Candy

Prada · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2011

≈ $105 · 80ml · approx. retail

Launched in 2011, Candy is a playful gourmand built around a generous caramel note softened by powdery musk, benzoin and vanilla. It became one of Prada's most successful feminine pillars and spawned an extended Candy collection.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

FallWinterEveningDaily

Perfumer

Daniela Andrier

German · 19 in collection

A Heidelberg-born perfumer who studied philosophy at the Sorbonne before joining Givaudan, where she became one of the house's most celebrated noses. She is best known for her long-running creative partnership with Prada and received The Fragrance Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Perfumer Award in 2025.

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