Zara Floral Petals
4.1
Overall
Accords
rose
amber
fruity
floral
vanilla
patchouli
Notes Pyramid
Top
Pink PepperBlack Currant
Heart
Turkish RoseRoseLitchi
Base
AmberPatchouliVanilla
Community Verdict
Pros & Cons
- ✅ Well this was just a lovely surprise. I'll be honest, I wasn't even aware that Zara offered EDP formulations until I ran across this. What a lovely, affordable sweet rose. On my skin, it almost reads like a very muted Delina Exclusif: the rose and lychee notes are the star here, but they're soft and close where Delina (to my delight) announces itself. I could see this being super appropriate for an office setting and for the price, I'm personally pretty thrilled with it. I'm still getting moderate sillage and projection after over six hours of wear - unheard of for a Zara fragrance.
- ✅ I got this about a week ago, and tested it only twice so far. I've tested PDM Delina but don't own it. I would say it's like a spicier version of Delina, and is a nice perfume. Also has quite good lasting power.
- ✅ I blind bought this one and I love it I don't think it lasts long but I only had it for 10 minutes, and I love this smell so I'm going to keep it. I tried white flower posy - hated it Edit: I sprayed exactly 9 hours ago. Within this time, I went to the beach, swim, came back home, showered and when I sniffed my hand it sill smells like rose petals. Test 1 spray, on the skin I don't know how it performs on clothes but I'm guessing more less the same. Although it lingers on the skin, I'm not sure how it projects because the scent is not 'strong'
- ❌ I really wanted to try this from the moment I saw the notes. Rose? Litchi? Black currant? Pink pepper? Love them all! Rose Petal Drops open with a realistic rose with the stem, made slightly tart by the pepper and the black currant. It reminds me of the rose of Florabotanica without mint and cannabis. I really like the opening, it’s fresh, juicy, feminine, uplifting, watery. After 10 mins you can get a slight scent of litchi, it’s so slight I don’t know if I’m imagining it. Then the drydown… rose and vanilla. Now, take Rose Gourmand. Take out the amber. Take out the fab longevity and sillage. That’s it. The dry-down is very disappointing and a bit boring and this fragrance goes to the drydown fast. Now as for sillage and longevity. Take the usually bad Jo Malone longevity and sillage, mix them to the bad Zara ones… and you get a disappointing fragrance. After 30 mins and 10 sprays, I can barely smell anything even going close to my wrist.
- ❌ I really wanted to like this one- the bottle design is just so elegant and pretty. However, I get almost none of the fruity blackcurrant nor the litchi, and I can't detect the sweet vanilla either. If you told me this was just a pepper, rose and patchouli fragrance I'd believe you. The first impression is just sharp and almost bitter from the pepper, and the rose smells watery cheap to me and synthetic, nothing like the beautiful smell of real roses. Barely lasts 2 hours on me, its very faint and not overpowering. What a disappointment- I was so ready to love this, but it is just not for me.
- ❌ something in the base of this one that's really metallic. citrus meze did not have the same note and was much nicer.
