Marc Jacobs Essence
Marc Jacobs (2003)

If you like gardenia, then you'll almost certainly love it. One or two squirts in the morning is all it takes to smell like your favorite flower for the rest of the day. Trust me. This is a very deep, long lasting and potent fragrance.

A femininely wearable bouquet of gardenia flecked with subtle hints of rose and indoles. Its simple yet pleasant presentation may however be misconstrued as 'boring' or 'bland'. It could certainly do with the demure sophistication of Bulgari pour Femme.

Very simialr to Marc Jacobs , the original but a little deeper and less aquatic. This is gardenia all the way so I love it. It's not realistic gardenia but an very good interpretation of it. The yellow bottle leaves much to be desired and being opaque you can't judge usage from it however, I love this enough to overlook it. It's good stuff ,affordable online and long lasting. I can get my gardenai kick adequately for this !

A delicious creamy buttery gardenia scent that is quite addictive. The musk is not heavy at all and settle quite amicably on my skin. Good sillage and longevity. I think this Essence is a keeper in my book.

I love gardenia, and I really wanted to love my sample of Essence. But I don't. The notes sound soooo lovely: citrus, gardenia, other white flowers, sandalwood and musk... but all I get, from the first minute through the time it fades, is gardenia. Nothin' but gardenia. All gardenia, all the time. This reminds me of Coty Sand and Sable's more elegant sister... but I already own SaS, and it cost $5, and I don't need another gardenia fragrance. I won't be buying it.

I was in love with the buttery yellow bottle, although the bow looks cheaply put together. I quite liked Marc Jacobs Blush as well. This follows on with the very few feminine/demure fragrances that I allow in my collection. I was told that the scent reminded my male friend of "going to the beach". It is a sweet, carefree scent. Somewhat omnipresent but unobtrusive. It wore well when I first tried it - lingering for hours, again with that gentle reminder attitude. It's going to be the scent I wear to the office from now on. It's present enough to attract comments and says to me refined, relaxed and happy. In a way, there are some of the same feelings generated by Burberry Weekend, however Weekend was more like a ponytail, and this is more like a chignon.