Review Prada L’Eau Ambrée

Prada L'Eau Ambrée is one of the nicest new fragrances to come along in a long time. It has a luminous quality to it and is very wearable, for either men or women. Nice hardly does it justice.

Daniela Andrier is the perfumer. She also did Infusion d'Iris. There is a similarity between the two fragrances, but I find L'Eau Ambrée more interesting. It holds my attention. I don't tire of it. I found the sameness of Infusion d'Iris to be grating after a while -- and it would get distressingly stronger.

L'Eau Ambrée is soft, but long lasting. It is said to be

graceful...empowering but never demanding.

Perhaps this should describe the ideal me!

Oddly enough, graceful, empowering, never demanding are words I could easily use to describe this fragrance, along with luminous, luminosity, sheer and enveloping. Discretely sexy and sensual. And however Andrier has modernized amber, it works. At least for me. There is even a hint of saltiness or sea air to it.

L'Eau Ambrée notes:
modernized amber, lemon and May rose essences, patchouli, oppoponax and vanilla.

Amber is usually very heady, rich and sweet. This is airy, but it has definite presence. It is light enough to wear anywhere, even out to dinner, but it has enough presence that I can smell it hours later, and I can catch nuances on my clothes. I use very little, as always, one squirt, maybe two. I might think it is gone, then I turn just right and catch this amazing fragrance that is more than gentle and less than the freshness in Infusion d'Iris.

I have not had good luck with Laura Mercier's Amber Passion, which turned out to be a scrubber on me. At the time, the SA told me that they were told in sales meetings that it would either be wearable or not wearable. It started out very good, but did not stay that way on me. This was the first time I'd ever heard that amber could be either good or bad. Of course, that is true for any fragrance, which should be tried on skin for that reason. But if a fragrance starts out good, it's generally not such an either-or proposition. But since that time I have been very careful with amber fragrances. The ones I wear are rich and sweet -- I wear them at night or in winter; L'Eau Ambrée fills a different niche.

Amber Passion notes:
Top: labdanum, vanilla and geranium; middle: amber, tonka bean and patchouli; base: sandalwood, musk and cedar.

I suspect that different molecules were used for these two ambers.

My take
I find myself reaching for L'Eau Ambrée as my go-to everyday fragrance right now. I knew immediately that it was something I would enjoy, and I am not disappointed. As usual, I waited about 1/2 hour to make sure it stayed true. It is different from anything else I wear.

I think you could layer it nicely, though I haven't tried that yet.

If you like amber, but are looking for a lighter version of amber, but one that has presence, give this one a try.

Is this one that you wear?
Have you tried this one? What do you think?

Karin
www.savvythinker.com

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