Arabian Oud
Woody Black
Leather
Longevity
Long
Sillage
Strong
Occasion
Romantic/Evening
Seasonality
Autumn
A dark woody core wrapped in leather and heavy spice, dry and brooding throughout. It carries weight and warmth with a distinctive edge, projecting a sober, masculine presence.
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.
See your own Taste Map →How Woody Black smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Woody Black leaves its components exposed, shifting as it wears, and keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.
Woody Black reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 76th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Woody Black sits mid-range on projection, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 82nd percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Woody Black divides opinion by design. That is among the highest in the catalogue for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Woody Black leaves its components exposed, shifting as it wears. That is among the highest in the catalogue for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Woody Black keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 44th percentile for sweetness across 5,322 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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