Gourmand Leather N° 0059 Zara 2017

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Gourmand Leather N° 0059 is a perfume by Zara for men and was released in 2017. The scent is sweet-gourmand. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Sweet

Gourmand

Leathery

Synthetic

Powdery

Fragrance Notes

Tonka bean

Bergamot

Iris

Leather

Lemon

Ratings

Scent

7.5128 Ratings

Longevity

7.5117 Ratings

Sillage

7.2117 Ratings

Bottle

6.7121 Ratings

Value for money

9.329 Ratings

Submitted by Elysium, last update on 08.11.2023.

Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

02/08/2019

10
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 9
Scent

N471v3
99 Reviews

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N471v3

Very helpful Review 9

Delicate reinterpretation of the Ultra-Matrosen

Gourmand Leather. Mhhh. Just the name makes me horny.

I have once again followed my perfidious need to find even more Tripple-A fragrances with which I can dress olfactorily and feel good every day. This time I ordered this Zara scent blind. After he was described here in the community as "Ultra Male with citrus instead of pear", as "a bit leatherier and less sweet", and "at the end Tonka bean", I had the feeling that this can't go much wrong - I am a big Ultra Male lover. And the scent could be even better than his role model. Because I'm not sooo a big fan of the bulb, even if it works so well in Ultra Male that I love it anyway.

Here, at any rate, it is less peary, which from my point of view reveals the true soul of this fragrance more beautifully. Not so distracted from the basic composition. It's also somehow more relaxed, the pear in Ultra Male makes it look a bit more like commerce / party / proll-smell, you know what I mean... about this cliché-associations you can stand above it or not, but Gourmand Leather makes it easier for me to like it, and to wear it with pleasure, and probably more often.

Cynically, one could say that Zara copied a perfume and happened to make something better out of the idea of perfume DNA. Maybe more randomly than consciously. Almost paradoxical, but in the end I'm just happy to be able to enjoy this fragrance all the more. The fact that you can get the scent cheaper than Ultra Male, even though it is only available on the after-market, makes it even tastier ;) I got 150ml for an amazing 38€ (including shipping). You don't even get 40ml of Gaultier water around that, and you can really bathe in it, i.e. wet your body evenly to compensate for the possibly weaker performance.

While I wrote the comment by the way, the fragrance is now more slowly set on my skin, and I find it direction drydown all the cooler and more pleasant.

In the end, of course, you buy a mass product, so don't expect it to perform as well and consistently as the sailor next door. But from me there is an unrestricted blind buy recommendation!

Stay horny! ;)

08/14/2018

3
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 7
Scent

3lbows
50 Reviews

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3lbows

Ultra Mâle on glutamate.

Maybe a word in advance about the Zara Dupes themselves. As with La Rive, there are variations in quality, the extent to which fragrances come close to their role models, and of course the tiresome subject of durability.
But Zara has a special problem here; many fragrances have a pungent, high-frequency scratchy and synthetic note in the drydown after a frequently acceptable top note, which delays the shelf life, but equalizes the fragrances in the early base note. But for me it's especially problematic that this, let's call it perfume glutamate, with its constantly booming presence in the background also causes headaches. With the newer scents like Pipeline and Teahupoo I don't notice them, but with 9.0 or this one here.
Nevertheless, Gourmand Leather is among my Top 5 Dupes. He comes so damn close to his role model Ultra Mâle that it shivers you to spend more for it. The fragrance starts with a full charge of well defined canned pears (sic! Although not in the pyramid), dark blue and deep-sweet. The above-mentioned Zara glutamate gives him a peculiar freshness, which for me at least in the first hour even lifts him above his role model. He seems more interesting, dominant, self-confident and yet playful, projects enormously and is definitely, definitely not 10€ Billigheimer. In this phase I always feel compelled to sniff at the point of entry, simply because he smells comfortably sweet and at the same time screams loudly "yeah baby, I can still do it!" If it would stay SO over the whole course, and only fade away...
But then Zara comes and reminds me of the 10€. The glutamate takes over the control and becomes stronger from hour 2-3. Gourmand Leather now says goodbye to the sailor, gets a bit leatherier, and slowly ends. I would describe the late base as light, close to the skin leather, no longer sweet, but now also freed from the stabbing drydown extender and thus quite compatible. After 8-10 hours it's over, at least on my skin. It lasts much longer on the test strip or on clothing.
The brown rubberized bottle is now not really tingling, but the spray head doses properly and is easy to align. I don't expect more in this price range, although La Rive is mMn ahead of the pack here.
I can't recommend Gourmand Leather quite as unscrupulously as Dry Oil (Dior Homme / Homme Intense), for example, or Just On Time (Pure XS), simply because the Zara Drydown pulls down the overall impression for me. But if you are looking for a long-lasting, clearly perceptible night scent, or if you like Ultra Mâle, you can take a blind look here.

10/19/2017

7
Bottle 6
Sillage 6
Longevity 5.5
Scent

MrHonest
110 Reviews

MrHonest

Broken candy...

I'm sorry, I just couldn't. The opening is a dreadful blast of sweet, synthetic crystallized weirdness with a tiny bit of iris in the background. Everything about this is just so sharp and biting. The drydown is a little better, but this is nowhere near natural or even smooth. Up close, I can't help but cringe my nose at that zingy, powdery nonsense; but after about an hour, the sillage can be rather pleasing. Just smell it from a distance!

I never would have bought a bottle if my gf didn't ask me to. Personally I can tolerate it, but never enjoy it. I don't know why this recieved so much hype a while back. Leather? Dream on...this is a sharp sugar headache in a bottle. If you want decent Zara frags go with Ambre Noble, Tone Indeterminee or even RWA. At least those have some character, rather than the ADHD you're going to get with this juice. Try before you buy!

Update: Oh it's Ultra Male alright. Nearly an exact copy. And after months of spraying, it's actually tolerable now - borderline enjoyable. I'm a little more impressed at how Zara managed such a good clone - one of their best - but I'm still not a big fan of it, nor JPG's original. It's just unfortunate that it's no longer availble, because compared to the vast majority of dross that the brand has come out with since... Gourmand Leather is a home run. Definitely recommended for girls aged 10-20!

02/07/2018

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 6
Longevity 9
Scent

Elysium
815 Reviews

Elysium

Helpful Review 3

The sweet smell of sensual leather

"His kiss tasted like the honey-bourbon he'd been sipping, and his skin smelled like sweet, delightful leather, and sensual man."

Oh man, Zara Gourmand Leather makes me think about that whenever I smell it! Well, I need to take back control of my imagination, and instead of letting it go wild on all the beautiful things that could happen, I should instead start discussing the scent! ;)

To begin with, I've hunted about Zara Gourmand Leather on the web, and I've got back the following outcomes:
"It has some similarities to Ultra Male by Jean Paul Gaultier."
"Nice opening, and yes, it does smell similar to JPG Ultra Male."
"This one is fantastic. I have to agree, and this is like Ultra Male."
"It truly does smell very, very similar to JPG Ultra Male (I'd say the top notes are almost identical)."
"This fragrance does remind me of JPG Ultra Male, and it is also almost identical "
"Yes, this resembles Ultra Male by JPG, almost the same smell..."
"This is 95% Ultra Male, as many have already said. "
"It is very close to Ultra Male, and I own both of those... "
"I have to agree, this is like Ultra Male, precisely like it. "

Should I believe the hype? Let's look at the evidence. I sprayed Zara Gourmand Leather on one hand and JPG UM on the other and compared side by side. First things first, the cologne is inspired by the recent trend for fruity gourmand male fragrances and shares specific characteristics with other contemporaries, comprising a surplus of aromatic, lavender. Amber notes it's a modern take on the Amber Oriental Fougère family.

The flight takes off with a very agreeable citrus-mentholated accord, which lasts roughly half an hour. The opening is very similar, on a burst of enticing fruit notes over a backdrop of warmly aromatic lavender and fresh mint. However, the kind of citrus fruit listed is different.

The scents continue with a fainting citrus note and an aromatic intense clary sage and lavender combo that adds a dark aspect to both. At this stage, in Zara Gourmand Leather, a sweet and indulging iris note becomes dominant. The vibe is still alike; however, the powdery and buttery tone keeps the two apart for nearly one hour.

The dry down reveals a solid and lovable gourmand combo of tonka and leather that lasts a lot of time, 5 to 6 hours with one good spray on the back of my hand. The warm interlude slowly evaporates to reveal the mouthwatering and sweet gourmand notes of vanilla.
Yet both dry down powdery, creamy, animal, musky, and dirty. Vanilla and tonka are dominant and rule the oriental facet of the amber base, which is warm, intoxicating, and particularly addictive.

Conclusively, Zara GL is a tremendous uncanny clone of JPG UM, and they are surprisingly similar at 99.999% with a powdery dominant note that distinguishes the former. Ideal for daily and nightly wear, fabulous for office thanks to moderate yet inoffensive sillage but colossal longevity. The best season is cold weather, from late muggy fall until early sparkling spring. Thanks to its strikingly amber and gourmand accords, it's something that performs well in a seductive fire-lit environment or the frosty night air.

Albeit somebody compares Zara GL to Armani Code Profumo, nor do I. To my nose, they have nothing in common, at any stage of the development, two scents apart.

-Elysium

06/22/2023

10
Pricing 6
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 7
Scent

Kol
5 Reviews

Kol

Whispers of Leather and Enigmatic Sweetness

I'd heard some really good things about this perfume, so I decided to head to Zara to pick it up. After spending a few minutes searching the perfume section, I was told that it was sold out. Apparently, it was such a hit that it was gone from most stores. But there was still hope - I was informed that a store about half an hour away might have a bottle left.

So, off I went. After a bit of a drive, I finally arrived at the other store. Turns out they did have the last bottle, but it wasn't even out on the shelves. Some guy had to go fetch it from the back. He looked a bit angry, probably because he had wanted it for himself.

Bottle:
I usually don't have high expectations for fragrances that cost 20 euros, but to be honest, Zara managed to underwhelmed me with the tilted text on the bottle. Otherwise, it gets the job done. The atomizer lets you half-spray it, which I usually like and especially appreciate with a fragrance that has become my choice for "unimportant night-out" situations.

Scent:
It opens with a very strong and relatively nice iris note, which is just a little too powdery, but well accompanied by a leathery note. The leathery note brings to mind chrome-tanned leather sneakers. The combination of iris and leather is nothing new, but it works well this time too.
So far, so good. One would think it's great, even after noticing the citrus accord hiding behind the iris. The combination is vibrant, yet maybe a little soapy at times. But then the sweetness kicks in—an extremely strong, unnatural type of sweetness. It's the kind of sweetness that a bug-eating plant would emit to lure in, confuse, and ultimately make its prey surrender. The sweetness is almost sickening and absolutely soulless. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate it. I just can't really place it in my head. It's somewhat gourmandy, but not tonka bean; it's something synthetic. The scent is rather linear and doesn't change much over time. If anything, the leather and sweetness remain the most dominant notes.

Comparison:
In our olfactory lineup, we have three rivals.
J.P.G. Ultra Male:
As anticipated, Ultra Male is better. However, personally, I prefer this Zara budget beast over it.
Afnan 9pm:
It should be a fair comparison, given how both 9pm and G.L. are considered Ultra Male homages and the prices are similar, but I really, really disliked 9pm and do like the Zara fragrance.
And lastly, Valentino Uomo Intense (new version):
I have noticed similarities when sniffing this Valentino fragrance, which is no wonder because the formula is also similar on paper. However, Valentino is a lot more refined and complex.

Performance:
It's strong enough. People will notice it. I'd say it has a 1-meter sillage for the first 3-4 hours, half a meter for the next 2 hours, ultimately demanding a rather intimate proximity for the final 2 hours.

Use Case:
This fragrance seems to resonate with warmer climates, but it feels somewhat discordant in the winter's chill. It might be overbearing in the peak of summer. So, spring or autumn evenings could be the perfect stage for this scent, especially for an al fresco dinner with friends or a dance party.

Kol Score:
7/10

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