi said. (Agencies) Latest News from India News Desk
"They didn't give it. Not only that, the family (Gandhi) felt that something is going on. So when the Rajiv Gandhi government was formed, senior-most minister Pranabda was not even taken as a minister," he said.
"Again in 2004, Pranabda was the senior-most politician. It was very natural that had madam Sonia Gandhi not wanted to become (the PM), then the opportunity should have been given to Pranabda, but Manmohan Singhji was made (the PM). Pranabda was not given the opportunity," Modi said.
He urged the people of Bengal not to forget this.
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Today is the first-ever World Malaria Day, which organizers hope will raise our collective awareness about this disease. The mosquito-borne illness kills more than a million people a year, mostly infants, children, and pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa. According to the World Health Organization, that's one child every 30 seconds. These deaths occur despite the fact that malaria is a preventable and treatable condition.
Insecticide-treated bed nets keep the skeeters off sleepers and reduce the rate of infection. You can donate one--heck, they cost a paltry 10 bucks apiece! Donate a few!--at Malaria No More, here.
[Editor's note: And if you are on Facebook, please join in Project Blackout: One Million Faces Against Malaria today.]
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Better. Faster. Cheaper. In today's competitive world, it's more important than ever to provide a quality product, at a low cost, faster than ever before. But how? Companies all over the world implementing a Lean Enterprise Operating System to achieve astounding results like these:
Lean is NOT simply doing the same things, the same way, with fewer people. Lean is a systematic approach to identifying and eliminating waste by flowing the product at the pull of the customer in pursuit of perfection.
By designing processes to increase material and information flow, the velocity at which the materials move through the system to generate revenue vastly improves while using the same or fewer resources. The resulting operational improvements of cost, quality, delivery, productivity, and safety can then be leveraged to gain market share, increase profits, and increase customer AND shareholder satisfaction.
It incorporates a fundamental philosophy of continuous improvement, adopts the 3 key elements of lean — discipline, waste elimination, and standardization — and the 5 key strategies of the Lean Enterprise Operating System including:
We view lean as a strategic initiative that is top driven, grass-roots deployed, and mid-management fueled. Improvements are made by pursuing a parallel path of projects resulting in step function improvements along with systematic continuous improvement activities supporting the gains for incremental improvements. By developing a deployment infrastructure, expertise in application of tools and techniques, and implementing the necessary support systems, we take full advantage of a company's philosophy of continuous improvement by building a 'spirit' of improvement in every individual.
Implementing a Lean Enterprise Operating System requires a systematic and relentless pursuit of eliminating wastes at all levels of the organization. While there is no deployment recipe, there is a roadmap. A recipe tells you exactly how to do something — the amounts, sequence and timing. There is no such recipe for lean success since every company starts with a different set of ingredients (or factors and constraints). However, there are guide posts along the way that help you determine where you are and identify potential solutions to help you get to where you want to go. The extent and degree of support needed is be a function of the current state of a company's operations, the potential optimum state, and the current level of expertise currently residing at the company that can be leveraged to close the gap.
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Friday, May 20, 2011
Come See Me At Book Expo America
Have you ever thought to yourself: "You know, I enjoy reading The Norman Nation, but what I'd really like to do is see the writer of The Norman Nation, Matthew Norman, sitting quietly at a table by himself wearing a sport coat."?
Well if you have, then I'm happy to tell you that your weirdly specific fantasy is about to come true. That's because I'll be appearing this coming Wednesday, May 25, at Table 26 at Book Expo America (BEA) in New York City at 10 a.m. Technically I'll be there to sign advanced reader copies of my upcoming novel, Domestic Violets. However, I'll be happy to sign other things, too, including, but not limited to: comedic caricatures of me, comedic caricatures of you, posts from The Norman Nation that you've printed out, baseballs and/or footballs, the foreheads of your children, any kind of non-dangerous animal, things related to the state of Nebraska, head shots of notable television stars from the 1980s, Big Gulp and/or Starbucks cups, and copies of novels written by writers who are far more famous than I am.
And, just in case you're not interested in me defacing your property with my handwriting, I've also heard rumors that BEA writers sometimes give things away at their signings, like candy or extremely expensive watches. I'll do some brainstorming with my team of lawyers and assistants between now and Wednesday. Maybe we'll be able to think of something interesting. But I should probably ask, is anyone allergic to shellfish or expired prescription painkillers? Just let me know.
Note: if you are planning to attend my signing at BEA, please approach my table slowly and, whatever you do, do not look at me directly in the eyes. There's about a 65% chance that I'll totally freak out.
See you in New York!
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I was actually first in line for your signing as I had finished DV on my flight to New York. Still haven't reviewed it on the blog as I'm waiting until closer to pub date, but I absolutely loved it. Gave my signed copy to my brother since I already had the egalley and wanted to share it however I could!
I don't know if I made eye contact or not - hope I didn't freak you out. :)
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(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has urged the transitional federal government to publicly demonstrate its commitment to respect press freedom in Somalia after an historic four-day roundtable on freedom of expression was successfully held in Mogadishu by the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ).
"Now that the guns have fallen silent, important tasks can be tackled including that of turning Somalia into a country where free expression is respected by everyone and protected by the government," the press freedom organisation said. "To show that they are committed to this, the authorities should take concrete measures such as letting Radio Warsan resume broadcasting and publicly undertaking to respect the rule of democracy in their relations with the press."
Reporters Without Borders added: "This roundtable, which was organised with support from UNESCO, has shown that serious interlocutors, ones determined to make Somalia progress, are available to the government. This opportunity should not be missed."
While welcoming the release of journalist Hassan Mohammed Abikar of Radio Quran Karim (The Voice of the Holy Koran) after 19 days in detention, Reporters Without Borders points out that Baidoa-based Radio Warsan has been arbitrarily silenced since 7 January 2007. Abikar, his station's correspondent in the Lower Shabelle region, has been able to go back to work in Afgoye (30 km outside Mogadishu), but no one has explained why he was held incommunicado for so long after being arrested by government militiamen in the southwestern city of Baidoa.
The three-day roundtable on "the promotion and protection of freedom of expression" was held in Mogadishu's Sahafi Hotel from 19 to 22 January by the NUSOJ, which is Reporters Without Borders' partner organisation in Somalia. Some 50 delegates from all of southern Somalia's provinces and from the northern breakaway state of Somaliland took part.
The participants concluded their work by issuing a statement calling on the authorities to draft and adopt legislation for the media that adheres to democratic principles, and to facilitate professional and ethical training for journalists. The statement also urged the international community to include media development in its assistance programmes for Somalia. The delegates also resolved to launch the Somali Forum for Freedom of Expression (SOFFE).
Reporters Without Borders hails Somali Information Minister Ali Ahmed Jama Jengeli's determination to cooperate with the media and the constructive participation of the Director-General of his ministry in the roundtable debates. Jengeli told journalists that the government needed them.