Marc Jacobs
Marc Jacobs
423 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Violet leaf's crisp, slightly herbal green assault dominates immediately, backed by a grapefruit zest that's more bitter grapefruit skin than juicy flesh. The woodland strawberry emerges as a faint, tart counterpoint—you're standing in a spring garden with something green and slightly astringent coating your skin.
The florals gradually emerge from behind the green-fruity veil, particularly a soft, creamy gardenia note that rounds out the earlier brightness. By the second hour, you're enveloped in a pale, powdery floral bouquet where violet takes on a peppery, almost incense-like quality—less innocent daisy, more complex and slightly shadowed.
The fragrance retreats dramatically here, becoming a barely-there mist of blond woods and vanilla with faint musky whispers. What remains is more skin-scent than actual fragrance—a gentle warmth that's difficult to detect beyond a few centimetres. By the fourth hour, you're essentially left with the memory of having worn something fresh rather than the fragrance itself.
Daisy is a fragrance that catches you mid-thought with the sharp, aldehydic snap of violet leaf—that green-tinged, slightly metallic quality that immediately signals freshness without resorting to obvious citrus. The red grapefruit enters as a supporting player, adding a bitter-sweet tang that prevents the composition from tipping into saccharine territory. Woodland strawberry (more herbaceous than candied) arrives as a whispered suggestion rather than a shout, creating an interplay between tart and tender that feels distinctly modern for 2007.
What makes Daisy compelling is Morillas' restraint in the floral heart. Rather than constructing the archetypal white floral wall, he's layered gardenia, violet, and jasmine in whisper-soft proportions—they hover like morning dew on petals rather than announcing themselves with the full-bodied richness a traditional florientale would demand. The gardenia provides structure; the violet adds shadowy, slightly peppery undertones; the jasmine contributes a creamy indolence without drowning everything else out.
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