No.609 Blooming Bouquet

Eden's No.609 draws on Marc Jacobs' Daisy Blooming Bouquet, a fresh floral built for easy springtime wear. The mandarin opening is bright and true to the fruity-fresh character the Daisy line is known for, and the pink peony, rose, apricot and peach heart delivers the same flirty, feminine bouquet without tipping into anything heavy or cloying. It is a simple, well-judged composition that leans on classic soft-floral pairings rather than trying to be clever, which suits the casual, everyday mood the original was designed around. The trade-off shows up in the base, where the musk here is thinner and less rounded than Marc Jacobs' version, so the scent settles into a quiet, barely-there finish within a few hours rather than holding its floral character for the full day. For a light layering scent or a warm-weather daytime spray it does the job convincingly, it just will not stretch into the evening the way the original can.