Zarina MaizelZarina MaizelSix compositions, each a jewel.
Late morning by the coast — the air still cool, the stones already warm with sun.
Bright and saline: grapefruit and bergamot over a luminous heart of neroli and passionfruit, closing on tiaré and white musk — the warmth of sun on wet stone. A scent for early hours and open windows.
After the fire, the air holds both loss and possibility. Not tragedy — what remains.
Saffron and smoke give way to a smoky-floral heart of osmanthus and violet leaf, with galbanum and incense beneath. It smells like the air after a fire — tender, resinous, quietly alive. Best in the cold months, worn close.
Honey slowly darkened over embers — warm, resinous, with a low animalic hum.
Dark honey and immortelle, warm and almost edible, deepening into labdanum, tonka and sandalwood. A resinous, faintly animalic amber that lingers for hours — slow, golden, enveloping. An evening scent.
A blackcurrant orchard at dusk, its sweetness edged with something older and darker.
Blackcurrant and plum, juicy and dark, threaded with rose; patchouli, oud and vanilla pull it into shadow. Less the orchard than the dream of one at dusk — fruit, resin and the hush of evening.
The last warmth of a dying fire — resin, smoke, and a trace of worn leather.
Saffron and incense catch like a struck match, then fade into cedar, amber and labdanum, with a trace of worn leather. The last warmth of a fire that won’t quite die. Woody, smoky and long-lasting.
A weightless, fast-absorbing oil that leaves skin luminous, supple and calm.
A dry, weightless facial oil that sinks in within seconds and leaves skin luminous, supple and calm. Neroli scents it softly; a considered blend of botanical oils, CO₂ extracts and skin-identical actives does the rest.
The full collection in miniature — five 2 ml travel sprays of eau de parfum in a linen-textured box. The simplest way to find the one that becomes yours.
The moment before memory
Zarina Maizel begins where language ends — in the few seconds before a scene becomes a memory. A coastline still cool at noon. The hush that settles after a fire. The dark sweetness of an orchard at dusk.
Every composition is built from natural materials — flowers, resins, woods and roots, gathered from growers and distillers we trust. We work with the living character of each material rather than against it, so the neroli still smells of the tree, and the oud still remembers the forest.
Nothing is poured by the litre. Fragrances are blended in small batches and layered slowly, one note at a time, then left to marry for weeks before bottling. The aim is not to be loud, but to be precise — a scent that unfolds instead of announcing itself.
Our emblem is a beetle rendered as a cut stone. In many cultures the scarab is a sign of transformation and renewal — the ordinary made luminous. It is a reminder that the most quietly beautiful things in nature are often the smallest, and easy to walk past.
A perfume, here, is not decoration. It is a way to keep the quality of light at a certain hour — to carry a moment with you, long after it has passed.
— Zarina Maizel
Zarina Maizel
This house was not started to fill a gap in the market. It began because one person needed a language that did not yet exist — a way to name the quality of light at a certain hour, the texture of silence after a fire.
Zarina Maizel is an independent parfumeur working between languages and landscapes. Each fragrance starts not with a formula but with a memory — a place, an hour, a feeling — which is then translated, patiently, into scent.
Everything is composed by hand, in small batches, from natural materials. Notes are built one at a time and given time to settle, so that balance is found rather than forced. What reaches the bottle is meant to be worn close to the skin, discovered slowly by the person beside you.
We think of a fragrance less as a statement than as a keepsake — something to return you to a moment you thought had passed. Made to be precise rather than loud, personal rather than performed.
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Because perfume is a personal and hygienic product, all sales are final — we do not accept returns, exchanges or refunds. Please choose carefully, and write to us with any questions before ordering. If your order arrives damaged or incorrect, contact us within 7 days and we will arrange a replacement.
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Zarina Maizel is a brand of Zipple LLC, a company registered in South Dakota, United States. Registered address: 25 1st Ave SW, Ste A, Watertown, SD 57201, USA. For any legal or privacy request, write to zarina.maizel@gmail.com.
How and where we send our fragrances.
We ship across Europe and worldwide. A few remote destinations may be unavailable — write to us if you are unsure.
Orders are prepared within 1–3 business days. Delivery usually takes 2–5 business days within Europe and 5–14 business days elsewhere.
Shipping is calculated at checkout. Orders outside the EU may be subject to customs duties or taxes on arrival, which are the responsibility of the recipient.
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