Essenza di Zegna Ermenegildo Zegna 2003 Eau de Toilette

Essenza di Zegna (Eau de Toilette) by Ermenegildo Zegna

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Essenza di Zegna (Eau de Toilette) is a popular perfume by Ermenegildo Zegna for men and was released in 2003. The scent is spicy-fresh. The production was apparently discontinued.

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Main accords

Spicy

Fresh

Citrus

Woody

Green

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Calabrian bergamot

Sicilian mandarin orange

Heart Notes

Cardamom

Myrtle

Mastic

Base Notes

Musk

Amber

Vetiver

Perfumers

Alberto Morillas, Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud

Ratings

Scent

8.038 Ratings

Longevity

7.530 Ratings

Sillage

6.625 Ratings

Bottle

7.233 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 17.12.2023.

Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/26/2023

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Pricing 7
Bottle 6
Sillage 7
Longevity 6.5
Scent

Lauser93
312 Reviews

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Lauser93

3

A fragrance that unfortunately does not inspire me

Now I am testing an original manufacturer's sample from a collection liquidation of Essenza di Zegna Eau de Toilette. Unfortunately, the fragrance didn't really capture me. The longevity is quite good at around 6-7 hours. I find the sillage a little weaker.

I don't recognize so many citrus aromas in the top note, but much more watermelon. The heart note is very herbaceous, spicy and green thanks to myrtle and cardamom. I can also detect some sage and eucalyptus. Mastic resin adds pine needles to the fragrance. For me, the base remains on the more herbal and green side. A certain soapiness can also be detected.

In the end, the fragrance unfortunately didn't catch me. I find it masculine but rather "old-fashioned". Discontinued "isser", for me no further regrettable...sorry!

04/29/2015

ColinM
516 Reviews

ColinM

Top Review 9

Underrated Mediterranean-exotic woody gem

Essenza di Zegna perfectly shows what I would personally expect from a contemporary citrus-woody niche scent. I think of “niche” because it smells... different: it’s classy, cozy and versatile, but has just the right “twist” to smell creative and peculiar. Basically I would define Essenza a woody-exotic and slightly aquatic scent, with a cardamon-fruity twist and a thick, slightly damp musky base; it reminds me quite much of Fendi Theorema for Men, but smelling way more quality – deeper, thicker, smokier, more natural, far more refined. Say, something halfway Declaration and Theorema. With that myrtle accord which adds a touch of “Mediterranean exotism”, with its peculiar sort of leafy, musky, kind of “olive tree” flavour. Essenza smells so well blended it’s kind of hard to describe it, but I feel that “tremendous quality woody-exotic-spicy-aquatic fragrance” can sum this up quite well. Just a tad too much linear for me, but highly creative and elegant.

7,5-8/10