House of Matriarch
Black No. 1
Oriental Woody · 2012 · Christi Meshell
Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.
- Reported longevity
- Moderate
- Reported sillage
- Moderate
- Typical occasion
- Office/Daily
- Typical season
- Spring
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.
Reviewed profile
Northwest conifers and white sage open resinous and wild, cut with briny seaweed and a green cannabis note. Oud, black leather and hyraceum drag it into dark, animalic territory. Strange and untamed, closer to landscape than perfume.
Taste Profile
The Original
The Considered Statement
Makes a statement worth asking about.
Unusual enough to stop someone mid-thought. Considered enough to keep them there. The question it raises is the point.
How Black No. 1 smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Black No. 1 divides opinion by design, and carries across a room and announces itself.
Reviewed profile. This profile has received a focused catalogue review.
Black No. 1 sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 72nd percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Black No. 1 carries across a room and announces itself. That is 93rd percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Black No. 1 divides opinion by design. That is among the highest in the catalogue for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Black No. 1 feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there. That is 80th percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Black No. 1 keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 30th percentile for sweetness across 5,283 scored fragrances.
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