Perfect by Marc Jacobs bottle
Marc Jacobs

Perfect

4.0/5 · 4,556 votes Feminine 2020
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Fragrance notes

Top notes
Heart notes
Base notes

Character

Longevity2.8/5
Sillage2.4/5
Day98
Night17
Spring100
Summer82
Fall31
Winter19
Our take

Rhubarb is an unusual choice for an opening note, tart and a little vegetal, and Perfect leans into it instead of softening the edge with more fruit. Narcissus adds a green, slightly bitter floral layer, and then almond milk arrives at the heart and changes the whole direction, turning the sharpness creamy and nutty almost immediately. Narcissus is doing real work here too, a slightly green-yellow floral note that keeps things sharp before the almond milk arrives at the heart.

Cashmeran and cedar close things out with a soft, woody muskiness, the almond milk note still faintly present underneath even once the drydown settles. Cashmeran in particular is worth calling out, a synthetic musk with a woody, amber-like character that gives the drydown a slightly unusual, dry warmth. Projection is private here, felt mostly by the wearer and whoever gets close enough for a hug, and hold on skin runs about average, a real limitation if you want something that carries. That combination, tart rhubarb against creamy almond and dry cashmeran, is unusual enough to make the fragrance worth trying on its own terms. It works best worn for yourself on a low-key day, letting the rhubarb-to-almond-milk turn be the interesting part of an otherwise quiet fragrance.

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