Prada Tendre

Prada Tendre starts with elegant citrus and tea notes which are in a tomboy manner feminine. Does this make sense? I hope so... The soft heart is far more woody and herbal than floral. I can't make out any single flower note. The scent tames in this stage and becomes in a fresh and young way elegantly powdery and round. In the base note I get a patchouly wood mix reminiscent of the base of Coco Mademoiselle. Prada Tendre reminded from the moment when the top melts into the heart on of Coco Mademoiselle but in the stage of the drydown it's really hard to distinguish them. Maybe CM is a bit sweeter because of the vanilla. After all Prada Tendre is much rounder, softer and decent than CM. While Coco Mademoiselle is a 21 year old, sharp, but also quirky, sparkling flirty, smirking girl that shouts "Look at me!" and has a subversive edge under her peachy skin from top to bottom, the edginess of the more mature sister – 28 years old Prada Tendre – lies only in the slightly masculin top note. That makes her first a bit distant and mysterious but then really sophisticated. So Coco Mademoiselle is a quirky mademoiselle who only pretends to be a proper lady while Prada Tendre embodies the young confident lady which CM will become when she gets older. I guess I resemble both of them and maybe that's why I love Prada Tendre as much as my current signature Coco Mademoiselle... ;)

Being stuck and bored at a very small “gate area” of an airport a few weeks ago, I was browsing through fragrances at the duty free shop and tried bounty of them on a paper and as I loved all of the Prada creations, I was really looking forward to testing them on the skin. This one is just lovable and quite special on me! I do not seem to be experiencing the citruses, instead to me this is all leafy/rooty/woody/resinous, even slightly smoky, but all of the substances dance together in a very tender, soft and clean manner indeed. This fragrance transforms gently only into something little warmer and very lightly (but luxuriously) floral (but still also very woody) and all of that happens in a very smooth motion. Dignified and sophisticated, this fragrance is also somehow calm and pure, with almost pristine crispiness and gentle, natural sweetness of all the plants. Correction: I have applied Prada Tendre for the second time and just really enjoyed the fragrance not thinking about it any more, when to my great surprise - a few minutes into wearing it I have suddenly realized that I am surrounded with very fresh, abundant, beautiful lemon! So there it is! I don't know how come I have not noticed it before :-)

I was lucky to get a part used bottle fairly inexpensively - I think this is rather beautiful. Very classy indeed. It does start off fruity - but not in a citric blast sort of way - rather a gentle waft of mandarin and neroli. What comes next, as many have pointed out, is a soft warm cosseting scent with everything seemingly gently put together - no harsh notes here - patchouli is soft, jasmine beautifully soft and doesn't explode on my skin and drown out the other elements! The tea notes, the benzoin, the vetiver, the cardomom and labdanum all work amazingly together. I don't seem to get any cedar at all - for which I am thankful...! It's not an overpowering fragrance - more suited to the day being fairly inoffensive and does sit close to my skin after the initial burst. A good all-year long perfume. Simply beautiful....!!

It's sweet, the scent of white flowers and some citrus. Spring to summer scent to me. Kind of good for day or night occasion, though I would prefer something more woodsy and certainly more vanilla. It's a pleasant scent but nothing impressive. Sillage is moderate too. A good addition to my collection, mostly because I wanna know what Prada's frag is like. I am not planning to buy another bottle. Because I prefer floral, spicy, and non-citrus fruity scent. Still, I think this frag would be a good fit for someone who likes citrus and white floral scent. Update: the scent builds. After the dry down I can smell cardamom (kinda reminds me of Versace Oud Noir, which has a strong oud scent). And it gets a more masculine vibe than I thought? (because of that cardamom and my association with oud)

First, I think you've got to LOVE woody notes to appreciate this one. The opening is citrus and tea, but those notes fade immediately and become extremely soft. I understand why some reviewers say they can't smell it on themselves. It's very, very subtle. From sniffing my wrists I get almost nothing but the woods, however, from simply inhaling the air around me, I catch lovely, tender little whiffs of the flowers, tea and herbs as they waft upward to my nose. It's definitely not something to wear to be noticed or make a statement, but you and the people in your life who hug and kiss you will likely enjoy it. I also recommend layering the body lotion with the EDP. It smells slightly different from the EDP, but compliments it well and helps with sillage and longevity.