The Perfume Library

8 perfumes

(Shamanilla)

Zara · 2024

Fresh · Floral · Sweet

Zara (Shamanilla) is a fresh, sweet fragrance for men that opens with coconut water, cardamom and bergamot and settles into vanilla cream and cotton candy. Longevity and sillage are both rated good. Most voters pick fall, with winter and spring close behind and summer less favoured. It leans towards leisure and daily wear, and can move into evenings or the office. Though marketed for men, voters split almost evenly between masculine, modern and feminine. Fresh, floral and sweet accords lead. The top is light and airy with coconut water, cardamom and bergamot. Carrot, peach blossom and sandalwood soften the middle. The base of amyris, vanilla cream and cotton candy ends in a creamy, gourmand sweetness.

004 Ultra Glitch

7.8

Zara · 2025

Sweet · Synthetic · Gourmand

Zara 004 Ultra Glitch is a creamy, sweet gourmand for men, with spice and wood keeping the sweetness in check. Longevity and sillage are both rated strong, and most voters score them high, though the number of votes is small, so the picture isn't firm. Voters also rate its value for money highly. No season or occasion stands out. It opens with black pepper and vanilla cream, the spice adding a slight sharpness over the sweetness. In the heart, vanilla, cashmere wood and benzoin give it a warm, resinous, soft texture. The base of gaiac wood, musk and Akigalawood® dries down woodier and more synthetic. Commodity Gold and Cyklar Sacred Santal have a close profile.

Oud Bhut Beng

8.5

Jinx · 2025

Woody · Oriental · Creamy

Jinx Oud Bhut Beng is a woody, oriental and creamy men's fragrance built on several kinds of oud alongside cedar, patchouli and amber. Its longevity is rated very strong and its sillage strong, so it stays on skin and carries around you for a long time. It is classed as masculine. It opens with spices, rosewood and hinoki cypress, then moves to geranium, cedar and patchouli in the heart. The base lets Laotian, Thai and Bhutanese oud soften into amber, balsam and vanilla cream, while birch tar adds a darker edge. A dense, creamy woodiness leads throughout. Al Ambra Ambra Nuit and Tiziana Terenzi Oud Mira have a close profile.