Midsummer Collection Orange Zest

One of the most amazing zara freshies. If they know whats good, I hope they keep it in their regular rotation. This to me is a clone of Dior Homme Cologne. Start is the same and it stays the same for some time. Then I start smelling that gorgeous vetiver, as this is citrus vetiver frag. The smell then is a spot on Leau Boisee. Earthy bitter fresh citrus that blends well with vetiver. At the end, this citrus earthy smell is replaced with one of the most amazing gentle lavander smells Ive come across in a long time. It is not lineral like DH Cologne or Leau Boisee. I get 100% DH Cologne and then pretty close Leau Boisee. Finishing with a gorgeous semi sweet gentle lavander perfect for evenings. Basically, this frag is lemon vetiver mostly, with gentle lavander at finish. Well made. I think I will stock up. Zara hit a gold mine with this one like they did with maybe few others. An excellent frag, highly recommended for summer. For extremely hot weather only. And this should have been called lemon zest because there is nothing even remotely orangey in this one. Just lemon vetiver ultra fresh combo. Unlike most Zara frags, this one needs some hard core hype. Amazing stuff! Edit: after wearing it, the longevity is awfull. It lasts max 2 hours and projects for one, maybe even less. Beautiful frag but lasts poorly.

It looks like Zara is not making good fragrances by chance. This frag is an amazing summer fragrance. I tried it in a Zara Store at 10:00 ( 3 sprays - back of my hand). By dinner time I could still smell it. It really opens with a bitter orange scent that lasts for ages. The top notes last for 1 hour at least (actually done by addition of lemon and ginger notes). Usable sillage (1~2 feet) lasts for 4~5 hours and Longevity lasts for 8~9 hours (skin surface); fantastic lavender-musk-vétiver dry down. I don't really consider it a clone of any other perfume. It's plain Zara Orange Zest and an extraordinary scent. I must return to Zara ASAP to buy a bottle of it. EDIT 1 :-) bought 2 bottles for 18 Euros EDIT 2 - This frag is awesome. It is not a clone or even similar to any frag I know for that matter. Yes I get vibes of some fresh fragrances from Dior, and also from Hermes, Chanel and Guerlain. Without the Zara label this EDT could be mistaken as a very expensive new niche fragrance if its brand name was Creed, Byredo, Amouage, .... I must return to Zara ASAP to buy 2 bottles more. EDT - The more I use it, the more I like it. It does present me with similar vibes (similar but different) from other well known fragrances. In my opinion the the greatest similarity occurs with Dior Homme Sport.

I have a really hard time with summer fragrances, most of the designers are "meh" to say the least, most of the new summer releases where very just ok to me, was contemplating on one from Atelier Cologne, then, I go to Zara and smelled this one, this is everything I hope it would be, and more because from this price range one can't except much, yet it delivers, and beat all the designers ones i've tried. Now, don't get me wrong, most Zara fragrances are crap, especially the dry down, but there are some jewels if you take your time to look around, and this one in quality surely delivers much more then i thought it would. It's refreshing they are releasing some more "grown up" scents, like impact masculin, exclusive oud and now this one. Orange Zest, the name says it all, like the review below me, a citrus/vetiver combo with a clean powdery musk and some fresh ginger very very light in the background. I get a orange feel to it, I would say the notes are probably a mix of bergamot/lemon, grapefruit and orange blossom, vetiver, clean powdery musk and ginger. Very good blending and the quality put at shame most designer fragrances much higher priced.

To my nose this smells like something between Chanel Allure Homme Sport Cologne and Dior Homme Cologne, more so the former than the latter. It tilts more towards orange than lemon which puts it closer to Chanel AHSC IMO but is accompanied by a bright watery zestiness that is more characteristic of DHC. Overall a brilliant offering by Zara and given the price it is a no brainer, arguably a must for a citrus lover, despite possible longevity issues(not nearly as bad one might think though). Zara, has put out some real gems over the years and is underrated IMO. Perhaps in the top 5 value for money designer fragrance houses out there. The cons are, longevity issues(but not always), less natural more synthetic ingredients and a serious lack of originality. That last point however becomes less important the lower your budget gets and considering how often well crafted their fragrances are(sometimes better than or on par with the original in terms of smell) the less of an issue it is and perhaps to some it becomes a pro(decent quality dupes for 1/7th the price or less).

Great fragrance, I have it since last week and I was wearing it almost everyday since. When I saw the notes on the Zara website I thought that this will be a cone of DHS 2008. But no, this is more a citrus-vetiver dominated fragrance, like for exemple EN Sport, Kenzo Boisee or Grey Vetiver. Is not a clone of any of those, or of any other fragrance that I know. Just a great green, wet and slightly bitter fragrance. It's very refreshing now in the spring. I get about the same performances with this fragrance like with my ADG Profumo or Bvlgari Aqva Amara! About 6h longevity with above average projection for the first two. My first impression was 7.5/10 but had grown on me a lot. 9/10