{"product_id":"zimaya-zukhruf-homme-eau-de-parfum-100ml","title":"Zukhruf Homme Eau de Parfum 100ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpice first, and plenty of it. Zimaya Zukhruf Homme Eau de Parfum 100ml opens on cinnamon, nutmeg and black pepper with grapefruit cutting straight through the middle of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is an aggressive start in the best sense. The cinnamon is dry and bark like rather than sugared, nutmeg adds a warm and slightly dusty sweetness behind it, black pepper supplies the crack, and grapefruit stops the whole thing closing in by holding a bitter zest over the top for the first ten minutes or so. The spices stay audible for a good hour, which is longer than most openings manage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe middle is the unusual part. Coffee arrives dark and unsweetened, nearer the bottom of the pot than anything milky, and iris sits beside it, cool and powdery and faintly like damp soil and old paper. Lavender runs between the two, clean and herbal, keeping them apart. Coffee with iris is not a common pairing, and it gives this a grey, slightly austere middle stretch that spiced compositions of this kind rarely attempt at all. It is also what makes the bottle worth the attention of anyone tired of sweet spice and nothing else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe base is warmer and much simpler. Vanilla turns up dry rather than sweet, licorice adds a dark bitter root edge that keeps the sweetness in check, sandalwood brings a creamy smoothness, and amber holds a steady warmth going for hours after the spices have burned off. It is a far easier stretch to wear than the first hour would suggest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased in 2024 and aimed at men. A cold weather bottle, loud enough early on and persistent afterwards, suited to evenings, to winter offices and to anything that calls for being noticed without raising your voice. If coffee and iris together sounds strange on paper, that is the reason to try this rather than the reason to walk past it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zimaya","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54471897088327,"sku":"BTS385754","price":34.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/5049\/1463\/files\/bts385754.webp?v=1785443687","url":"https:\/\/thescentvault.ie\/products\/zimaya-zukhruf-homme-eau-de-parfum-100ml","provider":"The Scent Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}