Persian Saffron, from Ermenegildo Zegna was released in 2017. The perfumer behind this creation is unknown. The notes are Bergamot, Citruses, Saffron, Spicy Notes.
Let me just start by saying.... Wow!!! This fragrance is an absolute wet dream for me, a perfect storm of notes character and power. I will also start by saying that the notes listed here don’t accurately portray what I smell so I’ll tell you what they are shall I? A show stopping saffron note, brutal, raw and unforgiving if you don’t dig saffron, but thankfully it’s one of my favourite notes and frankly as potent and prominent as it is comes off, this is more oriental and amber like. It Does have the rough,earthy, sharpeness obviously but it’s not nearly as saffrony as MFK Oud or even that Aramis saffron one that’s not to say I don’t think this has equal merit to those two excellent fragrances because it does. The saffron is joined by a really, curried spice of cumin/caraway but even more complex than that, it dances to and fro almost animal in nature. The drydown is curious because then it develops an intensely resinous, woody smell with a subdued note of rose reminiscent of an oud/rose perfume. It’s quite stunning, projects massively almost intrusively so when first applied but persian saffron is intriguing, unique, spicy and deep I love it! Do I like it enough to shell out £120? Yeah I think I do!
Let me just start by saying.... Wow!!! This fragrance is an absolute wet dream for me, a perfect storm of notes character and power. I will also start by saying that the notes listed here don’t accurately portray what I smell so I’ll tell you what they are shall I? A show stopping saffron note, brutal, raw and unforgiving if you don’t dig saffron, but thankfully it’s one of my favourite notes and frankly as potent and prominent as it is comes off, this is more oriental and amber like. It Does have the rough,earthy, sharpeness obviously but it’s not nearly as saffrony as MFK Oud or even that Aramis saffron one that’s not to say I don’t think this has equal merit to those two excellent fragrances because it does. The saffron is joined by a really, curried spice of cumin/caraway but even more complex than that, it dances to and fro almost animal in nature. The drydown is curious because then it develops an intensely resinous, woody smell with a subdued note of rose reminiscent of an oud/rose perfume. It’s quite stunning, projects massively almost intrusively so when first applied but persian saffron is intriguing, unique, spicy and deep I love it! Do I like it enough to shell out £120? Yeah I think I do!