This Prada Perfume For Men was a typical case where paper and skin gave two very different responses, two different experiences, so here are two different reviesws of the same fragrance. I won’t say which one was on paper and which one on the skin, as it doesn’t matter.
Let’s start with the one I liked the better. That was rich and complex, very hard to pinpoint a definite direction. The beginning was quite dynamic, and when all the notes settled down it felt citrus and clean, with a light cardamom in the background. And then amber came in with woods. As it evolved, this Prada Parfum lost a bit of complexity, and the presence of amber made it closer to Cool Water, although way more complex. Let’s say that the same in-your-face masculinity is there, but more sophisticated and, of course much warmer.
At a more advanced stage of the middle notes, amber was still there, but it became fairly powdery, probably thanks to vanilla and incense (read: resin).
In the dry down, after several amber was still there, a bit weaker, more alone (some woodsy notes kept it company, quietly), but still holding the fort. After even more hours, a soft, great old-fashioned woody + spicy accord was left.
And what about the second test for Prada Fragrance? Well, the second review will be pretty quick: amber took over so much that – at least for the most part – if they had blindfolded me I would have said it was Cool Water. All the complexity gone, only, in the end, woods combined with amber a little.
But don’t get me wrong, that was not disappointing at all, I love amber and I love Cool Water. I just missed the complexity of the first round.
In both cases, this is will be a perfume that men with at least thirthy springs on their back should wear in the cold season.
If the perfume of the first try was a color, it would be this:
Prada Amber Pour Homme
PS: Anyway, I have a perfectly good explanation for the all-amber version: the tester was almost finished and all the amber settled at the bottom, how about that?
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