Zukhruf Black

Review after 3 months. I picked up this fragrance because of the bottle and the dupe factor. Altough I never smelled DSE so basically blind buy. First month or 2 the sillage of ZB was really poor. After two months the sillage and character of this fragrance stabilized. From sweet lime licorice, borderline cola type of scent to more mature spicy lavender with cinnamon. Longevity now is really great after maceration. I wear it on jacket while outside and if you apply 5-7 sprays to each sleeve, you can get up to 3-4 days of performance, after that you can reapply as you like. It lasts great on hoodies and sweathirts as well. Skin wise its for a whole day. Sillage however is arms lenght and rarely hovers after you in the air for a while. I think its great for every season and occasion if you like to wear it. That being said, this fragrance is great on its own. It's sweet, fresh and spicy. Crowd pleaser and worth blind buy. Sillage - 7.5/10 Longevity - 9/10 Scent - 9.5/10

Such a nice scent, with very strong licorice, grapefruit, lavender and wood notes. If you like Sauvage Elixir you will definitely find a lot similarities with this, this is one of the few affordable ME clones that have depth and 0 harshness although i find the scent very very linear(good thing for me) performance went from 3 hours to 7 hours after maturing and projects decently, lingers on clothes for more than a day Edit: the performance did not improve, gone in 3 hours, but this does not smell harsh, I am keeping this one

I chose this one because of the notes purely and it’s really good! 😍 I was looking for fragrances with licorice in them because I love this note, and it had also lavender and spices so I was sure I was going to love it! I’m a girl (I never tried Dior Elixir) but saw in the reviews that they are similar but I don’t care actually lol I do enjoy some unissex fragrances (specially with notes of lavender, leather, spices, oud...). The presentation of this one is really beautiful as well 💜

Zukhruf Black by Zimaya is absolutely outstanding — easily one of the best-smelling fragrances I’ve come across so far. I’ll be honest, my collection isn’t huge, but my girlfriend spent a full year dragging me through perfumeries, so my nose has definitely been trained whether I wanted it or not. This fragrance is perfect for anyone who loves licorice, spice, power and woody notes. For the price, it’s an exceptional buy and highly recommended.

Disclaimer: I dislake Elixirs generally, the only one I like is Sauvage (also enjoyed Asad but with time it got overpowering). Zukhruf on the other hand does Elixir well, is much more smoother, less loud and "stingy". To me it is a more elegant variation on the original. Having a decant of Sauvage I think it is obviously more potent but on the other hand much harder to wear as a daily. Zukhruf I find quite easy to wear.