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BoneCrusheR – :
Quite impressed with this, and my holy grail Tobacco scent is Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille! This is a fraction of the cost of course, of Tom Ford.
Initial blast is, to me, very coconut intense, and naturally with Tobacco. This is a very sweet tobacco. I do not detect any rum at all, but the dry down is vanilla intensive…but not cupcake sweet, 12 year old girl vanilla 😉
Longevity is not great, but not bad. My skin however eats scent (10+, no joke, sprays of Angel edP is gone in 1-2 hours!!!). This Zara I can smell for a few hours, and then it becomes a skin scent..but it is not gone. This lasts much longer when sprayed on your shirt or in your hair.
For the price, this is one helluva good deal!
EVGENYMOBIL1 – :
I smell the vanilla, tobacco, and some coconuttyness, but I don’t detect too much rum. It’s two minutes in.
I bought this cause I was at Zara, loved everything in Zara, but being a frag head I gravitated to the scent section first. I was looking for a vanilla frag, as I only own PE Black Vanilla Absolute, but noticed it wasn’t sweet and more aromatic than gourmand, this is sweeter and what I was looking for.
Dry down is coming in now, it’s been 5 minutes some rum coming in, less of the sweet smelling candle disappearing, don’t know what the gripe is but those candles smell good. Tobacco and sweet scent all the way. Gonna douse myself with this tomorrow.
a.buhalkin – :
This perfume is similar to the 2016 version but it lasts longer and has a better sillage, probably due to a stronger concentration.
It does remember me of Herod, from Parfums de Marly, and Pure Havane from Thierry Mugler. I still have not tested it properly, but so far I like it a lot! It’s not as sweet as the first version but it’s creamier. It also has a smaller burst of alchool in those couple of seconds after spraying.
I do believe the scent pyramid to be a lot more complex than what is shown above.
Z4647 – :
I have tested this fragrance twice in different trips at Zara, it smells like some delicious candles sold at Ikea. Nice smell but not what I want in a perfume. I won’t buy it.
sasha-ganzha – :
I have never smelled the original, which is said to be VERY sweet. This one is most definitely not VERY sweet, but still sweet nonetheless. The tobacco is noticable in this one, which was not the case for the first formulation?
I have read that people see this as a cheaper version of Parfums de Marly Herod and I can see where they are getting this from. This and Herod are in the same genre. However, this is much more feminine in my opinion and in 99/100 cases I would rather go for either Herod or Pure Havane.
This is Herod for women.
Scent: 8/10
Projection: 7/10 (First 2 hours soft projection)
Sillage: 7/10
Longevity: 8/10 (Lingers for 8h+, though very soft)
Versatility 7/10 (Cozy movie nights, cuddling with your SO)
Uniqueness: 8/10
Total: 7.75