Popeline Blanche

Quintessentially classic Italian perfumery. This one also answers what do you do when you have to create a high quality perfume on a budget. With the advent of clone houses becoming the flagbearers of affordable perfumery, this skill is becoming highly underrated today. Used to be that master perfumers like Nathalie Lorson and Geza Schoen created artful, well crafted perfumes with good ingredients for houses like 4711, Bentley or Lalique. Today one would increasingly rather pick up a clone from a French Avenue or Ajmal it seems. So when an old school budget fragrance comes along, I really appreciate it. Enter Popeline Blanche. And surprisingly, this dying typology has been resurrected by none other than the trend masters Zara. The only downside is how long it lasts - but given how fresh of a fragrance this is, it shouldn't be surprising. This is a great fragrance - and not just for the price. This is a great fragrance period. It sits very comfortably on my fresh fragrance shelf among the Chanels, Guerlains and PDMs holding its own. I'm very glad to have it... 9/10

10/10- Steaming fresh linen. It is difficult for simple compositions to get a perfect score but this one is a 10/10 in my books. The perfume smells like fresh clean linen straight out of the laundry, this is an amazing scent for the high heat. It has a touch of sweetness which makes it even more gorgeous once it settles on your skin. Neroli in this is not overpowering with a solid unobtrusive bergamot up top. I'd happily take the Popeline Blanche for the morning and the Encre Noire for the evening for the rest of my life. Popeline Blanche- Bergamot, Neroli, Cotton and Musk. Encre Noire- Cypress, Vetiver, Cashmere and Musk. Notice the similarities or perhaps the differences between the two fragrances?

In terms of fragrance, friends made some good and appropriate comments. One thing I want to mention is the quality of the bottle and the writing on it. In my opinion, the perfume bottle is not of good quality and although I protect the perfume bottle, the writing on it is getting erased! And it shows the poor quality of the printing on the bottle. از نظر رایحه که دوستان صحبتهای خوب و بجایی کردند. نکته ای که من میخواهم به آن اشاره کنم؛ در مورد کیفیت بطری و نوشته های روی اون هست. از نظر من بطری عطر کیفیت خوبی نداره و با اینکه من از بطری عطر محافظت میکنم؛ ولی نوشته های روی اون داره پاک میشه! و نشان از کیفیت پایین چاپ بر روی بطری رو داره

Great "cologne" release. Perfectly unisex (only branded towards male population), refreshing in an elegant manner, incredible quality compared to its price tag, very good projection and longevity for this type of fragrances (just to be used generously, don't be shy on the atomizer). Already compared to Mugler, I would add also Dior Homme Cologne and in some way also Ganymede (not that longevity, though) And yes - grab it before Zara deletes the name of the creator from the bottle (I think it is the catch with all their fragrance reformulations)

Every time after not having smelled this perfume for a while, I always have the same reaction: oooh this smells so good. It smells clean, comforting, clean linnen in the summer . Or having your nose in the clothes of your mum when you’re a kid . It feels like a safe Haven. It also has this smell when you take out your clothes out of the dryer, this very clean , fresh smell.I really love it I spray on my pillows before I go to bed and it feels like heaven

A stroll in the garden with dainty neroli blossoms where your mum hung some freshly washed linen to dry. A fawn hopping in the undergrowth and falling asleep in a glade. Innocent, clean, pretty. Performance is similar to blanc a porter. These two are my fav skin scents for everyday. Wish they lasted longer. They are absolutely calming and beautiful. . PS. Doesn anyone get a certain nuttiness? Sesame or some sort? Its great though.

A very interesting juice, a mix of fresh bergamots and clean cotton. I can picture this worn more easily by an older man rather than a guy in his twenties. Light and pleasant, with good longevity. The sillage is quite decent and all the collection by Olivia Giacobetti is unisex, despite the marketing label. In general the fragrance is excellent and nobile. It has that "escale at portofino" dior vibe.. Just grab it!

Opens up with a nice fresh bolt of bright clean citrusy Neroli Akin to fresh neroli flowers in a garden and the clean image and feel from the soft fluffy cotton. Linear and soothing spa like quality. Smells more classy and expensive than it's cost. A very good clean neroli frag for the price. Safe with a few sprays or even overspraying. Lovely juice.

I somehow feel like this fragrance is "calming". I just received it today and tried it, the opening is pretty much like 4711 OG cologne, then after a short time it smells way different just like the notes mentioned, it smells soft, comfy, and perfect for the summer. A great value fragrance from Zara, worth the take for some daily outdoor activities.

nothing offensive about this one. its a neroli and citrus combo that smells very clean, with a tame synthetic musk in the back. very cheap, but it smells better than what its worth. very simple fragrance that can be worn in every occasion. longevity is solid at 6-8hours, sillage/performance is around 1-2 hours. solid 8/10

Very simple fragrance, it reminds me of Acqua di Parma with the bergamot and the neroli, it gets very citrusy. The clean cotton merges well with the other notes and comes up after a while. It is a great fragrance, I paid it 10euros on the sale, blind buy it as I did, if you like citrusy fragrances it is fantastic.

Citrus and floral of Bergamot and neroli, Clean and soft notes of cotton and musk. It smells like a white shirt that has been freshly washed and hung to dry under neroli flowers. Its great, simple, relaxing scent. Scent: 6.5/10 Longevity: 5.5/10 Projection: 5.5/10

This scent is pure sunshine in a bottle. Clean, musky, and effortlessly fresh. It’s giving white tee, blue skies, golden sun, birds singing, and that in love energy. Feels like life’s got no rough edges, just good vibes on repeat. 🌞🕊️💙

This is so good, I picked it up yesterday and of course i sprayed 15+ times but everyone in the office had something nice to say about it, brilliant easy reach, nothin synthetic about it.

Unique, never smelled something like that ! How to describe it! Well, muscling flowrey with a green opening.. love it

mugler cologne meets the kölnisch wasser by the house 4711. with better longevity. and the bottle is very nice.

Its a clean citrusy musk.. worth the money!!

Wonderful traditional neroli cologne with fairly good performance, 100% unisex, nothing groundbreaking but really well done. While I do like the juice a lot, I do have a problem with the bottle itself and poor quality control at Zara. These bottles are refillable and the manufacturer often fails to completely close and seal them. I got one bottle of Popeline Blanche which was contaminated and the sprayer jammed up and another one recently that entirely leaked during shipping, staining everything inside and outside the box. P.S. anyone who misses Popeline Blanche since it's discontinued now may want to check out Cremo's Italian Bergamot cologne - it is very similar.

My personal favorite out of 4, and I still like all 4. The name says it best, a smell of a clean plain summer shirt. It seems to have a good longivity, almost enought for an 8-hours working day, sillage is moderate whch makes it pretty safe for any occasion, but if anyone will be close to you they wouldn't be disspointed. Musk and Neroli combo, very straight forward, so I dont advise it for a blind buy. The smell is sorta unique in its simplicity

If you like neroli up front in a body spray strength clean bright cologne, this is for you. I liked it, the neroli was not for me, taste wise. Respray often, great out of the shower. Totally unisex but male leaning. Won’t last but cologne/body spray is fleeting so it’s a gorgeous body spray I guess

Longevity doesn’t perform well at all, as you would expect from any Zara fragrance. It’s very cheap/budget friendly, maybe that makes it worth it, but I really hate fragrances with poor performance. Nice smell.

my reason for buying this is actually simple, i need a dumb reach fragrance with a scent direction similar to neroli portofino. if you are in the same search just take it if you find it in an online discounter.

Young, clean with citrus opening and light spicy aromatic hit, it is a cologne composition not dissimilar to other famous colognes. It reminds me of some Fragorand colognes from Grasse.

I got it because of the Olivia Giacobetti name on it. It smells fresh and clean but too masculine for my liking. I wore it in the hot weather and it was great. It doesn't last long which can be a plus in the heat but it gives you that lovely cooling and refreshing feeling. More of a novelty purchase, nice for a holiday.

Italian cologne summarized in short.. It reminded me of my childhood with Baby Johnson, the waters of Parma and beautiful days. It's not sweet and I also smell some pepper at the start which takes it in masculine directions. The bottom remains a clean musky but delicate enough not to bother. Morning.

Smells like the inside of a washing machine. Good for old elderly people maybe.

Tom Ford Neroli Portofino started the neroli trend. I fell in love with that Mediterranean smell of citrus, neroli, herbs and musk. After that so many brands made dupes or fragrances "inspired by TFNP". I guess many liked that particular DNA. So now I started collecting these neroli based frags. The first one was Jean en Province Nerolí Intens. A ridiculously cheap freshy that is considering the price, under 8 euros, rather good. The resemblance with 4711 is stunning. So also Zara made a few neroli frags.The Zara made by Jo Malone Amalfi Sunray is the best one for me. Really great quality for under 25 euro. And now I fell for the Olivia Giacobetti Popeline Blanche. I bought this pure on my olfactory experience in the Zara store. It was the best one in the range of four I believe. And why I ask myself. This is done many times and it's definitely not a groundbreaking good performing freshy. I was probably touched by the first spring like day in 2024. The thermometers hit the 18 degrees Celsius. I couldn't resist that so natural bergamot opening. And the undoubtedly synthetic cotonflower gave me a lovely clean feeling. The neroli and white musk give a unexpected medium lasting freshness. There is something classy about this one. And it's very summery. So for 25 bucks I purchased this bottle with that typical impractical Zara packaging. The bottle looks nice and reminds me of Dior Homme Cologne. There is in fact a resemblance with that Dior summer masterpiece. Not striking, but noticeable.

Was buy on 1st sniff. This is really good quality. Light and airy but okay. You get creamy cocnut with cedar/sandalwood with touch of citrus on top which gives this pina colada smell. Exactly like pina colada. To me, coconut note is hardly ever done right. Its either too sweet or too synthetic or mixes up badly with other notes... this frag has a smooth very well done cocnut that is sweet but because the frag is onnthe weaker side, its quite enjoyable. Very much unisex as this is for the beach and yes, it does come off as a clean well made su tan cream. Something wrong with that? No. I love pina colada cocnut sun tan cream smell when Im by the sea in summer.

Whilst on the upper end of interesting in the range of Zara fragrances, I still find this perfume a little closed. It has many good qualities - it's not overpowering or domineering despite taking up presence. It's like going from hanging up linen to a first date: uplifting, inviting, a mild fog of fullness, activeness. Its minimalism is striking - clean, and masculine leaning. A fragrance with no preciousness attached - use at your will. Just expect that you may need to spray again before you'd like to.

This is essentially the original Mäurer & Wirtz 4711 with a little more richness and perhaps slightly less citrus top. But if you like that then you'll like this. Do you need both? Not sure. 4711 is insanely cheap for a big bottle but this may have a little more lasting power. Decided to purchase as its an interesting corner of the scent world and can splash on the 4711 after a shower and use this throughout the day. Very much a Spring / Summer scent and great to layer with other fragrances.

The best Zara fragrance I've ever smelt to be honest. It is like Mugler Cologne revived. It does smell the same but the difference is it doesn't smell unisex, it lasts longer on the skin and I love it. This is perfectly safe. I am so happy to have got a bottle of it. Great Job, Olivia. 7/10

It’s so nice! So uplifting and straightforward. To my nose reminds me a bit of Nerolia Vetiver only a bit citrusy and less green but definitely there’s neroli in there. Unisex and good for women as well without leaning too feminine or too masculine.

First impression, almost identical to Amalfi Sunray done for Zara by Jo Malone. Nothing to dislike, I love the fact that Zara always keeps a nice citrus cologne with a luxury feeling, which is why I dont find these releases similar to 4711 cologne.

If this Giacobetti summer citrus floral masterpiece was a Chanel it would cost tenfold. Jacques Polge level. (My all time favourite perfumer). Awfull sprayer by the way. They had to cut somewhere.....

A classic petit grain cologne. On paper it smelled ordinary so much so I decided not to wear it on the skin to save up for the other releases in this line.

Some Acqua di Parma Blu vibes here for sure. Spa, shower-y, aromatic fresh. No projection but it smells nice.

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It kinda smells like neroli portofino by tom ford