Byredo
1996
Oriental Woody
Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.
- Reported longevity
- Moderate
- Reported sillage
- Moderate
- Typical occasion
- Casual
- Typical season
- All Year
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.
Reviewers consistently remark on the quality of the materials.
Reviewed profile
Black pepper and juniper opening onto leather, orris and violet over patchouli and black amber. Dry and slightly boudoir, it carries a dense, retro-woody feel with vanilla warming the base.
Taste Profile
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How 1996 smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, 1996 keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere, and sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber.
Reviewed profile. This profile has received a focused catalogue review.
1996 sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber.
1996 sits mid-range on projection, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle.
1996 sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 87th percentile for risk across 5,320 scored fragrances.
1996 carries body without weight, present without filling a room. That is 72nd percentile for texture across 5,320 scored fragrances.
1996 keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 30th percentile for sweetness across 5,320 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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