Fragrance houses

Marc Jacobs

5 fragrances, mapped across five axes.

What the Marc Jacobs range is made of

Across the 5 Marc Jacobs fragrances Zenyra has mapped, the materials that recur most are rhubarb (40%), cashmeran (40%), jasmine (40%). No single note dominates, which is itself a choice — this is a house that works across a palette rather than around a signature material.

On Zenyra's five axes the house reads safer than the catalogue as a whole: risk averages 0.16 against 0.34 across all mapped fragrances. That is a wide margin, and it is the clearest thing the data says about this house.

One idea, or many

The Marc Jacobs range spreads 0.106 across the five axes — neither a house built on one idea nor one that covers the whole map. There is a recognisable centre with real variation around it.

The median release year across the mapped range is 2015.

Where Marc Jacobs sits

Warmth0.33 vs 0.51 catalogue
Projection0.43 vs 0.51 catalogue
Risk0.16 vs 0.34 catalogue
Texture0.31 vs 0.48 catalogue
Sweetness0.47 vs 0.40 catalogue

Every Marc Jacobs fragrance

These are the same five axes behind The Fragrance Taste Index, which maps all 5,323 fragrances. To find where your own taste sits, take the fragrance quiz.