PRADA Midnight Train eau de Parfum

Prada's midnight train is a really really gorgeous scent, and in my opinion a star in the olfactory line, which is interesting but does not shine usually, due to lack of presence in stores etc. which is also very Prada to do so.

It has nothing to do with the comparisons marked above, nothing.
it is a unique smelling patchouli which is sweet, but not fruity sweet, or cloying sweet like the common disgusting sugar bombs you can find today on the market which all smell the same.
It is a cloudy syrupy sweetness which is elegant and evasive, but very present, smelling it from the bottle you can detect somewhat of a fruitiness which will be similar to Ambre Narguile from Hermes, though they have nothing in common in terms of smell.

Is it the closest to the original Prada Amber, just amplified in its core and body, like a deep red wine.
they took the odd chalky musty, Clove like experience of the original Prada Amber, and exchanged it with a
more amber patchouly dry fruit body. they are very similar, one is just darker and far more alluring and sexy.
In any case both are highly elegant.

Stays and last forever, projection is elegantly present.

I received my bottle yesterday morning, just in time for the evening. Happily, I sprayed just once aiming in between neck and centre of my chest, as tales of potency written here by other reviewers warned me about unleashing way too much drama....

Holy. Cow. This mixture is of nuclear potency!
Immediately the whole room, a very large lounge, was filled by the fumes. I got dizzy, into the bear hug of the most delicious, medicinal green patchouli I could dream of!
All I could do was mumbling to myself "wow" for about 5 minutes.

Then this atomic potion started to chug fast to middle notes: I met with the most endearing chocolate ever, slightly dark, rich, decadent. Cherry undertones made it so delicious that mouth went watering. I was transported to paradise, the nuclear patchouli singing alike a soprano all high pitch notes known to human being. Ah! What a drama, romance, idyllic story it has to say! One word to define it: luxury.

Unfortunately, as fast as it went to middle notes it also reached the bottom one: tobacco. That's all it ended up as. Honeyed, smooth, superb tobacco. From soprano to baritone in 10 minutes!

I was flabbergasted, as I love tobacco and this, let me state it, is THE best one I've ever encountered in the many scents I've tested and owned in life. Sadly, as a single bottom note, glorious as it is, it just didn't do it for me. Too masculine - and I wear masculine scents.

Definitely more for the boys than the girls in my honest opinion. Definitely winter and evening number. If you look for a full 100ml bottle, message me. It'd be a true pity if the one I own couldn't find a soul mate to love her, as bottles of this are rare findings.

This is indeed a Coromandel relative, not the intelectual type but one who likes to drink brandy and party late in the night. The scent gets, probably through the combo between citruses and cedar, a very boozy note for me, it is strong dusty ambery and sweeter than Coromandel. With Prada Amber is really very remotely related, just by sharing the two dominant notes (that one is greener, soapier, airier). This one is completely unisex. It is a very good fragrance for those who like earthy notes.

It's in league of Coromandel and Terra Rossa but bolder and louder and way more patchouli. Would be great to have it in my collection ... Sooner or later

Typically when I hear “strong patchouli” - I envision a Phish concert. Not my cup of tea. But, seeing as how there are so many reviewers gushing over this, I turned my head and opened my wallet.

Boy am I glad I did.

Immediately upon smelling this - it took me back to the very early stages of my fragrance journey. Maybe around 2009 or so. I had just made a trip to Chicago and tested the Tom ford private blend collection and couldn’t stop thinking of these new smells that simply blew my mind.

This gives me that feeling. The feeling of awe and surprise. It’s one of those scents that just does something to your brain. It’s deep - lingering - mysterious and seductive. It’s an experience in a bottle. It’s a memory.

I won’t water this down by breaking down any perceived individual notes - because at the end of the day, it’s the composition that matters and not the individual pieces. What I will say is this: if you’ve reached a point of redundancy in your journey - and you feel like everything is intertwined and repetitive, buy this.

Before you spray it - dim the lights, pour a glass of your favorite spirit and calm your mind. Give it a spray and go on that journey.