Bvlgari will launch Le Gemme, a new collection of luxury perfumes inspired by semi-precious stones and their historical trade routes, in September…
Bottega Veneta Knot ~ new fragrance
Bottega Veneta will launch Knot, the brand’s third fragrance, in August. Knot is named for the Bottega Veneta knot clutch…
Bvlgari Opera Prima ~ new fragrance
Bvlgari celebrates its 130th anniversary with Opera Prima, a new limited edition fragrance and collector bottle…
Prada Candy Florale ~ perfume review
Candy Florale is the latest from Prada, and it’s the second flanker to 2011’s Prada Candy. First, a quick recap: I liked Prada Candy. It didn’t make my buy list when I reviewed it, but I ended up buying it later that year all the same, and while I have no good excuse — it was an impulse buy, pure and simple — I do wear it from time to time.1 If I had my druthers, which I rarely do, they’d have done a ‘Noir’ or ‘Intense’ sort of flanker. Something a bit more sophisticated, a bit less sweet? Instead, last year they did Prada Candy L’Eau, a lighter, fresher version, ruined (for me, at least) by an overly dryer-sheet-ish white musk.
Candy Florale “evolved from the concept of an imaginary flower created especially for Candy”.2 Early on, the notes were reported in the press as limoncello sorbet, peony, benzoin, honey, musk and caramel; but the Prada website (and Sephora) list cedrat, cosmos, benzoin, caramel and white musk. Take your pick, it makes no difference…
Prada Candy Florale ~ new fragrance
Prada will launch Prada Candy Florale in April. The new fragrance for women is a flanker to 2011’s Prada Candy, and follows last year’s Candy L’Eau…