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Don

Tobacco Leather · 2013

GunpowderCorianderBlack PepperTobaccoLeatherWoodsy AccordsIncenseMuskResiliencePrecision

Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.

Reported longevity
Good
Reported sillage
Moderate
Typical occasion
Smart Casual / Social
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

A bright citrus of bergamot, Amalfi lemon and mandarin threaded through a soft white-floral heart of jasmine, lily and muguet. It stays cool and clean, more eau-fresh than heavy, with almost no sweetness. Crisp and understated, it wears like light through an open window.

Taste Profile

The Purist archetype

The Purist

The Slow Reveal

Experienced differently as time goes on.

The complexity is there for those who stay with it. It is layered and evolves quietly. Some kinds of presence take time to understand.

How Don smells, measured

On Zenyra's five taste axes, Don keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere, and is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure.

Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.

Warmthcool, open0.25

Don reads cool and open, nearer to citrus and air than to skin. That is 11th percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Projectionmid-range0.45

Don sits mid-range on projection. That is 34th percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Riskfamiliar0.24

Don is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 27th percentile for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Texturedense0.72

Don feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there. That is 80th percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Sweetnessdry0.20

Don keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 14th 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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