Top Notes 
Bergamot
Blackcurrant
Red apple
Heart Notes 
Sea breeze
White blossoms
Base Notes 
Ambergris
Cedarwood
Sandalwood10/05/2023
NA12
7 Reviews
NA12
1
Too youthful and synthetic for me
Twillight Mauve (summer edition) by Zara is not a bad fragrance per se, it's just that it's very synthetic and a bit too youthful for me. It's just not "me".
On the opening, a strong alcohol draft, mixed with fresh notes of citrus and apple, and maybe watermelon, but I'm not quite sure. The whole ensemble is very aquatic (the so-called "sea-breeze" note named on this page feels very ambroxan to me). There is a slight floral note in there, but very hard to discern which, maybe peony, I am not sure. As for the dry down, well there is not much dry down. While ambergris, cedarwood and sandalwood are named as base notes, I cannot detect much of any of them - maybe a bit of sandalwood if I squint. It's very linear and disappears quite fast (3 hours maximum). Not much projection either.
Well, it smells a bit cheap. When people say "cheap perfume", this is the kind of thing I have in mind - overly fruity and feminine, slightly synthetic, and strong alcohol smell on the opening. It's the kind of "first fragrance" you buy a 12-15 year old girl so she can feel like an adult. It's youthful, fruity and fresh, but a tad synthetic. And I'm a bit too old for that. Of course, that's just my opinion, and I am sure some older ladies (or gents!) could really like that smell and rock it.
Unfortunately for me and those 50 ml I bought, it's not for me. While I wrote in another review that my first blind buy was Love at First Sight by Une nuit nomade, technically, this is not true. This one, Twillight Mauve from the Zara Summer collection was actually my first blind buy, and also my first blind buying regret. You have to understand that it was at the very start of my journey into the world of fragrances, and buying a 20£ seemed at the time like a better investment for a first bottle than something more expensive.
On the opening, a strong alcohol draft, mixed with fresh notes of citrus and apple, and maybe watermelon, but I'm not quite sure. The whole ensemble is very aquatic (the so-called "sea-breeze" note named on this page feels very ambroxan to me). There is a slight floral note in there, but very hard to discern which, maybe peony, I am not sure. As for the dry down, well there is not much dry down. While ambergris, cedarwood and sandalwood are named as base notes, I cannot detect much of any of them - maybe a bit of sandalwood if I squint. It's very linear and disappears quite fast (3 hours maximum). Not much projection either.
Well, it smells a bit cheap. When people say "cheap perfume", this is the kind of thing I have in mind - overly fruity and feminine, slightly synthetic, and strong alcohol smell on the opening. It's the kind of "first fragrance" you buy a 12-15 year old girl so she can feel like an adult. It's youthful, fruity and fresh, but a tad synthetic. And I'm a bit too old for that. Of course, that's just my opinion, and I am sure some older ladies (or gents!) could really like that smell and rock it.
Unfortunately for me and those 50 ml I bought, it's not for me. While I wrote in another review that my first blind buy was Love at First Sight by Une nuit nomade, technically, this is not true. This one, Twillight Mauve from the Zara Summer collection was actually my first blind buy, and also my first blind buying regret. You have to understand that it was at the very start of my journey into the world of fragrances, and buying a 20£ seemed at the time like a better investment for a first bottle than something more expensive.
