This cold weather companion to the original 1 Million, Prive is darker, richer, and more subtle than its sibling. If 1 Million is a twenty-something headed out for a night at the club, then 1 Million Prive is the thirty-something who is settling down into a stable ritual, but has not forgotten how to enjoy the luxuries of life.
Prive presents itself at the first curtain rise with the muted (but still pungent) smell of sweet, dried fruit, perhaps a bowl of figs, dark cherries, and plums. (Some note pyramids contain a vague reference to "tobacco" -- I suppose that will suffice to obscure the details.)
There is a also a brief, initial whisper of orange, but only a whisper, just enough to link this flanker to its original. In the original, of course, the orange note is loud, brash, and beautiful. Here, it serves to add a bright note that hopes to lighten an otherwise murkier, stickier juice.
Later, as the dried fruit bouquet steps back just a bit, there is the smell of vanilla-sweetened spice, delicious and hypnotic, something that almost makes the nose tingle -- probably the "cinnamon" in the note pyramid, which is really more of the idea of cinnamon, or the weight of cinnamon, than it is the actual smell of cinnamon.
It will project moderately in the first hour after application, but the longevity is short, perhaps in the 3-4 hour range. Be prepared to reapply at least once during the day.
7/10 stars.
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