Rouge Crush

From the whole “Crush” line, this is by far the most mature smelling of them all. The cherry isn’t the first thing you smell, as what comes through first undoubtedly is the tonka bean. To me, although the cherry is mentioned as a top note, I can feel it stronger after the dry down. A mature sweet cherry, not too juicy and sweet, and the tonka and amber give it a sophistication and almost “old person” scent. While the other two crush scents smell a bit monotone and like sweets I’ve smelled before, this one seems a little more unique to me. A little more complex. Those are my two cents. A lovely stand alone cherry scent for a more formal and sophisticated person/ocasion (in my opinion haha)

The best from this line for me . A sweet dark cherry at start and then it hits with the tonka bean which i adore and provides depth and makes it a stand out perfume .I love the sweet darkness and i wish it has a better longevity but for this price its ok

This is my current fav cherry fragrance. Unfortunately I only have a few sprays left in the bottle, and I can't find it anywhere. I'm looking for a niche perfume that has the same vibe as this one, just better quality.

Interestingly, this is one of the Zara fragrances that only comes in 50 ml bottles, making them technically more expensive than the ones that you can get in 80 ml bottles. I’m not sure why they made this decision. The bottle says ‘parfum’ but the Zara website describes it as ‘eau de parfum’, so that’s kind of messy. Either way, it’s still a very affordable fragrance. The opening is very sweet – more than a black cherry, I get a cherry candy vibe. As it dries down, it becomes less vibrantly sweet, but I still wouldn’t describe it as a “dark” fragrance. I do agree that it’s sophisticated. It’s not a teenage girl kind of cherry. Contrary to what some people have suggested in the ‘this reminds me of’ part, this is not reminiscent of Tom Ford’s ‘Cherry Smoke’. I do understand why this one would come to mind because this one also gives me a sort of incense vibe, but the Rouge Crush is definitely much lighter and fresher. There is something about this that feels classically perfumey to me. I wasn’t alive in the 1980’s, but I kind of imagine that perfumes smelled like this back then. Maybe it’s the mandarin orange touch that gives me that vibe. Good performer!

I bought it yesterday, I kinda like it. I wonder if its a dupe of Black Opium Over Red, I haven’t smelled that yet!