...[it's] part of the fragrance world thing where you launch a fragrance and then another fragrance...
— Marc Jacobs explains the raison d’être for Daisy, his latest perfume release, in today's UK Times Online.
Perfume in the news
One day Pucci mentioned that she loved the smell of a place in Turkey where the coast fell into the sea and the trees almost had their roots in the seawater, a mix of wood, sea breeze and fresh air, so Demachy specified patchouli and vetiver for the woody signature and certain synthetic molecules for the scent of the ocean. He kept its chypre heritage but twisted it in a modern way, finally adding galbanum to the top of the scent’s structure to make it less “tender.”
— Columnist Chandler Burr traces the history of Pucci’s Vivara fragrance in Back in Print in yesterday’s New York Times…
Guerlain Mandarine Basilic vs Marc Jacobs Orange Splash: battle of the oranges
I’ve written before about my search for the perfect orange fragrance for summer (I already have 2 for cold weather: Fendi Theorema and i Profumi di Firenze Spezie de Medici). There are any number of contenders (L’Occitane Ruban d’Orange, L’Artisan Mandarine Tout Simplement, Maître Parfumeur et Gantier Sanguine Muskissime, Guerlain Orange Magnifica, Hermès Eau d’Orange Verte, Calypso Tangerine, among others), but so far, nothing is exactly right for orange…
Marc Jacobs Daisy, Christina Aguilera ~ new fragrances
Marc Jacobs will launch Daisy, a new fragrance for women, this August. The designer noted that…
…Daisies don’t smell, but I wanted to evoke the feeling that you get when you see them — happy and youthful. My gardenia and jasmine scents [Marc Jacobs for women and Blush Marc Jacobs, respectively] are more singular and definitely more ‘designer’ scents…
Marc Jacobs Orange Splash & Cucumber Splash ~ new fragrances at Nordstrom
Marc Jacobs has launched two more fragrances in his Splash collection…