Prada Candy Gloss

This perfume is something a style writer at an up-and-coming magazine would wear while interviewing designers. She’s bold and confident but humble. She’s a vintage leather jacket paired with ballet flats or platform mary janes. She’s typing out a 2,000 word editorial after hitting the clubs. I’m not one to completely disregard negative reviews, especially for perfumes because how they perform is particularly so unique to each individual. I just have to question how this perfume can smell as bad as people are claiming it does?? I mean, play-dough??? I don’t know, feels like there might be just the slightest bit of snootiness going on. I bought a mini/dabber of this off of eBay because I heard it was a really fashionable cherry scent but after seeing the polarizing reviews, I wanted to try it out before committing to a full bottle. First, I just want to say that this bottle is to die for — even in miniature form! It’s so chic and perfectly encapsulates the vibe this fragrance gives off. I would honestly buy a full-size just to have it on my shelf, even if I didn’t like the perfume all that much. But I do! So much, I do. Upon first patting this into my wrists, I get a very fresh cherry. It doesn’t pull medicinal or artificial on me at all until a few minutes in but even then, the fruity cherry is blended so well with the other notes that it still smells very pleasant. After a little bit, all of the notes become indistinguishable from each other to form this overall scent that I can only describe as CHIC. I don’t pick up on a makeup-y note at all, which I quite appreciate. Candy Gloss is so stylish and not too youthful at all (although I am in my early 20s, so that could maybe be my bias showing). It actually reminds me of how my mom smelled when I was really young. It’s surprising to me that this came out relatively recently, as it seems very y2k in its scent profile. The dry down is almost an entirely different fragrance — a very smoky vanilla that is so sexy. Only powdery in the slightest, which is huge for me as I’m not the biggest fan of powder accords. I will say, the very first time I put it on, after 30 minutes I got the briefest and slightest whiff of litter box? I was very confused, especially because it only lasted for about five seconds. I think it was the cassis (cat piss) and orange blossom (animalic) blending in a weird way on my skin for a moment. Haven’t smelled it since. My new fav perfume and I’ll definitely prioritize getting a full bottle!

Some noses may initially pick up the rose way more than the cherry. Especially if you have ever smelled Bvlgari Rose Essentielle, you'll be able to identify serious similarities between the rose and the berry wine-ness of rose essentielle with what many people perceive in candy gloss as the cherry note! They are very similar, it's not a dupe but they share the same essence and intoxicating element. One focuses a little more on the cherry and the other focuses a little more on the rose. The same essence can also be found in the original Bvlgari Pour Femme. This makeupy but rather juicy than dusty powdery scent. It smells absolutely feminine, intoxicating, lovely. It can be worn by a grown woman easily as its feminine and makeup like quality make it appropriate for any age. It is not childish yet a teenager can wear it as well because of its lightness as an edt. It can be worn all year round without turning annoying on neither cold nor warm weather. Okay I feel the need to update to avoid confusion! It does not smell like rose essentielle it has the same vibe and sangria-ness. Having worn this for a while now I can say that : -it's an amazing wear for spring -I've gotten a lot of compliments on this perfume -it smells very feminine -it smells like its color! -it is a very successful take on the lip gloss scent without being overly powdery /makeupy, it's pretty balanced -it's not a perfume that people will smell and recognise it's a cherry perfume because it is well blended. I'm saying this as a good thing because I find that perfumes that focus only on one note which is too prominent usually smell the same on everyone while perfumes that are blending the different notes more equally tend to accentuate different notes on each skin.

It was love at first sniff! A very sweet cherry nutty perfume. So delicious! The longevity is average and the projection average poor, but enough to sniff it and the people close to me. I don't regret my purchase even if the performance doesn't wow me, this is one of my easy grab and most wearing fragrance in my collection. If you are into sugary sweet perfumes, I highly recommend to try it. If I want to smell cotton candy strong forever I go for Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Intense, also a favorite (but no cherries in it). Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire and Lolita Lempicka are more powerful cherry perfumes, but don't have the same vibe of Candy Gloss at all, maybe Lolita Lempicka Sweet a little bit, but not really. Prada Candy Gloss has its own place in my collection. The perfume doesn't have that dark muskiness that some of my other cherry perfumes have, Candy Gloss smells happy and flirty. This is my first Prada Candy perfume, I'm tempted to try other ones (Original, Night, Florale), but I really love the notes of Candy Gloss, I'm glad of my choice. By the way, the bottle looks great, but it's confusing, it seems in some versions you can pull off the cap to have your regular spray nozzle and some you can only push it. I almost break mine by pull off the cap, hopefully I was able to put it back on. This is not a deal breaker, but I also don't like when a perfume bottle has an expose nozzle with no cap, I always have the feeling it evaporates the fragrance faster. And I don't want that! I will repurchase this perfume, I hope it will never be discontinued.

I am not a fan of Prada Candy, too powdery on my skin. Candy L'eau is better, I don't love it but I do like it. It's lighter and fresher than its predecessor, it's a shame that it was discontinued. Prada Candy Gloss is a solid love for me. It's a complete deviation from the other two that I mentioned. It was a blind-buy so I was understandably nervous but after the first spray hit my body and I got a good whiff of it, I breathed a sigh of relief. I recognized the cherry right away, that's the note that stands out to me in the beginning. It settles on the skin quickly and I can smell the almond and vanilla mingling with the cherry and I have to say, I really do get a "cherry lip gloss" feel from this fragrance and I truly enjoy it. If I didn't know what this was and someone told me that it was a unisex niche fragrance, I would believe them. I can't pick out the rest of the notes because they're so well blended but the overall effect is so pleasing. Not the same by any means but certainly in the same vein as Maison Margiela's Lipstick On (which I also have) but true to its name, it's more glossy and less lipsticky. I find this fragrance different, unique and interesting. No one will be able to guess what you're wearing with this one. Staying power on my skin is good. Three sprays in the morning easily lasts me all day. The Fall-like weather we've been getting in Ontario has been perfect for this scent to really shine. I don't think that it's a safe-blind buy for most people so be sure to try before you buy.

"She's my cherry pie" la la la- "I dont care what they say Im in love with you" situation. I hate reading bad reviews of something i love at first sight. Now the rave reviews below me said it all! Im a cherry lover (also love almond) but hated Escada's Cherry in the Air, plastic, synthetic, i had wished it was like this one, it wasnt! Also the new Fantasy in Bloom by Britney, awesome, but not so much cherry. I sprayed Candy Gloss on me, quick stop at Ulta on a hot Saturday evening. I said "Now THATS CHERRY!". The bottle's color is so well done, suits the "gloss" lipstick theme. Almond,Cherry,Benzoin,Orange blossom and Musk = that's heaven to me. Ok Prada came up with something playful & fun to appeal to the young at heart, the sexy & crazy, the forever teenagers. Its youthful but Prada quality is there. I smelled ALOT of fragrances at once and this one I sprayed again and again on me. SO different from what the high end designers offer. Might smell young but does have depth and development. For the first one hour its so flirty and sweet, and then it mellows down. I sprayed it on me at 6pm, its now 6am the next morning and I can still smell it. Im quite a fan of the Florale but its too intense floral to me. Not a fan of the original Candy, but this one Ill def buy.