A bunch o' silly (and we like silly) for Marc Jacobs Honey.
Marc Jacobs Honey ~ fragrance review
The Marc Jacobs vinyl-accented juggernaut continues with Honey, a sort-of flanker to 2012′s Marc Jacobs Dot, which of course followed Lola and Daisy and all of their flankers. More specifically, Honey “channels the eclectic appeal of Marc’s Dot signature and adds her own golden touch”.
If you’ve liked what they’ve done with the bunch so far, you’ll probably like Honey too. Like the rest, it’s basically a cheerful and wearable fragrance. To my mind, Daisy was the most cheerful and most wearable of them all, and while Honey isn’t going to knock Daisy off her pedestal, it’s arguably less threatening than Lola or Dot — not that either Lola or Dot was particularly threatening.
Honey starts a bit crisp, but it’s sweet from the start, with lots of pear shampoo and with what they’re calling, in a rare case of truth in advertising, “fruity punch”…
Marc Jacobs Honey ~ new fragrance
Marc Jacobs will launch Honey Marc Jacobs, a new modern fresh floral fragrance for women, in July. Honey Marc Jacobs is a flanker to 2012’s Marc Jacobs Dot…
Holiday fragrance gifts 2012, part 5
Our series of holiday gift posts continues with solid perfumes. Up next (probably on Thursday), more travel sizes & coffrets. If you missed them, check out part 1 (scented body products), part 2 (travel sizes & coffrets), part 3 (home fragrance) and part 4 (gifts for men).
From Bottega Veneta, the brand’s signature fragrance in a solid compact. $165 at Nordstrom…
Holiday fragrance gifts 2012, part 2
Our series of holiday gift posts continues; today we’ve got travel sizes, coffrets and rollerballs; up next: home fragrance. If you missed part 1 (scented body products), you can find it here.
From L’Artisan Parfumeur, holiday coffrets for ladies (Mure et Musc, Premier Figuier and La Chasse aux Papillons Eaux de Toilette) and gentlemen (Timbuktu, Fou d’Absinthe and Mechant Loup Eaux de Toilette). Each is $98 for three 15 ml bottles at Luckyscent…