If you fancy the sunshine-y feel and playful innocence of daisies, you’ll be smitten by Marc Jacob’s Daisy. This sparkling floral-woody fragrance marries the fruity notes of strawberry, pink grapefruit, gardenia, violet blossoms, jasmine petals, white woods, vanilla and musk. The freshness of florals captures the mesmerizing elegance of Marc Jacob’s designs. While the woodsy accords bring out that edgy femininity touched by hints of softness. The harmony of flowers radiates a free-spirited appeal reminiscent of spring where the air is filled with fragrant violets and roses. The fusion of flowers exudes a tinge of delicate sweetness making Daisy a youthful scent. It’s quiet, discreet and inexplicably interesting.
Daisy is a nice daytime scent. It’s pretty, very lady-like and subtle. It’s clean, but not crisp. Warm and sunny, is more like it. One Daisy user commented, “There are many notes in this fragrance, however all I smell is “Daisy.” It’s simple and beautiful, delicate and pure. It’s a good “running out the door fragrance” when you can’t decide what perfume you’re in the mood for. It’s just plain pretty! Sometimes simple is better!” This fragrance is straightforward and not at all complex. Your nose wouldn’t get lost in the cacophony of floral accords. The rhythm of flowers, fruits and musks sit well together like a perfect blend of summer-y florals that lingers.
A more intense version of Daisy comes in a luxury edition that features the same notes but this time in eau de parfum formula. Daisy Black is bolder, more decadent, more lasting. Expect the same sparkling bouquet of flowers wrapped in the comforting warmth of vanilla and amber. Sillage improved as it lasts longer than the original. Perfumistas have taken note of its striking difference from the parent, “If you are a fan of the original, this version will come as no surprise to you. It is still the same wonderfully fresh scent. Oh, but the staying power is totally different! It stays for hours and hours… What is left after the top and middle notes of heavenly flowers have faded is a delicate musky-vanilla-gardenia mix.” Noticeably, there’s more violet and jasmine. It’s comes off as a seductive fragrance sans the cloying sweetness of similar floral based eau de parfum.
Daisy’s quintessential scent is housed in a lovely bottle with daisy petal inspired stopper. The original Daisy comes in a beige colored bottle with white stopper whereas the luxe version comes in a black bottle topped with a gold-colored stopper.
Marc Jacobs introduced his namesake fashion line in 1986 and quickly became the youngest designer to win the CFDA Perry Ellis Award for New Fashion Talent. Jacobs penchant for eclectic designs is evident in his creations. He blends the old and the new, the mundane and the elegant, the grunge and the demure.
“I like romantic allusions to the past: what the babysitter wore, what the art teacher wore, what I wore during my experimental days in fashion when I was going to the Mudd Club and wanted to be a New Wave kid or a punk kid but was really a poseur. It’s the awkwardness of posing and feeling like I was in, but I never was in. Awkwardness gives me great comfort.” – Marc Jacobs, NY Magazine
