Guerlain
Xi'an
Woody Aromatic · 2021 · Thierry Wasser
Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.
- Reported longevity
- Moderate
- Reported sillage
- Moderate
- Typical occasion
- Formal
- 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.
Modelled profile
Creamy sandalwood anchors a green bamboo freshness and a soft floral heart. Calm and woody, it keeps a smooth, even presence.
Taste Profile
The Anchor
The Dry Warmth
Warm enough to be felt. Dry enough to mean it.
There is warmth here but nothing soft about it. It arrives without apology and stays without asking. Substance over comfort, every time.
How Xi'an smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Xi'an is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure, and keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.
Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.
Xi'an sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 72nd percentile for warmth across 5,320 scored fragrances.
Xi'an sits mid-range on projection, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 24th percentile for projection across 5,320 scored fragrances.
Xi'an is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is among the lowest in the catalogue for risk across 5,320 scored fragrances.
Xi'an carries body without weight, present without filling a room. That is 21st percentile for texture across 5,320 scored fragrances.
Xi'an 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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