I know lots of you have perfumes you gave away, sold, or lost, and then wanted back again, and this is one of mine. At one point I had the whole Prada Candy line and I never wore them because in those days I hated wearing anything even remotely sweet.
I got a sample of Candy and fell in love with it this time around. Now, I know that this one has been reformulated many times, and it seems to get more and more powdery, but my bottle smells pretty close to my sample and they’re years apart.
The main player in this is benzoin which can have warm and sweet qualities, and there’s lots of this in here. Although so many people define this as being caramel-like only, there’s a definite powderiness that reminds me of makeup powder, and a musk that sticks to your skin. I love that I can smell it all day, but it doesn’t have an intense amount of sillage.
In some ways, this reminds me of Chanel Paris-Venise except there’s no citrus notes and or vanilla, and Paris-Venise is pretty light. I think those two would layer so well together.
