Zenne

“ZENNE is a tribute to beauty, self-confidence, and flirtation.” Female leaning “Inspired by the female character in the traditional shadow puppetry, ZENNE will teleport you to the enigmas of the paradise gardens full of joy and romance with a deliberate mix of the fruity and floral accords along with vanilla, ambergris and musk at the base.” This interesting and delicious scent opens up with fruity notes of Grapefruit, Rhubarb and Black Currant and that mix luckily remains longer than top notes usually do. That is because Nishane uses synthetic molecules which make the notes not only last longer but make a sillage more potent as well. The floral heart of Turkish Rose and Gardenia joins and mingles with the fruits but in overall the blend continues being mouthwatering and juicy yet elegant and sensual. Sandalwood makes the blend soft, a little bit milky (not creamy)and even if it’s rich there is even aromatic nuances in the blend. The base of Vanilla, Ambergris and Musk brings a warm and slightly powdery very pleasant touch without being too sweet. This is so alluring and voluptuous perfume with enormous projection and longevity. I feel youthful, lively and inviting while wearing this. This is really mellow and potent juice. Zenne is suitable to wear year around because of how it has been built, there is a depth and warm enough for colder days even if it’s floral fruity. I think that this is quite underrated and it has stayed literally in the shadow of another scent from the Shadow Play Collection, very popular Hacivat. Thank you for reading, I hope my review was helpful. I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG and/or YouTube (English subtitles): @ninamariahperfumes It gives me a lot of motivation to write more. 🤗

-->Complex,sweet,floral,musky-incensy,powdery(yet sharp)<--- If you know anything about Nishane, they aren't exactly a perfume line of the subtle or quiet...and Zenne definitely lives up to it 🥰. Zenne--- IMPO,She's that bold,vocal, daring older sister or aunt...in short...she's that mature, strong independent woman. I inferred to the female gender only because this is quite sweet,floral and powdery. These notes are pronounced,and likely, not for most guys who seek for something more masculine leaning(i.e. strong leather/tobacco). I said, "Mature"--- because this definitely is not a juvenile scent. Not a simple sugar and candy singular notes (ie. Pink Sugar). Don't get me wrong...this perfume is SWEET. Some have been commenting smelling "cat pee". I do not at all!! Another reason,why perfume is so subjective to the wearer. Anyhow, spray sparingly..2 is more than enough IMPO, another beautiful hit from the house of Nishane !

My husband gifted this to me this morning for the Valentine's Day and I'm once again so amazed at how wonderfully these people put so much research, thought and care for their creations. The box is a treasure as well as the perfume. The card inside the box represents the perfume with a beautiful illustration..After 10 minutes of spray, I am taken back to childhood memories in Istanbul of hard red candies my mom used to buy for us at the local candy store in my old neighborhood. It was my favorite trip to that store. I was so little I could hardly see him leaning over asking us (three sisters) which candies I wanted in my bag and the red one that this perfume reminds me of was always one of the choices. The cinnamon and spice, the rhubarb and the intoxicating Turkish rose that I adore. Thank you Nishane, for bringing back those precious memories. You are a dream come true for any serious perfume lover and collector!

I love Zenne. The opening is as sweet as cotton candy with rhubarb sourness. After a while the cotton candy is replaced by roses accompanied by patchouli. Patchouli? It may be sandalwood. There is no patchouli in the notes, but I feel it is patchouli. And this middle note reminds me of Frédéric Malle's Portrait of a Lady. But Portrait of a Lady is a more accomplished woman. Elegance with perfect sophistication and a loneliness that can't go any further. Zenne is younger. She's still raw and uninhibited, with great ambition and charm. The last note is a sweet and bewitching thin layer of musk and ambergris. It lasts like a thin veil of musk. I sprayed this in the morning and noticed this musk veil lasted until evening when I showered. I didn't get the impression that Zenne was sweet or fruity. She definitely has her sweetness and fruitiness, but what struck me was the unsweetened Turkish rose, sandalwood and musk.

As interested as I was in trying this, part of me thought: how different/unique can a fruity vanilla floral fragrance be? Seems like everyone is making them these days. How wrong I was! This is indeed a fruity vanilla, but with not a lot of florals, and this is a fresher take, both figuratively and literally. It is quite green, almost herbal, in the opening and then the fruit and vanilla notes come out more, but it still remains fairly green. There is rhubarb and grapefruit, making it slightly tart, but rhubarb is not used the same way here as it is in Delina. Overall, this is a very sophisticated fruity vanilla fragrance that smells like nothing else I have tried.

I'm into my 3rd bottle, I wish there was a 100ml. This is tart, red fruits rubbed into my skin by mighty hands. Long red strokes along my back. Rhubarb and grapefruit accentuate the edginess of this uncompromising ensemble. Thank god for the vanilla that gives some body and comfort to this raw jam. I love it. Took me some time to get it. At times it seems cheap almost trashy. It's like waking up after a loud party. You look at yourself in the mirror, your hair is a mess, and the eyeliner is half missing, but there is something beautiful about the look in your eyes and your lips are plump.

Not too aromatic, citrus or green really, don’t run from this if you see those accords and think it’s not for you (as I almost did!). It’s just slightly fresh and slightly salty. On me it leans feminine. A fresh and fruity floral, and so well blended. No screaming Rose, no sour shouting tart rhubarb. Dries into a lovely candied fruity scent, dry softly spiced, just soooo delicious. Really a happy blind buy. Wish I’d got the 100ml! I’d be happy if someone bought me this, I’m not sure if anything could offend, iso a safe blind buy.

I have many Nishane fragrances and this is probably my favorite. Very underrated. You definitely get some tang from the rhubarb and florals then something that comes off almost slightly spicy or green in the background. It's very unique and not like anything I've smelled before. I saw some comments comparing to La Belle which it smells absolutely NOTHING like. It's only moderately sweet, whereas La Belle is very sweet (imo.) I think this would be best in Spring, maybe Fall.

My first honestly earned money as a child was received precisely for picking blackcurrant berries at grandma garden. Currant is absolutely definitely not my favorite berry, but as a scent it is very warming and brings back pleasant memories. I also have One umbrella for two, which are very similar to Zenne, they both about currant pie. But my hand much more often reaches for Zenne, because the green accord of rhubarb adds a jewelry balance to the composition.

Zenne has that Nishane vanilla that I find so alluring. I wish it was toned down a bit here but this is marketed as a primarily femme fragrance. There's a nice mixed berry tangy note that helps to offset the sweetness. In the drydown I get primarily a vanilla and indistinct green note like freshly trimmed hedges. That may not sound pleasant but it is. Vanilla is still too dominant and if it was more restrained it would skew more unisex.

I can not understand why this is not more hyped. Zenne is beautiful! Fruity vanilla and sweet but not in any way juvenile. This scent is seductive, sexy and cozy. While still being fresh. On me it lasts 10h with ease during winter in Sweden, I'm yet to try it in warmer weather. Lasts better than hundred silent ways and I like the dry down better on Zenne. This is by far my favorite female from nishane. 100% worth a try!

I like Zenne because it smells just like a type of incense I often burn. I bought this over the summer and loved it, but it faded quickly in the heat. Now that the weather is cooling, Zenne has been performing beautifully on my skin. The juicy top notes really get their time to shine rather than disappearing into the summer air. This is going to be my fall signature. Also, layer this with Ani and talk to me later...

Fruity (tart) and light floral (can’t detect individual floral notes even the rose) sandalwood and strong vanilla. Projects amazingly well. Smells delicious. Suitable for all occasions, blind buy safe if you like a strong sweet fragrance. PS The tart sour (blackcurrant or grapefruit?) edge wears off completely after an hour and it becomes smoother, woodier and creamier.

Love it. It is fruity, but not sticky, sweet, but also fresh. So intriguing! Very alive. On my skin, black currant dominates, which I like. Normally, fruit scents are too sweet for me and always find them somehow cheap. But this one is not cheap. It is very well blended and it is definitely something special. I think it could be a good signature scent.

Someone below me described this perfectly. "A cold whipped wateriness, creating a really icy vibe" That's exactly how I perceive it after top notes die off. It smells watery but also aerated in a way, almost like whipped cream. Performance is stellar due to high concentration like all Nishane scents. Scent 8/10 Performance 8/10

If you want one niche happy fruity perfume go for this. It is very balanced with tartness of rhubarb and sweetness of vanilla. Upfront and In between the happiness of red fruits and the quality dry down of musk and sandalwood. Fruity and classy, not teenage vibes. Office safe, a bit cheeky, good blind buy. Recommended 4/5

An unexpected like for me. I get a fruity watery scent from this that lasts forever. I wore this on a cold night, and the cold whipped the wateriness around, creating a really icy vibe. I think it would be phenomenally refreshing for summer. It’s one of those rare scents that creates an experience for me. I love those.

You’d think that from all the beautiful notes that this perfume would smell amazing but no, it’s just nice, smells like so many other fruity florals I have . It’s a shame, it could have been a great one, but perfumer choose to take the boring safe route .

This is really beautiful,joyful and lively... a harmonious joy. In the drydown it is musky and soft, very evocative! I love this perfume. Sillage and longevity are enormous. Very beautifull! Sillage: 10./10 Longevity: 10./10 Scent: 9./10 Overall: 9./10

That’s a very sweet floral scent with a touch of zesty and fruity freshness. I can feel loooooots of creamy (and somewhat intoxicating) gardenia. Reminds me of a fresher and juicier version of Baciami Bulgari. My ig: scent.guidue

When I smelled it... I was like , this is more female frag. So I bought 2 for my girlfriend and I told her to wear it every day ... OR ELSE !!!!!! It’s so addictive so good

Blind Buy and totally satisfied, not sure if it’s the Rhubarb or Black Currant but there’s a tartness combined with musk that’s just awesome!

I am fall in looove to this fragrance in first sniff! I wear Zenne only for a special occasion , this perfume well blend for ladies 30 +🔥🔥🔥

Very nice and refreshing scent with great longevity. Just used up a 5 mil sample and cannot wait to own a bottle.

Zenne is a perfume for summer nights.

Not citrusy. Definitely not aromatic. And certainly not green. The best direct comparable in terms of profile, to me at least, is Xerjoff's Erba Pura which is a fruity scent with a musk base. This is a fruity scent with a moderately sweet base. I don't get rose, I don't get powderiness, but it certainly can be musky and alluring with the right skin chemistry. Huge sillage on the opening, but it appears to be volatile, going from that solid opening to a skin scent very quickly. I like it as a whole, value isn't good at 50ml for 225€ and given it shares collection with Hacivat, this should not be available only in 50ml. I'd recommend this as a spring/summer daily (if you are more conservative wearing fragrance) or as a spring/summer intimate scent (think cuddle on the couch) for either gender. Update 03/18/22: Tried the scent to the gym and my opinions haven't changed much. I got more muskiness from the scent with a higher body temp, the scent would radiate max within arms length, but not more than that. I still like the comparison to Erba Pura and would say this is a better Erba Pura as a whole.

Agreed with "eemukas" below me. Too sweet and strong to wear in the spring and summer, especially after our long Canadian winters where we get excited for temperatures above zero. We crave lighter clothes and lighter fragrances, and bottom line - more light as well. I swear I smell pineapple. I also smell cassis and something tart - I guess rhubarb. I would like this fragrance more if it could exterminate the annoying sandalwood as well as diminish the vanilla by 75%. I feel like those two notes really bring the fragrance down. Edit: the dry down after a few hours is more pleasant. I actually quite enjoy this fragrance now. The pineapple has disappeared on the drydown. I also feel like the annoying sandalwood has almost left and the vanilla is now much more elegant.

On my skin, Zenne by Nishane is not similar to Delina at all. It has certain notes that remind me of many, many other perfumes, yet it still feels about 30% unique in its own way. There’s something about it that creates both a clean and feminine, soft aura around you. It feels polished and put-together without being too much. I find it very versatile—perfectly suitable for the office, but also elegant enough for a date night. What I really love is the balance between that feminine and clean feeling. It’s simple, easy to wear, and works effortlessly in a work environment without ever feeling overwhelming.

An interesting floral gourmand scent unlike any other in the market. The perfume opens with gourmandish notes of grapefruit, black currant and rhubarb. The floral heart is rose and gardenia. The perfume settles on a powdery base of vanilla, sandalwood, synthetic musk and ambergris. Nishane amps this mix up with synthetic molecules to create a perfume that lasts a very long time and projects very strongly . Unisex slight feminine leaning perfume that is pleasing but not overly sweet. But not particularly spectacular either. Enjoy!

A perfume that evokes cheerfulness and liveliness, the opening can be too sweet for some (almost bubble gummy), but the drydown is pleasant with a hint of sweet sour grapefruit underneath. The ingredients feel natural and authentic, and Nishane rarely do synthetic. Closer to skin, you can detect the rosiness that is round and not stinging to your nostrils. The floral aftermath makes it overwhelmingly feminine, which won't sit well for those who are looking for a manly aura. I wear this to sleep and it does calm me down.

Very fruity and tart to open, I agree with whoever said almost a mango-ish like poets of Berlin. The vanilla comes in and helps. It definitely has an almost salty/savory twang which is quite different from all that I have smelled. I tried it on my wrist for a while and loved it and bought it. Today is the first day I’m spraying on my clothes (2 sprays) and I’m not sure I would have bought it had I tried it this way to begin with, I feel like I’m getting sick of it. I’ll keep trying though since I own it now...

I was obsessed with this perfume. I wore it basically everyday. It’s a sweet, tart, fruity, green, vanilla scent. This is a fragrance you wear when you want to make a statement. I stopped wearing it after a family member told me it smelt like pee :/.... But, I was going through all of my decants and came across this. After MONTHS of not wearing this I decided to wear it to bed and fell in love all over again. It doesn’t smell like pee to me so that’s all that matters lol.

I can only smell this for 5 min after applying and then i am anosmic to it mostly. What i do smell, i really like it! It is very different and unique. I am going to keep trying it in different temps and maybe i will smell it more sometime soon. Update: im wearing this again today. I can smell it more this time, i do get a tartness and floral. It definitely isnt sweet. I think i oversprayed before and made myself anosmic. I like this but i like hacivat and ani better.

In the opening it’s a blast of fresh fruits. Then once it begins to dry down the fruitiness goes to the background, and the green notes, vanilla, and rose really come to the front. It also turns a bit creamy. I can see why some people may get an incense vibe in the dry down but it’s not overpowering. This is so good. Can’t wait to get a FB.

Altogether a different kind of freshness with mangoish tint and some confectionery type sweetness. It may compel to imagine about more love with art than sex. However it is type of art and creation which is loud and bold in a good way. Not for everyone but for those who dare to challenge the traditions...for me it is 7.5/10...

Smells entirely too powdery on me. It's sweet and I want to smell the fruit, but sweet baby powder is all I smell. My boyfriend, and son agree that it smells like soap. Not a bad fragrance, but it certainly doesn't smell the same on everyone. Not a safe blind buy if you expect to smell fruity.

Just received by bottle from Dubai , it has a CANDY TOUCH to it . did not like the opening but dry down is amazing with beautiful vanilla note . This is pure unisex but leaning towards feminine side but am ok with it... But be easy on sprays though .. 2 sprays are enough for the day .

Rhubarb certainly stands out. Lasts for hours. Certainly feminine and fruity. Way too much so for my liking. Even on someone else. The drydown is tolerable but not something I would want to endure. I am sure it is great for those that like this profile type. It seems well formulated.

I'm a costume maker who principally works with drag queens so how could I not try "Zenne"? It's gorgeous but oh so sweet, not something I would reach for often. Longevity and silage are great. I wish it had a bit more sass and bite, this Zenne is a little goodie-two-shoes.

This is just okay. I wanted to like it as the notes sound beautiful but it’s very sweet and tart which is not my cup of tea. Overall though, it is composed well and balanced and high quality as expected. For a feminine Nishane, I prefer and love Hundred Silent Ways.

Opens a little sharp but the dry down is lovely. A bright splashy scent, well-balanced with an inviting vanilla on the tail end. Great perfume but nothing particularly memorable here for me. Fwiw my husband said it smelled like soap but "not in a bad way."

I find it a little bit too sweet and too strong to wear in summer. But it is perfect for a cold day. This scent works like a warm scarf. It lasts forever. However I cant wear it every day as its a bit overwhelming.

Smells EXACTLY like La Belle JPG with an added savoury note, really nice but I won’t purchase a full bottles as I already have La belle

Femme, sweet rhubab base. Rose 🌹 overtone. Subtle vanilla mmm. Mature while being youthful. Nice one.

This is very juicy, fruity, tart yet sweet with a creamy & slightly savory base, very lovable!

Fruity-sweet fragrances are a bit of a tougher pill to swallow for me. I guess Hawas 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 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). As a whole, this could easily sit in designer territory. It doesn't really do anything special, nor does it present excellent blending/development. 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. 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. But otherwise, I don't find it worthwhile, especially at the $200-$250 price. Presentation: 9/10 Scent: 6/10 Longevity: 8.5/10 Projection: 5.5/10 Versatility: 7/10 Value for Money: 5/10 Overall: 6.8/10

LOL. I cannot get over the review below of iobaha. Hilarious and i have issues getting this overperfumed prostitute drenched in c*m out if my brain lol. This is indeed kind of a milky sour iteration of animalic salty ambergris sweet milkshake with grapefruit. Seriously speaking, at first i had issues w the strong ambergris and ultra sour rhubarb. It was a harsh citric melange that reminded me of masculine cologne. I even wanted to sell it. Let it be for quite a while and fast forward to some time, i can now appreciate this citrusy gourmand...a creamy vanilla with grapefruit that is beautiful and very unisex. A grapefruit fluffy cheesecake. Something very unique, bold, fresh but yummy too. I do not get a floral vibe from this, but a citrus fruit gourmand. I love thick perfumes like this one. A thick, full bodied fresh creamy citrusy animalic beast. Glad i kept it... I see this as rather casual, even a bit sporty and i wouldn’t describe it as super easy to wear as the rhubarb sourness can be detected more some days, and same w the ambergris... but when these simply complement the vanillic base... it’s really a great summer or spring scent with Nishane’s epic quality and performance.

A truly unique scent. Based on notes alone, I brought it blindly, in hopes that it would smell like Herve Gambs - La Baie Des Anges, which is a truly delicious blend of tart rhubarb and ice-cream vanilla, just with more lasting/sillage power. But I was disappointed, the rhubarb was not as prominent and so was vanilla. It is more green, less sweet, more earthy and animalic. Very nice, unique, close to skin scent, with gresh rhubarb greenness /bitterness, vanilla far in the base and too animalic for me. Lasting power is decent though, despite the sullage being not that powerful. Sad that I did not like it as much as I hoped...although it certainly has some addicting qualities :)

It's a nice scent in general but my goodness, what an overload of vanilla. after this initial assault, the grapefruit and rhubarb begin to come through, making the scent less nauseating, and actually quite pleasant. The scent definitely leans feminine, due to its floral tones. I think it will be great once I layer it with a leather or tobacco scent. Interesting that Karagoz and Hacivat, 2 of my favourites, are part of the same collection. Update: wore this today and I have grown to like it. Lasted all day long, and the vanilla overload no longer seems overwhelming. Rating: 8/10

First tested it on paper and there was one salty-peachy/fruity- note that was overpowering the other notes. So I was like maybe this is not my cup of tea. But then I tried it on my skin and it was completely different. It’s so good, and all of the notes are balanced. On me, it smells like candied fruits flavored with vanilla, and a touch of salt and spices to cut down the sweetness.