Prada · 2026

Paradigme Le Parfum

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionParfum

Warm guaiac wood, Peru balsam and benzoin, then gourmand geranium and leathery vanilla, drying down to amber woods.

Prada says

You’ll smell warm woods, peru balsam, benzoin resin, vigorous guaiac wood, leathery vanilla, geranium and amberever.

More from Prada’s description

It also mentions Gourmand Geranium and Amber Woods.

The house’s page

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Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Paradigme Le Parfum’s scent picture, a draft: warm woods, peru balsam, benzoin, guaiacwood, vanilla (vanillin), geranium drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Paradigme Le Parfum, top notes: Warm woods, Peru balsam, Benzoin, Guaiacwood, Bergamot, Lemon, Lavender

Heartas it settles

Paradigme Le Parfum, heart: Vanilla (vanillin), Geranium, Cinnamon

Dry-downwhat stays

Paradigme Le Parfum, dry-down: Amberever, Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

31 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.

6 citrus7 herbs & lavender6 florals3 woods2 sweet2 amber & resins4 spices1 powder

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

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcoholDiethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

ParadigmePrada · shares peru balsam, benzoin, guaiacwood and geranium (rose geranium)$173 for 100 ml · about the same as Paradigme Le Parfum’s $210
Opus XIV Royal TobaccoAmouage · shares peru balsam, benzoin, guaiacwood and vanilla$395 for 100 ml · about twice Paradigme Le Parfum’s $210
Replica By the FireplaceMaison Margiela · shares peru balsam, guaiacwood and vanilla$170 for 100 ml · about the same as Paradigme Le Parfum’s $210
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.