Versace
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The apple crashes in first—bright, green, almost squeaking with citric acidity—immediately joined by blackcurrant's tart berry snap and shisolia's slightly peppery, aldehydic shimmer. Within moments, clover adds a subtle herbaceous sweetness, grounding what could otherwise feel scattered and hyper-bright.
As the fruit's initial shock settles, the rose accord blooms with unexpected sophistication, the eglantine bringing a subtle peppery-green character whilst jasmine sambac contributes creamy, almost narcotic warmth. Peach emerges as a golden thread binding fruit to floral, creating a seamless transition where neither dominates—the composition feels genuinely integrated rather than layered.
The woods and patchouli emerge softly, never dominant, with blond woods providing clean, almost sandalwood-adjacent warmth and patchouli offering subtle earthiness without any vetiver-like harshness. Musk rounds everything into skin-like softness, though the synthetic quality becomes more apparent as projection fades, leaving something polished, slightly powdery, and distinctly cosmetic in character.
Dylan Blue Pour Femme opens as a declaration of structured femininity, built on the audacious pairing of tart fruit and delicate florals. Calice Becker has engineered something deceptively simple: a Granny Smith apple with enough acidic bite to cut through what could otherwise dissolve into saccharine territory. The blackcurrant sorbet amplifies this tartness, whilst the shisolia—that slightly metallic, aldehydic green note—prevents the composition from ever feeling soft or diffuse. This is not a fragrance that whispers; it announces itself with crisp, almost aggressive freshness.
The heart reveals Becker's true intent: a rose-centric floral heart where eglantine (wild rose) provides peppery structure and jasmine sambac adds creamy, almost indolic warmth. The peach and rosyfolia create a stone-fruit sweetness that bridges the gap between the fruit-forward opening and the florals, preventing jarring transitions. There's a synthetic undertone here—evident in the accord breakdown—that gives the composition an almost cosmetic cleanliness, a quality that some will read as modern freshness and others as slightly plastic.
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