Vibrant Leather & Tobacco Elixir

This was a blind buy from Zara's recent sale, I'm a huge tobacco and vanilla lover and was looking for something seductive and sexy. At first, the fragrance smelled absolutely horrific, extremely pungent leather that smelled like incense and a distinct lack of tobacco or vanilla. It was genuinely so awful I was prepared to return the fragrance straight away. I had asked my sister for her opinion on the scent and she shot her head back in reflex to the pungent smell. However, I had hope that Zara wouldn't sell liquid ass in a bottle, so after giving the bottle a good shake and spraying about 10 times I reapplied the next day and wow. The leather fart bomb had subsided so much and the fragrance had started to develop these interesting and amazing notes of tobacco and vanilla to the point where I was just in love. I do have to admit I'm not a huge fan of the leather but the dry down is just phenomenal I can barely smell the leather and it actually compliments the tobacco and vanilla quite well. Its simple but complex and I cant stop smelling my arm. I definitely would recommend this fragrance for winter/fall and minimal sprays, but even on my warm post-workout body, it smelled beautiful. The longevity is a beast (I've never had that with Zara perfumes they usually die down after 4-6 hours) on my skin it can easily last 6-8 hours until it simmers out and becomes more seductive towards the 12-hour mark and on my hoodie, it lasted even longer, it has been about a day and I can still smell it. The sillage is good for a Zara perfume, when I went into fresh air I could smell it radiating off me. As other people mentioned it had a sweet smell but definitely manly and well blended.

I have never smelled Layton, so i cant compare this to him, but i have smelled Pegasus Exclusif, ot has some similarities on the drydown, that fresh note, fresh and little fruity, but its maybe only 20% similar, not enough to be said its clone. Back to scent, this is my 4th Zara perfume, and with this elixir line i think Zara aims big, scent is lovely,sophisticated, there is no way to guess that is Zara perfume blindly smelling it. Scent for me is 8/10, leather opening, tobacco in the middle and drydown for me is some fresh/fruity combination. I cant detect vanilla. Still to test the performances, i got it just few hours ago, all i can say is that it project very well in cold air. I wish it was 100ml bottle. If performances prove to be okay, i think its perfect winter everyday perfume. Performance update: 5 sprays on neck, 2 on clothes. Monstrous projection for the first 3 hours, endless compliments and complaints about choking :), im in 7th hour of application, still project strong, for the price, its decent perfume.

I bought this perfume a couple of days ago and I have to say I am absolutely stunned by the smell and for once a Zara perfume that lasts very long and projects aswell, might be a miracle xD It opens up with a leathery scent then followed by a kinda strong tobacco but not overly strong, then it comes out this beautiful vanilla. On clothes it lasted me more than a day easily, on the skin it actually lasts for a full day aswell, obviously not projecting for a whole day but I think for the price its actually a bargain! Could be a good everyday if Zara doesn't reformulate it halving the performance :) I prefer it at night time and for occasions since its quite an attractive smell. - Price (considering its performance) 9/10 - Longevity 8/10 - Smell 8/10 - Projection 7.5/10 Don't overspray it or you gonna suffocate people xD

This is good. Fantastic job by Zara and specifically Jerome Epinette. It smells sweet but dont get it twisted, this is all manly. No where near unisex. Its strong so a few sprays will go a long way and lasts 5-6 hours before tapering off to skin smell but its still there. Safe blind buy for lovers of deep intense scents

Wow! This is certainly rich and classy, like you'd expect from any elixir. From the first spray it's obvious quality, it didn't even have time to macerate or mature. I get a really nice SEXY leather mixed with a sweet tobacco. If there is vanilla, it's not overly sweet, it's only for support and is well blended.