Clive Christian
V for Men
Oriental Woody · 2012
Longevity
Long
Sillage
Moderate
Occasion
Casual
Seasonality
Summer
Elemi and layered peppers open sharp over orris and olibanum, settling into cedar, vetiver, oud and amber. It's woody-spicy and vivid, projecting well from a peppery top to a resinous base. An intricate oriental-woody with real presence.
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.
See your own Taste Map →How V for Men smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, V for Men carries across a room and announces itself, and keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.
V for Men sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber.
V for Men carries across a room and announces itself.
V for Men sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available.
V for Men sits mid-range on texture, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle.
V for Men keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.
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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