“Fragrance” and “MAC Cosmetics” may not be two beauty keywords frequently associated together, but MAC appears to be trying to change that with Shadescents, a range of six fragrances inspired by and named after six of its most iconic lipstick shades.
A visual from MAC Shadescents. Photo: Courtesy of MAC Cosmetics
Here’s how the inspiration translates: Lady Danger is a “woody floriental” with notes of wild cherry, while Ruby Woo has notes of “sultry red leather.” My Heroine (the lipstick version of which was a springboard for Lorde’s MAC collection in 2014) incorporates saffron and incense smoke; Candy Yum-Yum is unsurprisingly saccharine; and two of the most reached-for nude lipsticks on the market, Velvet Teddy and Crème d’Nude, are subtly sexy with a notes of wild honey and amber musk, respectively (the latter is also supposedly evocative of “naked skin,” whatever that means.)
