Cuir Zerzura

Blast of rich gorgeous warm powdery Iris + chocolatey suede Leather + synthetic citrus Raspberry + Mandarin Orange oil + a touch of beautiful modern Rose + dark Musk + peppery Cedarwood oil + a small touch of Vanilla Wow! Is this ever different from the others in the line, and phenomenal quality! This is Armani's answer to cloning & 1-uping TF Tuscan Leather! A blast of new car leather (actually more realistic than TF Tuscan Leather!), mixed with a nice dose of warm powdery Iris (and the most incredible real sexy quality of iris I've ever smelt in my entire life!), and a yummy gourmand citrus to brighten up the rich notes of leather and iris, the pyramid is saying it's orange, but tbh im getting more raspberry, almost like car air freshener raspberry that's also found in TF Tuscan Leather. Im not getting really any Violet or Elemi on the opening, if there is some in there it's really faint to my nose, more of a dash of it to mix into the dna to give it it's unique scent. This is actually more smoother blended than Tuscan Leather too! Extremely masculine, dark, yet beautiful because of that shot of gorgeous rich Iris, making it smell expensive & addicting!! There is also a faint floral note of Rose blended with the raspberry and it's so nice! From my exp. woman don't love Tuscan Leather because it is too industrial leather-like strong, over smelling it's harshness becomes nauseating to them. But because this is blended with a few more ingredients and smoother blending, i have to say this dethrones Tuscan Leather now. In the mid, the Iris blends into the leather, and i hardly smell it now, my nose picks up on the powder of the Iris, but the leather over-powers smelling the actual note of iris. Seems like during the mid all the notes tone down and blend into one another. The raspberry jammy-rose note really balances the dark smoky car leather. Surprisingly 3 hours later the end dryoff i was waving my hands and i started to get a bouquet of fragrance of musky floral that was so gorgeous, and unexpecting pushed it slightly more into the direction of a hint of creaminess-floral leather. Hmmm! The magic in this frag is the is the opening & end-dryoff, it's addicting! Then, there is a delicious chocolatey-leather note and it's sooo good mixed with the bouquet of notes! There is also a spicy black pepper note from the Cedarwood oil that hits the nose in the end dryoff. My 1st complaint about this fragrance is the ripoff price $340 CND with tax... My 2nd complaint is that it just sticks to you, hardly any projection for a fragrance, doesn't radiate at all, got to nose-dive to catch a whiff. And that's really odd since the scent itself smells strong when you do go in to smell it. They needed to do something in the lab to push out the scent before finally releasing it. Again, it doesn't project, and you'd have to over-spray like crazy for someone to pick up a scent trail, and who would use that much juice at this insane price? Your bottle would be empty in no time. :/ Warmer days allows this fragrance to breathe & blossom into a beautiful bouquet. Personally i think they were close to making a true masterpiece. If i was the perfumer, i would tone down the leather strength to not over-power this legendary warm iris, and do something to it that projects & radiates it more, then it would be a true masterpiece frag and a huge seller. Im absolutely addicted to smelling the Iris in this fragrance and have to smell the atomizer daily! 4/5 Woofs!

I bought this at a private duty free store in Qatar, and I haven't regretted it at all. I live for the sweet iris note mingling with the leather. The iris mellows out the leather, and manages to make the overall accord somewhat warm and comforting. There's a slight woodiness in the drydown, but iris and leather continue to take center stage. It's not as much of an obvious leather scent as, perhaps, Tom Ford's leather-centric fragrances, but Cuir Zerzura is quite the masterpiece in its own right. Longevity is about 8 hours, which is decent for me. You'll have to reapply occasionally if you'd like the fragrance to continue projecting throughout the course of the day, which can be an issue for some, but I somehow enjoy its subtlety. As for application, I'd say 5-6 sprays works wonders for you. The overall scent profile is unisex, leaning somewhat feminine, but I'm a guy and I wear this with complete confidence, so to me men can easily pull this off as well, as long as they're actually in touch with their masculinity and don't have a fragile ego. I can see seemingly cold businesspeople with soft hearts wearing this fragrance. I find myself wearing this on softer and more lighthearted winter days. In my opinion, if you like Baccarat Rouge 540, you'll also appreciate Cuir Zerzura. I see some very mild similarities to Kalan by Parfums de Marly, but I find Cuir Zerzura much more wearable. This, as well as Vetiver d'Hiver, might be my favorite from the Armani Prive collection.

I tried this blind expecting leather of course. What I got was a massive bomb of beautiful iris. Once you move on from the iris stage it sweetens us and finally reveals a soft leather along with woods. I've tried probably at 20 or more of these Armani Prive scents, and the majority of them are very good. However some have performance problems and this is one of those. I sold Cuir Noir even though I thought the smell was stunning, I could not handle the non existent sillage and projection. I'm not a performance freak and I can deal with poor longevity, but if projection is so low that neither me nor the people around me can smell it, then what's the point of wearing it? Very soft projection on this but longevity was probably 9 hours on skin for Cuir Zerzura. This is only my first impression wearing, so I'll continue to test. No denying this fragrance is beautiful if you like iris. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scent 8/10 Performance 6/10

im surprised that this one smells so refined and subtle. Not overly done and not too shy. Im sure the ingredients are of high quality. The leather is blended well with some floral touch, and some powdery character. I guess that is iris. I like this very much. But for the price, there are many other perfumes that are more engaging and remarkable. Memo Paris has many leather concoction smells you can choose from. This to me smells like Bond No9 NY Oud but milder version. Probably not the best sillage but very wearable anyday anytime. Soothing!

One of those it-smells-perfect-to-me kind of fragrance. Refined, sleek an iris that is neither cold or warm. It is so well done, I wear it alone or I layer it with other weaker iris scents. It's also one of the best iris/leather scent to me, because of how smooth and well blend Cuir zerzura is. I think it could be a good fragrance for people who are not really into iris because it's not as earthy or powdery, and it's long lasting. To me it's a go to when I don't have any specific scent in mind but want to smell good.