Sometimes I wonder about myself. I mean, why, exactly was I looking forward to Prada Candy so much? Within the perfume realm I’m an eternal optimist. No matter how many times I’ve been burned, I seem to keep a positive attitude and remain hopeful about new releases. Prada Candy is my latest burn.
Prada’s ad copy led me in the wrong direction. Neiman Marcus tells us this about Prada Candy:
Prada Candy, the new feminine fragrance of Prada enriches the Prada brand's fragrance universe with another vision: colorful, pop and explosive.
“Prada Candy incarnates the new Prada woman: she's daring, sensual, full of life and implosive.
The perfume is named after this seductive and joyful girl who is running wild.
Top:
Seductive notes: Joyful and Carefree—Explosion of caramel
Middle:
Powdery notes: Sophistication—Cocktail of musks
Base:
Vanilla notes: Sensuality—Benjoin overdose”
I mean, they told me Candy was to be an “Overdose of Benjoin.” They said “Explosion of caramel.” I was thinking Candy would be similar to something like Thierry Mugler Angel and Dior Addict. I was thinking Candy would be a Big with a capital B oriental gourmand.
And what exactly IS Prada Candy? I find it to be very similar to their Infusion series fragrances; such as Infusion d’Iris, Infusion de Fleur d’Oranger, Infusion de Tubereuse. It’s as if Prada made another “Infusion” scent but decided to call it Candy and put it in different packaging when it should have been named “Infusion de Benjoin.”
Candy is a light, airy, one dimensional fragrance. It’s a skin scent and most definitely not a big overdose of anything. Candy is a pleasant and like-ably sheer benjoin fragrance. It starts off with a nice dollop of caramel but after about 20 minutes dries down to a simple sheer benjoin.
Candy is nice enough, bit it ain’t no overdose of anything.
