If you want an indolic floral with a crunchy amber base, go get Rogue Perfumery's excellent Jasmine Antique, which will set you back for about a quarter of Portrayal's cost, and also supports a smaller indie house. It just doesn't smell terribly distinctive, and what it does do, can be had for significantly less cash than Amouage's asking price.
It's not an awful perfume, it's made of obviously excellent quality ingredients, and like most Amouages, it is strong as hell. Anise/licorice is Menardo's signature accord, she uses it to extremely clever effect in the phenomenal classic Lolita Lempicka women's and men's fragrances, and I wish I could find it here, but it's hiding behind the monstrous florals. It is aromatic, cold, bitter, herbal, resinous, and almost anisic (if you have smelled Dune for women, and you really should smell it, if you have not, you know what elemi smells like). The notes claim elemi is in the mix, and I love elemi. I don't smell Annick Menardo's usual clever hand at work here, as it's such a common and bludgeoning accord. It also has a sweet and crunchy amber accord in the base. Portrayal Woman is a Big White floral on steroids, starting with a heavy, indolic jasmine and then opening up into an equally massive tuberose.