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Recently I been into layering fragrances and I use this one as a vanilla base for other fragrances. Say example I hate the smell of Cool water Intense due to coconut smell as it reminds me of grocery shop so tried mixing these both in a decant and its was good. Now I get Cool Water with Vanilla and hint of lavender. ;) In terms of performance I use 8 sprays and I would say projection is about 1-1.5 hours while longevity is no more than 6-7 hours. Still each to his or her own I suppose and if you're spraying this on your body then your nose is the only nose that matters, unless you're only after compliments from others of course. Longevity: 9/10 (After the initial two hours, it comes closer to the skin for another three hours. Stays a skin-scent for a good five more hours)
It has a smoothness and magnetism that will get others attention. Once it has completed its passage from beginning to end, the vanilla is intense. If you are not a fan of powdery vanilla, it might be a bit much. Upon first blush, anyone who owns or likes JPG Le Male will have an “Aha” moment with this fragrance. At first spray I thought this is decent, nothing special. So I didnt buy it. But I kept catching whiffs walking around the mall and after like a hour or so the scent changed completely. I was now WOWED. Cant really describe what I thought at first cause i wasnt digging it to much so I kinda wrote it off as I wasnt interested. Then that classic prada clean scent shined, the lavender, and then the base notes. The base notes with the lavender is where this scent shines. One word to describe this I would have to say "amazing". This is signature scent worthy in my honest opinion and it may end up being mine. This is a scent I dont hear much about and I believe it's highly underrated. As I keep bringing my hand up to smell cause it's to me a skin scent but others around me say they can still smell me and I only sprayed twice almost 7 hours ago. Never did i think that this would last as long as it has so far. I thought at max 3 maybe 4 hours cause they threw "sport" into its name. This is not a sport scent and it's very misleading, to me. If I washed it off like I wanted after spraying it on I would of never bought this. The magic is in the dry down and you just got to be patient to let this scent work its magic. Initially, I wasn't too impressed by the performance of the fragrance, but believe me, you can become blind to the fragrance and it's still there. I get 7-8 hours in longevity. Not as The soapy lavender is subtly, sophisticated, and mature with a strong touch of masculinity. Great as a day scent, out of the shower because it's not overpowering in any way, and good for an office/work environment. You can wear this as an all-year rounder, but personally not in the summer. If so, go easy on the sprays. Oh and another thing, if something is 'mass apealing' or a 'crowd pleaser' then may I suggest that is a good thing? It's mass appealing because it appeals to a lot of people...because it smells nice....and that's bad because........?Update review it hasn't changed from the last review I posted on 12/09/18, my nose still detect the lavender, vanilla and Tonka bean which dominates from start to finish. I used to have Le Male only for a few days but I gifted to my Pastor's son, so I missed the Le Male DNA scent and grab the Prada Luna Rossa Sport, to my nose is similar to Le Male but to me Prada Luna Rossa Sport is a tad better than Le Male just my two scent. Is still a good release from Prada and is a must have if you don't own Le Male. Being different by smelling odd or even unappealing does not mean it's good or that people will find you mysterious or enigmatic, they will simply think you smell weird or odd and assume you are nose blind and don't realise you smell strange.
I'm a big fan of Prada's house. When this came out in 2015 I tested it on strip and dismissed it. I thought to myself "Daniela Andrier, why would you go in this direction?". It seemed incredibly basic and generic and to me it didn't have the clean DNA that the Amber and L'homme line had.I dont own this, but I do own an older formulation of the original Luna Rossa. Ive only smelled this on another person, a complete stranger. Copier repairman actually had this on in our office and I could smell this wonderful, familiar scent filling one corner of our small office. Walked to the corridor to see a repair guy pleasantly smelling up the place. He has repaired our crappy copier many times and always wears this scent. as a man I had to casually ask him in my contrived macho voice what he was wearing. After revealing luna rossa sport I immediately drew the comparison to the original Luna Rossa but fresher, lighter, a slight twist, but just as aromatic.
If I were to describe it to a friend in one sentence it would go as follows: It is a clean, sweet, powdery scent that is masculine enough. And at no point during this wearing has the fragrance smelled bad- from opening to dry down, the scent is perfectly pleasant. I've always liked the smell of Le Male on others, but there was always something about it that kept me from wearing it, something sharp and green (maybe the mint, but it didn't seem like mint). So when I first smelled this I dismissed it as a copy and assumed that I wouldn't like it. Yes I can definitely get the Le Male from this, but not really that prominent since you can definitely use this during hot days but there has to be limitations on how many sprays and how hot the weather is. The magic is after 30 minutes of spraying this, by that time the mint is barely there and all I could smell is somewhat creamy very light vanilla that is not cloying, not so sweet tonka beans, powdery vibe and then faint wood. To put it simple, after 30 mins it still has the Le Male similarities, but I would say from 30% in the beginning to only about less than 10% after 30 mins on my skin. Now that’s all Prada LRS already after 30 min on my skin and comparing it 10% Le Male is not fair to Prada. Those things I mentioned after 30 min are all Prada LRS compliment getter.To my nose it is Le Male to all the individual that posted here, but I prefer this to Le Male it has the Le Male DNA When it comes to age factor I believe this will be best suited for 26+ as its not that playful like Eros, AHSEE, etc. But age is just a number if you love it then who cares. Update- I own the entire Luna Rossa line now, and not only is this one my favorite, it’s in my top 5 favorite fragrances. I didn’t like the sweet vanilla-ish vibe at first, only because I was expecting something more fresh/citrus, being called “sport” and all. I’m reality, this scent IMO blends everything I LOVE about the Luna Rossa line and puts it all into one scent. I literally can spray this for any occasion, anytime, anywhere, it just works. All the other frags in my top 5 tend to have a very specific time and place for when they’re appropriate to wear, and this is easily the most versatile. It’s clean, crisp, but warm and cozy, and it’s just very uplifting and happy scent for me. Longevity is good, projection is good as well, it’s not loud and in your face but not subtle and disappearing either. Perfection!! I really like this, it's fresh yet fairly sophisticated , fairly soft and not harsh or too youthful.
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