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

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Perfect Intense’s scent picture, a draft: narcissus, jasmine, sandalwood, coumarin (new-mown hay), limonene (orange peel), isoeugenol (clove) 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: Roasted almonds, 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

Velvet OrchidTom Ford · shares narcissus, jasmine and sandalwood$240 for 100 ml
HerBurberry · shares jasmine and sandalwood$192 for 100 ml · about the same as Perfect Intense’s $176
Flora Gorgeous Gardenia IntenseGucci · shares jasmine and sandalwood$196 for 100 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.