Moschino
Moschino
118 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The yuzu crashes in with almost agressive brightness, quickly joined by bergamot and petitgrain creating a tart, dew-fresh opening that feels more breakfast table than bedside. Rosewood's soft woody undertone prevents this from becoming cloying citrus, grounding what could otherwise feel entirely top-heavy and ephemeral.
By the first hour, the freesia emerges as the true star, its soapy-green character playing against the creamy sweetness of peony and the spicy peppery notes cycling through cyclamen. Egyptian jasmine adds a honeyed, slightly fungal warmth that surprises—the florals are now speaking in layered conversation rather than unison, with violet adding a dusky grape-skin undertone that the opening entirely lacked.
The synthetic musk and ambergris base gradually colonises the composition, the tonka bean sweetness becoming more prominent as top notes evaporate within a couple of hours. What remains is a vaguely soapy, lightly sweet skin scent hovering between vanilla and white orchid—intimate rather than projecting, pleasant but unmistakably fading.
Cheap and Chic arrives as a crystalline floral that refuses to whisper. The yuzu and bergamot partnership cuts through with almost tart precision, their citrus bite tempered immediately by the woody warmth of rosewood—a move that suggests someone decided florals needn't be precious. What follows is an aggressively cheerful heart where freesia triangulates between peony and cyclamen, creating a near-sherbet effect, while Egyptian jasmine anchors the sweetness with something vaguely indolic and slightly animalic. There's a peculiar tension here: the synth-forward construction (64% synthetic accords) prevents this from ever becoming creamy or sultry, instead keeping everything bright, almost effervescent, as violet and dog rose flutter in like garden confetti.
The base reveals the designer's playfulness most clearly. Tonka bean sweetness mingles with musk and a whisper of ambergris—not the expensive kind of ambergris, mind, but rather that slightly plastic, soapy interpretation that was ubiquitous in mid-nineties fragrances. Sandalwood and vanilla provide structure rather than luxury. This is unashamedly a fragrance for someone who wants to smell like they've walked through a well-manicured garden after a light rain, with perhaps a hint of candy in their pocket. The wearer isn't seeking complexity or depth; they're after a mood of uncomplicated cheerfulness. It's a scent for the deliberate optimist—someone who picks their outfits to match their feelings rather than the weather.
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