It is an ideal fragrance for office, and one of my favorites for that purpose. To more appreciate this composition, one should have some gray hair. It even garners compliments in situations where compliments are rare. This is not mind blowing composition, but a very solid one in the Prada’s portfolio. Clean, sophisticated, professional and Italian. Something feels bright and medicinaly cold makeing my nose feel cold as well but i really like it im unsure what that note is but it may be how the orange blossom is comeing through or is there a little pepper ? Of all the reinterpretations of Infusion d'Iris, I can honestly say that Infusion d'Iris Cedre is my favourite flanker so far. As I was showering last night - a good 12 hours after I had first applied the fragrance, a trace of the top citrus notes came alive again, as if to taunt me.

Iris cedre is clean, in a powder way rather than a soapy way. It starts with a sharp citrus and Iris, followed by a slightly metallic note that lingers for quite a while but i found that after a few hours the drydown is basically identical to the original, a powdery incense finish. This clean, cash predominant up-close scent remains for a long time, at least 3 to 4 hours. During that time, the iris and musk continue to develop, its billowing wafts get longer and stronger... Until you are enveloped in a GORGEOUS iris bubble.

Anyway--it's pretty linear, and while I like it alot, not too exciting. Think of d'Iris but with a splash of vanilla on the bottom, and a bit more incense added to the powdery aspects. It is also a bit more woody, and all together the ingredients are of a darker variety--there seem to be no florals except for a hint of the iris, which despite the pyramid I don't find to be prominient. Mostly I smell mastic/resins, powder, vanilla, wood, musk, and an abstract iris, which in sum add up to a dark character. I think maybe at the time i just wasn't ready for this masterpiece to be mine, I didn't appreciate the beauty in its golden vintage style liquid. Over the last year ive wasted more money on failed blind buys than anyone will ever know, i think trying to figure out what fragrance i can call my own; my signature style. And i have gravitated towards pradas infusion d'iris line for so long now that i think this one is it, my special scent that just fits. Ive always loved fragrances that were thought to be ' too old' for me, aldehydic, chypre scents but didnt think i was ready for them yet so I would try wearing the age appropriate fruitchoulis, the gourmands.. and all the things can tolerate but dont really love. I absolute adore this fragrance and this is a feel bottle that I didn't mind grabbing at full price. This is my least favorite so far of the Infusions. It's not "bad" per se; it is lovely and charming but a little too grandma-ish. To compare: the original d'Iris and the wonderful Cedre version both have a crisp lightness that helps to make them magical. Not light to the extreme mind you. They're both very slightly powdery, just enough to give them some needed weight, but it's not overdone.

I now have both Infusion d'Iris Cèdre and Infusion d`Homme. I did tried them in 3 different days in the same time. The EdP (Infusion d'Iris Cèdre) does not project more, or last longer on skin/clothes than the EdT (Infusion d`Homme). The scents are extremely similar but NOT the same. For many years I have enjoyed wearing Infusion de Vetiver, which started out as a masculine flanker, before being re-released in 2015 as a unisex fragrance, although the composition had barely been altered. The feminine offerings from this Infusion line have not appealed to me in the slightest, and have been boring for the most part. I am pleased that the richer, more masculine offerings centred around wood notes have kept me entertained.

Prada definitely stripped this one down, as is often the case, reformulation means that you have a lesser perfume. 2015 lies somewhere between the original Id’I and Prada Homme (which I ultimately didn’t like, between the two.) 2015 is overall softer, has less sillage, and is less complex than the original.

Woody notes creep in as it dries down, alongside a whisper of resinous amber. Sillage is intimate and longevity is weak, undetectable in under three hours. Time to write a review on this old pal. I remember sampling Infusion d'Iris the first time in 2014. It was not love at first sniff, but the smell, on paper, was very distinct: iris-y, dry, woody, very "aloof" and quite "upscale". I had no desire to own a bottle.

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Infusion d'Iris Eau de Parfum Absolue expresses preciousness and luxury, blended from carefully selected, rare and high quality ingredients. The composition mixes notes of exotic Tunisian neroli, orange blossom, iris from Florence, mastic, benzoin from Laos, tonka bean from Venezuela, Madagascar vanilla and white musk. It is signed by Daniela Andrier.