Marc Jacobs Woman Classic / Marc Jacobs
Marc Jacobs (2001)

I am never without this scent, best light gardenia there is out there, it's just lovely. It stays on all day for me but I wear the perfume. I recommend it no matter what your age is. I've been wearing it for a million years.

I just got this fragrance in an Ebay lot win & can't stand this one. I smelled Lilacs (or maybe it was Gardenias) but some of the product spilled in the packaging & I will have to trade or give this one away. It was partially used to begin with, but I bought the lot for the other 2 scents.

I own several other Marc Jacobs fragrances (mostly Daisy & some of the flankers) but they are wearable on me & I enjoy them a lot. I truly cannot stand this one though.

This is a very impressive floral.

I get jasmine and gardenia and maybe some lily. The floral stands strong, and I don't get much else, maybe some powdery supporting Amber after it settles, but it stays floral for hours.

Figs are heavy on the topnotes. This strongly dominant note continues through the life of the fragrance. The middle notes and the basenotes have a bit of wood. This is a nice sense, easy, simple, pleasant. I don't get a ton of complexity here, but it is an enjoyable wear. Going with a thumps up rating, but in truth it is between thumbs up and neutral for the to total experience. A big thumbs up for something light, pleasant and safe.

This is a genuine gardenia, but I swear on me I get a scent of figs!! However, this is a very feminine scent and has a certain amount of glamor to it. I bought a bottle, enjoyed it greatly, then moved on to something else and never looked back.

This is a scent for those who love tropical florals, and it's not for those who don't. It is powerful for the first ten minutes but after that it becomes quite subtle. In fact, it only lasts for about four hours on my skin. After that I can detect it if I really try to find it right where I applied it, but it's very subtle. Nevertheless, I love this scent for being well done. It never gives me a headache like most white florals do. I love the actual scent of gardenias in a garden but I have never been able to tolerate wearing a gardenia perfume until this one was created. The quality of the scent improves in the dry down; it's true that the opening notes seem a bit artificial, but it's worth the wait for it to dry.