Stunningly Venice Zara for women and men

Smell like an orange car fragrance
There is no way i want to smell like this
I can't even spray this on my fabric or pillow

It smells cute. It's a comforting scent. Way more feminine than unisex.

Quite sad it's been discontinued and so hard to find.

This is one perfume I really cannot complain about. I love it.

I have compared it to four other Zara perfumes, and would describe this scent as a very nice clean berry scent. I can't comment too much on the longevity which I don't think will do too well however. I prefer this 100% to Fashionably London (which smells like smoke and headaches). A very nice clean summery scent, not too sweet, smells similar to Nivea soft body cream (white container).

Other Zara perfumes are actually headache-inducing (Fashionably London) or vile/ smells like bin juice (Red Temptation), but this one is really delicate and lovely. I would definitely buy again but for a cheaper price tag because although it smells lovely, I wouldn't pay the full amount for it.

I have noticed with Zara perfumes, that it really depends on the bottle/ batch you purchase. For example, I bought Golden Decade and I hated it so I gifted it. However, I tried buying it again after all the TikTok/ YouTube hype and it's one of the most beautiful scents I own. It really confuses me.

Well this one is interesting, as many before me said it's close to skin scent. And dry down reminds me of nivea soft cream or shower gel - which is not bad thing to me I like that scent. Nivea but more sophisticated. Will not buy another bottle probably but it's a pleasant scent.

Update 16 OCT 2023: After trying Atomic Rose, I really think Stunningly Venice is 90% similar.

I find it very feminine and whimsical. It also brings me back to my childhood as it smells like a ‘Lovely Lace’ scented store that sold teddy bears and scented oils.

Most of the Jo Malones from Zara have been absolutely fantastic.
I love this entire ‘Zara Olfactive’ collection…
Decided to get em all.

I envy people who can actually smell it and ejoy it. Of all the Vibrant cities, this was one of the most compelling to me. But I was quite disappointed when I got it. I don't know if my nose is broken or something, but all I could smell was grapefruit, which isn't even listed, and then it completely faded away after ten minutes!? I sprayed again, this time five times on my wrist. Waited. But no, same result.

Soft and creamy. If it would be a color, it would be light yellow. Can strongly smell the bergamot, and the myrrh adds a tiny bit of depth to it, if there`s any. Would wear it on a picnic.

Sweet yet zesty berry notes. I am not sure the blend works well for me.

A few in the Zara 8 sample set smell the same lemony cleaner vibe not for me

Stunningly Venice is the next scent for me to try from Jo Malone's city-themed Zara Olfactive collection. Her Zara scents tend to be simple and unoriginal, but good-quality and pleasant overall. Stunningly Venice (I'll admit that the names are cringeworthy) is a light, sweet fruity scent with limited performance. The red berry accord makes up the main part of this scent.

SV opens with an aquatic, fresh fruity accord, with red berries dominant from initial spray. It is quite shampoo-like - synthetic but fresh rather than candied.

As it develops, a soft, synthetic ambroxan-esque note emerges on my skin, acting as a fixative of sorts. The aquatic red berries remain. It is a skin scent throughout, but becomes a little musky as it fades. Sillage is intimate and longevity is weak.

A feminine-leaning hot weather scent, SV is very simple and subtle throughout. The red berries are sweet, fresh, aquatic and pleasant, despite being synthetic. I wouldn't bother buying this scent, but it's ultimately harmless. To speak to theme, there is nothing remotely Venetian about it. 2/5.

one of the most interesting frags from this line

Pleasant citrus/fruity scent but disappears after 2 hours.

This is a beautiful rendition of dark red berries - this perfume really is stunning. It must be the grounding with Myrrh, which I love. It's light and refreshing. I get a watery red candy but not one for kids.

this one is straight up berry.
i consider this a skin scent, so don't expect a long wear out of this.

maybe best for bed time...

Very pretty unusual scent. It's sweet, clean and it sits very close to the skin. I get the red berries since the initial spray and the myrhh in the dry down. To me it smells like your skin but better, sweeter, like you just exale these sweet aroma and you didn't even try. I wish it would project but I understand the appeal of it having intimate sillage. Got the biggest size for 13€ in the winter sales and I would say it's worth it.

Fantastic tart red berry scent with abysmal longevity.

Fresh, sweet berries in the beginning, then something green or currant starts showing up, maybe the myrrh plus bergamot? I like this fragrance. It changes from sweet to something I can not describe.

I have to check the longevity tho.

The berries note is the star of this perfume. It honestly smells delightful.
I think that Stunningly Venice could easily make the top three of Jo Malone's Vibrant Cities collection.
It lasted for one hour tops on skin...On clothes, more than 8.

I should’ve listen to the comment about this, but me being a lover of red berries jumped at it. Not a fan of this. But I shall wear this when traveling.

This smells exactly like the lobby of the Grand Floridian at Disney World. It's a lovely fragrance, but I don't think I could ever wear it on my body because I associate it with a room scent...but I will probably buy the candle because it brings memories when I smell it.

I do think this could be stunning on the right body chemistry. When I spray it on a strip it smells fruity and sweet and lasts for days. When I spray it on myself it smells like a cheap plastic body spray.

I purchased the sample set and Stunningly Venice was the scent that appealed to me the most. It is so fresh, bright, juicy, and clean. I purchased a full size right away but I have to say after a few times of wearing it, I feel like it becomes too overwhelming for my nose. There is something in this that starts to make me feel nauseous. If you like fresh and clean shampoo type scents, this is a great option. I’ve smelled Meliora by PDM and this is a pretty good dupe but Meliora is much sweeter and a little deeper.

I used to think Stunningly Venice was boring and weak, but I changed my mind on the second wear. I think this fragrance actually works really well in the winter as opposed to the summer/spring which is not what I expected. The red berries and myrrh really shined in the cold weather this time and gave it an air of sophistication. The longevity still wasn’t too great but the sillage was stronger this time. I even got a couple compliments at work!

Not stunning. Definitely not reminiscent of Venice in any way…. But being poorly named doesn’t mean it’s a bad fragrance of course.

This is Simple in a good way. Three key notes listed here are all detectable and play nicely together. It’s a yard party, running errands, pre-bed shower kinda scent.

Let’s say we play with the city theme and come up with a more evocative name for this little number:

Happily Minneapolis?
Cheerfully Chattanooga?
Faintly Fargo?
( ok that was uncalled for perhaps).

You get my drift that this shouldn’t be named after a world class city with mystery and centuries of rich history, such as Venice. As a scent it’s not a win from me but it has its place especially at Zara prices.

Now can we talk about the sample set from Zara? I liked the idea of trying the whole series. Ok. The vials are generous but they are freakishly long and thin and I felt them mocking me, saying “you know you’re gonna break one of us and it’s going to be an ugly mess right? So far I’ve only broken the top of one of the vials so I just can’t put the stopper back in…. It lives in a little cordial glass now. Tester beware…

Red fruit and clean white musk to my nose with some fresh/aquatic notes. Pleasant, unassuming, a bit boring, and quickly gone. Still, I find each fragrance in this collection to be an improvement on the typical Zara fragrance. They all seem to be of a higher quality.

Smells just like water with a splash of orange
Very light
Barely scented

I didn't think this was bad, but I didn't think this was good either. It made me have no reaction, and even if it's a good price, I don't like wearing perfume that doesn't bring me joy or some type of reaction to it, some oomph, life it too short and there are many other perfumes with good prices that are able to do that, even from this collection.

It smells as if I had used a berry/milk or berry/yoghurt body lotion and that's it, I've sold it on my Vinted profile nearly as soon as I tried it, not for me.

Brought this gem whilst in Venice… more so as a souvenir lol. But once I smelled it I thought wow.. this is the exact smell of Venetian women. This is the trails of fragrance I smelled off of women in the tight alleyways full of designer shops..

So, opening is slightly alcoholic. It then dries down quickly. Opening is stunning. It has a fresh, slightly acquatic thing going, you know.. like.. Venice? It definitely is sweet, but it’s so hard to put your finger on the notes in this one. Definitely bergamot, yes. Berries, slightly. It’s fresh but nothing like I ever smelled before. Of course it’s Zara quality when it comes to longevity unfortunately. There’s not a way to describe this fragrance, you’d have to experience it.

I like this one. Really interesting. Feel like something in water. But the notes so different then I feel. Yes red berries ect. I’m talking about feeling. It’s clean. No sillage but I can shower with it. Why not :)

The most stunning thing about this fragrance is how quickly it fades from my skin lol. When I smelled it the first thing that came to mind is the plate of bean sprouts, Thai basil, and lime that comes with pho. I guess that's the aromatic part of it; I don't get the specific notes listed distinctly to my nose.

The opening is nice with a blast of bergamot and some red fruit in the background. However, this is very fleeting and was completely gone after an hour or so. I got no myrrh whatsoever.

On My skin, it does smell like Venice. Like I’m there again. Unfortunately, I can’t say which note does that. But opening is fantastic!
In the drydown however, There's a sweet and unoleasant problem, making it sweet almost like celebrity perfumes from 2000s.
I see some people woting that it smells like Gucci Guilty Absolu, but no. I have it, and Venice is nothing like GGA. It has no cold, peppery and sour notes. Nothing puts it into chypre category

Stunningly Venice is not stunning, to my nose; in fact, it's boring. It starts out promising, with red berries -- raspberries, I think, which I love. But the berries are laid over a boring, if clean, body lotion/laundry musk smell. It's not unpleasant; it's just meh. It barely radiates at all, and needs reapplication to barely radiate, at that. To me, it's reminiscent of a super low key version of Nina Ricci L'Extase or Extase Rose, but without the over-the-top exciting sweetness and rosy myrrh of those two beauties. It's definitely not full bottle worthy, to me.

Not exact but very reminiscent of L’ombre dans l’eau / Antidris cassis in the dry down. The opening is more fresh fruity which may feel like a nice body creme type of fragrance, but it’s really the undertones that make this a bit more elevated. It doesn’t last as long as Antidris but it’s nice for carrying around or packing with on trips. I think this is a universally pleasant, youthful scent.

I couldn’t even understood this fragrance because it was not lasting enough for me to have a conclusion from beginning to end. So what I got is this;

Somewhat simple and not original perfume. Don’t blind buy this/ maybe don’t even buy it. But myrrh is somewhat there like they added 1 pinch of myrrh quality and the rest is dusty bits of this fragrance.

Red berries with musky, floral-ish drydown. Not as "myrhh" like as I expected; kind of similar to Lalique Amethyste & so ofc, PDM Melliora - out of those, I would say Amethyste is better; projection & lasting power of this is not so good - a certain YTber said cranberries & piney Christmas trees but..hm.. (& I've never watched that YTber before; goodness knows most of the bad bits hv been YT recommendations (#samples this year..)

However, mostly I love, love, love the Zara x Jo Loves range; 7/8 out of 10 of them hv been gorgeous

Smells like a bodylotion with a slight fruity touch in the background. I like it for the price.
longevity and projection are decent

Smells great! But barely lasts and projects

Smells like expensive lotion in the best way.

Jo Malone has the best nose in the world. This definitely reminds me of when me and my man went to Venice. It's absolutely feminine, full of love and happiness. It's so irresistible I think it might be my new favourite!

Reminds me of a Blackberry scent I had from the Body shop from the 90's long since discontinued. This is more sophisticated and brings back terrific memories, Love it!

To me this is a slightly sweet natural red berry scent, I LOVE IT it’s so pretty and easy to wear I’m so happy I got the biggest bottle 🥰🥰🥰

It's fresh, fruity, a bit sweet. I really like it. It has a slight shampoo quality about it, but like in a nice, fancy shampoo kinda way. Easy to wear. Best for daytime. Safe for office as well. I have to agree with other reviewers - it's somewhat reminiscent of PDM Meliora.

i don't smell the red berries, and smell doesn't change as it dries down. mainly smell the bergamot and myrhh, which supplies a bit of the spiciness. straight down the middle unisex fragrance, bc it reminded me of aftershave cologne. fresh, citrus, a bit spicy, good for summertime i think. smells nice but nothing special.

It smells so amazing. I knew I have to get it as soon as I sprayed it. The red berries give me currant-like scents, and it is not like other typical fruity perfumes. It is fresh but yet very comfy. I would say this is definitely for Spring and Summer, but it will go along with any occasion.

Exactly Lalique amethyst but Amethyst is a bit better projector!!

Beautiful red berries with green floral drydown. Reminds me of Meliora by Marly and Lalique Amethyste

It’s a fresh fragrance. I try its on my skin, first I feel like a salty citrus scents, and turn to cool aqua notes when dry down.

It’s unisex suite for a fresh citrus lover.

The performance is good, around 7-8 hours on me in department store.