Prada's global face. Peru balm, benzoin, guaiac wood — warmth over flash.
Smelebrity score: 8.7/10
A polished resin-wood signature. Deeper, darker, more adult than the usual fresh lead-man brief.
Tom Holland became global ambassador for Prada Paradigme, and the fragrance makes a deliberate break from the easy blue-fragrance lane. Peru balm, benzoin and guaiac wood sit low in the register: warm, resinous, smooth, and quietly expensive. This is Holland grown up — less gym-bag freshness, more tailored evening jacket.
Paradigme EDP is built from the base upward. The first impression is already warm: balsamic Peru balm, polished benzoin, and the dry smoke of guaiac wood. There is freshness around the edges, but it is not the point. The point is depth — a rounded amber-wood structure that stays close, dense, and controlled.
Holland's Prada era is not about smelling clean. It is about smelling composed: resin, wood, heat, restraint, and the kind of confidence that does not need volume.
Top: Bergamot, Pink Pepper, Calabrian Mandarin
Heart: Geranium, Bourbon Geranium, Neroli
Base: Peru Balm, Benzoin, Guaiac Wood