This is a unique soft citrus lactonic mango that projects for a good 3-4 hours before turning deceitfully wafty. Omnipresent, Moonlight in Heaven sparkles with a citrus-forward opening, driven by a duo of lemon and grapefruit, spiced with pink pepper berry. Coconut milk and rice–white as the moon's face–rounds out creamy mango and powdery jasmine sambac, while a tonka bean drydown envelops delicate vetiver. The beauty of this fragrance is you get every bit of the transitions from opening, mid and dry down. The well balanced citrus fruits in the opening, the coconut, rice, mango orris and tuberose in the mid. Followed by a beautiful musk that supports the base notes. Definitely unisex leaning feminine but this is definitely something men can pull off in the right setting.

For those of you who enjoy layering, this was one of those combinations that actually shifted the character of a fragrance in a noticeable way. Bath & Body Works Bourbon hydration body cream under Prada L’Homme. Bourbon lotion is built around white pepper, dark amber, and Kentucky oak. It comes across as warm, slightly spicy, and woody. Prada L’Homme opens with neroli, black pepper, cardamom, and carrot seed, moving into that iris/violet/geranium core, and dries down into amber, cedar, sandalwood, and patchouli. On its own, Prada L’Homme on my skin has always come across very iris/violet-forward, with that powdery, soapy feel. Some liken it to the scent of a freshly pressed dress shirt making it the quintessential office scent. With the Bourbon lotion underneath, what I noticed right away was a retreat in the intensity of the iris and violet. They didn’t disappear, but they stepped back enough to let the base show earlier. As it developed, there was a subtle sweetness and smoothness coming through that resembled that slightly sweetened leather tone I really enjoy in Tom Ford’s Ombré Leather. My sense is the dark amber and oak in the lotion are doing the heavy lifting, adding warmth and depth right from the start and taking the edge off the sharper iris/violet profile, which I don't care for when I wear L'Homme alone. It doesn’t change the DNA of Prada L’Homme, but it redirects it in a way that feels more grounded and, for me, much more desirable, more more wearable for an occasion other than the office. Its a different kind of L'Homme.

Well what can I say, I’ve really been enjoying this classic, masculine fragrance. I think it was my SOTD on Saturday and today I wore it again. Love it and love it more because my wife gifted to me, she also loves it so it’s a win win. Very clean and aromatic at the opening, it has a good projection for the first two hours, it does not have the longevity it needs but it gets the job done. Hope you had a good day Gents!