More accessible Angels' Share, spicy and sweet amber with hints of cognac
Zara Sand Desert at Sunset, a 2023 release that stuck out to me the most of any fragrance from them in recent memory, perhaps since Tobacco Rich/Warm/Addictive. The consensus seems to be that SDAS is a clone of By Kilian Angles’ Share but I find SDAS to be a bit more accessible. It’s sweet and spicy amber blend with notes of cinnamon and tonka, yielding a bit of the cognac vibe that’s in Angels’ Share, but a little lighter and more easygoing, overall, with decent performance. I think it’s at its best, a dusty sweet yet resinous blend, at its opening, as it curiously becomes a bit sharper and less sweet in the dry down, but the dry down is still nice, also.
At $35.90 US for 100ml EDP, it’s difficult for me to argue that its value is anything but quite high. More recently, the bottle style appears to have been change and an Intense version has been released.
