Prada · 2017 · Daniela Andrier

Luna Rossa Carbon

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5
Prada asks $136 for 100 ml
100 ml$136

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Toilette

Fresh lavender over geranium, drying to salty ambergris-like woods.

Prada says

You’ll smell lavender, geranium and Ambroxan.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Luna Rossa Carbon’s scent picture, a draft: lavender, geranium, ambroxan (ambergris), coumarin (new-mown hay), citral (lemon) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Luna Rossa Carbon, top notes: Lavender, Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

Luna Rossa Carbon, heart: Geranium

Dry-downwhat stays

Luna Rossa Carbon, dry-down: Ambroxan (ambergris), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Prada names

LavenderGeraniumAmbroxan (ambergris)

What the label names

6 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.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender2 florals1 sweet

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral (lemon)

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals2

CitronellolGeraniol (rose)

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)
6 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell6

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Ext. violet 2

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

SalvoMaison Alhambra · shares lavender, geranium (rose geranium) and ambergris$24 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Luna Rossa Carbon’s $136
Green Irish TweedCreed · shares lavender, geranium (rose geranium) and ambergris$490 for 100 ml
Club de Nuit Urban Man ElixirArmaf · shares lavender, geranium (rose geranium) and ambergris$50 for 105 ml · about a third of Luna Rossa Carbon’s $136
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.