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That's how it has to be.
I really like this fragrance!
It starts with a summery citrus that I can't see in the listed notes. But that doesn't matter. The citrus fades relatively quickly. After that, the fragrance takes on a pleasant softness. A mixture of clean and floral. Very loose and light. Super pleasant, not overpowering. I believe that when someone wears "Gold Oddity | Zara", everyone around them perceives it as pleasant. It's a very subtle fragrance that you don't have to think much about, but it's still very noticeable and doesn't evaporate quickly.

In general, I can't do much with the fragrance notes listed here. The only thing I notice is the leather. It is very pleasant and soft. I don't find this fragrance mineral at all. I also have completely different associations with spicy notes than the scent of this perfume. And whether the word gold really fits here is debatable. But in the end, it's mainly what our noses perceive that counts anyway, not the name of the fragrance.

I bought this fragrance the Christmas season before last because it reminded me of a Christmas room fragrance that was unfortunately sold out, so I thought I wasn't doing anything wrong.
I sprayed it a few times in the apartment and liked it quite a lot at first. However, after a short time it got on my nerves... I thought I would use it again the following Christmas, but I only did that once and then the scent really bothered me.

In the drydown (and it spreads very quickly) it smells rather old-fashioned to me. Very musky.
How this fragrance or its great role model "Hypnotic Poison (Eau de Toilette) | Dior" can be considered the ultimate sexy is a great mystery to me.

But yes - again and again I come to the realization that tastes and fragrance sensibilities are very individual... and this is no exception.

I find it really difficult to categorize this fragrance in terms of taste. Therefore no rating in numbers...

I became aware of it because I was looking for "Angélique Noire | Guerlain" looking fragrances... in other words: green herbaceous vanilla fragrances. Unfortunately, "Lalique Le Parfum (Eau de Parfum) | Lalique" doesn't smell like that to me at all. Fragrance perceptions are very different after all.

I have to say I like "Lalique Le Parfum (Eau de Parfum) | Lalique" somehow but at the same time it is somehow too... Yes, to what? I can't quite put my finger on it. Something about it doesn't suit me...something squeaky. Something that wants to stand out at all costs. This fragrance wants too much.
Vanilla is supposed to be very present here, but is initially overlaid by a heavy, sticky jasmine that lacks lightness. After 6 hours, the vanilla makes a comeback. That somehow takes too long for me. It also tends to become very soapy, which gives it a certain grandparent vibe.
What I like about the fragrance, on the other hand, is the simultaneous softness it brings...like a cream...or just like the soap in my grandparents' bathroom. Softness seems paradoxical when I say it's squeaky, but these are the two components that I perceive simultaneously for a long time.

The oriental category here at Parfumo usually refers to other fragrances, but to me this fragrance smells very much like an opulent Orient.

It was on my wish list for a long time, then on the watch list for a while. Today I was ready to make the decision that I don't need it for my collection. That's how others smell - not me. And that's okay, because it has a completely different effect on others and it smells good on them. I, on the other hand, feel like I'm wearing it the wrong way. We just don't go together.

The longevity is very good. The fragrance really lasts a long time and changes very slowly so that you can enjoy the different fragrance phases for a long time if you like them.

For me, this is unfortunately an incongruous fragrance.
For one thing, the vanilla here is not what you would normally expect from Guerlain.
Somehow it smells different and in combination with the aquatics that this fragrance brings with it, it doesn't fit together for me.
Maybe it's also the eucalyptus that you shouldn't mix with vanilla like this?
In principle, I find vanilla mixed with green notes very good, but something is different here.

Overall, it also somehow smells a bit like sweet artificial mandarin.

It seems to me as if there were several different noses involved who couldn't agree on which direction it should actually go in.

With all the vanilla hype, to which I was addicted lately, I was in Zara in search of the latest Vanilla Collection on the road.
Somewhat frustrated that there was no variant of it that fully appealed to me, I browsed further and discovered more fragrances off the regular perfume shelf.
"Into The Floral - Number 1: True Amore | Zara" blew me away right away.
Quickly looked at Parfumo to see if it should be leaning on a more expensive original and saw that "Delina (Eau de Parfum) | Parfums de Marly" is counted among the similar. And yes, it reminds me of it too, at least the scent seemed familiar. I am not a Delina connoisseur, but have of course already sniffed a few times it, it also always found very good but for the price then not taken, because it is just "only" a floral fragrance and I have already gone wild in the direction.
Maybe this one blew me away even more because I have not been so into a floral for a long time. Vanilla scents are nice and give a comforting feeling, yes. But the effect a good floral has on me... it's very different. You smell it and it's like your eyes are opened. As if you are kissed awake (from the blissful vanilla sleep).

Therefore, I have "Into The Floral - Number 1: True Amore | Zara" then also quickly taken. The fragrance remains on my skin really very long. The next day he is still perceptible. And for the price you do then just not much wrong.