Infusion de Rose (2017)

Simply amazing and well done perfume. It's elegantnt, sparkly, girly and gentle. Dainty even. A real easy joy to wear. Simple and understated, but actually lingers around for a really long time on me. It's not very complicated but it's very refined to my nose. Beautiful. Could pass for a Chloé flanker pheraps. ( Definitely ligther and airier than Chloe edp). It does lift my mood. The citrus makes it slightly tart and not "mature" (I don't mind "mature" though). It's light and breezy. Perfect for spring/summer. A bit soapy as well as fresh/watery and a tad bit sweet, but not too much. Not a red rose, rather pink and green. The bottle reflects what's inside perfectly to me. It doesn't remind me of the iris though.. But it has the elegant, soft and airy quality. Leans very feminine, if one cares about that. Earlier, I didn't appreciate such perfumes. I only wanted sweet/vanillic or gourmand beasts basically. Not that there's anything wrong with that. However, after I got covid and suffered from long time hyposmia, parosmia and phantosmia, my taste has changed quite a bit. I've been waiting for the day I could smell even the faintest smell, and when it finally came back a lot of my fragrances smelled off or nauseating.. So I've been getting into lighter smells and found joy since it has opened my nose to a new path. Not as fun for the wallet though. What sucks is that I don't know from day to day or even hour to hour what smells trigger my parosmia. Fresh rose and aquatics seems to trigger it the least though. I didn't even think I liked rose as a note, but I've learned I really do! (Lol some of my first "real" perfumes I bought myself were the original Tresor, Burberry Body intense and Paul Smith's rose, so that makes zero sense). So I've apparently always liked rose in some variety.

I went on a mission to find a true to life rose frgrance, not just a note but a main event type rose, and stumbled on this. I ended up getting Tea Rose by The Perfume Workshop, Rose by Paul Smith, and Les Infusions de Prada Rose, each from various price points. PW Tea Tose is by far my favorite, BUT the power of that scent should not be underestimated! I read the reviews that said how strong it was and i doubted it and gave myself 3 good sprays to test it out and OMG its crazy too much!! I have never gotten a headache from perfume before until that scent! EDT? This isnt even more like a EDP and i would put this up there with straight parfume its so strong. The actual scent is vibrant rose bush, juicy and succulent with a good amount of wood. Its absolutely beautiful....in very small doses xD. I also really loved the Paul Smith Rose, in comparison, i would say that one is less juicy and woody and more powdery, delicate and soft but also has decent sillage, not near as much but very decent. Les Infusions de Prada Rose was the most expensive and the biggest disappointment. It is more similar to Paul Smith Rose with a little more complexity and a more musk scent, but i dont think it lasted more than an hour or two and had almost no silage. If you are looking for straight up rose like I was, all 3 were a safe blind buy, but I am thinking Paul Smith Rose was the best middle ground, though i like PW Tea Rose better, it wont be as easy to wear. In comparison to the other two, though I loved the scent, Prada Rose Infusion was a waste of money.

I just adore this fragrance. We celebrate a sort of Valentine's Day in mid-summer in my country so I took advantage of the sales then to buy a set of Prada Infusion minis. I've been sampling them over the past month and this and Iris Cedre are my favorites. I love how the gentle but slightly spicy rose combines with the powdery, irisy Infusion base. It's a marriage made in heaven. This dries down pretty quickly to be an intimate skin scent. Perfect for when you want a discreet but uplifting fragrance. I think this would be nice in winter too. I can see wearing this year-round.. Update - July 2024 - I have a full bottle of this on the way as an anniversary/birthday present. It's pricey, but I got a good deal online that was about half of what I would pay for this in my country. Very happy that I will now own a FB of this scent.

This is my favourite of the infusion line for summer. It's a dry clean rose with green facets from the very soft galbanum and orange blossom. The mandarin adds a zesty freshness. It's fantastic in hot weather because it's dry, cool and never splits in the heat. The light projection and longevity mean I can spritz myself to freshen up every few hours and it has very little sweetness so it never gets cloying. It's not particularly well-regarded by others, but it works a treat for me and it's one of my top ten summer scents.

A lovely tea rose and surprisingly long lasting on my skin (6 hours +) but not very original. Very similar, but much more expensive than the good old chemist shop staple Yardley's English Roses contemporary edition, which sells for about $170 less. There is something in common with Chanel No.22 as well here. Pretty, but not a patch on the others in the Infusion range.

Soapy rosewater type of scent with the typical Infusion Prada undertone. I couldn't resist buying it last spring (it was one of my blind buys I don't regret), can't wait to wear this again. If you love rose in general and Infusion d'Iris, you'll love this too. Sillage and longevity are not bad, it last longer on clothes and hair.

I find the mandarin note quite strong in this, and I love that about it. It’s what gives it that bright, sparkling quality. I actually think this smells very similar to the Infusion Mandarine, with an added touch of rose, making it a lot more wearable as a perfume.

I love this one, so realistic rose, green, powdery, actually I liked all the infusions I’ve tried, the best are fleur de orange and iris. But this one is so good too, the question is: why it doesn’t last longer? 1h and thats it.

This is the most soft feminine rose/pink rose fresh yet a little sweet with a hint of citrus scent. My only problem is that it goes away so fast. I spray it before bed, and seriously fall asleep sniffing on my wrists

The best rose perfumes so far are: - Blumarine Dange-Rose - Stella McCartney - and THIS ONE!!!! I wonder why D&G werent able to nail the authentic rose scent like the ones I mentioned above in their Rosa excelsa.

Very, very beautiful realistic rose. I smell the stems and leaves, too, in the opening. Love it! A little orange in there... nicely done. I just hope the longevity isn't a let down! We shall see.

This rose is very pretty and is the star of this scent but it also has the Infusion d'Iris DNA (that I love) even though there is no iris. Can't wait to get a bottle!

What a gorgeous fragrance! It is light and mild but the scent of roses is so beautiful! Perfect for Spring and Summer. Great job Prada!

Beautiful, classical true rose flower scent. Gentle, mellow, sweet, sun-warmed fragrant rose. Soothing, pale pink bliss.

Lovely straightforward yet clean and fresh rose. Easy to wear. Bought a jumbo bottle for casual days and the gym!

Imagine a freshly picked rose - the scent of the cut stem and the rose itself. So good!

It's a 10/10 realistic rose, literally as if it had just been picked from a dewy meadow. However, I'd give it 3/10 for being worth the designer price tag. M&S and other companies do lovely rose perfumes that are similar. You could layer that with e.g. the Body Shop white musk and get a similar scent. You could probably get a similar perfume for less than £10 somewhere. The sillage is poor, but the scent is still there the next day on my clothes. Musks are quite long-lasting scents. It does have the complexity of a designer perfume: the creaminess of the rose, layered musks, and the citrus & greenness creates a dewy effect. It's perhaps difficult to make an 'interesting' perfume worth the designer price based on one scent; rose is so well-done by other companies at lower price tags. I recommend a similar perfume that has more complexity (and a lower price tag): Marc Jacobs Daisy Kiss You get the same pink rose + white musk, but with fruity and violet scents too. However... The bottle is stunning. I think people falsely get labelled as superficial when the take into account the bottle & other marketing, such as the TV advertisement and editorials. Perfume is usually made by fashion companies for a reason: it's because the marketing, i.e. artwork, is a huge part of the perfume's allure. The bottle looks like something you'd find on the dressing table of a princess who lived at the Palace of Versailles, even though it's quite simple. You could imagine her having a secret garden full of pink roses, oranges and dewy green plants. This is what elevates the perfume to the designer price. It's well worth a one time purchase, just not a repeat one.

This is a very pretty, if somewhat generic, rose fragrance. I have a coffret of the fragrances from the Infusion series, plus full bottles of Iris, Iris Intense, Mimosa, Tuberose, and Fleur d'Orange. They are all lovely, but this collection ranks among the absolute worst for longevity and sillage, at least on me. I get 5-10 minutes, max. Even so, I'm considering adding this to my queue from the subscription service I use!! I'm hoping that this will perform better as a spray rather than a dab on, but I think I'm only fooling myself. For the love of all things perfume, Prada!! These are magnificent creations. I know they are "infusions" and meant to be light and transparent, but isn't there SOME way you can improve the longevity? I can live with it being a skin scent, but I can't live with having to reapply evert 10 minutes. Alas, I know that my plea will fall on the deaf ears of TPTB, but I'm desperate here!!

Prada Infusions tend to be simple, subtle almost-soliflores, good-quality and effortlessly elegant. Infusion de Rose is no different. A simple, classic rose-led scent, the rose is enhanced by other, well-chosen notes. IdR is rose-centred from initial spray, the rose note initially dewy. An orange undertone adds bright freshness, becoming increasingly sweet as it develops, the tartness giving way to the more floral neroli. The rose becomes powdery as it develops and the orange subsides, but remains sheer and lightweight. Its green undertone becomes increasingly evident as it fades, rosy until final spray. Sillage is intimate and longevity is moderate. It is a feminine spring/summer daytime scent. A pretty, pleasant rose scent made from high-quality ingredients, IdR offers timeless, understated elegance, but is perhaps overpriced for what it is. A delicate rose for hot weather. 3/5.

Day 4 of trying Infusions and this is a goody. This is a very dainty, clean whisper of a rose. I often find rose perfumes skate too close to headachey (Ghost a prime example, or Vera Wang Rosebuds & Vanilla) and I have to use them very sparingly, so this is a very welcome, light skin-scent rose with the trademark touch of Prada powder and soap. It's not a sticky and gourmand Turkish Delight, more of a rose-garden-after-rain. As with its fellow flankers, there's absolutely no silage whatsoever, but it's lasted a decent 5 or so hours close to my skin before I want to re-apply. I feel like I'm getting the measure of these soft, sophisticated, elegant skin-scents and I'm really happy with them (except the price, obvs, I'll stick to eBay sniping and decants 😂!)