10/15/2021
Lilitu
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Green tangerine peel with green leaves
I really wanted to try this fragrance. Now I have bought it for myself. For the price you can risk this.
And now, yes now I am at a loss. Because the fragrance is so very different than expected.
Only recently I have been dealing with the Zara fragrances. And yet I should have learned quickly by now that Zara is not always what the name promises in it. I'm a total sucker for amber. So I jump at anything that says amber on it. It's my own fault, I can only say.
On the homepage of Zara it says that the Eau de Parfum - yes you read correctly Eau de Parfum - should be fresh and musky. Read before can be really helpful. Because of course I have the fresh times again overread.
Actually, the stated fragrance pyramid promises delicious* notes of mandarin, violet and cedar. That all sounds fine to me at first. I like the scent of ripe juicy tangerines on which still hang the green leaves.
But here I get in the top note first of all the full blast lemon - fresh tangy and intense lemon. But I wanted tangerine, I think frustrated. What's wrong with a nice tangerine scent? At best, I can say, with a lot of imagination, that it is perhaps green tangerine peel mixed with extremely-green leaves.
Unfortunately, the lemon/green tangerine peel overpowers all other scents at first. Only slowly do powdery notes come through - let me guess - probably the violet. An interesting mix of fresh and powdery notes and a subtle hint of sweetness establishes itself in the background. In the drydown, even the cedar still shimmers through. Delicately. So once the intense lemon/tangerine cloud gives way, the scent turns into a nice delicate powdery scent. But do not misunderstand, the lemon / tangerine does not disappear, only becomes more discreet.
Conclusion: a fresh, citrusy and quite feminine fragrance for hot summer days. Suitable for young and old. And for me a fragrance that confuses me.
* I use the term "yummy" not only with gourmand perfumes. Delicious for me simply also means "smell wonderful".
And now, yes now I am at a loss. Because the fragrance is so very different than expected.
Only recently I have been dealing with the Zara fragrances. And yet I should have learned quickly by now that Zara is not always what the name promises in it. I'm a total sucker for amber. So I jump at anything that says amber on it. It's my own fault, I can only say.
On the homepage of Zara it says that the Eau de Parfum - yes you read correctly Eau de Parfum - should be fresh and musky. Read before can be really helpful. Because of course I have the fresh times again overread.
Actually, the stated fragrance pyramid promises delicious* notes of mandarin, violet and cedar. That all sounds fine to me at first. I like the scent of ripe juicy tangerines on which still hang the green leaves.
But here I get in the top note first of all the full blast lemon - fresh tangy and intense lemon. But I wanted tangerine, I think frustrated. What's wrong with a nice tangerine scent? At best, I can say, with a lot of imagination, that it is perhaps green tangerine peel mixed with extremely-green leaves.
Unfortunately, the lemon/green tangerine peel overpowers all other scents at first. Only slowly do powdery notes come through - let me guess - probably the violet. An interesting mix of fresh and powdery notes and a subtle hint of sweetness establishes itself in the background. In the drydown, even the cedar still shimmers through. Delicately. So once the intense lemon/tangerine cloud gives way, the scent turns into a nice delicate powdery scent. But do not misunderstand, the lemon / tangerine does not disappear, only becomes more discreet.
Conclusion: a fresh, citrusy and quite feminine fragrance for hot summer days. Suitable for young and old. And for me a fragrance that confuses me.
* I use the term "yummy" not only with gourmand perfumes. Delicious for me simply also means "smell wonderful".
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