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Prada
Prada Amber
Prada 2004

Version from 2004

7.8 / 10 464 Ratings

A popular perfume by Prada for women, released in 2004. The scent is oriental-spicy. The longevity is above-average. It is being marketed by Puig.
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Main accords

Oriental

Spicy

Woody

Sweet

Powdery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Bitter orange Mimosa

Mimosa

Bergamot

Mandarin orange

Heart Notes

Patchouli

Rose

Base Notes

Labdanum

Resins

Sandalwood

Tonka bean Vanilla

Vanilla

Perfumers

Carlos Benaïm, Max Gavarry, Clément Gavarry

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Ratings

Scent

7.8464 Ratings

Longevity

8.1356 Ratings

Sillage

7.6329 Ratings

Bottle

7.8333 Ratings

Value for money

7.8113 Ratings

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Reviews

41 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/17/2012

SystemeD
58 Reviews

SystemeD

Very helpful Review 6

Dear Prada,

My poor dear, I am so sorry. I know people speak ill of you. They just don't understand you, Prada. But as your good and loyal friend, I must tell you that it's your loud and unbalanced opening that puts people off. You come on so strong at first, and sometimes it's just too much. Your crazy, unexpected shout of greeting can be jarring to those who don't know you like I do.

When you screech like that at me, I know it is because you're glad to see me, and I also know from long experience that you'll calm down quickly.

You know, Prada, after you stop acting crazy, I can see a bit of resemblance to your more refined cousin, Coco Mademoiselle. But do you know what else I think? Your heart is sweeter than hers.

And after we have been together for a while, your elegant, rounded patchouli-drenched vanilla sandalwood base is a thing of beauty that I can not help but love.

Oh, Prada, don't pout. You will never win Miss Popularity, but that is not a bad thing. It means you are not common. Your true friends recognize your quality, and of course, you'll always be a cherished friend of mine.

01/04/2012

8.5Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Ineverwas
45 Reviews

Ineverwas

Helpful Review 8

Modern oriental classic

I like this perfume very much and I feel it fits me better than many others.

The feeling I get from it is an inexplicable union between the urbane sophistication of a lively city and the wild call of a foggy, humid faraway forest. There is something enchanting about it, somehow poetical, like a melancholy feeling on a rainy autumn's day, looking through the window at the wet streets outside, watching the falling leaves dance as they swirl towards the ground. It makes you want to dream away, to lose yourself in a perfect emotion, a perfect state of mind.

The scent itself is quite versatile, in the sense that it manages to compliment a wide range of styles and personalities. It's a modern classic, cosmopolitan and sophisticated, sexy but intellectual, wise, intuitive, feminine and sensual, warm and deep but still free and untamed.

Prada is basically a woody oriental blend of rich amber and labdanum, sweet earthy patchouli and creamy vanilla. There's also a thick, rich sandalwood in the composition, somewhat similar to that in Samsara. All in all, very complex, dense and balmy.

12/02/2012

7Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

Sherapop
1240 Reviews

Sherapop

Helpful Review 6

Rich Fruity Labdanum

Prada and I got off to a rocky start. When I first tested PRADA AMBER, I overapplied it and was frankly overwhelmed by the dense, dark, wine-like fruity opening. It's not quite the scent of wine, because it is much less sweet. But I'd say that it does come rather close to wine dregs. Suffice it to say that the opening is very intense.

My first encounter with PRADA AMBER was through a decant sent to me by a fellow fragrant traveler in New York City. Since she is a woman who in my estimation has excellent taste, I suspected that my problem with this perfume had something to do with me. With time, I realized that I needed to give PRADA AMBER another chance, and I am very glad that I did. I now regard this as a fine fruity amber perfume with a great deal of depth and complexity and a gorgeous labdanum drydown. There is much, much more labdanum here than vanilla, so much so that it actually smells to me closer to a straight-up labdanum than an amber perfume. Unlike many amber perfumes, the vanilla is not even detectable to my nose as an isolable note. The labdanum is central to this composition, and the patchouli is fairly strong as well, but again this is not a part of the post-ANGEL sweet patchouli pack at all. PRADA AMBER is unique.

I ended up liking this creation enough to eventually pick up a 50ml bottle, and I continue to pine for one of the stunning atomizer models. It's only a matter of time before I find one at what seems like an unbeatable price, at which point I'm sure that I'll snap it up. The Prada aesthetic is top notch when it comes to packaging. Fortunately the perfumes smell very good, too!

PRADA AMBER was selected along with eleven other perfumes by Chandler "Contingency Plan Man" Burr to be included in the Art of Scent exhibit currently being held at the Museum of Art and Design. On the other hand, PRADA AMBER was not so favorably received by the authors of The Holey [sic] Book, who appear to hate the house of Prada and every perfume they ever produced. I applaud Burr for having the guts to float as masterpieces of olfactory art a number of perfumes derisively dismissed by Turin & Sanchez as failures. Prada obviously does not jive with the Royal[ties] Couple's taste, above all their hatred of clean scents (Dolce & Gabbana LIGHT BLUE was awarded one star) and all things amber. Since everything from this house is either ambery or has a decidedly clean demeanor, it did not fare well. Burr has done much to resurrect the image of this perfume house, and I do not believe that it has been only a result of the fact that Puig is one of his major funders. Though I'm also quite certain that it didn't hurt.

What Burr's radical disagreement with the other two self-appointed "experts" shows, it seems to me, is that in fact, when it comes to olfaction, beauty does indeed lie in the nose of the sniffer! According to me, Prada has produced some excellent creations, and PRADA AMBER for her is certainly one of them, although it is not an easy perfume to wrap one's nose around, as it defies most of the usual categories. The quality of the materials is top notch, and there certainly could be much worse things than increasing the global sales of this perfume through proclaiming it to be a masterpiece of olfactory art. It's a good perfume, no doubt, but labeling it a work of neo-romanticism may be stretching things a bit.

Did the perfumers, Carlos Benaïm, Max Gavarry, and Clément Gavarry, and the house conceive of this perfume as anything more than a perfume when they launched it back in 2004? Of course not. Why we should appropriate the language of visual art for ephemeral scents is far from obvious to me. But that's a another story. The bottom line here, again, is that this is a fine and original oriental perfume.

01/19/2012

7Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Missk
1357 Reviews

Missk

Helpful Review 6

Intense amber oriental

Prada is an extremely unusual fragrance. I certainly did not expect something like this from a popular and mainstream brand.

Prada is intense, spicy, rich, crisp and woodsy.

The fragrance opens with sharp woods and subtle hints of citrus. It immediately reminds me of the scent of freshly polished rosewood furniture.

The heart of this scent is somewhat crisp and fresh, yet the amber and spices balance this fragrance out nicely and add a delightful warmth. It also tends to have a grassy-like/damp forest finish which although odd is strangely appealing.

I'll agree that the amber and patchouli are particularly dominant in this fragrance, however the green notes and the honey soften the scent.

I wouldn't recommend this fragrance to overly feminine women, to me this isn't your typical flowery or sweet fragrance. A woman who wears Prada is edgy, confident and strong.

I find some similarities between this fragrance and Euphoria by Calvin Klein, however Prada lacks the sweetness of Euphoria and is much stronger in both sillage and lasting power.

I recommend that you try Prada if you're searching for a fragrance that is original, refined, classy, spicy/woodsy yet modern.

02/03/2012

7Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Lola82
361 Reviews

Lola82

3

Prada

This has a milk and honey kind of a scent i find this very impressive since
i'm not a fan of honey and milk notes
but i really like this. Like rain soaked
Patchouli in a early morning dew with gentil wispers of Oakmoss and willow
then you smell the sweet scent of honey
buzzing around your nose when you first
apply it to your skin you smell a fleeting fruit note then it turns musky
milky and honey. but the drydown doe'snt
last eather consists of fiery sandalwood
and benzoin sweet amber and patches of musk.

Ok i only tried two Prada brands this
and Infusion d'Iris prada has a talent
for using natural ingredients in their
perfumes never synthtic just stright
Florals Woods Reisens e.t.c it has a refinedness that is a rarity in today's
perfumery a maturity that can't not
be compared to the others.

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Statements

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SVW62

5 months ago

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1

Prada is great for fall/ Winter. The fragrance starts with an oriental kind of feel, and it ends up more spicy and woody.

Guerlinchen

2 years ago

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39

You are seduction whispers the patchouli - I know the rose breathes. Surrender, the vanilla whispers to you. Very special deep, warm scent.

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Sushihexe

4 years ago

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Memories
Memories of a perfect world
The BEFORE
Mom!
That's exactly how I keep you
in my heart.
Full of life and
emotions.

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Somebody

10 years ago

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33

1

Oh how nice that no one knows I go by Amber for disguise. In fact, many would never guess I smell like patchouli...

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Gold

4 years ago

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30

17

2004: Discovery of Super-Amber by Prada. Waves of beauty flow through my nose. It can be that simple.

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FrauKirsche

4 years ago

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Dark patchouli
Sandalwood powder
Will-o'-the-wisps of bergamot
Warm resin pearls
In the tonka bean field...
Bittersweet

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Setterliebe

2 years ago

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Bitter-sweet fruity
invites full-bodied Fatima
opens with patchouli heart and noble rose
magical dark gaze
from labdanum resin
seduces in a vanilla bed

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