COSMETIC CRAVING

SOME women will always crave the latest thing in scent, and this autumn Prada Paradoxe eau de parfum (£59 for 30ml, johnlewis.com) is it.

Critics have argued that it doesn’t smell very Prada, being a blousy, amber-floral crowdpleaser. Think a warm orange blossom and jasmine bouquet, offset by amber and bourbon vanilla. Legions of eager acolytes will love it, however. Its radicalism lies in its packaging, which is refillable. A single 50ml bottle and a 100ml refill means 40 per cent fewer materials are used in total, including: 29 per cent of glass, 67 per cent of metals, 46 per cent of plastics and 39 per cent of cardboard. Brava, Miuccia!