Prada · 2007 · Daniela Andrier

Infusion d'Iris

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Bright mandarin and neroli around powdery iris, settling onto sweet benzoin resin.

Prada says

You’ll smell iris pallida, neroli, mandarin and benzoin.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Infusion d'Iris’s scent picture, a draft: iris, neroli, mandarin, benzoin, coumarin (new-mown hay), isoeugenol (clove) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Infusion d'Iris, top notes: Neroli, Mandarin

Heartas it settles

Infusion d'Iris, heart: Isoeugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Infusion d'Iris, dry-down: Iris, Benzoin, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

8 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender3 florals1 sweet1 spices1 powder

5 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

CocoChanel · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), mandarin and benzoin$154 for 50 ml
His ConfessionLattafa · shares orris, mandarin and benzoin$49.99 for 100 ml · about a quarter of Infusion d'Iris’s $190
Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares orris, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and benzoin$550 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.