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Daffodil
Perfect Body Lotion 200ml
Marc Jacobs Perfect Body Lotion 200ml is a scented body lotion rather than a perfume, and it should be judged on what a lotion is for: skin that feels softer and smells quietly of something good for an hour or two afterwards. The scent in it is green and powdery rather than sweet. Polygonum gives a crisp, slightly tart greenness, the sort of smell you get from a stem rather than a flower, and pink pepper sits over it with a dry, peppery crackle. Daffodil is the centre of the composition and an uncommon material to build on: cool, green and faintly bitter, more spring garden than florist. Cedarwood runs underneath and keeps everything dry and clean, which is what stops a lotion of this kind from smelling cloying on warm skin.
Domitille Michalon Bertier composed the scent in 2022. Applied after a bath or shower it leaves a soft trace that sits very close, and that is the point of it: a body lotion is not there to project or to last all day but to leave skin comfortable and lightly scented. It layers naturally under the matching eau de parfum for anyone who wants the scent to hold on longer, and it works equally well on its own in warm weather, when a full fragrance can be too much before lunch. Used that way it is closer to a scented moisturiser than to perfume, which is exactly what it is. The 200ml tube is a practical size for daily use and makes a reliable gift for anyone who already wears the perfume, which is the usual reason people buy it.
Beauty products carrying this name, lotions included, are made under licence by Coty rather than by the fashion house. That house is American, the joint creation of the designer and Robert Duffy, and LVMH owns it.
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