Caron
Yatagan
Woody Chypre · 1976 · Vincent Marcello
Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.
- Reported longevity
- Moderate
- 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.
Across published reviews, most people register this first as leather.
Modelled profile
Resinous pine and patchouli tangle with oakmoss and leather for a rugged, bitter-green wood. It feels raw and defiant, far from anything polished. Challenging and unforgettable.
Taste Profile
The Original
The Hidden Find
Off the beaten path and fine staying there.
The obvious choice was never really an option. Hidden gems don't announce themselves and neither does the person who finds them. Gatekeeping because you did the work.
How Yatagan smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Yatagan keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere, and divides opinion by design.
Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.
Yatagan sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 35th percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Yatagan sits mid-range on projection. That is 31st percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Yatagan divides opinion by design. That is among the highest in the catalogue for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Yatagan feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there. That is 80th percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Yatagan keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is among the lowest in the catalogue 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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