Prada La Femme Intense

This is some seriously rich stuff. Definitely not for warm weather. She NEEDS the cold to bloom. First off, this smells quite posh and opulent. One of the smoothest tuberose scents I have had the pleasure of trying. And the way it's blended with ylang ylang, patchouli and frangipani... so erotic, so sexy, yet so sophisticated. I feel it needs a certain level of confidence and self awareness to pull off. It's one of those fragrance that would easily "wear" the wrong personality. No offence meant with this statement by the way. Just saying it's got quite a strong character and would best suit someone that measures closely if not an equal. The opening for me is purely floral. Very strong, rich and buttery mix of tuberose and ylang ylang (equal parts in my opinion), supported by frangipani and jasmine. I tend to steer clear of fragrances where I detect jasmine since my skin does not love it at all, but it's done so well here, providing a little "edginess" to the smoothness. I'm in love. It settles down about 30 minutes later to moderate projection. Patchouli, vetiver and iris kick in as the fragrance develops through the day to provide an cool, earthy, menthol and almost animalic support to the florals (though I think tuberose has a part to play i the animalic nuance). Ylang subsides a little leaving tuberose to do what she does best...shine! It's like ylang was somehow holding her on a leash. I fall in love with this beauty once more. Overall sillage is about arms length, but the staying power is incredible (9+ hours). Thank you Prada for bringing this beauty to the world!

A perfume for a woman, a woman who knows how to be a woman, full stop. The rest of them cuties, sweeties, pinky bimbos, young and brainless who seek individuality in a french style perfume go over Chanel, they have a new Gabrielle there, that doesn't even smell anything so you're gonna be okay; just don't even come over here. Unless you wanna grow up, then this is a wonderful start. This is from first spray patchouli heavy, the notes might indicate tiare and ylange; sure, we got that too somewhere in the developing of the scent, but patchouli announces its presence right away, and even though it does not project like the Angel patchouli, it's still there with its herbal, medicinal, green and dirtyish aspects under the full on white floral top. Dry, perfumey, tuberose heavy, but not cloying, medicinal, phenolic,metholated, very sexy, powdery. Along the lines of Tom Ford White Patchouli, but not a copycat, they are just in the same family. The original is sweeter, more tropical and kinda balsamic, if I recall properly, but this one is so dry it's to die for. It's perfume, not food, not cookies, not vanilla, just PERFUME. Well done Daniela Adrier, I also loved your Candy Gloss as well!

I received samples on Friday, and ordered a FB on Saturday. I found a number of very wearable loves thru my search during the past year, but this is the first frag I’ve tried that really wowed me, it’s so different. Yes, it’s strong at first spray, but beautiful, and It settles down quickly enough that I don’t wait to leave the house for fear I’ll knock someone out. I’m not good at identifying individual notes, so I’ll leave that to others. (I wouldn’t know a tuberose unless it had a sign on it.) What I like best for me, there is just the right amount of floral, woods, patch and a touch of vetiver, which I like. Not too much of one thing or another, not too sweet, no sharp or funky notes to get through to, hopefully, something nice on the other side. It’s not a real changeling, more linear in the sense that I can still smell all the nuances through beginning, middle, end. I really don’t care for scents that smell great for maybe an hour, then I’m left with only musk, or only patch, or only vanilla for the rest of it’s life. This is rich, someone mentioned ‘like a fine wine.’ I would say more like a fine cognac.

I LOVE THIS PERFÜME! It is GORGEOUS! A lovely Christmas Gift from my husband. I requested this as a gift. I personally never smelled it prior. But, read the notes and reviews and knew I'd like it. But, I didn't know I'd actually love it. First spray,.... I was in love. It blew me away. It smells so sophisticated and well made. Rich, Opulent, Floral, ...It's A Sexy as HELL feminine floral. That Silage is amazing and the longevity is great. Which is something to be said by me. Because NOTHING lasts on me or projects well on me. But, this in incredible quality all the way around and has become my favourite and fast. I'm not going to get into the specific scents. It's already been done here on Frangantica and very well I may add. This Fragrance is for women who like High Class, Eloquent Florals ( well Blended florals) that are trûely "INTENSE". Prada NAILED THIS!!! P.S. The Bottle itself is GORGEOUS. It's heavy, well made and well designed. With a curvature to fit in the hand comfortably. There's a grip pad on the bottle as well. There's no dropping this one. P.S.S. IMHO This smells nothing like Poison.

The original Prada la Femme didn't do much to me but this one is exquisite. The Ylang Ylang at the opening wowed me. Bright yet not bubblegum-y Tuberose is lovely and .... the very true Frangipani makes it really special. I live in Tropical Far North Queensland in Australia. Frangipani is everywhere here... we've got four trees in our garden. (They have dark berry red flowers just like the colour of the bottle) In season, its sweet, sultry scent pleases us alot. Whenever my hubby finds a still-fresh flower on the ground he would give it to me so that I can wear it in my hair. Prada La Femme Intense is, to me, that sort of small but precious moments of life in the bottle. Thank you Prada ;-) Sillage is soft to moderate. It stays over 8 hours. I do not think this is 80s type of fragrance. This is not a big loud one. Also, I own Dior Poison and wear it sometimes. Yes they share some notes but I don't find them similar.