Fragrance houses

Ex Nihilo

37 fragrances, mapped across five axes.

What the Ex Nihilo range is made of

Across the 37 Ex Nihilo fragrances Zenyra has mapped, the materials that recur most are musk (49%), bergamot (38%), sandalwood (35%). No single note dominates, which is itself a choice — this is a house that works across a palette rather than around a signature material.

On Zenyra's five axes the house reads bolder than the catalogue as a whole: risk averages 0.45 against 0.34 across all mapped fragrances. The margin is modest — this is a house closer to the centre of taste than to any edge of it.

One idea, or many

The Ex Nihilo range spreads 0.102 across the five axes — neither a house built on one idea nor one that covers the whole map. There is a recognisable centre with real variation around it.

The median release year across the mapped range is 2020, which places this house firmly in the current era of perfumery rather than the archive.

Where Ex Nihilo sits

Warmth0.55 vs 0.51 catalogue
Projection0.53 vs 0.51 catalogue
Risk0.45 vs 0.34 catalogue
Texture0.52 vs 0.48 catalogue
Sweetness0.39 vs 0.40 catalogue

Every Ex Nihilo fragrance

These are the same five axes behind The Fragrance Taste Index, which maps all 5,308 fragrances. To find where your own taste sits, take the fragrance quiz.