Prada L'Homme Intense Eau de Parfum ,100 ml

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Summary: In their search for the ideal iris fragrances, Fragrantica editors Dr. Marlen Elliot Harrison and John Biebel discuss Prada's L'Homme & L'Homme Intense. We hope you enjoy this unique new format! As you may have heard there's a fair bit amount of discussion lately about Prada L'Homme Intense being discontinued.

Overall do I like Prada L’Homme Intense? I think it is an amazing fragrance. It’s got enough similarities to the original to be familiar, while also adding new elements, to stand on its own. This scent is clean, warm, and sweet with the inclusion of a roasted tonka bean note for good measure. I like how dry the composition is and how the amber sort of soaks the iris. Unlike its predecessor, Prada L'Homme Intense sets the fragrant, aquatic iris accent right from the start. It takes the entire top note for itself and thus gives a clear direction: Sweetish floral scents are not to be expected in the following. Rather, aromatic and balsamic smells unfold in the heart note . Sensual, animalistic amber spreads emphatically here and is muffled by patchouli with an herbaceous sultriness. Compared to the original perfume, L'Homme Intense strikes a coarser note from the start. Even in the base note remains Intense masculine. Woody and smoky nuances dominate here of fine sandalwood, strong tonka bean and leather create a seductive sillage. Chic, Angular Glass Bottle Why Prada would end ties to Puig and go to L'Oreal is much harder to determine, but if I had to guess, Miuccia Prada is no longer concerned with overseeing her own perfumes. Miuccia Prada was hands-on with Daniela Andrier on every Prada fragrance to establish a house DNA (amber and iris) that ran through most of their fragrances in one form or another, leading to the reputation on the men's side for a house of soapy office fragrances. Miuccia has since launched her own psuedo-niche label called Miu Miu that she oversees, so the decision to give L'Oreal the license may actually stem from the fact they are autonomous and Prada no longer has to get in there and write briefs or smell potential candidates for new fragrances herself anymore. Just a hunch.Of course it's not a fair comparison because the 2017 bottles is opened since then, alcohol has evaporated a bit which made the pure fragrance oil concentration higher and some volatile top notes may have disappeared too. JOHN: You’d given me Infusion d’Iris Eau de Parfum Absolue to smell, and it made a big impression. Do you think L’Homme (original or Intense) are related? How about Prada Amber? L'Homme Intense is a reinterpretation of the Eau de Toilette of the same name by Prada. The intensive version was developed by the same perfume designer who created the original fragrance: Daniela Andrier. In both compositions the main characteristic feature is the iris. Their powdery, light bouquet in the new version, however, encompasses darker, more aromatic notes. The result is a less floral, but stronger fragrance experience. The composition is almost consistently praised as stylish and mature. In addition, despite its classic charisma, it is quite independent. The perfume is suitable for middle-aged men who like to appear elegant and self-confident. In contrast to the lighter L'Homme, it is more suitable for the cooler half of the year. Easy Start with Rough Aftermath

JOHN: This is an interesting question, and nice to put to me! I was thinking of one artist, but two different paintings. Henri Matisse, the French painter, has a painting in the Museum of Modern Art in New York called The Piano Lesson - this to me is Prada L'Homme... there's a certain quiet, proportioned simplicity to the scent perfectly captured in this painting. The grey color also matches this kind of iris. Another painting by Matisse is a perfect match to L'Homme Intense, it's called The Pink Studio, and is owned by the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, Russia. The painting isn't about the color pink but rather this bold blue and turquoise in the center that takes all the attention. This is the "intense" that I feel when smelling L'Homme Intense. Those rich ambery notes flavored with iris are well-represented in this painting. made in France is more zesty, fresher, zingy, closer to the original L'Homme EdT, not nearly as full in the base - BUT it's projecting off the paper strip like crazy, even hours later and you'll get that slightly dirty, almoast "sweaty" patchouli note in the sillage.MARLEN: So, along the same lines, John, many folks have become familiar with iris as a main fragrance note since the launch of Dior Homme. How would you say the Pradas compare to other mainstream iris fragrances?