Mirages Desert Serenade

Not much to say about this one except it's imho the best honeyed leather fragrance ever, period! The whole Prada Mirages lineup is simply beauty in a bottle,this and 'Miracle Of The Rose' are just standouts in the collection to me. What makes it special to me is how well it's layered, one scent comes in after another and so on, a marvelous feat in perfumery and one that is extremely difficult to do well. Most layered fragrances come out and are strong then just fade and that fade is what they call mid and base but what they really mean is it just dies on your skin and your left with a whimper of a fragrance, but with this the notes pop off one by one like a scent machine. First the cumin, then the honey, then the leather, then the saffron, but the cypress is throughout the composition and gives this its structure. Come on now, this is unbelievable, what a work of art from my favorite all time perfumer and artist Daniela Andrier, she's a magician. No way the devil wears this prada, this one angels wear.

Nice blend of a Tuscan Leather style leather but with a mild sweetness and some spice that twists that very dry theme into something a little smoother. I get a bit of a tobacco feel to this too, maybe that is the spice mixing with the leather. Underneath there is just a touch of green (maybe anis?) but it doesn't pop out as a forest smell or anything like that. I think people that enjoyed Atelier Cologne Gold Leather will very much enjoy this one, I detect some similarities with that, although they are different enough to be easily identifiable. In the drydown I get echoes of Kilian Royal Leather. Very nice release, that I would say leans on the masculine side of unisex.

To my nose this is a severe honey bomb. Dark rich. The leather comes through only when the honey is done and my god the honey takes its time. I bought it from prada on bond Street and I think the whole experience of buying it added to my enjoyment of the fragrance. But right now it is my top dog. I'm trying to stop myself from using it so much! Smelled it in selfridges and thought about it for over a month. Went back on my birthday. Special place in my heart. One of my all time top fragrances

The honey in this is so good! It’s dark and warm, the sweetness of the honey is reduced by the leather and I can imagine the cypress. The whole experience is rich but not sickly - I bizarrely get a warm black tea with honey mixed in. This was a blind buy online because it was half price, do not regret it at all!

Honey.... Honey honey and honey... that what i got when i first sprayed it ... When it settled down i started to get cumin with touch of leather musk and allot of cypress. I guess i like this one although i'm not into those honey blends, but this smells like tobacco cigar honey style blends. Beautiful.