Tertiary Water For Women

Tertiary Water opens on a bright, lemony flush of citrus and Amalfi lemon, echoing the fresh start of Prada's L'Eau Ambree. The heart turns soft and refined with rose and a touch of patchouli, easing the brightness into something creamier and more elegant. It settles into the original's signature: a soft, powdery amber base of vanilla and opoponax, intimate and enveloping. Set beside the original, the Perfume Parlour interpretation pushes the sweet amber a touch harder and renders the famously delicate powdery quality slightly flatter and more straightforward, losing some of L'Eau Ambree's understated luxury. Performance sits close to the original's already-soft profile, projecting modestly and lingering as a warm skin scent. For a few pounds it captures that classy, powdery-amber mood faithfully for everyday and dressed-up wear.