21 community ratings

Zen Elephant

Name: Zen Elephant
Brand: MCM

Perfumer: Hamid Merati-Kashani

2025UnisexModern

Votes lean feminine

6.2/ 10

Community score
21 ratings

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MCM Zen Elephant is a unisex scent that sets the fresh, citrusy opening of freesia, grapefruit and kelp against a chypre base of cedarwood and oakmoss.

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How does it perform?

From 23 community ratings, all out of 10.

Longevity

7.1 /10

Holds up through the day and fades gently toward evening.

Sillage

6.7 /10

Leaves a light trail and stays polite in a crowd.

Bottle

7.0 /10

Sits nicely on a shelf.

Value for money

6.1 /10

The price makes you think, so a small size is a smart start.

Blind buy risk

High risk

Only 48% of votes are positive.

Notes

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

Top notesfirst 15 minutes

Freesia Grapefruit

Kelp

Heart notesfirst few hours

Cardamom Magnolia

Truffle

Base noteswhat stays into the evening

Cedarwood Ambrox Oakmoss

Accords

From most dominant to most subtle.

Fresh
Citrus
Floral
Aquatic
Green
Fruity
Synthetic
Spicy

What does Zen Elephant smell like?

Its longevity is rated good and its sillage moderate, though the number of votes is small, so these ratings are only a rough guide. Voters place it mostly in daily and leisure wear, then at the office, with some votes for evenings and nights out.

The top notes of freesia, grapefruit and kelp open fresh, aquatic and fruity. The heart of cardamom, magnolia and truffle moves into spicy, floral and earthy territory. In the base, cedarwood, ambrox and oakmoss give a woody chypre footing with a creamy, faintly animal trace. Zara Zara Men Tokyo Takeshita Harayuku and Jean Patou Voyageur have a close profile.