Daisy Ever So Fresh Marc Jacobs 2022
Aggressively cheerful, and it ain't subtle.
Personal: 6.5/10 – I don’t hate it, which isn't a surprise. I usually am fine with bright, fruity freshies, but orange blossom and I don't always jive, and here is a good example of it.
Mass appeal: 9/10 – This is extremely likable. Bright, juicy, fruits and soft florals are hard to dislike, even if they’re not exciting. It's about as happy of a perfume as exists.
Performance: 7/10 – Better than most fruity-floral freshies. It sticks around longer than you’d expect for something this sunny, owed entirely to its effervescent synthetic fruit notes.
Value: 6.5/10 – Designer pricing for a fragrance that smells nice but doesn’t really do much. Fair, but not compelling, unless you really love this DNA. Like, this one specifically.
Uniqueness: 5.5/10 – You’ve smelled this DNA before. Bright fruits, gentle florals, clean musk. Nothing new here save for a slightly more tropical approach to designer fruity florals.
SCORE: 69/100
Full bottle buy? NO, pleasant, but I’d never reach for this often enough to justify owning it.
Blind buy? YES, very safe if you like fruity, tropical, HAPPY, easygoing scents.
Recommend? YES, especially for someone who wants something bright, youthful, and effortlessly pleasant, though not very creative, nor awe inspiring.
Date night? YES, casual, daytime, low-pressure dates. Not seductive, just nice for hot weather.
Office safe? YES, clean, friendly, and completely non-threatening. Just beware if one of your coworkers has a juicer, they might come after you if you wear this.
Pros: Bright and cheerful, very mass appealing, easy to wear, better longevity than expected
Cons: Generic fruity-floral DNA, lacks depth, not memorable, somewhat boring save for its tropical twist.
I'm no stranger to the fruity floral designer DNA. Often it's done with some random assortment of berries or fruits, some flowers (usually either a white floral [tuberose] or pink floral [rose]), musks to give the impression of complexity, and if you're lucky, some sandalwood to give it a real base outside of dried down syrup. Daisy Ever So Fresh, however, is somewhat distinctive. It still follows the general outline of a fruity-floral-musk, but here the overly generic fruits are replaced with tropical, summery fruits, like mango, pineapple, and orange. That makes it unique enough that, to me, it earns a respectable place in the designer lineup of Marc Jacobs. It's not revolutionary, but it's unique enough that I think anyone will enjoy it. It's also completely unsurprising, and lends itself well as a blindly bought gift to someone who loves summer, or to oneself, as long as you like summer.
"Wow, your smoothie smells so good! Oh... that's your perfume??"
Review #169 in my fragrance journey – this fragrance I own as a decant
Mass appeal: 9/10 – This is extremely likable. Bright, juicy, fruits and soft florals are hard to dislike, even if they’re not exciting. It's about as happy of a perfume as exists.
Performance: 7/10 – Better than most fruity-floral freshies. It sticks around longer than you’d expect for something this sunny, owed entirely to its effervescent synthetic fruit notes.
Value: 6.5/10 – Designer pricing for a fragrance that smells nice but doesn’t really do much. Fair, but not compelling, unless you really love this DNA. Like, this one specifically.
Uniqueness: 5.5/10 – You’ve smelled this DNA before. Bright fruits, gentle florals, clean musk. Nothing new here save for a slightly more tropical approach to designer fruity florals.
SCORE: 69/100
Full bottle buy? NO, pleasant, but I’d never reach for this often enough to justify owning it.
Blind buy? YES, very safe if you like fruity, tropical, HAPPY, easygoing scents.
Recommend? YES, especially for someone who wants something bright, youthful, and effortlessly pleasant, though not very creative, nor awe inspiring.
Date night? YES, casual, daytime, low-pressure dates. Not seductive, just nice for hot weather.
Office safe? YES, clean, friendly, and completely non-threatening. Just beware if one of your coworkers has a juicer, they might come after you if you wear this.
Pros: Bright and cheerful, very mass appealing, easy to wear, better longevity than expected
Cons: Generic fruity-floral DNA, lacks depth, not memorable, somewhat boring save for its tropical twist.
I'm no stranger to the fruity floral designer DNA. Often it's done with some random assortment of berries or fruits, some flowers (usually either a white floral [tuberose] or pink floral [rose]), musks to give the impression of complexity, and if you're lucky, some sandalwood to give it a real base outside of dried down syrup. Daisy Ever So Fresh, however, is somewhat distinctive. It still follows the general outline of a fruity-floral-musk, but here the overly generic fruits are replaced with tropical, summery fruits, like mango, pineapple, and orange. That makes it unique enough that, to me, it earns a respectable place in the designer lineup of Marc Jacobs. It's not revolutionary, but it's unique enough that I think anyone will enjoy it. It's also completely unsurprising, and lends itself well as a blindly bought gift to someone who loves summer, or to oneself, as long as you like summer.
"Wow, your smoothie smells so good! Oh... that's your perfume??"
Review #169 in my fragrance journey – this fragrance I own as a decant