You know that moment when you spray a perfume for the first time and think, “Oh no, this is too much”? Yeah. That was me with Prada Paradoxe Intense. At first sniff, I was convinced it wasn’t for me — too bold, too sweet, too… intense (pun absolutely intended). But like every great relationship, it grew on me. Slowly. Gently. Until one day, I realized I couldn’t stop reaching for it. Now, I’m hopelessly obsessed — and honestly, I kind of want to collect every version of this fragrance family: the original Paradoxe, the Intense, Virtual Flower, Radical Essence… you…
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Prada Paradoxe wasn’t love at first sniff. In fact, when I first tested it on a paper strip at the perfume counter, I jumped back like I’d touched something cursed. The scent didn’t speak to me at all. I had no idea what to make of it. Too sweet, too bold, too loud, too… generic. It felt like too much of everything. Something about it made me take a cautious step back and declare, quite dramatically, that we were never, ever, EVER going to get along. If someone had told me back then that just a few months later we’d…