Replica by Maison Martin Margiela

A certain scent can instantly transport you back to a fond memory or place. Since 1994 Belgian fashion designer Martin Margiela has been launching a new scent to form the Replica fragrance collection.
 Each fragrance note is carefully hand picked to represent a time, place or emotion. Each individual fragrance is labelled detailing it's source and period of the original item.
 There will definitely be a fragrance in the collection which you can make a personal connection with.

100ml elegant but totally unisex glass bottles with cloth label detailing inspiration and fragrance description.

Flower Market

Description: Freshly cut flowers, wet petals, buckets and vases brimmming with water, leaves crushed on the floor and a multitude of floral compositions. Period is Paris in 2011.
 Top notes of crushed leaves and freesia. Middle notes of sambac, jasmine, tuberose and grasse rose, base notes of cedar wood and oak moss.

Smells ever so softly floral, almost soapy like fresh linen.

Funfair Evening

Description: An odour of candy fills the air. Funfair captures the sweeter scent of the festive atmosphere. Period is Santa Monica 1994.
 Top notes of Sweet apple, pear and star anise. Middle notes of Morrocan rose, Egyptian orange blossom and marshmallow. Base notes of amber, white musk, vanilla and caramel.
  
A sweet smelling scent with a smokey undertone (I guess that's meant to resemble the hotdogs).

Lazy Sunday Morning

Description: Evokes the memory of a sunday spring morning in white bed linen, with a view over the Boboli gardens. Period is Florence 2003.
 Top notes amber seeds, pear accord and lily of the valley. Middle notes of iris, rose absolute and orange flower. Base notes of white musk, indonesian patchouli oil and white woods.

Soapy smelling but with a freshness. Lily of the valley is the standout note.

 Beach Walk

Description: Evokes a memory of a Sunny Summer's day. Period is Calvi 1972.
 Top notes of Bergamot, pink pepper, lemon. Middle notes of Ylang ylang, Heliotrope and coconut milk. Base notes of musk, cedar wood and benzoin.

Smells exactly like suntan lotion and holidays. The coconut milk is the strongest scent.


Promenade in the gardens 

Description: Evokes the memory of a walk in the heart of a British garden. Period is Oxfordshire 1986.
 Top notes of green accord, freesia and coriander oil. Middle notes of Turkish rose oil, peony and sambac jasmine absolute. Base notes of patchouli oil, vetiver oil and sandalwood oil.

Very floral and quite an old fashioned scent. Fresh and green.


Jazz Club

Atmosphere of a gentleman's jazz club. Chic and heady liquor infused notes blended with woody, sensual tones of tobacco.
 Period is Brooklyn 2013.
 Top notes of pink pepper, lemon and neroli oil. Middle notes of rum absolute, clary sage oil and vetiver oil. Base notes of tobacco leaf, vanilla absolute and benzoin.

Smokey, sexy, dark scent. Almost leathery scented.

 
  Tea Escape

Bustling, noisy and frantic city. the light silk of a blouse. A veil of steam and the Japanese tradition of tea with a modern approach.
 Period is Tokyo 2008.
 Top notes are bergamot essence, mint and pink pepper.
 Middle notes of sambac, jasmine absolute, osmanthus flower and green tea.
 Base notes of crisped rice and milk accord.

Minty fresh and green. Very summery.

At the Barber's 


The dry friction of a straight razor against a leather strap. The soft rustling of a towel. Fresh and clean atmosphere of a barbershop.
 Period is Madrid 1992.
 Top notes of basil accord and black pepper. Middle notes of geranium, lavender and rosemary essence.
 Base notes of tonka bean and white musk.

Leathery, sexy and musky. 

 
These fragrances are £80.00 each and are available from Selfridges here..http://www.selfridges.com