Xerjoff
Kampuchea Noir
Amber Woody · 2012
Longevity
Good
Sillage
Moderate
Occasion
Romantic/Evening
Seasonality
Winter
Amber and gurjan balsam pour over cedar and Laotian oud, with musk smoothing the edges. Deeply warm and dry, it feels dark and woody, a spare composition that leans on resin and wood.
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.
See your own Taste Map →How Kampuchea Noir smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Kampuchea Noir reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory, and keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.
Kampuchea Noir reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is among the highest in the catalogue for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Kampuchea Noir sits mid-range on projection, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle.
Kampuchea Noir sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 69th percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Kampuchea Noir leaves its components exposed, shifting as it wears. That is 93rd percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Kampuchea Noir keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 13th percentile for sweetness across 5,322 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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