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Truest to a rose
Oh my goodness! This reminds me of the Damask family of rose. The truest rose scent known comes from this rose, which is native to Syria. This is truest to a rose. But I can still smell the difference between a real rose, with its truer, more present rose scent, and a reproduced scent.
— Peter Kukielski of the New York Botanic Garden’s Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, on Prada Infusion de Rose. Read more at Vain Glorious | Rosy Outlook at the New York Times. Hat tip to Jessica!
Prada Candy ~ new perfume
Prada will launch Prada Candy, a new oriental fragrance for women, in August. The new scent is reportedly excessive, impulsive and passionate, and marks a break with the existing Prada perfume line…
Prada Infusion de Rose ~ perfume review
I want to love the Ephemeral Infusions series from Prada.1 Infusion d’Iris, the fragrance that inspired the series, is one of my favorite scents, and the packaging, as always from Prada, is picture-perfect. You could almost get me to buy them just for the gorgeous outer boxes (see below), and the perfectly-aligned, dyed-to-match fabric covering the caps.
So I do try to love them. But the “veil of scent” / watercolor concept that worked so well in Infusion d’Iris (and in Prada L’Eau Ambrée, although it is not part of this series) has just seemed, well, wimpy, and dull, in the scents that followed (Infusion de Fleur d’Oranger, Infusion de Tubéreuse & Infusion de Vétiver). It is not just a case of oh-this-is-really-nice-just-not-me, as it was with yesterday’s Jardin Sur Le Toit, but more wow-this-could-have-been-awesome-but-somehow-it’s-just-not.
Still. I like Infusion d’Iris, and I like Prada, and I like the work of the perfumer, Daniela Andrier. So I was happy to hear that rose was up next…
Prada Amber Pour Homme Intense ~ fragrance review
I don’t tend to like soapy fragrances, and if you asked me if I’d like a fragrance that smelled like shaving cream, I’d have to say no — but I loved Prada’s original Amber Pour Homme (2006), sometimes known as Prada Man, and Prada Man smelled, basically, like shaving cream. It’s been on my “to buy” list since it came out, but I’ve built up an impressive collection of samples and I don’t wear it all that frequently anyway. It’s not all that likely I’ll ever have to buy any.
Prada does a better job than most in terms of telling you what their fragrances will (really) smell like, and so it’s worth paying attention to their description of Amber Pour Homme Intense, which called for “a pared back roster of exceptional quality raw ingredients” and “peeling back the layers of leather and barbershop soap present in the original”. Yep, this is essentially Amber Pour Homme without the shaving cream — less fougère, more woody oriental. It’s heavier on the amber and patchouli. It’s darker, spicier, and not quite as smooth. It has a slight cocoa undertone, especially in the early stages, and the vanilla is more noticeable as it dries down, although it’s not really any sweeter than the original. Despite the heavier concentration, it doesn’t strike me as any louder or stronger, either…
