Zeena

I've had mine for about a year, it's really developed into something lovely and lost all its sharp edges and I can really smell the peach. Smells like a boozy pina colada with a twist of peach and a slight bit of sunscreen which I like. The pachouli is very light and doesn't bug me.

Imagine a summery fresh edt version of Angel Fantasm. Where Angel Fantasm is sweeter and creamier, this is fresher and a bit more fruity. It's pineapple for sure, but not a sickly sweet pineapple. I don't particularly get a lot of coconut so this does not translate as Pina colada to me, maybe it's a bit more of a fresher coconut water instead. It certainly registers to me as having that Angel DNA. I have never smelled Angel Iced star, that this is supposed to dupe, so if it is spot on or not, I do not know. The notes do not list patchouli but I do sense it in this fragrance. I normally am not the biggest fan of that note, but in here it's lovely. I am not a fan of the Original Angel but I do love Angel Fantasm and Angel Muse edt. I could easily see this on any gender. This is a big big like for me.

The chocolate in this comes dark and bitter, bordering on black pepper. A bit unwanted. Fleshy coconut and its water with fleshy pineapple rings. More coconut than pineapple. The coconut gets slightly nutty in the deep dry down. Kind of boring but kind of comforting? I go back and forth with relating this to shampoo vs conditioner. That’s a scent profile that I do enjoy but this fragrance is pretty forgettable.

I was influenced by paulina&perfume on youtube (love her! not complaining about her) to buy this, she said it would smell like a realistic pina colada. to me though, it smells incredibly synthetic, like car or air freshener, waaayyyy too sweet and fake smelling. i can't exactly smell each note separately, but the coconut does stand out not as a gourmand, but a suntan lotion type smell. i do not detect chocolate at all. i had it for over a year, thinking after maceration maybe it'd be better, but it gave me such a strong headache, i decluttered it.

Blind bought this because everyone was claiming it was a dupe for my favorite Angel flanker, Angel Iced Star. This Zeena does not smell like Iced Star to me. In the opening it does smell like pineapple coconut, but it quickly devolves to something like a cheap leather car interior! Maybe it needs some time to sit and develop (macerate) more but as of right now I am a little disappointed it was an immediate scrub.