Prada Candy Gloss

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Prada Candy Gloss opens with Pink Pepper and Grapefruit; a heart of Peach, Rose and Orange Blossom; drying down to Vanilla, Almond, Benzoin, Heliotrope and Musk, from notes Nordstrom Rack (Prada) publishes. Those notes read as citrus, fruity, floral, powdery, spicy, sweet, the coarse families Nordstrom Rack (Prada) cites. How it wears depends on your skin and the concentration. We only publish notes and accords we can trace to a source.

The genuine Prada Candy Gloss runs $139.99 at FragranceNet.com as of this page's last update, though retailers set their own prices and change them.

We rank the "smells-like" alternatives to Candy Gloss by how closely their cited accords match the original, cheapest first. A dupe is meant to evoke Candy Gloss, not match its formula, and we say as much. If we can't verify a genuine match yet, we leave it off.

Prada Candy Gloss is listed as a women's fragrance by the retailer. That's a marketing label, not a rule: fragrance has no gender, and plenty of "women's" scents are worn by anyone. We show how it's sold and leave the wearing to you.

Roja Parfums Elysium Eau Intense (shares Benzoin, Grapefruit, Orange Blossom); Creed Delphinus (shares Heliotrope, Almond, Pink Pepper); lattafa Pride Art Of Arabia Ii (shares Heliotrope, Almond, Pink Pepper). These share specific notes with Candy Gloss, a closer match than a shared accord family. We rank them by how many of Candy Gloss's cited notes they actually share, weighting rarer notes heavier than ubiquitous ones. Each is its own fragrance with real, sourced notes, not a copy of Candy Gloss, and has its own page.

Candy Gloss reads as citrus, fruity, floral, powdery, spicy, sweet. If that's the corner you like, you'll find Tiziana Terenzi Afrodite, Mancera Juicy Flowers and Xerjoff Purple Accento nearby. We rank them by how many of Candy Gloss's cited accords they actually share, weighting rarer families heavier. They're their own fragrances, not copies of Candy Gloss, and each has its own page.