Zara Splendid Bronze Intense
4.0
Overall
Accords
white floral
vanilla
powdery
floral
woody
sweet
citrus
Notes Pyramid
Top
JasmineOrange Blossom
Heart
HeliotropeOrchidJasmine
Base
Cashmere WoodVanilla
Community Verdict
Pros & Cons
- ✅ This pefume reminds me of may-june in Sweden; when everything is green and fresh, when kids finish for the summer break and students graduate. The air is full of hope and the scent of lilacs.
- ✅ Perfect Alien dupe that smells more soft and pretty. The vanilla in this is perfectly blended with the jasmine. Slightly more airy than Alien and also long-lasting.
- ✅ Looking for an Alien dupe that lasts for hours, then this is it. It's not necessarily strong for hours but you get that lovely waff of Alien in the air pleasantly reminding you how lovely you smell.
- ✅ Freshly cut white flowers. Sweet and also very green.
- ✅ This really does smell like Alien EDP, The Clarins formulation! It’s strong too, Splendid bronze is slightly more sharp and musky, But not in a bad way.
- ✅ Possible Alien family dupe (it has elements of the edt, Extraordinaire, and just a smidge of the powderiness of Absolue), but more light and with noticeable heliotrope. There is some strong cashmeran and jasmine, this smells like an Alien flanker actually, it has that dna but it is much more suave, light and even green.
- ✅ As others have noted, this is soooooo not a gourmand. Not even some haute cuisine version of gourmand. This is a straight up HEADY white floral, and if you don't like brazen jungle jasmine and juicy orchid, orange blossom, and heliotrope accords, I don't know what to tell you aside from, 'This juice is not for you.'
- ✅ I bought this yesterday. Wow! Zara have got a winner on their hands with this. Beautiful and long-lasting. I love Zara perfumes and this one will be a definite repurchase when I finish it.
- ✅ This is not Alien edp dupe in my humble opinion. This is Alien essence absolue. The vanilla is more prominent, and its more deep and soft. Alien edp is sgarp and heavy on the jasmin. I LOVE essence and have been on the hunt for years. And I could smell it right away.
- ✅ An adorable alien for non aliens Jasminy soft. Bearable for day use and close encounters. Worth a landing at Zara
- ❌ Alien, but with metal scent after a few hours
- ❌ It's alright, there is a note in here that pulls a bit dirty, unsure how to explain but if it were not there, this perfume would be perfect.
- ❌ Clearly I’m in the minority but this didn’t work for me. Went odd and grassy-smelling on my skin.
- ❌ I may be a bit biased here since floral perfume are not usually my go to, however I purchased this as the sample smelled really nice and fresh. After getting a bottle of it and spraying it at home I can tell this will be a fragrance that I will be giving to my friend. The flowers in this are so incredibly strong that the scent irritates my nostrils as well as throat. Not a bad scent overall but definitely not for me.
- ❌ Copies of Alien have been done to death! We really didn't need this one. At this point I feel like gagging every time I smell Alien out and about. Next!
