Obsession
Oriental Spicy · 1985 · Jean Guichard
Notes checked against a published listing.
- Reported longevity
- Good
- Reported sillage
- Moderate
- 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.
Limited evidence
Opens on vanilla, basil and bergamot, settling into musk and vetiver. The character is cool, with a little weight underneath, mostly dry. It carries into the room.
Taste Profile
The Natural
The Easy Choice
Always works, always easy.
The one to reach for in a hurry. It fits the moment because it always does. Don't think, just go for it.
How Obsession smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Obsession is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure, and carries across a room and announces itself.
Limited evidence. Available evidence is limited, so this profile may change as the catalogue develops.
Obsession sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 28th percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Obsession carries across a room and announces itself. That is among the highest in the catalogue for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Obsession is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 6th percentile for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Obsession feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there. That is 80th percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Obsession keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 28th percentile for sweetness across 5,283 scored fragrances.
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