What a beautiful feminine light scent! Very office-friendly as, if you use only 1 or 2 spritzes, it stops projecting within 5-10 minutes, and becomes a personal scent. I love freesias for their light and intoxicatingly beautiful and sweet scent, and I'm not sure there are freesias in here, but it is absolutely a beautiful scent.

I find most contemporary perfumes project too strongly as I don't like constantly smelling my perfume; I prefer breaks from scent with whiffs in between, so that my nose has the time to forget and to appreciate the scent all over again. This one fits that lightly-projecting bill perfectly.

I have the original Alien edp, Alien Essence Absolue, Alien Eau Sublime, Alien Eau Extraordinaire, and this scent is the most comfortable version of it for daily work wear and errands. I'm really surprised by how well it was recreated, minus the heavier elements of myrrh and incense, which is what makes it so wearable even for a walk. I can't remember the Alien edt, but I could say Royal Freesia is like an Alien splash or eau de cologne.

I really love how soft (not harsh, strong, projecting or lasting) some of Zara's fragrances are as they don't give me headaches and I can change to another later in the day and not have the previous scent competing. Royal Freesia is one I can do that with.

My experience of testing the scents reminded me of some things that I thought I might share as they might be influencing your fragrance testing and selecting experiences. The following is not part of the fragrance review.

1) Testers have been sitting out, often under heat and lights, for weeks or months, so some of the more delicate scent notes, such as citruses, and even heavier elements, such as oils, may have turned, or at least changed, compared to what you'll get from a fresh bottle, that you are likely to better protect over the course of its lifetime. So be open to your new bottle smelling better, and usually brighter.
2) Testers often don't have caps so the scent in the straw, which is what you'll be spraying on yourself, may be a little more exposed to oxygen, which also oxidizes certain natural ingredients in the scent and changes the scent a little.
3) Testers will be less than 100% full or even down to the last few milliliters, meaning that oxygen has filled the bottle to a certain extent and oxidized the juice in the bottle, thereby affecting the more fragile scent ingredients. Once again, be open to your new bottle smelling better, and usually brighter.
4) You'll need to try scents for a full wear (i.e. keep it on for several hours to a day) to be able to get a real sense of how it evolves and how you find each phase of it. Some can have really catchy top notes but mid and base notes that aren't that inspiring or that you already have in your collection.
5) Your perception of scents you try will be affected by any fragrance in your base layer of body lotion, foods you ate that day that may be on your breath or tongue (this includes gum), time in your monthly cycle, time of the day and how many scents your nose has been exposed to already that day, if you have a cold, if you are taking any medication, etc.
So if you are springing for an expensive fragrance, it may be well worth your while to give it several tries on different days to make sure you love it under many conditions.
6) Scents lie and project differently on a blotter, vs. on your skin, vs. on your clothes. Some may smell better on one surface vs. another. Try them on all surfaces to find the one that you like best.
7) Try to not wear any scented products if possible on the day you test a new scent so your nose and olfactive brain get the purest version of the new fragrance you are trying.
8) When you try multiple fragrances at a time, your olfactive brain, and your nose, get attracted to and notice the more powerful elements or accords in a scent, as the weaker or softer ones may disappear due to competing strong elements in another scent you are testing at the same time. This may make a real gem not stand out when compared with something with stronger natural ingredients or stronger aromachemicals.
9) Your nose and olfactive brain get tired out when trying different scents, so trying a few in the morning and a few in the afternoon could be better than all in one shot.
10) Some of the modern aromachemicals can sit inside your nose, so you smell them even after they are no longer that present on your skin, giving the impression of being everlasting. Although, truth be told, most modern fragrances are using aromachemicals that do indeed heighten duration and projection.

So, some tips for when you go fragrance shopping:
Try to wear as little competing fragrance that day. Try to keep the same day tests to a minimal number if you can. Try fragrances on skin as well as on clothes. Try to give your nose and brain a short break between smelling each different scent. Try to spray them on parts of you that are far apart so you don't get a whiff of one as you breathe in another. Give yourself time to decide how much you like a fragrance.

And the most important tip, have fun! Buying a fragrance is partaking in a luxury that many around the world cannot hope to experience. Enjoy this luxurious experience and moment of girly fun!