Égoïste
Woody Spicy · 1990 · Jacques Polge
Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.
- Reported longevity
- Moderate
- Reported sillage
- Moderate
- Typical occasion
- Office/Daily
- Typical season
- Summer
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
A spiced wood built on rosewood and mahogany, with cinnamon and carnation adding heat and rose softening the middle. Tobacco and amber deepen the base into something dry, dignified, and a little old-world.
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 Égoïste smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Égoïste is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure, and feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there.
Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.
Égoïste sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber.
Égoïste sits mid-range on projection. That is 79th percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Égoïste is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 21st percentile for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Égoïste feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there. That is 80th percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Égoïste keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 30th 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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