Hey Crew, Yeah, perfume adjacent today. Recently a mate of mine was waxing lyrical about the ZARA Vetiver Pamplemousse fragrance. So much so that I went looking for it but of course Australia doesn’t have it yet. We do though have the candle. So I grabbed one at less than 1/2 price, YAY! So under AU$20 for 200g. Already it felt like a win.
ZARA Vetiver Pamplemousse 200g. Aromatic Candle.
Pro tip: take the plastic cover off the wax before lighting. HA! Yes, me.
Citrus and vetiver and in lovely soft focus with soapy undertones. Very clean. It does change the scent in the room nicely but isn’t overwhelming. No noticeable smoke. It burns OK, the wick doesn’t seem to be a good choice and the candle tends to hollow out. It could be my opening gambit with the plastic top. The smell though, heaven.
Worth a sniff, definitely. I like that it’s going to appeal to both sexes and comes in sturdy packaging. Very giftable.
Might have bought a Vetiver Pamplemousse bottle at Zara in Korea. More anon.
Would you?
Portia xx
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Hi Portia
Looking forward to your review of the juice.
The rookie candle error had me chuckling. One of the D’oh! moments
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Hey Alityke,
Yeah, forthcoming.
Fully D’OH! but in my defence it was the same white as the wax.
Portia xx
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Sounds nice, with the promise of a useful tumbler glass at the end of it.
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HA! Yes. It would be super good if we kept them. We don’t. Jin bought us 24 matching water glasses when he first moved in and we charity shopped all my old unmatching ones.
Portia x
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I kept 2 glasses from thunked candles, but will admit the rest have gone to charity shop as well.
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Snap!
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On this rainy Friday I am trying to use up a Villoresi candle I have had for years. I find I don’t use candles much, so I am more curious about the fragrance. I have been known to use perfume as a room spray at times, and I love the scent of grapefruit.
We still have only snowdrops in the garden here (and spotted coltsfoot flowers
last week in the rural area where my father has a vacation house/cabin). Hopefully no more snow now! I have turned to my green scents again and enjoyed the post about galbanum a lot!
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Heya Ingeborg,
So glad you enjoyed Galbanum!
I was just in London and all the daffodils, jonquils and blossoms were giving their absolute al. It was divine.
Fingers crossed it gets to you soon too.
Portia xx
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We have a couple of Zara stores in our area, but it’s not a brand I’m interested in (clothes-wise), so I rarely go there. But if I were to go, a candle would have been a much more probable purchase than perfume.
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Maybe you should pop in for experiments sake Undina?
Portia x
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“Waxing lyrical”…I see what you did there. ;)
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HA HA HA! Good catch Vanessa
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