Review: Zara Black & Zara Rose Eau de Toilette
It’s nice to be come back blogging again! Phew, I was super
busy lately with campus life and stuffs plus the organizational event that was
hold back there in March? I was in charge as one of the main coordinators and
been doing the preparation since January, so yeah my last post as you can see,
was in January. And the assignments – this semester, is a hell indeed. Most of the subjects are not very important for my study but still they must be taken like ethics, English, etc.
I was that busy
that a girl who once shopped for 1 dozen lipsticks per month simply spent
NOTHING on the bullets in the first quarter of 2015. Unbelievable, indeed. But
it is the truth LOL I have no time scrolling through the Female Daily threads
and look for the reviews for the liquid lipsticks that are so in hype lately.
Therefore, no shopping as I never shop blindly like knowing nothing about the
thing I’m going to buy. Aside of all the reasons above, Han has the most
logical and reasonable reason of why I bought no lipstick lately:
"I was
so drawn, fascinated, yet crazy about fragrances that I wouldn’t care anymore
about lipsticks and it’s no any better."
Maybe he was right, since I will be doing a review of my
recent purchase today.
This a gift set I bought from Zara at the very last minutes
when I was about to pay for only one single tee at the cashier. The cashier man
persuasively offered this set, and kept pushing me and Kak Sekar to have a
sniff and literally have it too. The date I went too with Kak Sekar was about ‘sniffing
perfumes and let’s get lost in Cloud ‘Fumes ’ but never came to our mind that
we would spend another bucks on fragrance, as we just uhm, shopped Thierry
Mugler perfumes in a very good BOGO deal. But since women are still women, and
we were as vulnerable as ever – be it our heart, wallet, and nose – so yeah…we
got one set for each of us at last.
This set consists of Zara Black and Zara Rose, both are in
eau de toilette concentration and each is 1.7 oz. Each retails for IDR 179,900 but in this set
you can get both for only IDR 199,900. What a deal, eh?
They are housed in one box with cheaply made plastic holder (which
I don’t really care about since the box is kinda pretty with the textured
surface). Clearly you can tell that Zara Black and Rose has completely
different character one to another from the box itself as the Black side is
decorated with super pretty gothic, black rose – when it doesn’t even have rose
note) and the pink side is just simple, no decoration, clean pink box.
The flacon is designed quite simple but made of a thick glass, accompanied with secure black plastic cap. The spray works well too even though it's made of plastic as well.
Zara Black belongs in the Oriental category. Here are the
notes as listed in picture above, but let me write it down again:
Top - Orange, cinnamon
Middle - Vanilla
Base - Sempervivum, Musk
Main notes according to me: Vanilla, Orange, Cinnamon, Musk
So I don’t simply know what Sempervivum is, so I google and
it is some kind of…cactus? I don’t really smell something weird from this
fragrance, so I don’t think sempervivum contributes much though – which is
good. I smell the orange at initial spray. It’s very fresh, adding balance to
the kinda too sweet cinnamon background. After half an hour the vanilla starts
to kick in, making the scent warmer and sweeter, but softer at the same time. The musk is definitely
there but very, very soft and really helps to calm down the vanilla note which
in this fragrance has the potent to be a little bit too sweet.
The projection of this fragrance is quite good at the first
30 minutes and then bam, it quickly becomes a nice, sweet musky vanilla skin scent after the first hour. It
lasts on my skin like 2 hours maximum at cold night, less when the weather is
warmer. It lives on clothes longer by 1-2 hours max. I really hate the truth
that Zara Black has poor longevity and weak sillage since I love how it smells
on me – very comforting, sweet, sexy at the same time!
While Zara Black offers you the sexiness, sweetness in one
bottle, Zara Rose is more of a bright, cheerful young woman who pursues her
dream walking down the street leaving a trail of joyful floral scent behind.
Top – Green notes, blackcurrantMiddle – Freesia, Peony, RoseBase – Sandalwood, Musk
Main notes according to me: Rose, Green notes, Freesia, Musk
It opens with green notes and a little bit sourness from
blackcurrant then slowly the rose appears replacing the fruity accord. I can
still smell freesia, but barely sniff any peony. The rose is kinda synthetic
and a little bit cloying if you spray too much, reminds me a slightly
lower-quality version of the rose in Bvlgari Rose Essentiele. This fragrance is
soapy, clean, and fresh. A safe pick for everyday use, very acceptable by
people around you. However, this perfume is very generic and not very special
itself. It doesn’t develop too much , as it stays rose with a little touch of
green behind until it completely fades away. There is the musk, just a little
touch in the background. Zara Rose projects way better than Black, yet it stays
like 1-2 hours more and is more suitable for daytime wear.
Score
Black Rose
Last Words?
Comparisons? Nah, Black and Rose are
completely different fragrance. Rose, as mentioned above, is a good everyday
daytime pick while Black is for movie night or cocktails. If I have to pick
one, maybe I would go with Zara Black. The notes develop from the top to the
base way better and smell less synthetic than Zara Rose. Rose tends to stay
just the same from the beginning until it completely fades away. I don’t mind
bringing Zara Black in my bag and reapply every 2-3 hours. For Rose, I think it’s
just a nice fragrance to add in your collection.
Overall, I love this set. It’s very
versatile because of the likable-ness of each perfume, and the size is not too
big so you can bring it everywhere in your purse or bag. Price and quality
wise, I think both perfumes have quite good quality with such a low price. This
set is limited, so grab yours quickly before your nearest Zara counter runs out
of it. It’s good for everyday fragrance and won’t hurt the wallet much!
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Until next time, girls! Tell me your
thoughts in the comment section below. And oh, I just started a new Instagram
account as my makeup/beauty diary! Please please follow I will definitely
follow back:
XOXO ♥
8 kisses
You made me want it. Damn. Now i regret opening this post. Lol.
ReplyDeletehave my reviews ever disappointed those who spent some minutes to take a look at? ;) *evil wink*
ReplyDeleteSame here!!
ReplyDelete*kabur beneran*
ReplyDeleteUwaaaaaa ini beli di Zara mana, Lin? Murah bangeeeettt, bisa jadi kado eniperseri :p
ReplyDeletelin zara kids juga punya parfum, lucu2 kotaknya! hahaha wanginya aku engga tau soalnya pas aku ke zara yg di central park engga ada testernya hahah. botolnya pun aku engga tau bentuknya -_-
ReplyDeletetp under 200rb juga jadi gatel bikin pengen beliiii
xx
vina
pinapina.net
These both sound like great perfumes to add to my collection but I need to use up some of my perfumes before buying more! Thanks for your review :) xo
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Hi carolinelle! Salam kenal yaa. Hehehe. Aku jg sempet galau t waktu pilih2 paket parfum diZara. Hampir pilih yg ini karena aku suka banget sm baunya, tp yaa krna sizeny cm 50 ml, akhirnya ak mutusin beli yg oriental n fruity deh yg sizenya 100ml each. Hihihi
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