Mirages Moonlight Shadow

Wow! As a big Prada and Andrier fan I was so glad to try this line and discover that not only are they a departure from the usual, clean stylised sophistication iv come to expect from both, these are supremely interesting, different (for Prada) and really well crafted. The opening of Moonlight shadow...carried me away..(eeeekkk!) no it really did, it’s out of control, sweet, figgy chocolates with a robust smoky spice undoubtedly coming across like oud or something to me. Really bravo on that opening. However, the drydown doesn’t quite live up to it. Don’t get me wrong it’s pretty amazing, just loses some of the complexity of the opening but I’m being harsh because what perfume doesn’t? The scent a big dry, dark cedar woods leather and that cumin really lasting. Great stuff.

a more refined and luxurious and more wearable version of encelade, a very pleasant to wear tangy cocoa leather sandalwood and cedar add a unique woody freshness, more masculine for cold winter nights top performance lasts more than 8 hours with good protection the first hours. for me remains the best of the range with marienbad

This is a more comfortable everyday version of Encelade Marc-Antoine Barrois. The aroma is less flashy and less sweet-fruity, more leathery. However, it is much less productive - it works up to 4-6 hours when applied to the body, which, at a high cost, makes the purchase doubtful.

Ashtray! I got the most realistic ashtray! with that cigarettes ashes that is resembled perfectly! I can clearly detect the peaches, & the cumin very clearly, and no fig at all! But remains, a realistic ashtray... I remember when i sprayed it on my hand, everytime i move my hand i keep on thinking "Who is smoking here"! till one single movement made me realize that it was "Moonlight Shadow" all the time!

It starts with a strong spicy and an animal note like fecal, literally. and the dried down in fig and peach, herbaceous note with leather(Quinoline like). Too tough and rough for me.