I'll give it 5 stars because the price is great especially considering if you are or were trying to find the original amber absolute.
I can say when I first tried this, unlike so many other clones I was instantly like "wow" this is amber absolute. There was nothing "off" about it from my initial testings.
However I can say after that, trying the original, 2015, and this side by side, I do detect some differences. I suppose the discrepancy could be because although again and correct me if im wrong, this is apparently actually was in fact made with the original formula from the perfumer however they apparently just made it a stronger concentration so thats why it smells so close. But this is darker and smoker than my original. Certainly I can say the original amber absolute is not something I ever though of as fresh. But the original smelling these side by side does have a bit of a fresh, fizzyness or boozyness to it that this does not have. And honestly I never even thought of until smelling them side by side.
Overall though id say its 90-95% similar to the original and smells awesome though. Again so many other clones, they smell sorta similar but something is off. Theres nothing weird about this to me, nothing smelled off or funky, and I felt happy with my purchase.
