Zinzibar
Body Shop (2004)

A spicy scent that should please everybody. Can be worn by men as well.
Opens kinda citrusy but the spices are there from the get go, as the citric notes fade away a more aggresive spiciness takes over but it is balanced by some floral notes. The drydown is woody with hints of spices.
Great perfume, me and my wife love it.
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Can be worn by a gutsy man, as its dry-down isn't so sweet as its initial spray-on.

Spicy, spicy, could use some vanilla or amber. Not at all offensive, however.

If you like very effusive spice scents, this is a good one. Zinzabar is loaded with ginger - it's in the top and heartnotes - bolstered with citruses, pepper, cardamom, cedarwood and sandalwood. There's some counter-balancing freesia in there, which helps to offset the strength of the spice blend, but I still find this scent to tend just a bit too far to the side of masculine. It's from the presence of the pepper plus the absence of one or two sweeter, smoothing notes - like, for example, the vanilla in the base of Origins' Ginger Essence. And the bright red of the bottle telegraphs "cinnamon" to me, so when I've tried this on and gotten mostly ginger it's been a momentary surprise/letdown. I've elected to pass this one over in favor of the Body Shop's outstanding pink pepper fragrance, which is warm and sweet and spicy and amazing and also comes in EDP AND oil forms, so you can layer both for a long-lasting effect.