Zen Eau de Parfum

Zen Eau de Parfum from Shiseido, released in 2010 for women, is a soft floral with a clean, woody base. Everyone who describes it calls it floral, and a minority add woody, citrus, sweet, musky or amber, so the flowers lead and everything else stays in the background.

The notes come as a single list. Citruses and lime give a light, fresh opening. The heart is a broad bouquet: rose and jasmine for body, tuberose for a creamy richness, freesia and lily of the valley for a dewy, green freshness, mimosa and almond blossom for a soft, powdery, faintly nutty sweetness, and lotus for a watery calm. The base of cedar and Virginia cedar is dry and pencil-like, softened by musk for a skin-like finish and amber for a gentle warmth.

Reports on how it wears are still few. Its character suits daytime across most of the year, for someone who wants a calm, clean floral in a quiet Japanese style rather than a heavy or sweet one.

Zen Eau de Parfum — for women fragrance by Shiseido (released 2010). Notes: Almond Blossom, Amber, Cedar, Citruses, Freesia, Jasmine, Lily-of-the-Valley, Lime, Lotus, Mimosa, Musk, Rose, Tuberose, Virginia Cedar. — Parfica open fragrance database