Infusion d'Iris Eau de Parfum Absolue Prada for women

This is a very beautiful fragrance, but it smells quite different to what I had imagined. I expected it to be a quite apparent mix between Infusion D'Iris and Candy, with an intensely penetrating iris note throughout. Instead the orange blossom shines brightly for a long while. I kept thinking how familiar it felt, and half an hour into the drydown it hit me - it's a stronger, more sultry version of Apres l'Ondee, or a softer, more wearable version of Insolence EDP. The orange blossom dominates heavily until the heart and base notes come through, followed by the iris, which smells a bit like violets here, and the vanilla, benzoin and tonka bean base give that added Guerlain familiarity. The whole composition is so smooth I wonder if it's still there sometimes, until it softly makes its presence known again. An intimate fragrance for sure. Is it a winner? YES. It has not only character and depth; it has some serious sex appeal but of the sensual kind. This is made of high quality ingredients in a more than average concentrated form. All the notes seem to be singing together, and the melody is irresistable. Model Lara Stone personifies Infusion D'Iris Absolue - an innocent beauty with a body made for sin and a mind for deep and meaningful conversations.

What a marvellous fragance ! I love it. Fresh, soapy and very elegant. A must have.

Two of Pradas earlier launches married each other and got a kid. This is the result. Luckily, this cute and soft kid inherited the good sides of its parents.

Parfum Absolue is a case of powdery vanilla - iris - benzoin - tonka - musc. It owes to its superstar mom, crème brûlée Candy and its other parent, powdery Infusion d'Iris EDP.

The opening is full of vanilla. Some "plastic" notes can be detected at the heart. Dries down to vanilla and leather(!). Medium projection.

If you're looking for something new from Prada, you're gonna have to wait a little longer - this is a showcase work of how Daniela Andrier-Roche can blend two existing fragrances together. (Nicely done!)

WOW! Strong and elegant opening. My first reaction was "Oh my!" so strong but lovely.

On my skin it's closer to Bvlgari Pour Femme but with no Violets and Stronger.

It's refined and powdery, the Iris is very very strong and intoxicating on my skin but after a few moments it's warm with Benzoin and Tonka Beans (still powdery). When it cools down it's so very lovely with Orange flower and Neroli.

It's on my love list even if it's not my type of fragrance. It's so very elegant and I respect it's beauty.

A Big *Thank You* to Anna_gr for giving me the chance to try this Amazing Prada.

Majestic opening, it makes you think soon: 'Bingo this is the frag I've been waiting for!' You'll keep on thinking so for a while, let's say half an hour maximum 1 ... then something strange happens....the beauty of the iris disappear like a charm spellt by an illiterate witch leaving an 'empty' space or at least something not as refined as the premises had made you wished (since the very beginning) for. I couldn't take a proper decision about it, the frag is very nice on the paper whereas on my skin the things change a lot, may be it's my chemistry. I've been going around Infusion d'Iris Ab. for a while, but I've never decided to buy it and I was probably right. I believe that this is a quite misleading frag with its great appearance seeming so good at the first meeting... but like many false 'beauties' as soon as you approach them you'll discover far different figures - from what you have perceived before. I believe that in the dry down, it becomes really similar to Bulgari's 'Petits et Maman' and doing so it loses its appeal quite definitely. (To be clear: Petits et Maman is just a nice frag, here your expectations would be higher....)
Nice but only so, I was demanding something more (misleading name, no doubt!), while talking of 'iris' if it is the genuine one really employed the results must be much better.
I found that the sillage here is split in two different times: at the very beginning (the 'Bingo!', moment) and lately when you assist at the performance of a deja-vu and it becomes quiet and really understating.
The persistence is good.
At least!

YES I also smell great resemblance to l'heure bleu. I do in fact think it smells a lot of violet, at least in the beginning. I think the lasting-power is rather good, though. A very nice perfume, a bit heavier than the original, but still soft. I think I prefer this version.

I have it, at first very good, Iris-y. But NO staying power in my opinion, it goes away very fast, even faster than the original Infusion d'Iris. Didn't expect this from a perfume at such price point, very disappointed.

Edit: does anybody else see the resemblance to L'Heure Bleue of Guerlain (without the anise and carnation spiciness?) It drives me crazy - same powdery Iris, vanilla and musk.
L'Heure Bleue is better though...

I got this last week. It's out here in Denmark. I don't know who rated Iris the weakest note, 'cause to me, this perfume is a big leathery Iris, with some faint supporters. It really should be in the leather group. It's Iris, with some benzoin, and a little white flower action. It's not nearly as clean as the original, which I like. I love this one a lot!

I see that you folks that have had the pleasure of smelling this already feel that the iris note is the least prominent...I am a little concerned, to be honest. Iris is one of my top five notes, along with mimosa, violet (flower and leaf), bergamot, cedar and pink peppercorn. Hopefully with some more exposure we'll see the iris note rise in prominence.

I absolutely adore all three of Prada's previous Fragrances in this family. I rotate Infusion d'Iris EDP, Infusion d'Homme and Infusion d'Iris EDT (until I ran out last week) more than any other fragrances in my 25-30 bottle collection. I find all three to be absolutely delicious and one will always suit whatever mood I'm in.

So, needless to say, I am very excited to get my iris loving nose near this fragrance. Really, seriously can not wait...I hope it is as delicious, subtle and beautiful as the previous installments. Yay for another Prada iris frag...

I will be back to post as soon as this hits my friendly nearby Nordstrom counter.

This is fresh, soapy, and mild...when dry it gives an impression of an herb garden at dawn. It is very spring-like. I am a fan of the mild and soft scents, but this one comes close to downright weak. I am certain that this scent could never offend anyone, no matter how heavily it were applied. It smells beautiful from start to finish, but that is a mere hour or two, even though it is an EDP. Dry down is real quick too, like ten minutes. During its dry down it goes from alcohol to strong iris with orange blossom and finally the base notes appear. It is not a sweet scent although there is just a hint of sweetness which seems associated with the orange blossoms and neroli. The vanilla is very tastefully incorporated into the fragrance so that it doesn't stand out with any prominence. I think it would smell as nice on a man as on a woman. In the end, it smells just like a person fresh from the shower after using high quality bath products.