Zuma

ZUMA is such a tropical, pretty coconut scent! It opened creamy, rich, milky and very gourmand. It had a bit of pina colada vibe and I was simply loving it. I think this will appeal to many people. Unfortunately around 3 hours in it turns to be a very generic tropical flowers + musk scent with no coconut left. I've felt this sour flower+musk mix many, many times before. Staying power is excellent, around 8 hours, I would wish though to have more of the coconut pina colada goodness and less of the musky bowl of flowers.

Zuma, my second foray into the Yosh limited edition Anthropologie California Aromascapes series, is another success, to my nose. Here we have a fairly heady white floral with a tropical vibe. The coconut is definitely detectable, and I was reminded immediately upon application of Serge Lutens Datura Noir, but this composition seems more balanced and less overwhelming. Zuma offers a streamlined, gentler version of the white flower + coconut theme. The text on the box reads "Bronze and brazen," but fortunately this does not smell at all like suntan lotion! The unisex classification of this perfume can only be some sort of political statement. Perhaps Yosh Han believes that all perfume is unisex? That's the only explanation that I can come up with. To me, this big bouquet of coconut-laced white flowers (of all things!) is unambiguously feminine.

I totally agree with what Cereza wrote. We had the same experience, and the dry down totally smelled like a musky bowl of flowers. Ugh, why!? This would have been perfect to wear on a hot summer day if the coconut notes stayed true. It gets a little jarring towards the middle, because it does smell generic like Britney Spears Curious. Your left wondering "is this the same perfume"?

This smelled nice in the bottle but sprayed on my skin it was so dusty and up my nose that it made me sneeze and wrinkle my nose. I dislike that dustiness intensely. Under that, there’s a nice coconut floral that is pleasant. Doesn't work with my chemistry, I'm afraid.