Prada
Candy
2011WomenLongevity · ModerateSillage · Moderate$98 retail★ 3.8 community ratingBuy on FragranceNet $112Buy on FragranceShop $91
Prada Candy (2011) is a caramel and powdery scent for women. Expect caramel up top, powdery notes and musk in the heart, and benzoin and vanilla underneath.
Top Notes
Caramel
Heart Notes
Powdery NotesMusk
Base Notes
BenzoinVanilla
Accords
caramel· Dominantpowdery· Dominantamber· Prominentsweet· Prominentvanilla· Prominentmusky· Moderatewarm spicy· Moderatebalsamic· Moderate
Best Clone
The best clone of Prada Candy is Black Sugar by Korres, with a 80% accuracy score. Available from FragranceNet for $41, about 58% cheaper than the $98 original.
Community Insights
★ 3.8 from 17K ratingsWhat people who wear Prada Candy report, based on votes and reviews from a large fragrance community. Created by Daniela Andrier.
Main accords
caramel
powdery
amber
sweet
vanilla
musky
warm spicy
balsamic
Longevity
Very weak11%
Weak19%
Moderate46%
Long lasting18%
Eternal6%
Sillage
Intimate33%
Moderate46%
Strong14%
Enormous6%
Who wears it
Female84%
More female13%
Unisex3%
More male0%
Male0%
Listed as Women
Day or night
Day
Night
Value for money
Way overpriced10%
Overpriced27%
Ok47%
Good value13%
Great value3%
People say it reminds them of
Prada Prada Candy L'Eau 355Prada Kiss Collection Prada Candy Kiss 258Kenzo Flower by Kenzo L'Elixir 212Prada Prada Candy Night 198Korres Black Sugar 161Phebo Baunilha 113
What people like
- Close to the skin and won't offend anyone
- Warming everyday scent for colder months
- Delicate musky base
- Sophisticated sweet fragrance
What people dislike
- Barely sweet not a strong candy scent
- Light fragrance with poor sillage and longevity
- Doesn't last long enough
- Less of a candy smell and more of a nostalgic comforting scent
What wearers say
“Ugh... DISGUSTING!!I got a travel size spray out of curiosity, so it could be that the bottle it came from wasn't good? I don't know...But anyways, if this is what Prada's Candy smells like - it's disgusting!!Smells like old lady lipstick, WTH?It's not caramel, it's not vanilla, it's not sweet at all. I don't know what I'm smelling but it's bad... Powdery and rancid.The performance is not worth the price tag either - projection is virtually imperceptible after 30 min and the longevity is a joke. Maybe 3hrs at most? This is such a bad perfume...I do not recommend it at all...”
“Has this been reformulated? I have a sample from a few years ago (2023?) and it smells nothing like when it first debuted. This sample opens waxy and synthetic; caramel in a sticky plastic wrapper. What I recall from the original formulation was that it had a nice, warm caramel note and was a lovely powdery scent. It used to be cozy! This is no longer the case. The final drydown of my sample does smell like what I expected, but it's a skin scent. It would be solid like (possibly love) in the original form. It's a dislike for the current formulation .”
“I love this scent so much. Its sweet, buttery, and doesn't dry down to powder like many cake-y scents like this do. It is quite intimate for sillage, making it perfect for daily or office wear. A night event might require something stronger. I love getting a waft of this during the day.”
