Opus VI
Oriental Spicy · 2012 · Pierre Negrin
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
Smoky olibanum leads over West Indian bay and Sichuan pepper, with patchouli, amber and sandalwood thickening the base. Dry and resinous, it is a spicy incense with real weight and a dark woody undertow.
Taste Profile
The Anchor
The Slow Depth
A rich and warm centre of gravity. Change is part of the journey.
Everything around you may shift but this stays constant. The depth here takes time. It opens slowly and rewards patience. Some things get richer the longer you stay.
How Opus VI smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Opus VI keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere, and carries across a room and announces itself.
Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.
Opus VI reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 77th percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Opus VI carries across a room and announces itself. That is among the highest in the catalogue for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Opus VI sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 95th percentile for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Opus VI feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there. That is 80th percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Opus VI keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 5th percentile for sweetness across 5,283 scored fragrances.
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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