Zara Warm Freedom Summer Edition
4.0
Overall
Accords
powdery
musky
woody
floral
coffee
warm spicy
Notes Pyramid
Top
Cotton FlowerMagnolia
Heart
MuskCoffee
Base
SandalwoodCashmere Wood
Community Verdict
Pros & Cons
- ✅ This was a blind buy that I regretted and sold quite fast, it smelled stale, old.
- ✅ I probably was blind buy it according to the notes which were really promising however the final perfume turned out to a big mess for me. Not pleasent at all, smells like a toilet spray.
- ✅ The scent was good, but it smelled a little bit like old lady to me.
- ✅ A musky baby powder bomb with a whiff of coffee gum upon initial spritz. I found it! Overpowering.
- ✅ Not what I expected from reading the notes and comments. It is quite strong yet smells too much like baby wipes to me.
- ✅ I just recently bought Warm Freedom; it's been discontinued for a year and was very difficult to acquire. With that being said I went into this blind buy solely because of the notes and scent profile. I'm a fan of powdery florals, coffee, and cotton flower. ... I will say, Jo Malone fragrances always feel one note to me and this is more complex compared to her other work.
- ✅ What a beautiful fragrance! It was a blind buy. Just read the notes and I ordered it. Great surprise. Super cozy and relaxing scent. Sweet and clean at the same time. You can wear it all year round.
- ❌ I just recently bought Warm Freedom; it's been discontinued for a year and was very difficult to acquire. With that being said I went into this blind buy solely because of the notes and scent profile. I'm a fan of powdery florals, coffee, and cotton flower. The apple didn't fall from the tree because as soon as I opened the package I was reminded of my mother and grandmother who wore Noa Cacheral. It's almost identical; I knew this going it but was still surprised by how similar they are. I had to share it with my mother who wore Noa in the mid 2000's, she also vouched for their similarity but noted that Warm Freedom was slightly less floral and more musky. I will say, Jo Malone fragrances always feel one note to me and this is more complex compared to her other work. Longevity and silage are also on the softer end for general fragrances but long wearing for Jo Malone. It'll stay on clothes for 4-6 hours and about 3 on skin. It fades to a light irisy powder and musk scent. I liked it but it does feel dated to me because the similarity to Noa just shoots me back to 2006.
- ❌ Hmmm… So, I do see where the grandma reference is coming from. I think sometimes that term gets thrown around pejoratively on here. However, I do find that this does pleasantly remind me of MY grandmother. She was a beautiful, Ukrainian, no-nonsense woman. She truly had a heart of gold but a waiting iron fist if required. She aged gracefully throughout the years despite various personal challenges she’d forged through. At night, she would, “take her face off,” as she called it. This was the time when whether she wore makeup that day or not, she would religiously attend to her bedtime skincare routine. She always smelled so good when she was finished and finally slipped into her terry cloth robe. It was a harmonious symphony from the combination of her cold cream, soap, moisturizer, lotion, and probably some perfume she used (most likely White Shoulders). She was always meticulously put together and the way she smelled just added to that aspect of her. For years, I have searched high and low for something that would replicate her scent. I didn’t have much luck during the early 2000’s because a lot of perfume and body products were departing from the classic scent profiles. Potentially, if you’re an 80’s baby like me, then I do see how this could be reminiscent of something that you would have smelled on your grandmother or even your mother back in the day. Many women used similar products and there was a less varied amount of perfumes to choose from in comparison to what we have now. Minimalist scents from VS like Heavenly and the original The Fragrance as well as some of the Gap fragrances like Dream, Heaven, and Grass came close but somehow missed the mark to capturing what I had emulated as a child. Zara’s Warm Freedom smells exactly like she did on those nights before bed when we would settle in and watch her “stories” on tv. I absolutely love it. The collection it comes from, Captivating Memories, couldn’t be more aptly named. The only other scent that has even come close is Balenciaga’s Florabotanica. I try to wear that very sparingly as it’s discontinued and has a tendency to be too heady. Warm Freedom is more subdued, less green, and is also thankfully more available/cheaper. I don’t think they smell exactly alike. They have completely different notes but they recreate the same olfactory sensation to me. I’m not really seeing the resemblance to Noa. Noa is way less potent than Warm Freedom but they do have the same subtle coffee note in the background. Maybe that’s the commonality other people are picking up. I do see how it’s more similar to Prada Infusion d’Iris. PIdI is more of a KO punch in the face of aldehydic iris while WF has kid gloves in comparison with the prominence of the softer cotton flower, magnolia, and cashmere. WF is more of a sweetly, clean barbershop-ish fragrance while Infusion is a full on old-fashioned powder bomb on me. Iris Cèdre in the Infusion line is more comparable to Warm Freedom to me. Longevity/sillage aren’t the greatest here but it’s not bad. I can smell it on me well into the 4-5 hour mark. After all, this is a Jo Malone creation and they are notorious for not performing very well. Still, for the price and sentimentality attached, this is incredible! I love the bottle. I feel like it’s aesthetically cute while staying true to the actual fragrance itself.
- ❌ I wasn't sure about this at first but now I love it. It's sillage and longevity are surprisingly good. It's my go-to clean girl work perfume and I layer it with Kayali Vanilla 28. I always get compliments on this combo! I just wish I could secure a back up bottle but I fell in love a little too late.
- ❌ This was a blind buy that I regretted and sold quite fast, it smelled stale, old.
- ❌ I probably was blind buy it according to the notes which were really promising however the final perfume turned out to a big mess for me. Not pleasent at all, smells like a toilet spray. This bottle will never be empty…
