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Essence by Marc Jacobs, bottle

Essence

Marc Jacobs
ConcentrationEDP
GenderFeminine
FamilyFloral · Amber/Oriental
Accords
White Floral
Powdery
Amber
Floral
Musk
Animalic
Notes
TopFreesia · Bergamot
HeartGardenia · Orange Blossom · Iris · Rose
BaseMusk · Benzoin · Tolu Balsam · Sandalwood

The closest matches to Essence in the Osmagora library are Marc Jacobs Perfume Essence (Marc Jacobs) · Soli.Flore. (Scentologia) · Fauni (Angela Ciampagna), ranked by how much of its note profile they share. See them side by side

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What smells like Essence?

These fragrances genuinely share the character of Essence by Marc Jacobs, a floral scent, ranked by how much of its note profile they have in common. Not cheaper copies; scents in the same spirit.

How we find these

Osmagora compares the full note profile of Essence, its top, heart and base notes, against every fragrance in the library, and ranks them by how much they genuinely share. The figure shown is that note overlap, kept deliberately conservative. These are scents in the same spirit, not cheaper copies or marketing lookalikes. Where nothing clears our bar, we say so plainly rather than dress a weak match as a strong one.