Young Empress For Women

Young Empress opens juicy and girlish, crushed red berries and crisp red apple lifted by sweet tangerine, the candied, very pink entrance that made Vera Wang's Preppy Princess a teen favourite. The heart turns soft and floral, honeysuckle and jasmine adding a pretty bloom to the fruit. It settles onto a creamy base of coconut water and soft woods for a tropical, comforting finish. Set beside the original, the Perfume Parlour interpretation keeps that sweet, fruity-floral character intact but reads a touch more balanced and rounded where Preppy Princess leaned greener and sharper in its apple. Longevity is modest, starting strong then turning soft and skin-close after the first half-hour, which tracks closely with the original's reputation as a light, fleeting flanker. For a few pounds it captures that playful, apple-berry-coconut signature faithfully, a carefree pick for warm spring and summer days.