Zino Davidoff
Zino opens with a crisp, herbal brightness—lavender and sage meet bergamot in a manner typical of eighties masculines, yet the effect feels less austere than many contemporaries.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 8 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Sandalwood80
- Vanilla70
- Lavender70
- Bergamot60
- Jasmine50
By the editors · 2 min readZino opens with a crisp, herbal brightness—lavender and sage meet bergamot in a manner typical of eighties masculines, yet the effect feels less austere than many contemporaries. There's an immediate soapiness, clean but not sharp, that gives way quickly to something softer and more ambiguous.
The heart brings an unexpected sweetness. Jasmine and rose blend into the composition without announcing themselves loudly, creating a floral cushion that tempers the aromatic opening. This isn't the leathery or spicy direction of most men's fragrances from the period; it veers closer to a powdered, almost old-fashioned gentility.
The drydown settles into sandalwood and vanilla with a whisper of patchouli—smooth, rounded, faintly sweet. Cedar adds structure without dominance. The overall impression is of a polite, well-groomed fragrance that belongs to an earlier era of masculine perfumery, before aquatics or aggressive woods became the default. It suits those who find comfort in restraint.
