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Red Vanilla 2015

6.7 / 10 64 Ratings
A perfume by Zara for women, released in 2015. The scent is sweet-fruity. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Sweet
Fruity
Synthetic
Gourmand
Floral

Fragrance Notes

VanillaVanilla BlackcurrantBlackcurrant PralinéPraliné IrisIris PearPear Tonka beanTonka bean PatchouliPatchouli
Ratings
Scent
6.764 Ratings
Longevity
6.259 Ratings
Sillage
6.058 Ratings
Bottle
6.759 Ratings
Value for money
7.939 Ratings
Submitted by Michael, last update on 09/04/2024.

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Raz16

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can improve a lot
it smells very distinct, but a note of pear and tonka bean.
Purchased it once without much thought, but won't recommend it.

with less silage and poor lasting, it needs improvisation to all extent.
the fragrance itself feels like a body spray rather than a perfume.

a bottle that will last forever on your shelf without much use.
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Radarlocke01

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Radarlocke01
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I simply love vanilla scents. When I discover vanilla in the fragrance notes, I have to test it or often take the plunge with blind buys for affordable fragrances. Luckily, I've had very few missteps so far : ).

So, Red Vanilla by ZARA was also a blind buy. The fragrance notes, the name Red Vanilla, it just has to be a scent for me!

And it is! I love this scent! Mostly, anyway, but I'll get to that later. Right after spraying it, I'm surrounded by a beautiful warm vanilla cloud. It does dissipate quickly (at first) to make room for the fruits, but it comes back just as beautifully later in the fragrance development. The fruits smell delicious! Sweet pears and slightly tart blackcurrant. Simply very beautifully fruity. After about half an hour, this gorgeous warm vanilla note returns, so delectable you could bite into it! This is how the scent remains for a while. In the further development, a very tasty praline note joins in. Patchouli and tonka bean stay very subtle in the background. The scent smells almost always delicious when I wear it.

Now I come to a point that I can't really explain! I've also experienced twice the phenomenon that the scent smelled like a damp, musty cellar shortly after spraying it, and the fruits were moldy! Unfortunately, that stayed the same the whole time. I then looked at what others had written about the scent and had to laugh out loud. Several people here have described the cellar smell! Why it only showed up for me two months after regular use, I don't know. Even now, I'm wearing the scent, and today I smell the delicious fragrance, not the cellar.

The rating of the scent would definitely have been higher if I hadn't made the acquaintance with the musty cellar. I still like it very much and will continue to wear the fragrance. Always hoping it won't be a "cellar day" ; )
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17 short views on the fragrance
Sweet (but not too much) and gourmand, it's a winter scent a little evanescent, but perfect for every day use
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7 years ago
5
Unfortunately, I can't smell any vanilla in it...
For me, it's a berry scent!
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4
Sweet, synthetic, fruity - that describes it pretty well.
Reminds me a bit of La Vie est Belle but diluted and weak.
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4
Base: moldy, dusty, not very sweet.
Top: zesty, citrusy.
It was a big disappointment, the bottle and name promised so much :(((
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4
Sorry, but it smells like a flooded basement with a hint of fruity sweetness. Unfortunately, not as great as the other Zara scents.
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Starts as a squeaky sweet fruit juice with a hint of musty cellar. Vanilla is almost drowned by the juice and caramel sauce. Finish is tonka-almondy.
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8 years ago
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Unfortunately, I don't recognize much there. Indefinable fruit. Absolutely no vanilla. Strange nerve note. Not for me!
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3
At first 95% La Vie est Belle, after 5 minutes a massive patchouli overload. It becomes milder in the dry down. Fades away quite quickly.
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3
Fruity-sweet scent that starts off a bit sharp but becomes increasingly pleasant and sweeter. Well done.
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3
More sweet berries than red vanilla. A fruity but quite sweet scent. Very similar to Lancome's - La Vie est Belle.
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