The History of Prada
Prada was founded in 1913 by Mario Prada and currently boasts 618 boutiques worldwide. The brand specializes in travel accessories, handbags, ready-to-wear, shoes, and perfumes.
Started in Milan, Italy, by Mario Prada and his brother Martino, Fratelli Prada was a leather goods shop. When first opened, the shop offered such items as animal goods and English steamer trunks and imported handbags.
Mario was a firm believer that women should not be allowed to have any sort of role in business, so as a result he didn’t let any female family members from joining his company. As fate would have it, Mario’s son had no interest in the family business, so the task of carrying it on fell to his daughter Luisa, who operated Prada for almost twenty years.
New Beginnings
Luisa then handed the business over to her own daughter, Miuccia, in 1978. At this time, Miuccia began designing and offering backpacks out of Pocone, a nylon fabric that was also waterproof. In 1977 Miuccia met Patrizio Bertelli, and he advised that she stop importing English items and to change the existing luggage.
Prada Of Today
In the years that followed, the company’s following grew. In the 1990s, the Prada brand earned the title of premium status symbol. When many hear the name Prada, for the most part, they are reminded of the line of perfumes the fashion house has to offer. With a definitive offering of fragrances for both women and men, there is sure to be one that will appeal to any individual. A few of the scents we offer from Prada include:
Women’s Fragrances
Prada brings its unique fusion of tradition and innovation to the world of fragrance, reinventing the ancient art of perfumery by creating a fragrance of yesterday and tomorrow, a scent inspired by the past that embodies the future. It is a fragrance that intertwines memory, reality, and possibility. Prada perfume notes include Bergamot Oil Italian, Orange Oil, Bitter Orange Oil, Mandarin Flower, Mimosa India, Rose Absolute ABS, Schinus Molle ABS LMR, Peru Balsam, Patchouli Oil LMR, Raspberry Flower, Labdanum Resinoide LMR, Tonka Bean ABS LMR, Vanilla Absolute, Musk, Sandalwood Oil.
Prada Candy is a new fragrance by Prada launched in August 2011. The composition includes an elegant mix of musks in the top, a sensual balsamic vanillic accord of benzoin in the heart, and sweet modern caramel in the base of the fragrance.
Prada Candy Florale is announced as an exciting floral fragrance full of life and sensuality, inspired by an imaginary flower that smells like candy or a bouquet of flowers standing on the counter of an ice cream shop in Italy. This romantic and powdery composition contains accords of limoncello sorbet the top, flower of peony in the heart, and the base composed of benzoin, musk, caramel, and honey. The bottle and box are of standard signature design, this time colored in soft shades of pink and decorated with flowers motifs. Actress Lea Seydoux is the face of the campaign again.
Prada Candy Kiss channels the addictive nature of the Candy composition and enhances its characteristic scent of musk. Inspired by obsession and repetition, Prada Candy Kiss is designed to re-activate emotions and impressions. It evolved from the idea of creating a loop of sensations out of a single signature note wrapped around the body. Musk, in its signature purity, is omnipresent in the composition, from the upper notes to the base. It evokes delicate white cotton in a sensual fragrant cloud, enriched with uplifting notes of vanilla and orange blossom.
Full of high-quality natural ingredients, Infusion D’Iris, is clean, fresh, and light, and at the same time sophisticated and elegant. It is an intimate and personal scent that envelops you. The name Infusion D’Iris is inspired by the ancient and revered six-month-long infusion process used to draw soft, fresh notes from the root of the iris plant.
Men’s Fragrances
The house of Prada launched La Femme Prada and L’Homme Prada in mid-2016. The new fragrant pair of equals represents man and woman that are reunited in an identical vision. She could be him; he could be her. She is an absolute woman; he is an absolute man. There is not an obvious definition of a relationship between them. They could be lovers, friends, or even strangers. Both have multiple identities. L’Homme Prada is a modern scent that combines the classic Prada ingredients amber and iris. There are also notes of neroli, geranium, and patchouli. The character of the fragrance is described as airy, reserved, and challenging.
Prada introduced a new masculine fragrance in Sept 2012, named after the sailboat and the sailing team Red Moon or Luna Rossa, which participates in the American Cup competitions. The new fragrance, considering its name, draws its inspiration from the world of extreme sailing, prestige, marine nature, and passion for innovation and victory. The composition is developed around the main note of lavender by perfumer Daniela Andrier of Givaudan. The intensity and freshness of accords are emphasized by the use of classical notes in new, innovative ways. Those notes include lavender absolute and bitter orange in the top, clary sage and spearmint in the heart, and ambrette absolute and ambroxan molecule in the base.
Luna Rossa Carbon by Prada is an Aromatic Fougere fragrance for men. Luna Rossa Carbon was launched in 2017. The nose behind this fragrance is Daniela, Roche Andrier. The top notes are bergamot and pepper. Middle notes are lavender, soil tincture, watery notes, metallic notes, and coal. Base notes are patchouli and ambroxan.
Prada cologne has top notes that evoke a natural, classic cologne – a rich blend of fresh mandarin, bergamot, and cardamom that melds into the sensual mid notes of patchouli, tonka bean, and vanilla; and finishes with the clean, leathery notes of vetiver, neroli, orange blossom, saffron, and suede, Amber Pour Homme is a fragrance for the self-assured man. Notes include Bergamot Oil from Italy, Mandarin Oil from Italy, Cardamom Oil from Guatemala, Labdanum Resin from France, Patchouli Leaves from Indonesia, Tonka Bean, Vanilla, Geranium from Africa, Vetiver, Neroli Oil from Tunisia, Nirvanolide, Orange Blossom, Myrrh, Saffron from Spain, Sandalwood from India, Suede.
UniSex
The infusion collection from Prada began in 2007 with the Infusion d’Iris edition. The fragrances of this collection were launched as limited editions. In 2015, Prada returned this collection as permanent. It presents 6 fragrances, the relaunched Infusion d’Iris, Infusion de Fleur d’Oranger from 2009 and Infusion de Vetiver from 2010, and three new editions Infusion d’Iris Cedre, Infusion d’Amande and Infusion d’Oeillet.Perfumer Daniela Roche Andrier collaborated with Miuccia Prada to create this collection of six elegant and sophisticated unisex fragrances. Each fragrance is an interpretation of natural ingredients and the contrast between traditionalism and modernity. Infusion d’Iris Cedre contains notes of iris, cedar, Tunisian neroli, benzoin from Laos and Somali incense.
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