Jungle Jezebel was Divine’s first album, and the flamboyant actor and singer inspired Jungle Jezebel, the perfume. Usually, “inspirations” need much elaboration in fragrance ad copy — adjectives for miles, jumbled/fumbled cultural references, mangled prose. But: DIVINE inspiration? Just that one word brought a torrent of images and sounds.
London-based Sarah Baker Perfumes (and perfumer Miguel Matos) chose what sounds like an uncouth mix of fragrance notes for Jungle Jezebel: orange, banana, grape, peach, bubble gum, rose, tuberose, ylang-ylang, amber, sandalwood, civet, vetiver, vanilla, tonka bean. Though Divine was often described as “trashy,” I always noted the attention to detail in his clothes, hair styles and make-up…
