Prada · 2026 · Nadège Le Garlantezec, Shyamala Maisondieu and Antoine Maisondieu

Paradoxe Sweet Chemistry

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Blackcurrant syrup over orange blossom, settling into a milky neroli.

The drawn Paradoxe Sweet Chemistry bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Paradoxe Sweet Chemistry’s scent picture, a draft: blackcurrant, bitter orange, virginia cedar, bergamot, iso e super (pencil shavings on velvet), vanillin (vanilla) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Paradoxe Sweet Chemistry, top notes: Blackcurrant, Bergamot, Carvone (spearmint)

Heartas it settles

Paradoxe Sweet Chemistry, heart: Bitter orange

Dry-downwhat stays

Paradoxe Sweet Chemistry, dry-down: Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Vanillin (vanilla), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

26 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.

3 citrus5 herbs & lavender11 florals3 woods3 sweet1 spices

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

Not for the smell10

AlcoholWaterA light stabiliserRed 4Ext. violet 2Benzyl alcoholBenzyl benzoateDiisopropyl sebacate, not in Ingredients yetDiethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yetPentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

My DevotionDolce & Gabbana · shares blackcurrant (cassis) and bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain)$153 for 100 ml
SìArmani · shares blackcurrant (cassis) and bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain)$174 for 100 ml · about the same as Paradoxe Sweet Chemistry’s $185
Amber Oud Aqua DubaiAl Haramain · shares blackcurrant (cassis) and bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain)$380.95 for 100 ml · about twice Paradoxe Sweet Chemistry’s $185
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.