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Olfactories

Moonlight Shadow Prada 2018

7.5 / 10 35 Ratings

A popular perfume by Prada for women and men, released in 2018. The scent is spicy-fruity. The longevity is above-average. It was last marketed by Puig.
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Main accords

Spicy

Fruity

Woody

Leathery

Smoky

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Cumin

Fig

Peach

Heart Notes

Leather

Cocoa

Base Notes

Cedarwood

Ratings

Scent

7.535 Ratings

Longevity

8.331 Ratings

Sillage

7.431 Ratings

Bottle

8.637 Ratings

Value for money

6.017 Ratings

Submitted by Greifswald · last update on 11/11/2025.

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Interesting Facts

The fragrance was part of the collection Olfactories.

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Boccanera

Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/16/2019

8Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

BetrRiechen
15 Reviews

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BetrRiechen

Helpful Review 12

From good to very good to favorite

Hey fragrance enthusiasts,

we all have little time, so I’ll keep it short and concise this time!

I can’t remember exactly how it happened, but the scent came to me, like the child to the virgin.
From the first breath, I liked this dry, fruity, leathery aura. But it always felt too harsh and rough for me, especially for 250,-!

However, as I progressed step by step on my perfume journey, I realized what quality this fragrance holds:

1. The bottle is incredibly high-quality and stylishly crafted.
2. The scent lasts "only" about 8 hours on the skin, but those hours pack a punch in terms of sillage!
3. Finally, I discover a fragrance where I can truly sniff out all the notes (except "forest")! Dry leather, delicious cocoa, fruity fig, and other dried fruits!
4. The scent is equally good from top to base, and I find that wonderful. It smells exactly the same after 8 hours as it did at the beginning; it doesn’t develop into an Ambroxan, vanilla, shower gel, or wood chaos.
5. It’s wearable all year round. Whether in warmth (that’s when the fruits come out) or in cold (that’s when the leather and cocoa come to the fore).

In short: For me, truly a masterpiece. When my last decant is used up, the bottle will come to me!
It’s a shame that the fragrance gets almost no attention... or maybe that’s a good thing?

Thanks for reading!

Love you all

Moritz

10/11/2018

8.5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Yharnam79
81 Reviews

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Yharnam79

Top Review 12

Forest Eroticism

Recently, I wrote a rather euphoric comment about Soul Of The Forest. I mention this right at the beginning because there is at least a recognizable similarity between these two scents.

Moonlight Shadow starts off woody and remains woody throughout its entire scent journey. This base note varies depending on the 'companions' in the fragrance pyramid, but I would definitely describe the scent as woody-sweet-bitter.
Moonlight Shadow initially presents itself as fruity-spicy upon spraying. Not gourmand or overly sweet when I say fruity. Rather creamy and bittersweet - like a ripe peach.
The fig also comes through quite dominantly from the start. Slightly bitter and very spicy for a fig scent (perhaps also due to the connection with cumin, which I personally don’t perceive as strongly as I had feared).
On my skin, the scent has from the beginning the already mentioned forest aroma, which probably comes from the cedarwood and suits the fragrance excellently. The opening smells almost a little mystical.
After a few minutes, the cocoa becomes noticeably present yet not too prominent. The cocoa really deserves mention here, as it does not smell sweet, nor chocolatey. The cocoa unfolds a background aroma that is already patchouli-esque. And I mean really good, non-musty, and by no means hippie-like patchouli. So dry and serious, like (to make another comparison) in Patchouli Absolu, which has been my signature scent for years.
You can already tell that Moonlight Shadow is a rather dark, spicy, and enveloping fragrance. It is also unplayful and serious, which I mean in a very positive way. Unexcited might also be a very fitting word. And strangely erotic.
The previously mentioned mystical touch is maintained throughout the scent's development and almost takes on meditative qualities when the cedarwood, which has been perceptible all along, comes to the forefront. And it smells incredibly good and surprisingly authentic regarding the "forest image."
Once the scent has settled after about (for me) 20-30 minutes, something in it reminds me of Au Thé Rouge. There is some herbal tea-like note that keeps bringing this association back... But also this comparison (like the previous ones) is not meant to say that Moonlight Shadow "smells like..." but rather to convey an image of the type of fragrance.
Oh, I can't detect leather at any point, but I don't miss it at all.

Ultimately, I find it difficult to summarize everything into a kind of conclusion. Moonlight Shadow is a dark, spicy-bitter scent with a distinctly noticeable forest theme. Great fig note and dark brown patch-cocoa elevate it significantly. It indeed appears noble and yet, due to its almost meditative character, also relaxed. And somehow quite sexy.