Replica Lipstick On Review
The newest fragrance from Maison Martin Margiela is entitled Replica Lipstick On and is inspired by a lady (or lad’s) makeup ritual or in this case, if you want to be really accurate. Chicago, 1952, sitting behind a dressing table and patting on your face powder with a big old powder puff and finishing off with a bright red lipstick.
They say fragrance evokes certain emotions or even memories and I believe that to be true. When I smell fresh cut grass I instantly think of my father who compulsively mows and manicures the lawn come Spring and Summer. The scent of a just peeled orange reminds me of my cousins and picking oranges from trees in their backyard as a child in Portugal. Scent is a powerful sense and I think the Replica Fragrance Line does a fine job of recreating and evoking certain memories, feelings, and thoughts. The entire fragrance line centers around certain places and how those places might smell. Like the smokiness of a Jazz Club or the cotton candy haze of midway at a fun fair!
Lipstick On evokes the feeling of a fine lady’s boudoir. Think Dita Von Teese, think red lipstick and fine face powder…this is what Lipstick On is all about.
I don’t think anyone thinks to themselves, I want to smell like lipstick. But if you’re a makeup addict the thought has crossed your mind. A long time ago in a land not quite so far away Guerlain bottled up the powdery sweetness of their violet scented face powders and put it into a fragrance. I, for one, am every always obsessed with sugary powder violets thanks to Guerlain and I confess I wouldn’t mind smelling like them. And like a true makeup obsessed lady I do not mind smelling like lipstick! That’s why Guerlain’s French Kiss fragrance is one of my signature scents as it smells exactly like their lipsticks.
I had hopes that would be what Replica Lipstick On would be like!