Fiesta Carioca

Like last year, Escada went with a different language name, so I went back to google translate. 'Festa Carioca' and 'Fiesta Carioca', both mean the same thing in Portuguese; Rio Party. That said, I'm 99% sure that the former of those two, is the correct spelling..... Name aside though, I found this perfume to be a tropical fantasy. The passionfruit and raspberry are both incredibly noticeable, the violet leaf is like a fresh breeze on the beach. I love Escada fragrances, I've smelled many before and they always stand out from the others on the market. Stunning perfume with a great colour scheme on the bottle!

I really like this. I love the smell of passion fruit and passion flower. Add some musk and raspberry candy, and you have this. This is based on the top notes tho. I haven't really smelled the drydown. This fragrance reminds me of being a teenager, and this is the kind of scent alot of girls wore back then. Happy times.

Not overly tropical, definitely floral and fresh. Maybe slightly herbal with the cedar wood and musk notes. Definitely was one of my favorites as a teen. It's fun, youthful and easy to love. It was actually so good my friends constantly wanted to borrow it. I wish I still had it.

Lovely and fun summer fragrance. Smells like a fun beach vacation bottled up. Lasting power is better than Agua del Sol. Scent is also sweeter and juicier.

Heaven for tropical scent lovers. It smells absolutely delectable, lasts for quite a long time and boy does it get compliments. Huge fan.

The bottle's color matches the scent, its sweet but alittle green to me, I could tell theres something leafy in here. Its a fruit fest in your face like most by Escada, but if Im in the mood I can stomach it. I cant love it as much as Born in Paradise tho. I only have two others by Escada, this is less sour/sweet than Taj Sunset, less "sunny", it feels like im under the shade of a beach tree. Its sweet and abit sour. When i first tried it among other scents it stood out the most and projects like crazy on me. If I overspray tho it makes me nauseous. I was in love at first, not so much now but ill still keep it cuz its quite unusual for me and contains notes that i love,also like the drydown. Its intense tho, def not for everyone. Glad it doesn't remind me of cough syrup tho. If you like it go for it, dont mind the bad reviews. Its not too sophisticated, its for lil skirt, crop top outfits and breezy summer nights. Update: This really blooms in chilly weather (60-70 where I live). Doesnt make me dizzy at all. It smells green and candy-like sour, the sweetness is toned down. At times I forget I wear perfume and the wind transfers the scent to me and I think "what in the world smells so divine!?" and start sniffing myself lol Oh yea Fiesta Carioca. I can say I love it now and to me its special. Sillage and longevity are very good.

Bought blindly based on reviews. First spray got me disappointed. At first it is quite a heavy smell of extremely ripe sweet fruit. Where is that freshness, so typical for Escada fragrances? It does get better once it dries down as it developes into a lot softer, more gentle, almost floral and fresh grass smell. Don't smell passion fruit at all, but something sweeter, perhaps lychee, pear and a peach? After a couple of hours it actually smells similar to Brittney's Fantasy on me (hers lasts longer tho). I don't hate the perfume but far from love either. It smells rather common and more synthetic than other Escadas I had. To be fair it reminds me of peach deodorant I used at the gym. It's ok.. Nothing more. The smell is rater neutral, not annoying with moderate sillage - good for everyday use as unlikely to offend or irritate coworkers. Does not last long on skin, completely gone without a trace after 4 hours but stays longer on clothes. Not sure about the name as I don't get fiesta. Smell more like calm summer afternoon at the orchard. When I smell it I picture myself sitting on the long grass under a pear tree with a book. Wearing a long white dress.. some may find it ideal, I find it boring! Just not that kind of girl :)

Okay so my main review is further down but just a heads up, a new body mist of Bath & Body Works is called Confetti Daydream and it is a total dupe for the BBW perfume Daydream (which I think has been discontinued), maybe abit more intense/deep due to the iris instead of the lily. The notes of Confetti DayDream (not yet in the database on here) are raspberries, sparkling pear and blue iris so very similar to the notes of Day dream. Consequently, Confetti Daydream is a dupe for Escada's Fiesta Carioca (raspberry +violet leaf=same effect), less heady and nauseating (no benzoin, no passion flower, no passionfruit all heavy notes). Fiesta Carioca was limited edition so if you want a lighter nicer imo version for cheaper, try Confetti Daydream. Identical notes to Fiesta Carioca also has the Armaf Parfum Studio Fiesta, the red lipstick perfume.

To me it smelled the entire time like guava bubble gum, even though there is no guava note. Don ́t get me wrong, it is quite pleasant, just a bit oversweet sometimes, but overall a nice fragrance. I come from Rio and this perfume didn ́t made me think of my home town, instead it reminded me of sunny country towns in the hinterlands of Brasil. To me, it also doesn ́t have a party vibe, it is more like a relaxing feeling, like a walk in the tropical countryside in summer. I wouldn ́t buy this perfume for me, but i think it is a good fragrance. It would be nice for someone who wants a calm tropical fragrance. It sits close to the skin and longevity is 4 hours. P.s: Brasil doesn ́t speaks spanish. The name of the perfume shouls be Festa Carioca, instead of Fiesta carioca. A fail for the marketing team.

Not sure where my previous review went but anyway, I originally liked this scent until the drydown because it had this weird sharp scent that made this perfume smell cheap. I remebered though that the initial spray was fruity and bright. I recently smelled this again and its totally different on my skin because now I smell the florals and not any of the fruitiness that I enjoyed last time. This was disappointing for me so I wont try this again. Too many scents out there for me to keep giving this one multiple chances. EDIT 5/7/20: Tried it again lol its still very floral and very strong on the passionfruit. This is definitely different than most of the escada summer fragrances. Its okay but not anything to write home about. There are other escada perfumes that are better than this one.

When I first sprayed this, I thought it smelled exactly like all the other Escada summer frags and kind of shrugged. I like their summer fragrances (though there was one that was very strawberry heavy that was "ick" for me), but the variety just isn't there. The reason I want this one then when I have others so close to it from the same collection? The drydown. The one thing that varies in the summer collection no matter how close they are superficially is the way each one ends up sitting with the skin. This is a warm and sexy frag at heart, despite its playful beginnings. Kind of the way we wish summer romances would end up sometimes, right? I don't want to buy a full bottle of this, but the travel size is calling my name for a summer fling!

Just got a sample of this and it's not too shabby! I smell a sour tartness mixing in equal parts with tropical sweetness right off the bat that I assume is the raspberry, passionfruit and passionflower coming together in a nice cocktail. I'm getting some vague muskiness also, but I don't get anything definitive other than tropical tartness and I actually like it much better than any of the recent summer releases from Escada, especially Agua Del Sol which falls completely flat and dull on my skin. This one is at least standing out, so while I wouldn't go for a full bottle (unless I can find one at TJ Maxx for a song), I wouldn't mind getting a rollerball of it to stash in my purse for a lift during the winter time.

I think that the Escada people (working for the label) have a big yellow Post-it note in front of them whilst brainstorming on the newest summer frag, saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Let's take a colourful bottle, some tropical fruits and mix them with flowery notes and voila, here we have a typical Escada summer scent. Once again. The 2017 edition seems to be very sweet, inoffensive, youthful and summery concoction. And I don't necessarily mean to say this in a bad way. Don't we all need casual frags like this that are well suitable for everyday occasions? I don't need a crystal ball to say that FC will be a definite sales success around the world this spring and summer.

Fiesta Carioca is my favorite summer limited edition. It's delicious, juicy and tropical. This fragrance has the DNA of all other Escada summer limited editions, and they are all almost similar, but exactly Fiesta Carioca is deep inside my heart immediately after the first test. This is the summer vibe - sea, sand and palms. A very positive scent. It is the all-season fragrance, perfect for winter and all other seasons. Longevity and sillage is poor, though. Only some hours even on clothes. Pity, it's a limited edition, now it’s already hard to find in stores. If I would find it somewhere, I definitely will buy this tropical fruit cocktail in a bottle.

Juicy , fruity, typical passion fruit, smells like million other things, it is girly and unremarkable, pleasant, with poor lasting power and silage. The bottle is adorable . It retains the childhood innocence , with its juicy flavour and candy like aftertaste. If you like passion fruit and you find it on sale , definitely worth it, I think it’s perfect for gym, playgrounds, etc. Refrrsahing, non offensive , clean , soft. However , paying full price for this is not something I would do. Still, it reminds me of a time when I didn’t have stress or worries, so I like it. A lot.

If you love sweet candy scents this is perfect for you. I’m already starting to like it bc it makes me feel cozy, happy and feminine without fading fast, on the contrary it lasts a lot. It makes me feel like it’s design both the box and bottle. To me it does feel like a festa Carioca with a great fruit salad bar and good music and pretty dresses, it is a happy scent, it smells better than the first impressions may deceive you to believe.

~Sour Raspberries, Sweet Passionfruit, Soft Florals On initial spritz, the juicy passionfruit and a sour raspberry are the only thing you can smell. As it dries down, the fruits quiet down, except for the raspberry...she's the life of the party throughout the entire drydown. she sticks around and mingles with the florals. Silage is Moderate Longevity is 3-4 Hours

Extremely sweet and juicy. Smells like tropical fruit juice or syrup. Not the worst scent, but not my preference either. All the Escada's summer releases are like that, but this one seems even more sweet and syrupy to me than many others. I think it's more childish too. Suitable for sunny and warm summer day if you only dose a little bit.

A nice, sweet, fruity scent. Great for younger girls as well as anyone who likes fun scents. Not cloying. Has surprising sillage for a fruity perfume. This isn't one of those perfumes that's impossible to overspray, so that I guess that's a positive point in its favor. I got a 100ml bottle for $25, so be sure to check ebay.

I agree that it is the same as sunset heat. I seem to have outgrown Escadas now as they are fun/flirty/fruity frags , great for summer...But they just smell extremely sythentic, and chemical fake fruits. They are just a little too " teenage" for my 40yrs old self now. But good fun. And beautiful tropical scene on the box.