I know, I know - Daisy is so not me!
What can I say? It's been overhyped on the internet for a long time now, and it was just launched in my country. Plus, the bottle looks so cute - perfect to put on top of a vanity! So I had to go and have a sniff!
Daisies have no smell, but they remind me of the early hours in the garden during Summer days, and of the fields where we went walking with my grandmother when I was a kid. Daisies are pretty and lovely, even if they don't smell. And this perfume certainly captured the walk in the garden atmosphere because the first notes, to me, are particularly green and remind me of fresh grass with a touch of something else that appears to be violet leaves.
That's what made me want this perfume and buy it on an impulse after I had smelled it at the store on a couple of different occasions - I'm not usually into florals but the grass side of this was very appealing and fresh.
Unfortunately, the lovely first notes don't last too long. The top notes are strawberry, violet leaves, and ruby red grapefruit. The middle notes are gardenia, violet petals, and jasmine petals. The base notes, which remain the longest, are musk, white woods, and vanilla.
Woods and vanilla, that totally rings a bell for me - I love them so much! So I was expecting to enjoy the dry-down of this, but what I get the most if the musk. I can't even say I smelled much of the heart fruity notes.
Is that necessarily a bad thing? No. Daisy is actually targeting 18-25 years old girls (hum, feeling old here) and meaning to be floral, fresh, somehow vintage, not sexy and non-offensive. And that's exactly what it is.
It's clean. Very very clean. I mean, my current laundry detergent is more invasive than that. It's a fragrance you can offer as a gift to your teenager and let her wear without worrying about the message it gives - or without getting migraines because of a heavy fruity sugary smell, because the fruit notes in Daisy are surprisingly subtle and not at all cloying.
And for me? Well, Daisy is nice, fresh, young. It's simple and carefree and I don't think anybody would ever find it offensive, so I think it will be a lovely daytime perfume for hot Summer days at the office or for a walk in the countryside on a Sunday afternoon.
For a special date or a night out, or to boost my confidence before a tough meeting - not so much.
But that's OK, life and perfumes don't need to be complicated and sophisticated all the time.
Marc Jacobs Daisy Eau de Toilette, 66€ / USD60 for the 1.7 oz bottle.
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