Zanzibar Van Cleef & Arpels for men

a great spring/summer scent for day and night time.too bad they stop making this one,one of my summer favorite.love it.

Jeca summed this up perfectly when she described it as like "African wind".

Like Africa it conjures up thoughts of dark wood, heat and spices; yet like the wind it's sometimes strong and sometimes fleeting.

I do really like this one for a change to my usual Summer rotation of aquatics and fresh fruity scents, but I do wish that the overall initial effect of wood, heat and spice lasted a bit longer.

P.S. The bottle's gorgeous to look at in person, but the shape and position of the nozzle makes it difficult to use!

An honest woody/citrus fragrance with some spices thrown in. Nice opening opposed to a faint woody drydown. Overall Zanzibar smells fine but don't expect something particularly artistic or distinctive. Average quality.

Weak lasting power.

Rating: 6/10

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donde puedo comprar el perfume zanzibar de van cleef? la ultima vez fue hace 5 años y lo compre en la zona franca de punta arenas(chile),

sayang bgt parfum zanzibar udah ga ada lg yah..padahal udah muter2 nyarinya,skalinya udah ga kluar lagi..hufftt...untung msh simpan botolnya.buat disimpan sbg kenang2an..smoga bisa kluar lagi parfum zanzibar ini..

oh my god, why this perfume has been discontinued?? oh lord why? the most fresh, exotic and sofisticaded fragrane that i have smelt.., this is UNIQUE... please i want the return of Zanzibar... i am tired of all the Chanels sports version out there... this is an unique fresh fume...

Masculine enough for a Man but Feminine
enough that a bold daring that defies
convention The opening begins with a
zesty blast of Lemon it dries down
to an spicy Cardamom and Black Pepper
and third Ginger the drydown starts off
with sweet cloves warm Amber and Hot
Sandalwood to make this Colonge a Gem.

I can picture Clark Gable duking it out
with Ava Gardner in the Battle of the
wits & sharp tongues from Mogambo
or going to an hunting expitition on the african Serengetti or going to an
Zanzibar Bazaar full of bright colors
of red yellow orange gold with the
scent of curry and spices being sold
incense buring Oriental and Baltik rugs
being hanged for us to show.

A beautiful piece of work they put in this scent.

this is a very unique fragrance, and spiceless because discontinued. VC&A very often kills very rare and beautiful fragrances like Zanzibar and Birmane. pity. for those who still have it like I do - use wisely ;)

One of the best fragrances ever, wonderfully balanced, elegant, classy, shame it was discontinued, I am using the little amount in my bottle very cautiously now...sometimes designers discontinue the best scents in their lines...that was what happend with VC&A!

I like this scent, hot woody spicy, but really light and easy to wear. I expected the heady red hot and heavy scent, but it's so airy, like African wind.