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Marc Jacobs Mod Noir ~ fragrance review, and a quick poll question

Posted by Jessica on 9 July 2015 42 Comments

Marc Jacobs Mod Noir

Mod Noir is the latest fragrance release from designer Marc Jacobs (through a licensing deal with Coty), and it’s being billed as “bold, modern, unique – a chic juxtaposition of classic and contemporary.” It was developed by perfumer Jean-Claude Delville, and its composition includes clementine, yuzu and green notes; waterlily, magnolia, gardenia and tuberose; and musk, orange blossom and nectarine. It’s supposed to balance “sophisticated” and “lush” aspects with “dewy” and “sparkling” notes, just as its bottle contrasts black against white.

I don’t think I’ve ever reviewed a Marc Jacobs fragrance here — Robin usually does the honors — but I’ve smelled most of them in stores, and I find them pleasant enough, but too safe and youthful for me to covet. Mod Noir, with its white-floral concept and its graphic bottle design, seems to skew a bit older than Lola or Dot, or most (if not all) of Jacobs’s recent fragrances…

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Marc Jacobs Mod Noir ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 13 March 2015 9 Comments

Marc Jacobs Mod Noir

Marc Jacobs will launch Mod Noir, a new fragrance for women, in June. Like the designer’s first fragrance, Marc Jacobs for Women, Mod Noir centers on gardenia…

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Odin New York White Line ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 10 October 2014 2 Comments

Odin New York White Line

Odin New York will launch the White Line in November. The new unisex series, described as “a bit lighter and more approachable” than the existing Black Line, will lead off with three “deconstructed floral” fragrances: Efflora, Milieu Rosa and Vert Reseda…

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Lili Bermuda Mary Celestia ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 30 September 2014 5 Comments

Lili Bermuda Mary Celestia

Lili Bermuda will launch Mary Celestia, a new limited edition fragrance based on a old Piesse and Lubin London scent recovered from the shipwreck of the Mary Celestia, a blockade runner during the American Civil War. The Mary Celestia was shipwrecked in 1864, and 1864 bottles of the new perfume will be released…

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Agent Provocateur Fatale Pink ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 27 March 2014 6 Comments

Agent Provocateur Fatale Pink

Lingerie brand Agent Provocateur will launch Fatale Pink, a new fragrance for women, this spring. Fatale Pink will be introduced at the same time as Agent Provocateur Fatale, but is “more suited to certain markets such as Asia”…

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