Unusual Gourmand

I don't know if Zara will ever release this again, but I will give my thoughts anyways. Unusual Gourmand smells like apples to me in the best way. Like a fruity apple shampoo mixed with literal apple juice. I wore this on a first date and it has sweet memories associated with it. It doesn't last longer than a few hours but it's so clean and lovely that it will always have a special place in my heart.

My partner's current signature scent -- I've noticed she's very sensitive to pear notes and tends to lean towards pear notes in fragrances. Maybe I don't eat enough pears (or fruits in general) so I didn't catch the pear note at first. I get more of the candied fruits in the opening and the dry down -- it really smells like sugared candies, those translucent coloured synthetic fruit hard candies you can get in bags of 100s. It lasts really long on my partner's skin (good for her, because I have a pretty hard time getting perfumes to last on me) and I can still smell it on her from an arm's length away at the end of the day, and she only sprayed once in the morning. I love it for obvious sentimental reasons but I probably wouldn't wear it myself. The candied fruits are not my cup of tea. I think the musk and salt note adds a particular edge to the perfume so that it's not just fruity sweet candy pear, but it's not salty or animalic in any way. I think when we were smelling perfumes in Zara, I preferred Unusual Fruit to this, while my partner was instantly drawn to Unusual Gourmand. Might not be a safe blind buy, but it's pretty affordable anyway ($30 SGD).

Excellent layering perfume. I layer it with my musky skin scents and it just adds a touch of sweetness. I LOVE it layered with Glossier You. It's a very vivid pear scent at the beginning but it fades into a musky, salty sweet scent and it is just beautiful. 100% comparable to Clean Radiant Nectar, but the pear is much stronger at the beginning. Dry down is almost the exact same.

Sweet and fruity, soft. Intense. Reminded me of something that I've smelled before from Ulta/Sephora. It is probably God is a Woman by Ariana Grande.

Nice airy summer scent.Sweet pears and light touch.Not long lasting but it’s ok.Its back in 2025 in different coloured bottles.