Samba
Mambo Woman
1987

Samba / Mambo Woman by Perfumer's Workshop
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7.2 / 10 25 Ratings
A perfume by Perfumer's Workshop for women, released in 1987. The scent is floral-fruity. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral
Fruity
Sweet
Synthetic
Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
BlackcurrantBlackcurrant Citrus notesCitrus notes GalbanumGalbanum PeachPeach TagetesTagetes
Heart Notes Heart Notes
CloveClove HyacinthHyacinth JasmineJasmine Lily of the valleyLily of the valley MagnoliaMagnolia RoseRose VioletViolet
Base Notes Base Notes
MuskMusk MyrrhMyrrh OakmossOakmoss PatchouliPatchouli SandalwoodSandalwood VioletViolet
Ratings
Scent
7.225 Ratings
Longevity
7.523 Ratings
Sillage
7.021 Ratings
Bottle
6.229 Ratings
Submitted by Schnuffi, last update on 24.12.2023.

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2 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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Pricing
6
Bottle
6
Sillage
9
Longevity
8
Scent
Lauser93

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A difficult fragrance many impressions
With the Samba I was able to collect very many different impressions. It already started with the somewhat elaborate research. What kind of miniature is this? The search took a while, until I then came to the conclusion that it is the Samba. The scent impressions were even partially negative, more about that later. All in all, I come to the conclusion that the fragrance DNA goes clear - even if I'm honestly not so sure whether the part due to the age still smells really authentic. Positively I must emphasize the durability. Although it smells only 4 to 5 hours stronger but close to the skin is also after 16 hours a lovely fruit film to make out. The sillage, however, I would describe as rather weak.

The top note smells at first so funny and repulsive that I wanted to put away the miniature as a "tipped" fragrance. After about 10 to 20 seconds, this shocker is gone. Now it smells very fruity and sweet of peach and black currants. The heart note remains very fruity thanks to cassis and peach. But here I also detect hyacinth, magnolia, violet and iris. Of the base notes indicated in the fragrance pyramid, I honestly do not recognize anything. For me, the smell here remains very sweet, fruity and somehow also very "girly". Honestly, this is for me rather a "teen" fragrance.

Due to the "fruity sweetness" melting into the skin at the end, I then still come to a rather positive verdict. Only I do not know exactly what to do with the miniature. This can leave my home in any case.
6 Comments
DarkDamsel

2 Reviews
DarkDamsel
DarkDamsel
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Blast from the past!
I didn’t know they still made Samba! I used to bathe in this stuff in my 20’s! My girlfriends and I would douse ourselves in it in the car before we’d enter our favorite nightclub, Talk of the Town in Vallejo in the late 80’s. You could smell us coming a mile away. Takes me back to mini skirts, neon tiger print tops, big earrings, and bigger hair. I remember Samba as being very fruity. Makes me want to buy a bottle for old time’s sake. I bet one whiff would bring back some wild & crazy memories!
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