Plage Privee

I am not a big Zara perfume person but I was looking for a summery banana scent and noticed this was a new release. I ordered it and it arrived on March 18; I've worn it for the past two days. To me, this smells like the drawer where I store my swimsuits - they retain the scent of my sunscreen and my summer perfumes and the salt water and they all just meld together. The banana note isn't prominent but it's a very beautiful summery perfume. If you like Vacation by Vacation Inc. but want something less obvious, and more feminine and sweet, this would be a good option. I sprayed it at 8:00 am and could still smell the salty, musky base notes at 5:00 pm.

Give this a couple hours, you will love it then. At first I didn't like it, smelled like all the other beachy perfumes, like holidays by mancera, however Holidays is straight up tanning lotion smell this smells nothing like that, this could be in the same capsule but def a distant cousin.. after waiting a couple hours My goodNESS its a creamy a little salty, not too much..tropical vanilla musky delight. So far lasting 7+ hours, I should have given my review after a full day but I couldn't believe how much I love this now.

OH MY SWEET BABY JESUS. ok. yes. This one and the Solar Mango and the Golden Decade Paradise. They're allll good. This one is sweet, banana, coconut milk - the creamy kind, definately salty notes but not overwhelming. A little sandy. No chorine. Less sweet than Golden Decade Paradise and Solar Mango. Better than Maui in a bottle. Honesly, all of these are better than any $150-$200 / bottle new summer fragrances. Daytime. "Private Beach". This is it.

Very summery sweet and solar! I am impressed at how well blended this is. Yellow florals are more prominent that the banana note which is very subtle and adds a bit of sweetness. Salt goes away sadly in the dry down but the sweet and solar aspect stays throughout. Amazing longevity and projection. I am planning to layer it with Berg to add a bit of saltiness for hotter days and with Thousand Silent Ways on colder days or in the evening.

A rather faint version of Gucci's Gorgeous Orchid IMO. They're very similar, yet this one melts away about 15 mins after spraying. I've bought it on sale and it's very pretty so I cannot complain but I wouldn't repurchase it.