Zouzou Celine 2024

This one is sweetness through and through. The vanilla has a browned and almost toffee like quality. Zouzou is a bit creamy and leans ever so slightly powdery in the dry down thanks to that amazing signature Celine orris butter. Performance is mid, it definitely could be worse but for the price? Nah.

This Celine fragrance is the epitome of quiet luxury—understated yet effortlessly refined, like a perfectly tailored wool coat on a crisp autumn day. Designed for cooler weather, it wraps around you like a comforting embrace, subtly enhancing your presence without demanding attention.

While it leans gourmand, it never ventures into overly sweet or cloying territory. Instead, it strikes a delicate balance—rich and inviting but never overwhelming. The composition unfolds smoothly, making it an ideal transition from day to night, seamlessly adapting to different settings. It’s not a perfume for grand occasions, but rather a sophisticated everyday indulgence, perfect for those who appreciate elegance in the details.

I don’t know what’s going on here- this is a total flop for me. I love Celine’s DNA and most of the line.
1. Celine’s gorgeous vanilla is missing here, replaced with a weird plasticky chapstick textured caramel/vanilla.
2. None of Celine’s wondeful Orris- okay.
There is barely a whisper of powdery amber under this strange plastic vanilla toffee?
This smells NOTHING like Shalimar Iris (a favorite of mine) not black tie or Dans Paris.
There is also a tartness (maybe Tonka) that comes across like fruity pebbles or cereal fruitiness. I wish they pushed the quirkiness and amped up the projection, maybe I would enjoy it more. It’s like when your favorite band put out a flop- disappointing.

Perfectly sweet,but not overly sweet vanilla-musk fragrance. I immage wearing it on a cold and rainy autumn day, wrapping myself in it like a big warm hug.
For me it embodies the minimalistic Celine elegance. Longevity is good, sillage is intimate at the best,but I don't mind, it makes me happy wearing it anyway.

Celine, Celine - you’ve done it again. Although “done it” doesn’t quite fit with Celine.
Celine doesn’t crash in, doesn’t overwhelm. Celine fragrances appear, float in, stroll..
So does this dream of a poem.
When I read the fragrance notes, I already had a rough idea of what to expect, yet it still hit me hard when I joyfully ran to my wife to inhale the delicious scent in her slipstream.
Celine can do vanilla like only Guerlain can. They have definitely created their own DNA, and in this combination with tonka, musk, and benzoin, which is by no means new on the market, they have delivered their masterpiece.

Now some will complain about the short longevity or the lack of sillage, but I think it’s just right as it is.
Here, less is more, clearly. You’re not overwhelmed; it’s still present for a long time, sometimes it disappears only to come back again, and in the end, it even becomes a touch more beautiful.

Where Dans Paris was previously my favorite, now two divine creations from Celine belong to my favorites. While I love Zouzou on my wife, I wear Dans Paris in the evening; it doesn’t get better than that.

Celine, Celine - you enchant me, stay true to yourself and surprise us again someday; I can hardly wait.