As it happens every time I’m not too sure about the structure of a fragrance, I tried this Prada Perfume For Men twice on test paper and, as it always happens when I try a perfume more than once, what the nose felt was different.

This thing is both bad and good. Bad because it makes me wonder, how reliable is my review? And good because if every perfume testing is a small experience (good, bad or so and so), it means that I can have as many of them as all the different perfumes around, and then I can double the number by repeating the test again. A number close to infinite, I would say.

But I guess you came here for this Prada Amber perfume, right?

I’ll start with the first experience I had. 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 end, still after 24 hours on blotter, stll amber, but a bit weaker and 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 on the blotter.

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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