Vapeur Blanche is a masculine fragrance that launched in 2023 and was created by Olivia Giacobetti, a renowned French perfumer who created the Iunx line as well as creating fragrances for Diptyque (Philosykos), L'Artisan (Premier Figuier, Tea for Two, Dzing plus many others) and Frederic Malle (En Passant). “The notion of a sporty but at the same time spiritual space. Like a cloud of warm vapor, water vapor, energizing, purifying, and spiritual.” An aromatic woody fragrance that features a top note of eucalyptus, a middle note of cedar and a base note of musk. Vapeur Blanche is an eau de parfum, edp.
ZARA VAPEUR BLANCHE REVIEWS
Fragrantica: After a first spray it gave me a cooling effect right away. It feels like a cedar forest on a rainy morning. Another great one after Blanc Ensoleille which is quite opposite - creamy, coconutty (with great performance - was testing it yesterday and lasted over 12h on my skin). I will wear Vapeur today and update later about performance. First impression is very good - may be a perfect office scent as it's very uplifting and inoffensive. I'm surprised how well blended this line is - no synthetic feel at all. Performance update: On my skin I'm getting at least 9-10 hours longevity (I could still detect it close to skin after 14 hours) and around 3h above average projection which for a quite mild fragrance is very good (it may still improve over time as my bottle was produced 25 days ago).
Fragrantica: Smell like eucalyptus and talc!!! It’s so cold and it has a spa vibe …… it’s like being in hut tub with pure eucalyptus oil in the middle of winter and snow it’s falling in your face, it’s pretty Cooling sensation.
Fragrantica: The star in this fragrance by OG is the bright eucalyptus bursting out at top note, which is also my favorite part of wearing this beauty. I also sense a lingering incense that traverses throughout the entirety of the wear. The heart and base is a light musky, yet not soapy, woody note that reminds of what is in Super Cedar in Byredo. It is released as a men's fragrance at Zara, but totally unisex.
Fragrantica: Instant love. Zara has really been stepping up their fragrance game. If you enjoy the perfumery style of Ms. Giacobetti, this is not to be missed. Concise, easy-to-read formula, brilliantly executed. Zara list of official notes include eucalyptus, steam, cedar, and musk, and to that I might add: lily. Imagine smelling the interior of a high-end wellness spa, with its cedar-lined steam rooms, and a vase of lilies at the reception desk, and you’ve got that here, bottled. Now that I’ve worn it for a couple of days, I can’t help but notice that its scent profile reminds me of another scent offered at ten times the price of this little gem: Le Labo’s Gaiac 10. No, they’re not dupes - and VB is less smokey - but this veers close to it, especially in its final stages on skin.
Fragrantica: If you like Virginia or Texas cedarwood, which are creamy and less terpenic/piney types compared to Atlas cedarwood, you’ll probably love this one. Imagine the cedarwood note from Philosykos EdP, or from Diptyque Tam Dao Edt/EdP. It’s one of those zen scents and another good release from Zara.
Fragrantica: Layer this with Zara Blanc Esoleille and thank me later.
Fragrantica: Very unique with the strong emphasis on the eucalyptus note, which comes through so strongly in the opening. Interesting the write up for this makes a link to sports- I do have a strong personal connection with eucalyptus and "vapor rub" - a mentholated gel used for sports, so that does come through very strongly for me. Unique, well constructed, and extremely well priced.
