Opus 9
Oriental Resinous
Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.
- Reported longevity
- Long
- Reported sillage
- Strong
- Typical occasion
- Romantic/Evening
- Typical season
- Winter
These describe how the fragrance is generally reported to behave. Skin chemistry, weather and how much you apply all change it, so your own experience may differ.
Modelled profile
Jasmine and camellia soften a base of beeswax, leather and civet, with ambergris and vetiver adding an animalic warmth. Dense and slightly raw, it wraps florals in skin and hide for a provocative leathery oriental.
Taste Profile
The Original
The Considered Statement
Makes a statement worth asking about.
Unusual enough to stop someone mid-thought. Considered enough to keep them there. The question it raises is the point.
How Opus 9 smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Opus 9 carries across a room and announces itself, and feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there.
Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.
Opus 9 sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 72nd percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Opus 9 carries across a room and announces itself. That is 91st percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Opus 9 sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is among the highest in the catalogue for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Opus 9 feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there. That is 80th percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Opus 9 carries sweetness without letting it define the scent.
Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.
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