Marc Jacobs

Perfect Intense

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Bright daffodil and jasmine over roasted almonds, drying down to warm sandalwood.

Marc Jacobs says

You’ll smell narcissus (daffodil), jasmine, Roasted Almonds and sandalwood.

More from Marc Jacobs’s description

It also mentions Narcissus (bright daffodil) and Warm sandalwood.

The house’s page

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The drawn Perfect Intense bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Perfect Intense’s scent picture, a draft: narcissus, jasmine, almond, sandalwood, coumarin (new-mown hay), limonene (orange peel) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Perfect Intense, top notes: Narcissus, Jasmine, Limonene (orange peel)

Heartas it settles

Perfect Intense, heart: Almond, Isoeugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Perfect Intense, dry-down: Sandalwood, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

8 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 spices1 powder

8 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

High FrequencyInitio · shares jasmine, almond and sandalwoodabout $314 for 90 ml · about twice Perfect Intense’s $176
Vanilla SexTom Ford · shares jasmine, almond and sandalwood$615 for 100 ml
Cheirosa 62Sol de Janeiro · shares jasmine, almond and sandalwood$80 for 50 ml · about the same as Perfect Intense’s $176
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.