Zen Shiseido / 資生堂 2007 Eau de Parfum

Z: Zen starts in the prelude with me very citrusy with the pineapple in the top note, tickles a bit in the nose and acts with me rather like a foreign body on the skin. He does not merge with the wearer and seems to me at the beginning rather like a cheap fragrance. But that is still to change.

E: After about half an hour, it then turns into a much more noble fragrance, which could be the Wish Child of Chancel Chance Eau Tendre and Chanel Chance Eau Fraiche. He now acts on my skin significantly higher quality than still at the beginning, with me, however, not yet 100% round.
Since Chanel Chance Eau Tendre was my signature fragrance in my early 20s, I have, however, something to it "sickened".

N: In the drydown, it then develops into a level all-rounder, which you can use for all situations in life. He has few rough edges for me, but is nothing special for me. It doesn't knock me off my feet: for better or worse. The woody notes do not come out strongly with me, he remains until the end rather fresh and elegant on my skin.

Conclusion: as a Cheapie with a very good price-performance ratio and as a fragrance twin to Chanel Chance, it is absolutely suitable. I can also understand it well if you wear it as a signature.
However, it makes more sense to me, on all fragrances that you rate with a 1-2 (to speak in school grades), despite super price-performance ratio rather to do without. Because with appropriate selection, you wear but only the fragrances that have for you personally a 1 with *. In this category he does not make it for me.