Woody Spicy · 2017 · Christian Carbonnel
Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.
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
Rich tobacco and dark rum lead a boozy, warm accord over supple leather, with musk softening the base. It's a smoky, characterful scent that runs distinctive and deep, quietly confident.

The Anchor
The Slow Depth
A rich and warm centre of gravity. Change is part of the journey.
Everything around you may shift but this stays constant. The depth here takes time. It opens slowly and rewards patience. Some things get richer the longer you stay.
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Mandala feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there, and reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory.
Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.
Mandala reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 85th percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Mandala sits mid-range on projection. That is 84th percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Mandala sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 92nd percentile for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Mandala feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there. That is among the highest in the catalogue for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Mandala 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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