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For me this was a disaster

Posted by Robin on 26 August 2016 2 Comments

I’d go to New York and buy the perfume from the shop; this little shop, always with an old man who only made perfumes in the summer with a few students. At some point it closed down. Then I felt awful; for me this was a disaster. So the first perfume I tried was based on this one. I went to a man with a piece of the bottle and told him what I remembered about it, what was in my imagination. And that is what became Prada Amber.

— Designer Miuccia Prada talks about the first perfume she fell in love with (and about the latest Prada fragrances) in Miuccia Prada on being shy, working with her husband and her mad office with a helter skelter at The Telegraph.

La Femme Prada ~ perfume review

Posted by Robin on 23 August 2016 34 Comments

Mia Wasikowska and Mia Goth for La Femme Prada

It’s seemed a long slog through sweet and pink and fruity lately, so I was happy to turn to La Femme Prada even before I actually smelled it. A not-pink fragrance, for grown-ups, from the (mostly) reliable team of Prada and perfumer Daniela Andrier? Even if it didn’t turn out to be a “grand floral that restlessly shakes off the clichés of femininity”, much less “innocence undercut with carnality”, that’s got to beat an awful lot of what we’ve seen on perfume counters this year.

The notes – frangipani, tuberose, ylang ylang, spices, beeswax, vanilla, vetiver — likewise sounded right up my alley, and the advertising, featuring four models generally conducting themselves with dignity, is very Prada and near perfect…

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Wise men say only fools rush in

Posted by Robin on 23 August 2016 Leave a Comment

Mia Wasikowska, Mia Goth, Ansel Elgort and Dane DeHaan for La Femme Prada and L’Homme Prada.

5 perfumes: vetiver fragrances for summer

Posted by Robin on 14 June 2016 95 Comments

beaded vetiver tassels

I did a year of incense and a year of iris,1 and now as promised, I’m starting in on a year of vetiver.2 Today, five great vetiver choices for summer. Two of my own favorite vetivers for hot weather — Kenzo Air and Paul Smith Story — have been discontinued long enough now that they’re rather hard to find, but if you happen across bottles of either and you’re a vetiver fan, do snap them up! (And then if you don’t like them, send them to me.) And as always, do add your own favorites in the comments…

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Prada La Femme Prada & L’Homme Prada ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 3 June 2016 15 Comments

Prada La Femme Prada & L'Homme Prada

Prada will launch La Femme Prada and L’Homme Prada, a new fragrance duo…

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