Marc Jacobs · 2020 · Domitille Michalon-Bertier

Perfect

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Juicy rhubarb and bright daffodil, then almond milk, settling on cedarwood.

Marc Jacobs says

You’ll smell Juicy Rhubarb, narcissus (bright daffodil), almond milk and Cashmeran.

More from Marc Jacobs’s description

It also mentions Cedarwood.

The house’s page

The drawn Perfect bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Perfect’s scent picture, a draft: rhubarb, narcissus, almond, cashmeran (cashmere wood), cedar, coumarin (new-mown hay) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Perfect, top notes: Rhubarb, Narcissus, Limonene (orange peel)

Heartas it settles

Perfect, heart: Almond

Dry-downwhat stays

Perfect, dry-down: Cashmeran (cashmere wood), Cedar, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

7 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender3 florals1 sweet1 powder

13 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

EnceladeMarc-Antoine Barrois · shares rhubarb, almond and cedar (Atlas cedar)about $224 for 100 ml
Incense 01Swiss Arabian · shares almond, Cashmeran and cedar (Atlas cedar)$68 for 50 ml · about the same as Perfect’s $168
Perfect IntenseMarc Jacobs · shares narcissus and almond$176 for 100 ml · about the same as Perfect’s $168
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.