16 community ratings

Zen Garden: Kyoto (Extrait de Parfum)

Unisex

7.5/ 10

Community score
16 ratings

Elixir Attar Zen Garden: Kyoto Extrait de Parfum is a green, smoky unisex scent built around hinoki cypress and Vietnamese oud.

Compare

Skunky's take: Like someone just came in from the garden, green and crisp.

How does it perform?

From 11 community ratings, all out of 10.

Longevity

7.6 /10

Holds up through the day and fades gently toward evening.

Sillage

7.3 /10

People close to you notice, nobody gets overwhelmed.

Bottle

7.5 /10

Sits nicely on a shelf.

Blind buy risk

Low risk

81% of votes are positive and opinions barely differ.

Notes

They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.

Top notesfirst 15 minutes

Gardenia leaf

Magnolia leaf

Heart notesfirst few hours

Hinoki cypress Vietnamese oud

Base noteswhat stays into the evening

Resins Sandalwood White pepper

Accords

From most dominant to most subtle.

Green
Resinous
Earthy
Smoky

What does Zen Garden: Kyoto (Extrait de Parfum) smell like?

Longevity and sillage are both rated as good, though few people have voted, so that picture is tentative. With no season or occasion votes, it is hard to say when it suits best, but it sits comfortably on anyone as a unisex fragrance.

It opens with gardenia leaf and magnolia leaf, giving a cool, green first impression. In the heart, hinoki cypress and Vietnamese oud take over and the scent turns earthy and smoky. The base of resins, sandalwood and white pepper settles into a warm, resinous finish.