Fragrance houses

Nishane

35 fragrances, mapped across five axes.

What the Nishane range is made of

Across the 35 Nishane fragrances Zenyra has mapped, the materials that recur most are musk (34%), amber (31%), vanilla (23%). 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 more textured than the catalogue as a whole: texture averages 0.66 against 0.48 across all mapped fragrances. That is a wide margin, and it is the clearest thing the data says about this house.

One idea, or many

Nishane covers ground. The average spread across its range is 0.143 — wide enough that liking one Nishane fragrance tells you comparatively little about the rest. Houses like this reward exploring the catalogue rather than trusting the name.

The median release year across the mapped range is 2019, which places this house firmly in the current era of perfumery rather than the archive.

Where Nishane sits

Warmth0.56 vs 0.51 catalogue
Projection0.52 vs 0.51 catalogue
Risk0.37 vs 0.34 catalogue
Texture0.66 vs 0.48 catalogue
Sweetness0.37 vs 0.40 catalogue

Every Nishane 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.