11/13/2018
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Go test before it's too late!
Here comes another Zara scent. Hmm... it's a pity that I always forget to try Zara's scents, because they are not available in other shops (I think...). So sometimes exactly what happened to some of you here happens: You might get a sample in your hands (or find a scent interesting), test it, then find the scent right, really good and then realize that the scent is no longer available. And if you even have too much bad luck, then you won't even find the scent here in the Souk!
But that shouldn't happen with this comment or this fragrance here for the time being, because this fragrance is quite new, after all it has only appeared this year. It looks different, of course, if we should just have the year 2020 or so, while you, dear reader, are reading this comment here :DD
Then I can't promise whether the fragrance will still be on the market, but I don't suppose so... And if it's actually the year 2020, then you can sigh here, because this fragrance has become really good! :D
All right, enough talking, let's get going. Pineberry, by the way, is a white strawberry with red nuts. From the taste it should taste like a pineapple and from the smell it should smell like Aventus. Mu ha ha ha, okay, the smell isn't quite right, hey hey :D
Anyway, these fruits are also called pineapple strawberries and look very interesting. But now back to the scent!
There seems to be a powdery note in the background, but you can only smell it if you sniff it close enough, otherwise the fragrance in the top note and its fragrance cloud is refreshingly fresh.
The nuts actually turn out to be hazelnuts over time. These nutty notes are slightly greenish and a little woody, smell good and sometimes different, because you can't smell hazelnut very often (the last time I really noticed this note was in the fragrance English Oak & Hazelnut by Jo Malone).
The sour fresh citrus note is still present later, so the fragrance is fresh as mentioned or stays that way for a while, which I think is great. Of course the intensity of the citric notes is not as strong as at the beginning, but that doesn't matter, because they simply smell good and you can still perceive the scent.
The fragrance then gradually becomes warmer as the vanilla begins to take effect (or becomes stronger), so that the sweet and powdery notes can be perceived better.
Much later the fragrance is even sweeter. The citric notes fade slowly and one smells more of the powdery-sweet vanilla, whose scent reminds a little of tonka beans. The sweet smell now also smells a little synthetically sweet, but that's not bad, because despite the synthetics it doesn't look "cheap" like some other fragrances. One could compare this synthetic with the Gaultier fragrances and similar perfumes a little bit. This means that you could have done without it, but it is not disturbing now either.
It stays that way and ends up vanilla-sweet. All in all a beautiful fragrance.
The shelf life is okay, five to six hours one smells the smell quite well, then it becomes weaker, is however still present some hours because of the vanilla.
So, I think this Zara knows how to please, too, with its beautiful scent, which initially has a refreshing citric effect and later becomes a little warm-sweeter (but of course remains a summer scent, but can still be used in autumn). It is light and loose and is one of those fragrances that simply create a good mood and could therefore be sprayed endlessly onto the skin. After all, the sillage of most summer scents is rather weak anyway, so that you could hardly overdose yourself with these scents (but I don't guarantee anything, if someone should get the idea to bathe in a scent, which wouldn't be recommendable anyway, since perfumes could lead to irritations at certain body parts, just as a hint, with you freaks you never know what you do with scents :DD). On the other hand... the very late base smells as I said almost autumnal again, because of the vanilla, which is not soo weak when it smells closer, hmmm :D
Still, for me it's the best summer. It can be used at any time, as a daily fragrance as well as for going out, whereby when going out the fragrance should possibly be dragged along in a small sample sprayer, since the Sillage is not the best, so that one can renew it quickly with a small sample if necessary.
It is definitely worth testing for me, because it belongs to the (in my opinion) quite successful Zara scents, as long as you like citric scents and have nothing against a little (not disturbing) synthetic. In any case, I would recommend you not to wait until 2020 as mentioned at the beginning, I bet the scent will no longer exist! :D
But that shouldn't happen with this comment or this fragrance here for the time being, because this fragrance is quite new, after all it has only appeared this year. It looks different, of course, if we should just have the year 2020 or so, while you, dear reader, are reading this comment here :DD
Then I can't promise whether the fragrance will still be on the market, but I don't suppose so... And if it's actually the year 2020, then you can sigh here, because this fragrance has become really good! :D
All right, enough talking, let's get going. Pineberry, by the way, is a white strawberry with red nuts. From the taste it should taste like a pineapple and from the smell it should smell like Aventus. Mu ha ha ha, okay, the smell isn't quite right, hey hey :D
Anyway, these fruits are also called pineapple strawberries and look very interesting. But now back to the scent!
The fragrance:
The fragrance begins quite tangy and citrusy with lemons, light nuts and sweetish notes that are still indeterminable. I don't smell pineapple by the way :D There seems to be a powdery note in the background, but you can only smell it if you sniff it close enough, otherwise the fragrance in the top note and its fragrance cloud is refreshingly fresh.
The nuts actually turn out to be hazelnuts over time. These nutty notes are slightly greenish and a little woody, smell good and sometimes different, because you can't smell hazelnut very often (the last time I really noticed this note was in the fragrance English Oak & Hazelnut by Jo Malone).
The sour fresh citrus note is still present later, so the fragrance is fresh as mentioned or stays that way for a while, which I think is great. Of course the intensity of the citric notes is not as strong as at the beginning, but that doesn't matter, because they simply smell good and you can still perceive the scent.
The fragrance then gradually becomes warmer as the vanilla begins to take effect (or becomes stronger), so that the sweet and powdery notes can be perceived better.
Much later the fragrance is even sweeter. The citric notes fade slowly and one smells more of the powdery-sweet vanilla, whose scent reminds a little of tonka beans. The sweet smell now also smells a little synthetically sweet, but that's not bad, because despite the synthetics it doesn't look "cheap" like some other fragrances. One could compare this synthetic with the Gaultier fragrances and similar perfumes a little bit. This means that you could have done without it, but it is not disturbing now either.
It stays that way and ends up vanilla-sweet. All in all a beautiful fragrance.
The Sillage and the shelf life:
The Sillage may seem quite lively and strong in the beginning, but that's just the lemon, which flashes up quickly and loses its power after only a few minutes. In general, the Sillage is at the level of most fresh summer fragrances, i.e. not so strong, but at least not immediately close to the body. The shelf life is okay, five to six hours one smells the smell quite well, then it becomes weaker, is however still present some hours because of the vanilla.
The bottle:
The bottle is white, cylindrical and "painted" with a pastel pink colour, which looks very nice. Since I didn't have the bottle in my hand, I don't know if the bottle is made of plastic or not, because it looks like this on the pictures. It's a bit simple, and basically no beauty, but the white and pink color make the bottle look clean and nice. So, I think this Zara knows how to please, too, with its beautiful scent, which initially has a refreshing citric effect and later becomes a little warm-sweeter (but of course remains a summer scent, but can still be used in autumn). It is light and loose and is one of those fragrances that simply create a good mood and could therefore be sprayed endlessly onto the skin. After all, the sillage of most summer scents is rather weak anyway, so that you could hardly overdose yourself with these scents (but I don't guarantee anything, if someone should get the idea to bathe in a scent, which wouldn't be recommendable anyway, since perfumes could lead to irritations at certain body parts, just as a hint, with you freaks you never know what you do with scents :DD). On the other hand... the very late base smells as I said almost autumnal again, because of the vanilla, which is not soo weak when it smells closer, hmmm :D
Still, for me it's the best summer. It can be used at any time, as a daily fragrance as well as for going out, whereby when going out the fragrance should possibly be dragged along in a small sample sprayer, since the Sillage is not the best, so that one can renew it quickly with a small sample if necessary.
It is definitely worth testing for me, because it belongs to the (in my opinion) quite successful Zara scents, as long as you like citric scents and have nothing against a little (not disturbing) synthetic. In any case, I would recommend you not to wait until 2020 as mentioned at the beginning, I bet the scent will no longer exist! :D
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