Hajuvana

Oh my, how times change! A decade ago something like this would've strutted as a top-designer oud with a tenfold price tag.

Very much in Vetyver de Givenchy's orbit — just replacing some of the radiant bergamot with leafy green notes and modernizing the musk base.

I seldom do colour comparisons, but this is a blue fragrarance painted in green, pink and brown - a true tour de force by Pierre Bourdon.

It's a hollowed-out, polished & sweetened chypre, patchouli-rose and a tobacco scent. All at once & none of the above.

Instead of long-lasting freshies, Prada flipped the script: gotta admire the talent it takes to make powdery/rubbery vanilla vanish in 2h.