Daisy by Marc Jacobs, 2007

Some people have horrible taste in perfumes, or they're just too sensitive to em, so don't wear them then I say or tell someone their making you physically sick when you are around them following the scent all day. I, however am obsessed with all the ones I have,but I have only one main scent that I love, which is light to everyone around me an which I have gotten many many compliments on, which is Daisy by Marc Jacobs. I think I've gone through 5 or 6 bottles in the past five years. So yeah, a bottle a year. Smells like summer, lightly fresh, slightly fruity and florally girly and ends with warmth. All time favorite. I cant use anything else. The bottle is so pretty and it's an everyday scent which is nice. The only problem that I have is that it doesnt last very long so I go through so many bottles, but I think it's mainly because I just so used to wearing it daiy that I cant smell it on myself as strongly as I did in the beginning but from all the conpliments I'm reminded that even a little spritz goes a long way. Love it! Forever a staple for me. :) I also own a bottle of Lola from Marc Jacobs and I'm wearing the scent today only because my bottle of Daisy is running low. Lola's been sittin in the box for two years and I finally tried it out an I must say it's the complete opposite of Daisy. I like it nevertheless. It has the same end notes.

Despite of being far better than the horrific and repugnant Lola Marc Jacobs, Daisy does not capture in particular any of my senses and does not correspond to my olfactory requirements. It's a fruity-floral, an infamous genre in my olfactory vocabulary, and is a reminiscence of a bath soap or a shampoo without any trace of natural or ostensibly natural ingredients, so it could not be ranked among the worty womanly concoctions. What i detect, after an harsh and almost lemony blast of grapefruit, is an airy fruity smell based on a central chord of berries, violets and musky vanilla ( despite the strong grapefruit i smell far reminiscences of Mure et Musc  by l'Artisan Parfumeur). This accord represents the backbone of a  fragrance that is very fruity and impressive in berries-violets but even  a touch appealing in the right addition of vanilla. The last is decently blended and is not caramellous in its link with fruits, too warm or suffocating as in Lola but averagely dry, soft in wodsy musk and airy. The dry down is fortunately balanced in the comparition between creams and woodsy notes. The presence of woods projects a powdery vibe, plays a balancing role and understates the synthetic feel. While Daisy could be worn in summer time Lola is simply an abortion  of bombastic fruity-warm industrial caramel. Under the mediocrity in my opinion anyway.

Frankly, I'm a little surprised at all the people who are saying that this fragrance comes across smelling "flowery" or "heavy" on them! :) I'm only half serious when I say this, I realize that the dominant notes that come out in a fragrance are strongly influenced by the type of complexion a person has and the Ph balance of their skin. I sort of wish this fragrance would smell more "floral" on me too, but, alas, it does not! When I wear this perfume, the main notes that come out in it are the green leaves and the wood, mixed with a bit of the fruity notes too. An acquaintance of mine actually asked me if I was wearing men's cologne when she smelled Daisy on me one day! So..for me..it's highly ironic that the bottle features a cute, girlie flower on the cap, because it's pretty much a unisex fragrance as far as I'm concerned! That said, I don't dislike this one. I wear it pretty frequently because it is also a sheer, light, subtle fragrance on me, unless I accidentally spray too much on. Mind you, I'm using the EDT. I suspect the EDP may be stronger, and perhaps it might also be more floral? I actually haven't tried it yet! In any case, I find the EDT works on me as a light, "non-offensive", appropriate for every day kind of scent. I would recommend it as this kind of fragrance, but I see that it doesn't work with certain body chemistries! :) (based on the comments here.)