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pletchernpu – :
Iconic rose-fragrance, where richness of rose itself is tested against freshness of mint and mate, while all these ingredients are united with warm honeycomb. Exotic, Eastern, dreamy. Unisex.
vlsa – :
This is the most sophisticated of all rose fragrances. The rose blends so beautifully with the green and the mint, what you get is a beautiful, natural perfume.I tested this fragrance in winter and received compliments, someone even saying ‘whats that wonderfull smell’ as they sat down next to me. Beautiful bottle as well.
solomander – :
This 100% reminds me of Inis Arose, which I loved and used up a whole bottle of years ago after purchasing it on a trip to Ireland. Very happy to have this in my collection because it reminds me of my travels there.
This is a green rose mixed with beeswax and mint, and the combination is like walking through a garden after rain. It would be a great fragrance year round and in any season, although it seems rather casual to me and therefore would recommend it as a daytime fragrance rather than evening/formal. This is something I could see wearing in the spring with a light sweater and jeans while going for a drive in the countryside. If you are a rose lover, this will delight you.
Dmitri_75 – :
Oh I’m totally in love with this! It’s divine! The rose is superb. It’s beautiful. Gorgeous. Oh my. The most perfect rose perfume I’ve ever smelt. I just melt when I wear it. I fall in love with myself, and just love breathing myself in, all day, and night (I wear it to bed too). It so lovely. Bliss.
tiago1000 – :
It’s a rose that grows in a wild, overgrown garden, with nettle and ivy lurking in the shadowy parts. It’s June, but the mornings are cool, and the mist is rising from a nearby pond, covering every surface with crystalline drops of dew. You go to pick up some mint for your breakfast tea. As you pass a bush of Rosa arvensis with your hands full of herbs, the sun rises from behind the trees, and the smells around you join into a vibrant symphony.
Do I love this perfume? Yes, very much so. I might be used to a woodier rose, but this green herbal one is my go-to for summer. Even though there’s plenty of freshness, there’s also an appealing darkness to it, a weird balance of opposites that makes me reach for a spray after a spray. Despite seeming to vanish quicker than a pleasant dream, sometimes you’ll catch an occasional whiff a day or a few later that’ll leave you wondering: “now, where did that come from?”
The only thing I do not like about Infusion de Rose is a pink design. It clashes with the perfume and is bound to make people expect far more sweetness or even fruitiness, where there’s none to be found. The faerie drawing is spot-on, but be it in, say, a dark-green color scheme, it would leave a much more harmonious impression.
mclion – :
Continuing with another fragrance review for Valentines Day. Prada Infusion Rose is like a New Dawn Climbing Rose. This is a nice white pink rose that is best enjoyed outside while reading or enjoying tea.
The smell of Prada Infusion Rose is softer and gentler than that of most rose scents. Its not uncommon for people to declare their dislike of the note. Prada has a really interesting line in their Infusion scents where they use infusion to extract scent into their fragrance rather than by traditionally blending oils into a base such as perfumers alcohol. I find that the infusion line across the board gives me a lighter and more polite approach to a fragrance. The mate in this fragrance greens it up and as such you get a garden rose experience rather than something cut and vased. It literally is a scent that belongs on a trellis. The citrus and mint give it a bright sunny feel that sparkles a bit and the honey adds a touch of sweet.
Performance and sillage are gentle with this one. Usually, I would complain about such things underperforming but there are plenty of rose scents that last for ages and you can smell in the next county. Prada with their infusion line wanted to present high quality fragrances for people who want a fragrance that doesnt shout. And I feel that it might be appealing to the refined grown up who can listen with a smile.
Value is disappointing. Prada hit the bullseye when they first came out with the Infusion line and this came out between the launch and the cut off date of 2012/2013 when reformulations and sad flankers started cheapening the line. It has been discontinued and is now getting hard to find. Going to the store, sampling it, and deciding on a purchase is now unlikely. You can still buy it but prices are climbing daily and its now a $30 an ounce purchase and mostly found on ebay which I view as being high for designer. I would like to have seen this one in continuous production rather than some of the other new disappointments they have come out with in the last couple of years but so goes the perfume industry. I will have to downgrade this in my ratings for value.
Usage for me on this one is light. If I waited until the bottle was half empty before reviewing it then it would most likely be gone from shelves and/or selling on Ebay for $100 an ounce like Gucci Envy. This is one that I want to keep for awhile because I have not seen anything like it and yet buying a replacement bottle when mine is gone will be pretty much be out of the question.
Overall, Im going to grade this one out at 76 or a tick above average. And I freely admit that Ive knocked it down a half grade or tick more because of price and availability. I think its worth $90-$100 or whatever full retail price was on it. I wouldnt suggest to anyone to pay extra. In fact, I dont suggest anyone buy or not buy anything that I review. It is enough to present information and let you make up your own mind. If the prices keep rocketing skyward and command a premium over retail then I would suggest this rating be considered a 71. And if one could find a deal or money was no object to them then feel free to consider this graded out at 81-82 and solidly regarded as good. But 76 seems right for something less wearable because its “rare”.
Most people who experience roses will do so with cut roses or roses found in a vase or brought into the home. When buying such things, big brightly colored flowers, stream into view. But there is also something wondrous about exploring a garden or taking the time to grow roses on a trellis or a book and patio tea. Prada Infusion Rose is not like the other roses. Its not a big huge screeching let your neighbors know you are wearing rose kind of perfume. It is refined, and quiet, and polite as if to add a little rosy outlook to your life, but in a fresh manner. PIR is bright and sparkly and yet mature with a clutched sense of wonder and imagination and joy. This is not a pale pink body mist for girls. It is a refined perfume that holds maturity and respect for quality. Its is a summer day rose perfume for wearing when others would be too loud or citrus and aquatic fragrances seem lost at sea.
Prada Infusion holds onto a sense of rose and happiness and it is light and airy and shower fresh. It is a rose to be enjoyed by the polite and quiet who roam unnoticed and yet fully charge life with the unexpected, but do it with a lovely pale pink innocent grin and sparkle in their eyes. It spreads its vine around a sense of life.
leontev1979jon – :
Discussed… so smells like old mold building in Europe dark alleys hahaha 😛
NO ROSE at all… tried Jo Malone Rose so much better than this.
kunysbaev – :
…anyway: this is a very cold scent, it absolutely doesnt work in winter
skyline737 – :
my current summer love – so light and sophisticated – refreshing in a whole different way than the usual citrusy/fruity/aquatic summer scents…just light rose with a touch of mint and beeswax making its smell perfect round and classy sophisticated
joker43262 – :
This was a blind buy and a very successful one. I dont get mint at all just soft roses mixed with clean powder and some honey. It starts strong but its staying power leaves much to be desired. I tend to be heavy handed with this one and it doesn’t matter since less than 2 hours later you would never know how hard I dabbed it on.
инеса – :
Would love to try this. Please PM me if you’d like to trade decants.
cocaIcanina – :
I debated whether or not I need this perfume in my collection given that I seem to have amassed quite a few rose-dominant fragrances over the years. (Rose and violet are in a very heated battle for my favorite note.) I justified this blind purchase as a way to complete my Prada Infusion d’… collection, and the super bargain price helped as well.
This is a complete love for me. It’s a rose unlike others I have smelled. This is not as feminine a rose as I’m used to wearing (like Rose the One, Eaudemoiselle, Paris). It has an edge – very green and moderately spicy. That’s probably the mix of rose and mint I am smelling. To be honest, I was quite scared of the mint in this before purchasing but it turned out to complement the floral aspect beautifully. On my skin it turns quite soapy, which I adore. I think that Prada accidentally got a massive shipment of soap and said “What the heck! Put it all in the Infusion series.” Lasting power is moderate, and I wear it year round much like I wear my other fragrances. If you can find it at a decent price, jump on it!
gho216speagoessenda – :
I don’t like Rose-scents but here I do – alot! But I sneeze when I spray this one on my skin. Lovely fresh roses with a nice mint, tea and Mandarin Orange mix. The perfect summerscent, I must say. I really must say the Rose/tea/mint- mix is wonderful. Very fresh and perfect for hot weather.
Jag gillar inte Ros-dofter men denna är underbar! Tyvärr så nyser jag enormt när jag bär Infusion de Rose. Ljuvligt fräscha rosor med en mix av te,mint och mandarin. Perfekt sommardoft i mitt tycke. Jag måste säga att jag verkligen gillar Ros/te/mint-mixen, superb för varma sommardagar.
jurec218 – :
Wow, what have we here? A really pretty green, sweet rose! Does not smell artificial at all. When I spray it I have to think about fine English people watching horse races and having a walk in the rose gardens while drinking honey-sweet tea.
Then it also reminds me of those happy summer garden festivals I used to visit in royal gardens here in Germany. Wearing this perfume is so pleasant… 🙂
All in all a very bright, spring-like and expensive smelling scent!
LiveTreffen – :
I was able to pick this up at a discount retailer and I was delighted because I never had the chance to smell it when it first came out. It was a blind buy. When I first sprayed it, there was a rush of Rose then it got softer. It was nice. Hours later the scent reminded me of something that I had in the past. It took me hours to recall. It finally came to me this smells like Kate Mose only stronger. It’s a pleasant scent, nice for Work, church, and Sunday brunches.
LegalBuds – :
I must have had “other priorities” at the time of the launch of Prada Infusion de Rose, because I do not recall ever seeing it anywhere. Then its short market life came to an abrupt end, and it completely disappeared even from high-end department store websites. Since I love the other infusions, I was very curious how this one would be. As I also love roses, it seemed like a potential cause for celebration…
And it is! Of all of the “pink” perfumes which I have tried from mainstream designer houses supposedly offering up roses, this Prada is the one which faithfully conveys the scent of rose. I ended up acquiring a 100ml bottle scent unsniffed when a lot suddenly popped up at one of the discounters (they have by now disappeared).
Infusion de Rose offers not just rose, but a lot of other interesting embellishments along with a fresh and natural rose scent. To me, Infusion de Rose is not soapy (as most of the Infusions are) but spicy. Pepper is not listed among the notes at any of the fragrance community websites, but on the box the primary notes are given as these:
Rose Turque et Bulgare
Mandarine d’Italie
Menthe Poivrée
Maté du Brésil
Key to my nose is: poivrée! I realize that with “menthe” it should translate “peppermint”, but I am smelling some serious pepper activity here, as in poivre. Let us not forget that the translation-challenged marketing team at Prada actually launched a perfume called “Infusion d’Homme”!
The maté does not smell bitter and green like the Argentinian maté known to me, but one thing is for sure: this is not just another plain old rose scent. Infusion de Rose is a complex and inviting blend with rose at its core. Other reviewers have reported experience of “mint”, but I do not find this composition minty in the least. I do find it very natural smelling, which is a welcome change from the vast majority of designer “rose” scents, most of which feature abstract “pinkness”.
All in all, this is another winner from the Infusion collection, and I look forward to future new installments!
Felditese – :
Turkish rose is the most beautiful rose I ve ever smelt.
Infusion de Rose is very nice rosy perfume.
I love roses.
bobroff – :
After long vicissitudes i have found it: not at all what I thought it was. Indeed, as first impressions knows bleach. As already written by others will not look like any other perfume rose-centered, and doesn’t want to be an attractive or delightful scent, or perhaps can’t be. Very mint tea, and other notes that clash at the end of the rose, a rose freshly severed. Beautiful packaging, almost romantic, and in contrast with the rather pungent and watery smell . Definitely cool, stunning in its own way.
3933 – :
I just love this scent. It´s clealy a rose scent, but it´s not a “nice” rose, it has something darker in it. Not a heavy or overwhelming scent, – still in the fresh end of perfume notes. A very “clean” scent.
deltaua – :
I’m a little anxious to try the Prada Rose now to see how it tests on me. Looking to purchase a couple roses this summer to add a rose to my collection. Being a fan to Prada, I only have the Prada Iris fusion and love it. But will be buying more for spring and summer of the Pradas. Was good to read your reviews; I’m slowly paying more attention and learning of all the notes and such. Whereas I never really did that before. Just dwell in the essence
Ironically, I have a Siberian Husky named Prada, he’s beautiful too !
pcv187speagoessenda – :
Prada Infusion De Rose is sunshine and tea parties. All of the Prada Infusion fragrances from the collection are very simple light fragrances. Top notes of fresh Bulgarian and Turkish roses and sweet bees wax from Laos with subtle undertones of peppermint and Brazilian mate with just a touch of Italian mandarin. It’s a delightful everyday fragrance for the delicate and classy woman!
Shawn_Michaels – :
I received this as a Christmas gift and I LOVE IT!!! It is not like most Rose fragrances but has a life of its own, it is fresh and clean and doesn’t bother my allergies etc., all I can add is be careful purchasing from online stores I purchase the Oranger from B.E and it was not the real deal….people that are complaining of the scent not lasting I have come to the conclusion that they purchased a fake one like I did, I will only purchase now from well known stores, such as Neiman Marcus etc….anyway, getting back to the fresh clean scent of the Rose, I would not have it any other way and I am hooked, at first all I could find was so so reviews on the fragrances and I had to log on and add my two cents….in my opinion they are very wrong, I believe this is the greatest Rose fragrance there is….and I am going to stick to only Prada Infusion fragrances they are the best! One more note, I have not had a problem in the fragrance fading, it lasts and lasts and lasts on me, just remember to purchase with stores that are well know otherwise you get what you get, I know I am stuck with a 3oz bottle of watered down Oranger….but will be purchasing from NM in the future….so anyone who is looking for a wonderful clean rose fragrance THAT IS NOT LIKE ANY OTHER then you should purchase this one… I give it two thumbs up with a twist 🙂
alecse – :
Sadly I don’t smell any mint in here, I wish I did, nor any honey… just a nice, completely unoriginal rose. Soft, a bit soapy, a bit similar to many others… nothing impressive. Soft silage and lasting power. I have a nice decant, which I plan to wear and enjoy, but I will not go over my way to acquire a bottle. It’s just lacking the “wow” factor, and I am sorry to be one of those that leave a not so positive review here….
pmsp – :
Prada Infusion de Rose is what we could name a modern rose fragrance. Roses here are rather typical for modern perfumery, but they have a unique background, which is fresh because of tea and herbal because of… mint apparently? Praiseworthy fresh rosy fragrance.
8manus – :
I love the scent of roses and I’m a sucker for anything that smells like the traditional rose. Prada Infusion de Rose, in terms of comparison, is much fresher than my staple rose fragrances which I’m used to. This fragrance is better suited to the warmer weather.
The opening was quite beautiful. A sheer, Spring-like pink rose with mandarin orange and a touch of mint. It was perfectly refreshing in all its glory. Pretty and feminine as well.
I actually wished this fragrance stayed that way, however the heart, while not a complete disaster, introduced some notes that I personally think don’t work too well with rose. I found the holly and honey notes a bit too much when blended with the sweet, delicate rose accord. It actually turned the scent a little bitter on my skin.
I’m pleased Prada took a risk, but I’m disappointed that they couldn’t make it work. The bottle is a work of art in itself, yet the fragrance left much to be desired.
The drydown is mostly strong minty tea and soaped-up roses. I’m not too impressed with this strange blend. I had such high expectations I’m afraid.
The lasting power was poor, which is a sad effort from Prada who usually produces quality scents that linger for hours. It’s difficult to find a clever mainstream rose-based scent, so in times like these, I still rely upon my niche loves, particularly Annick Goutal’s rose fragrances.
sharkod – :
I was waiting for it to tested (I had Infusion the Iris and I like it) but the department store stopped selling this brand!!!
reunkence – :
Another good quality rose perfume that really smells like rose. Less sweeten than Chloe 2008 rose perfume. A must for rose lover. Too bad Prada make it a limited edition perfume, and sell out fast in the mall.
andre933 – :
I just received today. This is a beautiful perfume. I can’t describe it any better than the description above. Fresh cut roses, and the Brazilian mate’ stand out the most. The mint is very subdued and ever so slightly present, however, you can sense it’s refreshment. The honey seems to round all of the notes out so nicely and innocently. If you are searching for a rose perfume and the notes seem intriguing to you….you will love!! This is not a rose perfume for young girls, it is a mature,rich, truly amazing scent…
dark-valentine – :
Tested today. I liked it on the spot! Not usual for me. It smells mostly of bulgarian rose, very nice for all rose lovers, but the whole composition is quite crispy and fresh, like spraying a good rosewater on your face. Mint is very present. The whole fragrance goes from rose to mint and back in a few seconds.
Honestly I can’t smell much of the other notes.
This is basically a fresh minty luscious rose and very summery. I’m only disappointed that it fades away quite fast.
The bottle is very beautiful, happy, romantic and positive!