Musk Confidential

I think I'm gonna buy this for myself (male) if I see it online. Might be seen as a basic women's perfume, but I found it purely unisex and it actually turns interesting on my skin. Fresh, floral, a little sweet with a sour-ish juicy undertone from the mandarin orange. EDIT: Yup, just bought it happily for retail price at my local Zara (they had 3 or 4 left), it's still unavailable online. What a great scent. Multi-dimentional too, nonlinear.

It opens note with candied orange , so playful and it’s only few second and then I smell magnolia note the entire time until the dry down of vanilla and musk made this a very sensual feminine scent. The musk collection is so good! I got them all and they lasts on me for 8 hours but more skin scent by hour 5-6. I love this collection. Giving me a clean girl vibe!

Wonderful pure magnolia fragrance for such a great price! Personally I was hoping Musk Confidential would be more creamy and powdery, reading the reviews I was expecting this to smell like a luxurious body cream or like skincare (think of Zara Spirited Romance, Eterea Skincare Routine, Tiffany&Co Intense Tiffany, Dior J'adore Parfum d'Eau, Nivea edt), since fragrances that smell like skincare are a new obsession of mine! Instead I personally think Musk Confidential is all based on a very realistic, clean and fresh magnolia, leaning as a whole on the citrusy musky side. The opening is a burst of very uplifting clean mandarin, making way for a super strong lemony magnolia, very fresh, clean and luminous, only lightly creamy and with a green, stem component in it; it is really well done this magnolia note, to the point of reminding me of the intro and mid of Message in a Perfume by Mark Buxton. The citrusy carachter last until dry down, which consist of clean white musk, a bit similar to Pure Musk by Narciso Ridriguez, although not as intense and complex, reminiscent of clean clothes and white linens (personally I would have called this one Linen Musk); I didn't detect any vanilla presence in the fragrance. Performance was moderate in both sillage and persistence and I think this could be a good unisex cologne type of fragrance for summer, especially for lovers of magnolia looking for something on a budget, since the magnolia note was handled extremely well (usually magnolia listed as a note means there will be a generic blend of jasmine and lilly of the valley, not often do we find a good magnolia for this price point).

I'm really enjoying this perfume! It opens with a candied, sweet and bright mandarin orange, that's uplifting and inviting. As it settles, the heart reveals a creamy tone where the magnolia is a soft, soothing floral. Though there is a citrus note, I find this to be a gently warm fragrance. The musk is slightly powdery, the vanilla is comforting and they create a soft, enveloping scent bubble that doesn't overwhelm the senses. A pleasant balance between a vibrant candied citrus, soft floral and warm vanilla.

The new Musks from Zara are light, sometimes sweet and not terribly musk like. This is the most floral of the three I have (didn’t get linen). In the floral I can detect a little ylang ylang or jasmine in there, yes magnolia but it’s quite generic. I missed the mandarin on me which is a shame as I ordered hoping this would be a pretty fresh first spay. This is fleeting and generic as hell to me. I can’t name anything off the top of my head but it’s like many low price perfumes. The vanilla and musk base is there in the hour and it’s like a shower gel/body lotion type scent. I don’t expect acrobatics from Zara. It’s a lot of juice for not a lot of money. I don’t know if this is a dupe *shrug* but certainly Cashmere is sweeter, gourmand and is at least a little quirky. Merino is also more wearable. I confess I’m not all about florals BUT I do have Granado Magnolia which is 100x better magnolia for 2 1/2 times the price. Someone might like it very much but I’m sure it’s an overspray perfume as it’s slight.