Prelude Cristobal Balenciaga for women

My mother loved this perfume. It's stunning and happy scent!

applied this one today and i can say that the weather wasn´t right for this fragrance. It is very hot outside and this fragrance in my opinion should be worn only during colder time of the year. I have the bottle with the red cap, like a sombrero or something like that, not the one that is on the picture above and it is in a EDT concentration.
Right upon application i knew it is similar to Lagerfeld´s "KL". At least the opening. It is very spicy, but where "KL" almost make me cry so bad it was, this one is plesantly spicy! I am a fan of carnation notes so i like it among with orchid here. jasmine gives the softness to "Prelude" that is missing in "KL". Sadly the fragrance stays on my skin oly for a very short time and then becomes almost "invisible". That´s the biggest minus to this one, but i am definitly plannig to try the pure parfum concentration soon, so i guess the staying power will be much better.
"Prelude" is indeed like a prelude, but "KL" is then like a finale :))))

I loved this perfume. It was fabulous and luminous.

I was about to review Prelude but my parrot intervened with his own comment. Bacio (seen in my avatar), climbed up my chair, sat on my shoulder and asked ‘what you doing?’ (this is one of his phrases.)
He then started sneezing uncontrollably. Choo! Choo! Choo!, which is parrot talk for ‘my, that’s one big 80s glory note you’re wearing!’

Prelude is a master piece, no doubt about it, but in all honesty if I was on a crowded bus and someone stepped next to me wearing this I’d move on down the aisle. I think this is discontinued, which is unfortunate, but I suspect if it were in production today it would need a little recession tweaking. A fun scent to try, though, just not one I could ever wear around the house.

In my humble opinion Balenciaga rates as one of THE best perfume houses EVER. Their quality is beyond comprehension. Chanel used to own this caliber of perfumemaking, but not anymore. Their new releases N19, Allure, Chance etc etc, mere shadows of the house Chanel used to be...
So...for you ladies looking for 'Chanel'-quality, but without any compromises, look for the vintage range Balenciaga.

increible, el perfume con el que enamoré y me enamoré muchas veces.

A Prelude to a Classic a first Blast
of Aldehydes will make think mmmm
another Chanel no 5 Copy but the drydown says i don't think so Because
Chanel doesn't have predominent orange
notes and prelude is less shaper

If Chanel is for night Prelude is for day.

Oh yes! This is an oldie I can pull off. Aldehydic outburst in the beginning, spicey and green; jasmin and ylang-ylang entering one step behind them. Yey, no carnation on me in this one!!! Then it quickly settles as a cinnammon and rose, and WOW! now the civet is also there (not as dirty as in vintage Zibeline, but it IS there and gives a specific feel of dirtiness to overall light and innocent nature of this fragrance). A marvellous fragrance, and those who are afraid it might have this old-lady feel to it as some other Balenciaga's older creations - don't worry about it! It is absolutely wearable - I'm off to search for a FB...

Just fantastic! Balenciaga is just such a classy fragrance house!!!!!

Prelude is such a timeless classic that remains that 'classy' style of Balenciaga. It starts off with a well balanced floral scent, then dires down quickly into a oriental vanilla, the final base I found was quite leathery. I have read that there is also pimento and olibanum in the notes, which were pretty rare I suppose. So maybe it is just the complication and muti-facets of this fragrance making it rather versatile or a statement maker. You may not fancy all the notes in Prelude, but certainly you will something catchy among those.
Prelude is deep and nostalgic smelling, so personally I think it is more serious rather than social. After all, it is the type of fragrance that is worthy to have an experiece with, no matter wearing only once or often, entirely down to individuality!