Cargo de Nuit

A new favorite of mine... I’ve always thought that the Luna Rossa line is decent, but falls short of realizing its potential to be truly great. Luna Rossa has a very distinct, recognizable smell—something along the lines of soapy, clean tonka with citrus adorning its top. It’s unique—really the type that needs to be experienced to be understood—and it fits a variety of versatile, clean-but-sexy daily wear fragrances that I find very useful and needed—but it’s always felt a little thin and unfinished. It opens with great promise, but sort of fizzles out quickly and leaves me shrugging my shoulders. Luna Rossa Black *almost* corrects that—it adds an Amber note in the base, giving it more rounded dimension and an altogether thicker, beefier presence. But it’s soft, and still somehow manages to smell a little too thin or suppressed for its own good. It’s a nice smell...but there doesn’t seem to be much behind it. Enter, Cargo de Nuit. On a very rudimentary level, Cargo de Nuit smells like something between Luna Rossa and Luna Rossa Black. It presents a similar soapy, musky-tonka accord that can be found in the others, but the way it wears, and the way it behaves, and how it feels is completely different. Rather than feeling thin, or kind of flat like those I’ve mentioned, Cargo feels, for lack of a better word, “puffy.” It feels inflated and cloud-like, as if the basic tonka accord has been blown up with an air pump, and is now three-dimensional, radiant and enveloping in its gauzy poofs of soft-silky clean Luna Rossa-tonka. I’m not sure what gives it this grand, cloud-like effect. My instincts tell me there’s ambroxan afoot, providing its fuzzy-fluffy dimension and soft but undeniable radiance, but it’s not listed as a note, and though I think I catch mysteriously subtle wafts of salty ambergris on its back-end, I can’t quite pin it down and grasp it. So maybe it’s the Iso-E Super that’s responsible for Cargo’s curious lift and silky smooth flow. Maybe not. Either way, that brings me to another point about CdN—it’s incredibly smooth and rounded, not a rough edge or bumpy notch in sight. It’s Cargo de Nuit’s material that makes it this way. It wears as more of a gauzy glow than any wood or plant or bean. Its fabric equivalent would be cashmere. Finally, CdN distinguishes itself by its performance. Aside from the fact that it has easy 8–10 hour longevity and good projection, it leaves an incredibly beguiling trail in the air, weaving in and out of the spaciousness it creates around itself. I don’t think sniffing this on paper comes even close to doing it justice. You can certainly get the basic idea of its smell, and if you dislike that there’s no need to explore it further, but you won’t get an inkling of its character and what makes Cargo de Nuit so special. In fact, I wouldn’t even recommend sampling it with a dab vial. For this one you should use a bottle, or at least a spray vial, and apply 3 or 4 solid sprays from about a foot away, at least one of them on fabric. Wear it for the day and let its true nature unfold. This fragrance is relatively new to me, I’ve worn it three times so far, and I’m sure I’ll notice more enjoyable twists and turns as I wear it more often, but for now it’s an immediate thumbs up that I’m giving an excellent 9/10 rating, and which could possibly move half a point to a full point higher in time. Recommended for sampling due to its price. Side note: You might be wondering where and when to wear Cargo de Nuit. I think it should be worn anywhere where it won’t be wasted. What I mean is, it’s versatile enough to pretty much wear anywhere, but if you’re going to be too busy to notice it, or if you’re going to be wearing it in an environment where a good fragrance is no more appreciated than an Axe body spray, do yourself a favor and hold off on it until you’re in a different situation. This is one that seems to fit so many scenarios you may find yourself reaching for it very frequently, and that could become too frequently once you notice you’ve drained half your bottle in a little over a month, and you realize that the male convicts you teach at the local prison and the peewee-league baseball team you coach on the weekends probably didn’t give af about what your SOTD was, and that you probably should have reserved emptying more of your $300 bottle for another time. So just make sure that at least you, or one other person are going to appreciate this precious juice when you wear it

My ultimate wearable perfume. Strong, long-lasting AND impossible to dislike, setting it apart from all my other strong perfumes. It's almost TOO wearable such that I ration it only for occasions which require a clinically inoffensive scent. Think first dates, interviews and important mixers. It's reassuring to know my scent is reliably there, creating a diffusive ethereal aura around me. The first time I smelled this scent on paper, it smelled formless like an innocuous musk, yet unlike other musk dominant perfumes. It felt unnatural, sci-fi-ish, reminiscent of polished metal. Like many other 'molecular' style perfumes, such as Another 13 or Molecule1, it needs a wearing on skin to be understood. When I gave it a chance, it struck me how much it smelled exactly like iron steam. Though strange to want to smell like steam, it's such a clean, comforting and enveloping musk. The coumarin adds the faintest tinge of sweetness and helps to fill out the scent. However, the main player is the ambrettolide. Here it presents a rich clean musk that is superbly smooth, almost buttery, working in complete synergy with the smooth iris. The coumarin, ambrette and iris mesh completely together in a smooth musky accord. It's pure bliss to smell. Performance of the scent is helped along with Iso-E and ambroxan, which comfortably extend the life of the scent beyond 12 hours. Projection is strong, yet diffuse, along the lines of BR540 (but even more agreeable!). Interacts easily with heat. For instance, I feel its reach extend after a brisk walk warms my body. With Cargo de Nuit, it's impossible to make a bad impression. You run a small risk of making not much of an impression, because it is a genderless, almost formless un-divisive scent. However, I love every inch of the scent and the confidence it gives me easily outweighs the cons. Though expensive, I feel its worth every dollar even at full retail. Luna Rossa Black doesn't even come close in terms of scent or performance. Sadly, availability is sparce due to low production likely attributed to its high cost and low popularity. Impossible to find in Australia, my brother had to source it all the way from France.

A supremely interesting fragrance. It fools you into thinking it’s a superficial musky coumarin, with its transparent aroma chemicals the first impression is of a designer fragrance It is indeed similar to Prada black but somehow totally different. Prada black is a powdery musk with herbal touches to my nose while this one is what I will call a futuristic “white Amber” At first it doesn’t seem like an amber, rather it’s just coumarin sweetness with a strange synthetic musk background. It has a sharpness in the opening that reminds me of a super transparent moss , like that found in wood sage and sea salt and pacific rock moss; However quickly it shifts into something puffy and fluffy with a bit of musky weight, sweetened and dreamy. I really don’t want to call it an amber but what else can I call what I’m experiencing? It’s as if amber is recreated using only modern white materials; vanilla replaced with coumarin, the gummy weight of resins replaces with ambroxan and musk, sandalwoods replaceD with transparent iso e super based cedar. Add to it all a tiny abstract flourish of white floral hedione. It doesn’t fit any category but it seems like a cool (in temperature) amber. An amber that doesn’t remind you of gooey warmth, but one of a dark night and wide open skies in the middle of the ocean. However as a word of warning I will say that if you don’t like aroma chemicals and ambroxan type smells just skip this, I totally see how this fragrance can be interpreted as a strange synthetic conconction that strips amber of everything good, especially if you have more traditional leanings. This is for the type of person who like the Luna Rossa Line and wants an upgrade. On the whole very unique and enjoyable scent. It’s not that I absolutely love the smell, it’s that nothing else has this vibe of sublime mysterious coolness.the name is perfect- like gliding through an ocean of dark modernity except it’s your element and you move like a breeze

Cargo de Nuit is a musky, ambery scent in the manner of Escentric Molecules/Le Labo Another 33/Juliette Not A Perfume et al. It is an excellent take on this trend - complex, cohesive and cosy yet sophisticated. It embraces its synthetic nature, and is pleasant and luxurious throughout. CdN is musky and grey from initial spray. Instead of austere or unpleasant, it is utterly wearable. @heavyindustry below nails it: it smells exactly like a steam iron at first - clean and grey. The muskiness develops, becoming warmer and more well-rounded as it progresses. The addition of the ambrette-coumarin accord is genius - it is smooth and slightly sweet, complementing the Iso-E-Super to perfection. As it develops, some subtle powdery florals creep in. They smell synthetic, but it works alongside the musky-amber accord. It doesn't change too much from the opening - the steam iron accord remains throughout, just is given body by the other notes. Some woodiness emerges as it dries down, remaining musky until final fade. Sillage is moderate and longevity is long-lasting - it lingers but wears pretty close to the skin, especially as it progresses. A great unisex musky-amber scent, CdN is an excellent example of its genre. I don't personally love this type of thing, but this is the best one I've tried. Futuristic, minimalist and easy-to-wear, it is an everyday year-round scent. Avant-garde yet approachable, this is beautifully composed. Prada, bottled. 4.5/5.

This is a clean white musky molecule (synthetic) type scent that literally smells like clean skin. I get lots of ambrette with some white woods, ambrox, tonka and a soapy atmospheric quality that I gravitate towards. It has the same vibe as Another 13, although the scent itself is vastly different. It also harken Prada LRB. Overall a clean soapy musky atmospheric scent that smells like your skin but better. Almost like just showered in an expensive hotel. Interestingly, also reminds me the most of the drydown of Pengaligon's Lord George. I love wearing this kind of thing to the office or anywhere I want to smell crisp, clean, professional, and polished at a high level. They mix well with my chemistry and I get tons of positive feedback. To my dismay, it is IMPOSSIBLE to find a bottle of of this stuff! I've only once seen a full bottle of this and I've literally been looking for 3 years. I hope Prada brings this back into production. If anyone has a bottle in the United States for sale, please message me. Until then, I suppose I'll need to try Luna Rosa Black. TL;DR Soapy clean expensive hotel and linens. Easy to love, impossible to find. Scent 10/10 Performance 7.5/10

I don't understand why I find this so compelling. This isn't my kind of scent at all - it just feels so clean in that non-human, dry-cleaners' chemicals, just-unboxed-designer-clothes way. Reviewers below put their finger on it with words like "processed" and "untouchable." The smell of steam-irons and laundry is definitely part of it, and there's something of that smell in Apple stores, a spare composite of upscale cardboard packaging, tissue paper, and static (Black Tie has some of that also). So basically it's one of those 'new-consumer-product' perfumes I usually have no time for. Yet when I wear it, I'm pulled in by the weird in-and-out focus, especially the intermittent but warm coumarin base, combined with that sense of being completely emotionally unreachable to others (i.e. safe). Would really like (am really really not in the market for) a full bottle. Not affiliated in any way, but can I shout out smallaromas for totally reliable samples/decants & fab service - thanks to them I have a 2ml spray decant of CdN which should keep me going for a while.

This is just absolutely gorgeous, and a very special perfume. I have too many perfumes and am clearing out tons of my bottles, but I just had to get this. I've been wearing my 5 ml. for months, trying to make it last. I've got a tiny bit left, and today, Black Friday, I finally just ordered it from Harrods. Less expensive than the Prada website itself, and with Rakuten, they're offering 12% back on Harrods today. This is one where the sum of its notes are way more than what I could imagine. I don't get any cold from it, or like an Apple Store someone else said. To me it's just very warm and beckoning. People will want to get close to you if you wear this. Very pristine! Tonka is what I smell the most, but it's such a smooth, warm Tonka, orris, ambrette, and the notes all meld together like some kind of alchemy. I feel like I get some patchouli from this too, but it's not listed as a note. Get a sample for this if you can, but if you blind buy and don't like it, I've seen them go super fast on Mercari, so you can always sell it.

I bought Cargo de Nuit recently from Harrods boutique in London (not yet discontinued, but in the plans according to Prada's sales associate). I really enjoy this scent... It's a very ethereal mixture of White Musks, Tonka, Amber and molecular notes. It smells extremely clean and minimalist - I always associate it with the smell/sensation of opening a brand new Apple product. I think the ISO E Super + Coumarin/Tonka combo helps this association with something super modern yet cosy. It is in line with Prada's DNA and what you would expect from the brand. It's somewhat similar to Luna Rossa Black but without the harshness of the cheap smelling warm spices and aromatics. This scent is very smooth in all senses. The performance is also good... it last quite long on me (6h) and it projects relatively well on hot days (it's a bit more intimate on colder weather).

“PRADA” These fragrance I believed used so many aroma chemicals and cost dirt cheap to produced, but hey this is our exclusive line so f*ck you and pay the extra price! This is luna rossa black but richer! It smells so goddamn clean, musky, powdery, woody, feels so ethereal WOW. I bought these just because I can’t find luna rossa black at the discounters, while I found these for a great price in a discounters. There’s this slight pungent moss-like smell that I can detect here, but not in luna rossa black. But I guess we always love something we don’t have, don’t we? Perhaps I would seek the other way too if I did get those luna rossa black instead of these.

☁️ The Water's Threshold. There is an exact moment, before the sun peeks over the edge of the horizon, when the bay is dyed a bluish-gray and the silence echoes with the crashing of the waves. The boats crown the limbo, blurred and rigid like weary giants breathing to the rhythm of the cold. The dark night gives way to a new day, and in between, an aura floats like a clean canvas sail awaiting the wind, and the salt that was etched like a white secret. There is no light yet, nor the bustle of the awakening harbor. Only suspended calm and that clean space between what has already gone and what is yet to come.

Ouu this is nice and alluring! I found the initial opening to be woody and somewhat masculine. But as she dried down this turned into the most enchanting & musky coumarin cloud. The coumarin has an almond vibe to my nose and it’s very smooth and ethereal. There’s also something very relaxing about this scent. Which is interesting because I usually don’t get ‘relaxing’ vibes from almond accords. Somehow the perfumer accomplished that here. Cargo de Nuit is a true work of art. I wish this wasn’t discontinued but if you can get your hands on this I HIGHLY recommend.

It is an absolute masterpiece from Daniela, it seems the best one from the olfactories (clear bottles) collection Prada. This light Orris & coumarin & musk combo is balanced perfectly. It is long-lasting! Not overwhelming! It is office-safe and also a seductive one for a date. Blind buy safe. For daytime or evening - fits both smoothly. Easy to be a signature fragrance. It was unfortunately discontinued, sometimes possible to find it on eBay if some fragrance enthusiast wants to sell his extras. This way I got my recently!

It was love at first sniff. What an amazing and different perfume! Or should I say smell? This is not close to any other perfume out there... Someone said something about fairies... Do fairies smell like this? Maybe... this is so airy, so clean, so soapy... Sunshine and clean clothes... There are no word to describe this one! It brings me back sweet memories from the past and makes me happy... Amazing! *This review was written after several full wearings of the perfume and not just after smelling this on paper or on wrist.

My boyfriend owns this perfume, and I love it! It’s super powdery and smooth. I imagine that, if paradise exists, it definitely smells like this. I am a huge fan of Prada fragrances and its DNA, which you can definitely smell in Cargo de Nuit. However, this one is a very refined version. Rich, rich, rich! 12+ hours of longevity and amazing sillage. You literally leave a trail in every room you pass. I can’t imagine anyone being offended by this smell.

This is glorious. I'm wearing Cargo de Nuit today and everytime I do so, it feels like the first time. I feel clean, confident, approchable yet untoachable. If PRADA had to keep only one fragrance in their portfolio, it would have to be Cargo de Nuit. It's the elevation of musky powdery woody to the extreme. Office, a walk in the park, a date night, work interview, Oscar nomination and acceptance. You can wear it to any occasion.

Can't get enough of it - subtly discretely inidentifiably almost sweet intertwined with (at least what I feel on my skin) almond bitterness (it's probably cedar)... very elegant , but understated . Very classy , but wearable every day. You need the whole bottle to reassure yourself that you project what you paid for:-) but it's really worth it. Strangely it gets stronger by the hour - Tonka plays the trick on the skin , I guess.

I believe that this the final soapy answer from Daniela to the whole fragrance industry. She is the one and only who can create a fragrance that have fresh clean sexy and unique aroma. In industry full of copying and cloning, she stands alone with her own creativity and made something worthy. Thanks Daniela for your great work and thanks Prada for delivering to us this beauty. 10/10 as always

Wonderful perfume with almost nonexistent sillage and longevity. It smells of forests and fairies... It's truly magical until it disappears, in just... say, ten minutes? Without even leaving a trail behind it, no matter how liberally you spray it on your hair, body or clothes... As if it wasn't so expensive... What a shame for such a magnificent creation...

I love Cargo de nuit so much. I'm happy that not many people know about this masterpiece..I can officially call this my signature scent! So unique...Like a fairytale ! Cargo de nuit lasts on my skin for one day and a half even after taking a shower and sweating during the summer! On clothes it lasts for days! A true compliment getter! ❤️

It layers incredibly well with just about everything. And I have to revise my statement in my previous review that it doesn't last... It seems that when layered, not only it lasts for ages, but it also prolongs the other perfume's longevity and gives them an amazing sillage. Truly magical, as I already said. Love it to bits!

I had a longer review before but after wearing it much more I can summarize it more briefly; It opens exactly like a fuller Prada Black and dries down to a fuller Malone Wood Sage Sea Salt And if you really look for it, as the reviewer below me mentioned, you get whiffs of Prada Infusion, probably the musks mixing with iris.

This is in fact a gorgeous scent. I blind bought at full price and was very anxious for it to arrive but knew from the first whiff it was for me. I feel like it's a great fall/winter fragrance that literally anyone can wear, it's perfect. Similar vibes but also different to Another 13.

Just got my bottle. They have a few left in Madrid’s Prada Uomo store in Serrano Street. It is breathtakingly good. Miles ahead to any other iris perfume in the market today. Get it while you can. Absolute blind buy worthy. 11/10. Don’t wait, just get it. You will not regret it.

Cargo de Nuit has very noticeable tonka and balsamic notes, and then dries down into a gentle, musky amber. I also get a sweet, powdery honey and something red and syrupy within. I'm reminded of frigid winter air with a dash of cherry schnapps. This one is so gorgeous to me.

Review update: I have spent 3 months with this gem and everytime I wear this, I get tons of compliments and every male or female gets close and smells me. Not hard to say that this might be the best perfume of my collection.

The Prada DNA on its best. Delicious coumarin in an Iso E Super cloud, woody musky waves and iris. Top level quality. Unforgettable. You might find similarities with Luna Rossa Black and the discontinued Infusion d'Homme.

One of the best Prada Fragrances I have ever smelled. When I received a sample at Selfridges, and it lasted 8+ hours, I knew I had to have it. Drydown is amazing. It is pricey, but exclusive and so worth it.

How do I remember this scent? I found!! It smells the same as Lacoste land. Spray both on my arm. Prada smells a little stronger. Better alternative for those who can't find Lacoste land. smells great.

Gorgeous, Beautiful, Divine, Heavenly!! Love, Love, Love! I am simply put...head-over in heels IN Loooooove with this beauty!! My signature scent! Just secured 3 FB's and am looking for MORE!!

BIEN TROP CHER POUR CE jus étonnant qui rappelle de loin l'infusion d'Iris et un fond d'odeur métallique rappelant le ferà repasser chaud. magnifique surprenant mais cher.. dommage !

I have samples and I fell in love. Selfridges had it for sell but now it is officially out of stock everywhere. Anybody got a bottle they want to sell me?! Or trade? Let me know!

Hands down the most underrated and the highest quality clean scent I’ve ever come across. Super crisp and performs well. It’s a true gem that deserves way more recognition.

Cargo de nuit is like inhaling the cold and deep ocean air from a luxurious cruise ship to me. It's cold, distant, salty and metallic but also mysterious and untouchable.

This is my go-to scent for fall and winter! Cargo de Nuit is warm, woody, and slightly sweet - perfect for cozy nights in or special occasions. It lasts forever too!

The one scent in my collection that blows me away every...single...time I put my nose on it. The blend is masterful.

Prada Cargo de Nuit is a elegant and minimalist scent. Perfect for the office.

To put it simply: Thank god they just re-released this! <3 <3 <3

Poudre par excellence. Femininity in its purest form.

This is like Pradas entire aesthetic in one fragrance

i wish i could drink this fragrance...

This really is a coumarin bomb, as noted below. It smells powdery, sweet, clean and has a strong synth musk base. It's in the same vein as Another 13 from Le Labo or Animalique from Byredo, and I'd use this in place of those and vice versa. They don't really smell the same but they're all light, musky, synthetic scents that (IMO) lean lightly feminine that are great for the office. This has gotten a lot of interest as it's discontinued (it seems) and it's relatively rare now. So, you'll pay through the nose for it. Is it worth it? Nah, not to me. I'll keep my bottle for collecting purposes, but it's not a great scent. Prada Black is fairly similar, but a more masculine take, and I'd recommend that to guys who want to experience this scent profile. Longevity is decent at 5-7 hours with an hour of projection. A 7.5/10 for me. It's fine, it's a nice musky/clean/powdery thing but it's not worth anything close to the prices asked now (or at retail - I got mine when this was cheap on grey market).

Been owning a sample since couple years back, and I haven't finished it eversince. The best I could describe is: This smells like fresh yet warm, straight from production papers that you'll put on the printer. Very clean smelling, ever slightly synthetic (of course, papers); but with a touch of sweetness from coumarin and ambrette that gave it softness and delicacy. I can see why some people find this addictive, but it's just not wearable enough for me to pull off. In conclusion—Cargo De Nuit is very artistic, peculiar, and unlike anything else out there; just like the one-dimentional Encre Noire from Lalique, it needs more complexity as in the A'Lextreme version to actually be considered as a perfume, at least to me. Do I like it? Yes. Do I respect it? Absolutely yes. Would I wear it? Unfortunately no.

C est un mélange de plusieurs petites touches de parfums un peu de Luna rossa, carbone, infusion d iris, et de white musk body shop for men ça donne cargo de nuit très agréable parfum mais trop chers pour ça

Damn this fragrance stays long on clothes. Can easily smell it on myself even after 12 hours. It's on the verge of beeing labeled as eternal

Prada Cargo de Nuit is the scent of processed winter dusk, the kind of dark filtered through timeless mesh curtains, old fireplace warmth and that novel touchscreen glare. Artificial, but mood-lit. A facsimile of comfort. And I kind of get it. The first note that hits is coumarin. Loud, sweet, hay-like but lacquered in syrup. Maybe not so much the rustic, earthy tonka bean type but more the lab-built variety: smoother, flatter, and overly polished, like vanilla’s younger sibling who talks a little too much. It leans toward those ambery-sweet, dry almond-ish shadows that coat the back of your throat after too many whiffs. Then the sandalwood kicks, but not the Mysore of lore, but the Sandalore synthetic, radiant lactonic sandalwood analogues filling the room like fog machines. It’s soft, hazy, maybe a bit gritty, mixed with florals, that are just background noise. A musky breeze with petals smudged around the edges. Nothing distinct, filtered through that velvety musky-fabric softness that tries to feel intimate but ends up vaguely uncanny. To me, this scent reminds more of a mood board of textures rather than a narrative. Less a story and more of a synthetic sweater: it kind of works. Still. It doesn’t offend, but it doesn’t enchant either. I smell it and think of perfume-shaped objects. A simulacrum of warmth. Not entirely unpleasant, but nothing I’d chase into the dark.

Cargo de Nuit comes from the Prada Olfactories collection. The fragrance is built on a modern woody-musk structure. That framework had already been popular for nearly a decade, but Prada’s version emphasizes a quieter, more restrained character. The opening combines cedar and orange wood, which feel very clean and light here, without any heaviness. In the heart, iris brings a smooth powdery texture. Amber and vanilla appear in the base, adding warmth and helping the scent linger. The most subtle aspect of this fragrance is its shifting perception with distance. Up close, you notice the powdery softness and a slight sweetness. Step away, and what remains is a clean woody outline. Overall it feels calm and restrained. Longevity is good, while projection is quite soft. In this case, the quiet projection almost feels intentional rather than a drawback.

I'm gonna echo what others have said: This is a beautiful fragrance. Unisex but leans slightly masculine. Cargo de Nuit smells like Prada Black but CnN has better quality ingredients, more complexity and more iris. CdN is also softer on the nose and less loud. While Prada Black is perhaps more satisfying, with more oomph and more masculinity, it smells slightly cheaper, with even more coumarin and vanilla, but less tonka. To my nose, CdN is powdery, musky, soapy, and slightly toasted. In fact, it smells to me like toasted marshmallows, and the texture is almost chewy, but I wouldn't classify it as a gourmand (it's more like a fougere). I mostly smell ambrette, the signature Prada (synthetic) iris note, tonka, and coumarin. Smells expensive, and although it's probably entirely synthetic except for the tonka and coumarin, it's easy on the nose and easy to wear. There are no offensive notes (the iso e super is very subtle), and there is absolutely nothing "perfumey" or obnoxious about it. Flight and office safe. It has a clean but comfy charm to it and it's among the best of Daniela Andrier's work for Prada. Edit: The sillage is magical and the longevity is insane, but it's never overbearing: my coffee table still smells like it days later, just from a sprayed card sitting there. Ended up buying a bottle.

This is somewhat similar to Diptyque's L'Eau Papier, but Cargo de Nuit is more focused and lacks the 'astringent' yellow florals seen in L'Eau Papier, and it is also slightly more almondy than LEP. The iron steam effect is present in both, and so is the 'clean' musky effect. I also think this performs way better than LEP, so I'm glad I held off buying that one. But since the Diptyque is a lot easier to find, go check it out if you want to get an idea of this Prada. Aside from the similarities to other fragrances, I can see why people mention this smells like a clean, pristine hotel room. But in the absolute best way. I love heavy orientals usually, yet even I can't help but love Cargo de Nuit. No marine or aquatic accents in here, so don't let the marketing imagery fool you. If you want to have a moment of reprieve from daily life and just feel cocooned in luxury and peace as if you were on an expensive getaway, try this. EDIT: Also, I don't think this was discontinued - it's currently listed as available to purchase from the Prada site.

Coumarin BOMB, as much as the legal limit would allow, I'm sure. It has all the loveliness of a hay absolute, but with a musky, salty-air quality deep in its DNA. Really airy but intense in the first few minutes. Orris and freesia become slightly more apparent in the drydown, still dominated by coumarin (more like a vanillic tonka at this point) and ambery sandalwood, floating on a clean, salty, skin-like musk. Elegant, really elegant. And addictive to smell. Personally, I can't get over the overdose of coumarin here. If you've ever smelled pure coumarin (moreso in a solvent rather than the powder form), you already know almost exactly what this smells like. I can see how close it is to Luna Rossa Black now (of course, same brand/perfumer). To be honest, I find Luna Rossa Black slightly more balanced, but also much more synthetic.

So I was at Saks in NY and passed by the Prada olfactoria kiosk and the lady handed me a sample o this, I liked and asked for a spray on skin. At the beginning there's no wow factor to this but after walking around for 3 hours I was feeling a amazing smell coming up from my wrist then I remembered that's were I tried this. I had to go back and buy it!!! It worth every penny, but again... you have to let it work its magic, on me it lasts 8+ hrs and I get lots of complements. It seems almost too simple when you spray it in, but trust me this thing is a beast disguised!!!! The good thing is that it is super limited, like 3 places in the world Sell it and you will feel exclusive for sure.