I think this might just be my favorite perfume bottle of all time.
That cat cap! So whimsical! So adorable! So much better than Katy Perry’s nightmarish cat bottle!
Inside that perfect bottle is a delicate wisp of a rose fragrance with a lovely twist of mint. Everything smells very high quality, very natural. I can’t overemphasize just how light Grace is; it’s lighter than both of my previous reference points for fresh rose fragrances, Diptyque Eau Rose and Hermes Rose Ikebana. Lasting power is virtually non-existent, which I don’t love at the $145 price point. As in, I sprayed it on at Sephora, tried maybe 3 lipsticks, left the store, and walked right back in, because it was already gone. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for a $28 travel spray with a tiny kitty cap!
Grace is unimpeachably pretty, but it’s just not as interesting as one might expect from a collaboration between the avant-garde Comme des Garcons and a legendary Vogue creative director. In a recent Into The Gloss interview, Coddington explained, “I love the smell of roses, but I’ve gone through so many perfumes that just cling and make you feel claustrophobic. I like something that’s fresh but still smells of roses.” The result seems to have been a fragrance that Coddington herself would happily wear, rather than a fragrance that captures the spirit of fashion’s favorite flame-haired cat lady. More power to her! That just means that Pharrell Girl remains my preferred CdG celebrity fragrance for the time being.
Disclaimers: This post is not sponsored and does not contain affiliate links. I tested Grace by Grace Coddington at my local Sephora.
Ari, I purchased a small sample of this from STC, and fell in love. I’m still on the fence about getting a full bottle, only because I have so many rose-centric fragrances it seems like overkill. However, this is a lovely rose fragrance and there’s just a wee bit of skank lurking in the corners, which I of course found wonderful, being the skank queen that I am!
If you’re in love, you’re in love, Z! And you might have other rose-centric scents, but how many of them have a cat cap? 😉 At least Luckyscent has a 50 ml in addition to the 100 ml- I had been looking at the Sephora website, which only has the 100.