Coloured Extract

Coloured Extract opens bright and clean: mandarin and orange over neroli and orange blossom, a crisp citrus-floral lift that mirrors the original's airy entry. The heart is where it counts - a cool, restrained iris dusted with galbanum's green edge and a faint resinous mastic. It is powdery and refined, the standout iris note recognisable even if it lacks the silky depth of Prada's. The dry-down softens into benzoin, a wisp of incense, dry cedar and vetiver, keeping things light and unisex. Against Infusion d'Iris it is flatter and shorter-lived: the iris is a little more papery, the projection gentler, and it settles quickly into a quiet skin scent. Still, it captures the clean, laundered-elegance mood that makes the original a daily-wear favourite, and at budget price it is an easy office and spring companion. Best worn in warmer, lighter months where its airy powder feels effortless rather than heavy.