Zuma, 1975

I love this scent. I find most "marine" perfumes try too hard to smell like summer vacation and sunscreen, but Zuma doesn't do that. It smells like spending all day laying on the beach with salt crystals forming in your hair and the sun is starting to set. It starts with the jasmine and bergamot pretty right up front, and settles into a warm, floral musk. Some people here have said it smells like bathroom, and I kind of get where they're coming from, but to me it gives me more of a "I just swam in the ocean and now I'm kind of sticky and should probably shower" feeling. It smells human, and I love that - I'd say it's the ambrette. It's a dirty beach smell that isn't going to give pretty, feminine florals or citrus. It literally smells like hot salty beach skin and someone wearing jasmine perfume happened to walk by. Personally, it's almost too strong and I do get a little bit of a sunscreen-y thing from this. 2 sprays for me lasts all day as a skin scent, which I think is perfect. I'm considering a full bottle. I often use a light layer over Whiskey for warm summer nights.

Zuma 1975 (and the entire LA collection) makes me feel that I have transported to another time. I feel like I know what what an LA beach day smelled like in 1975. How cool is that? When I first put it on, I wasn't immediately ready to buy a full bottle, but I was instantly intrigued. I could not stop smelling my wrist and would swoon when I could smell it organically around me. I have been wearing it every day, and the more I wear, the more I love it. I would recommend sampling this and giving it a little time. If you want something beachy without smelling like sunscreen.. like you want to smell like the actual beach, salt water, sand etc etc, this is a great one to sample! Also, this is a very dry scent, and I have had some fun layering it with some other fresh scents I have. It's perfect on its own though, too! Immediately, I knew it was a cool girl scent, but am I cool enough to wear this? Ugh, I better be because I cannot wait to get the travel size!

When I first spray the perfume, the strong scent of citrus and herbs fills my nose, a little like the most freshest dill you can find after it juuuust rained. The smell is perfect for a hot summers day, especially for swimming. It is so refreshing and not nauseating, which surprised me. After it settles on the skin, it turns into the most orgasmic woody, floral, ocean and musky scent. This perfume is exactly like a gal laying on her beach towel taking in the sun gracefully, then in the afternoon with her friends she sits by the fire tending to the wood. It is so fucking good I can not get enough of it after it settles. This scent is heaven on a hot July day. I must say, this scent is much more masculine than other ones, and heavily changes on the chemistry of the skin. On my skin, it turns into the a gentle sweetness with soft spiciness and wood with the jasmine. Overall, I love it, but expect to be surprised upon smelling it for the first time!

Ok, so this perfume is weird, and that isn’t a bad thing. Definitely not a safe blind buy, but I’ve never smelled anything like it.I originally bought the sampler set for the whiskey perfume, but I was pleasantly surprised with the other scents. At first I thought I hated it, it had this immediate cold feeling on the nose which made me think of cleaning products. But after about an hour I realized I couldn’t stop smelling it. It’s one of those scents that is perfect for a warm summer day. It kind of reminds me of jumping into a pool after they just changed the water (could also be the seawater but I don’t live near an ocean so bear with me).Also this stuff LASTS. I wore this to a concert and had to camp out for sixteen hours during a heat wave, and even after a flash flood that left us all soaked you could still smell it on me and people were asking what I was wearing. If it lasts through a natural disaster it will last through anything. 10/10

True to life, slightly masculine throwing beach scent. Since moving to a city that is humid and hot 97% of the year, I have been on the hunt for a summer appropriate signature scent that doesn’t turn cloying. I think this may be my holy grail. This for me is a hyper realistic Australian summer. Hot dirt that turns quickly into sand, cool salt water surrounded by trees. I can smell no florals, instead this is sandalwood heavy on my skin. Whereas chateau was jerry hall smoking a cigarette on a hotel chaise, Zuma is a tanned clique sitting in a tight circle around a bonfire. They need to invite you to sit with them. Imagine the cool kids from puberty blues: hiked up mini skirts on the girls, surfboards and messy blonde hair on the guys. This is a skin scent that lasts, wafting only as close as your arm but hypnotising everyone who comes close enough to smell it. Buying a full size bottle immediately.