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Home » Fragrance » There is much about the limited edition Jo Malone Star Magnolia fragrance that will leave you starry-eyed

There is much about the limited edition Jo Malone Star Magnolia fragrance that will leave you starry-eyed

May 15, 2017 Paris B 8 Comments

The first time I laid eyes on the brand new and limited edition Jo Malone Star Magnolia cologne, I knew it would be a winner. How many perfume bottles do you see that come with a beautiful paper flower ruff, and better yet, in a very visually appealing, instagram-friendly WHITE GRADIENT bottle?

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The bottle has a white gradient (vs clear), topped with a white cap (instead of silver as per usual) and with a white label (vs black). The thick, paper flower ruff around the neck of the bottle adds to its visual appeal, and I’m told that it will settle eventually, like a gently blooming flower.

Apt description, for the Jo Malone Star Magnolia fragrance is decidedly floral.

My experience with magnolia scents has been that of heavy, heady, white flowers. There is a sticky sweetness to the fragrance that I stay away from.

In Star Magnolia, Jo Malone has lightened the scent, so it is gentler on the nose, but with a zing to it. I found it fizzy, like ginger ale. I would have said champagne, but it didn’t give me the headiness of champagne bubbles, more of how the bubbles hit your nose when you stick it into a cup of fizzy ginger ale, with that hint of spicy ginger in the end 😀 Again, apt, for there is ginger blended into this scent.

On me, I find the scent decidedly sweetly floral, and that’s a scent that doesn’t sit well with me. I’m not the sweet, floral sort of girl LOL! But fortunately, Jo Malone scents can be layered for complexity, and to make it your own. For me, I found that the best match came in Jo Malone 154 cologne – a spicy, woody, musky scent that I’ve been eyeing for a while.

The spicy, woody musk of 154 added depth, and grounded the more flightly Star Magnolia scent, making it smell more palatable to me. Star Magnolia added a sweetness and fizzy lightness to the heavier 154, which made for a nice pairing. I now need to get me a bottle of 154 or at least a sample LOL 😀

I tried layering it with another scent I like, Amber & Lavender, which helped me wear Star Magnolia better. It adds a sweet floral scent to the more masculine Amber & Lavender, but doesn’t work as well as with 154 for me. And really, that is part of the fun of Jo Malone fragrances – mixing and matching to make it work for you. It does work out expensive because it means you need more than one, but that’s what the cologne collection sets are for and why I highly recommend them for beginners 🙂

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As pretty as that paper ruff is however, I found it a bother and it gets in the way when you want to spritz the cologne on. So, happily, it’s detachable! I was very pleased to find this out, and the first thing I did was to remove mine 😛 It doesn’t make it any less pretty, and in fact, I think that it looks better without the ruff – as I’m sure Elizabeth I did, without her massive ruff too! LOL 😀

In a nutshell therefore, the Jo Malone Star Magnolia scent isn’t one I’d personally go for, as I find it too sweetly floral for my tastes. If your tastes run to the light florals, then you are in for a treat! But better hurry because they only just went and made it limited edition 😛

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If however, you aren’t sure about wearing the scent of Star Magnolia on your skin, consider instead wearing it in your hair. For the first time, Jo Malone has come up with a hair mist in the form of the Star Magnolia Hair Mist.

It comes in a tall, slim bottle that looks pretty much like the cologne, complete with a mini ruff that is detachable, so the bottle is more portable. Use this hair mist to refresh your hair and scent midway through the day, or when you feel it need refreshing. That’s useful in our weather, when you head out for lunch and come back to the office smelling of food (or worse, the mamak!) A spritz of Star Magnolia refreshes your hair so you smell of flowers as opposed to char kuay teow LOL! 😀

I don’t have it, but I tested it during the launch, and it was nice. I’d wear Star Magnolia in my hair. It just doesn’t sit as well on my skin. In fact, I might just wear the cologne in my hair 😀

Have you checked out the Jo Malone Star Magnolia fragrance yet?

It’s limited edition and only just became available in May 2017 so go and take a sniff the next time you pass by a Jo Malone store. I never recommend buying perfumes without first testing them by wearing on your skin. I’ve made too many mistakes, and I’m not making any more! Test it for yourself! 🙂

Paris B

Jo Malone Star Magnolia Cologne and Hair Mist

Price: Cologne – RM260 | £46 for 30ml, RM510 | £92 for 100ml; Hair Mist – RM200 | US$50 | £38 for 50ml

Where to Buy: Jo Malone boutiques and counters and online (US), Selfridges,

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  1. Fiona says

    May 15, 2017 at 9:33 am

    Love it when brands include small little details like the paper ruff. This reminds me of the Annick Goutal Tenue De Soirée. The pom pom gets in the way and I’ve removed it too 😀

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    • Paris B says

      May 15, 2017 at 5:16 pm

      Is that the purple one? It’s great that they allow us to take off the trimmings. It’s those that don’t, that bug me!

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  2. plue says

    May 15, 2017 at 1:28 pm

    rm260 seems decent enough for a 30ml bottle. i have always been on a look out for a magnolia scent, now need to head on over to jo malone to test it out

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    • Paris B says

      May 15, 2017 at 5:18 pm

      You know where to find me before lunch this weekend! Come by! 😉

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  3. Evan Chang says

    May 15, 2017 at 2:14 pm

    I got the scent when it just came out!
    I love to mix with it with Wood Sage and Sea Salt. I find it gives a very comforting scent to me

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    • Paris B says

      May 15, 2017 at 5:19 pm

      Hmm that sounds like an interesting combination. Let me try that! I think I have the mini Wood Sage and Sea Salt 😀

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  4. Maja says

    May 15, 2017 at 6:39 pm

    I got it as a present. It is uplifting, lovely, and great for layering with woody or spicy notes. It gives me a spring mood even if the weather is grey.

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    • Paris B says

      May 29, 2017 at 11:29 am

      Ah you must like florals Maja 🙂 That said, I think it will be absolutely lovely for Spring, with the weather warming up and the sun coming out, and the flowers in abundance. It’s a nice way to remind ourselves that winter is gone for now 😀

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