Top Notes 
Blackcurrant
Rhubarb
Grapefruit
Heart Notes 
Turkish rose
Gardenia
Sandalwood
Base Notes 
Vanilla
Musk
Ambergris
05/18/2025
DAVID043329
33 Reviews
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6
A Mishmash of Dark Fruitiness and a Faint Floral Base
Fruity-sweet fragrances are a bit of a tougher pill to swallow for me. I guess Hawas for Him is to blame, my first ever fragrance, which is just a complete mess of fruity sweetness, along with an uncalled-for cinnamon note. I remember I used to enjoy it back when I first got it, but now, as I've matured, I have realized it's a piece of crap. Nonetheless, it would be a madness to compare a fragrance such as Hawas for Him with one such as Zenne. And while the latter also sits in the realm of fruity-sweet, it's a whole different take, one that doesn't make me nauseous.
Upon spraying, the blackcurrant's dark fruitiness and tart scent is the first to strike, having that wild berries vibe which I find quite pleasing. The rhubarb, a component I haven't met too often before, adds a zingy, tart, refreshing fruity-sweetness which just blends in perfectly with the blackcurrant. Admittedly, they blend well enough to be kind of hard to tell each apart, although my lack of experience with the scent of rhubarb could just as well be to blame. Surely enough, the grapefruit and its lively citrus touch tries its best to shine through, but it submissively fades in the background.
With the blackcurrant and rhubarb combo still going strong, the heart and base notes take slightly longer to push through. Eventually, a delicate honeyed floral scent appears in a faint manner, but it's not nearly faint enough to be unrecognizable - the iconic rose. Turkish rose, to specify. The Gardenia alongside pushes the floral odor as hard as it can as well, adding a slight creaminess similar to Jasmine. Smooth, but overpowered by the dark fruitiness from the opening, and things start balancing out (the fruitiness being toned down) somewhere around half an hour to an hour after spraying. Not to forget about the sandalwood, listed as a heart note here, apparently. Woodiness in the traditional sense, I hardly get any, but a faint touch of comforting, buttery warmth I do get hidden in the backstage.
Reached the base, the musk becomes the quickest to debut. Still overpowered by the fruitiness, the warm, subtle, clean, slightly powdery typical muskiness, along with the ambergris which is also near-impossible to pinpoint on its own, take their place in the background. The vanilla sweetness becomes properly noticeable somewhere like an hour or two after the initial spray (at least on my skin).
In the context of performance, there's some good news and some not so good news. Longevity, quite good; got a solid 8-9 hours, at that mark an extremely faint, dark fruitiness with vanilla being detectable. But for projection, not impressed. On my skin, the first half an hour to about two hours, I got one foot of projection, one and a half at the very best, but most of the time it felt like it sat closer to the skin. However, it does leave a fairly noticeable scent trail, and it's consistent at it too. So not all that bad, overall - I'd go with about 5 sprays.
Moving on to the occasions best suited for Zenne, I would comfortably wear it in a variety of situations across most of the year (except for summer). Dressed-up events, parties, clubbing, work... maybe even as a daily too, although personally, I prefer 'lighter' scents for daily/leisure wear. Zenne leans too fruity-sweet in a dark way to just wear casually, in my opinion, but in the context of a wedding, this would suit a woman quite nicely. And yes, by that I also mean it might lean slightly more feminine.
But still, I don't love it. Zenne just lacks some development and a stronger base, which is also an issue I found with Tuberóza Extrait de Parfum. The intense, dark fruity sweetness right from the start makes up for about 70-80% of all that I smell for the first few hours, with the rest being a smooth and subtle floral sweetness. And while it doesn't smell bad as a whole, it still sits in the fruity-sweet category that I tend to avoid. It's one of the better interpretations of that combination that I've smelt, and if you particularly enjoy such blends, with a darker twist, then it's worth checking out Zenne.
Overall Rating: 6.6/10
Upon spraying, the blackcurrant's dark fruitiness and tart scent is the first to strike, having that wild berries vibe which I find quite pleasing. The rhubarb, a component I haven't met too often before, adds a zingy, tart, refreshing fruity-sweetness which just blends in perfectly with the blackcurrant. Admittedly, they blend well enough to be kind of hard to tell each apart, although my lack of experience with the scent of rhubarb could just as well be to blame. Surely enough, the grapefruit and its lively citrus touch tries its best to shine through, but it submissively fades in the background.
With the blackcurrant and rhubarb combo still going strong, the heart and base notes take slightly longer to push through. Eventually, a delicate honeyed floral scent appears in a faint manner, but it's not nearly faint enough to be unrecognizable - the iconic rose. Turkish rose, to specify. The Gardenia alongside pushes the floral odor as hard as it can as well, adding a slight creaminess similar to Jasmine. Smooth, but overpowered by the dark fruitiness from the opening, and things start balancing out (the fruitiness being toned down) somewhere around half an hour to an hour after spraying. Not to forget about the sandalwood, listed as a heart note here, apparently. Woodiness in the traditional sense, I hardly get any, but a faint touch of comforting, buttery warmth I do get hidden in the backstage.
Reached the base, the musk becomes the quickest to debut. Still overpowered by the fruitiness, the warm, subtle, clean, slightly powdery typical muskiness, along with the ambergris which is also near-impossible to pinpoint on its own, take their place in the background. The vanilla sweetness becomes properly noticeable somewhere like an hour or two after the initial spray (at least on my skin).
In the context of performance, there's some good news and some not so good news. Longevity, quite good; got a solid 8-9 hours, at that mark an extremely faint, dark fruitiness with vanilla being detectable. But for projection, not impressed. On my skin, the first half an hour to about two hours, I got one foot of projection, one and a half at the very best, but most of the time it felt like it sat closer to the skin. However, it does leave a fairly noticeable scent trail, and it's consistent at it too. So not all that bad, overall - I'd go with about 5 sprays.
Moving on to the occasions best suited for Zenne, I would comfortably wear it in a variety of situations across most of the year (except for summer). Dressed-up events, parties, clubbing, work... maybe even as a daily too, although personally, I prefer 'lighter' scents for daily/leisure wear. Zenne leans too fruity-sweet in a dark way to just wear casually, in my opinion, but in the context of a wedding, this would suit a woman quite nicely. And yes, by that I also mean it might lean slightly more feminine.
But still, I don't love it. Zenne just lacks some development and a stronger base, which is also an issue I found with Tuberóza Extrait de Parfum. The intense, dark fruity sweetness right from the start makes up for about 70-80% of all that I smell for the first few hours, with the rest being a smooth and subtle floral sweetness. And while it doesn't smell bad as a whole, it still sits in the fruity-sweet category that I tend to avoid. It's one of the better interpretations of that combination that I've smelt, and if you particularly enjoy such blends, with a darker twist, then it's worth checking out Zenne.
Overall Rating: 6.6/10
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