Candy

Inspired Perfumes' 368 is a straightforward caramel-vanilla gourmand chasing Prada Candy's iconic sweet signature. The caramel opening and vanilla-benzoin base are the easiest parts of Candy to translate into an oil format, and they come through clearly and enjoyably here. What's missing is Prada's musky, powdery texture that runs underneath the sweetness in the original, giving it a softer, almost cosmetic quality that keeps Candy from reading as pure dessert - in this dupe, the musk and powdery notes are present but much fainter, so the caramel and vanilla dominate more than they should. The result is a fun, indulgent, slightly simpler sweet scent that will appeal to Candy fans looking for a cheap daily alternative, though it fades to nothing within a couple of hours where the original's sweetness lingers for most of the day.