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Day Dream scent notes — citrus, tea, ginger, amber, soft woods — Larcin
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Day Dream

Extrait / Eau de Parfum. Size: 50ml / 1.7oz

Inspired by Imagination - Louis Vuitton (Retail price $580)

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GENDER: Men
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DESCRIPTION:
Inspired by Imagination by Louis Vuitton, Day Dream opens with bright citrus and clean tea, crisp, expansive, and full of motion. Ginger adds a sharp lift through the heart, while smooth amber and soft woods give the fragrance its polished depth. It feels fresh without being simple, elegant without becoming cold, like sunlight moving across glass and linen.

Top: Citron, Calabrian Bergamot, Sicilian Orange

Middle: Tunisian Neroli, Nigerian Ginger, Ceylon Cinnamon

Base: Black Tea, Ambroxan, Guaiac Wood, Olibanum

Maceration is the quiet part of perfumery most brands skip. It’s the period after blending, where fragrance oils and alcohol are left to rest, bond, and mature - allowing the scent to fully develop its depth, balance, and longevity.

At Larcin, every batch is macerated for 3–4 weeks before it’s ever allowed to sell. No rushing. No shortcuts. This time is essential: harsh edges soften, notes settle into each other, and the fragrance becomes what it’s meant to be on skin.

Day Dream: Inspired by Imagination by Louis Vuitton

Day Dream is Larcin's interpretation of Imagination, the Louis Vuitton fragrance that paired black tea with an over-generous dose of ambroxan and became one of the most complimented fresh scents in luxury perfumery. It follows the same luminous structure: citron, Calabrian bergamot and Sicilian orange in the opening, Tunisian neroli, Nigerian ginger and Ceylon cinnamon through the heart, and black tea, ambroxan, guaiac wood and olibanum in the base. This guide covers the fragrance's five-year creation, its clean-luxury character, its famous longevity and how Day Dream compares.

The Story of Imagination

Imagination launched in June 2021 as the seventh men's fragrance from Les Parfums Louis Vuitton, the collection master perfumer Jacques Cavallier Belletrud composes at Les Fontaines Parfumees, the house's perfume estate in Grasse. His goal was to reinvent the amber accord free of nostalgia, and the project took five years. The result centres on Ambrox, the molecule the house calls perfumery's white gold, set against smoky Chinese black tea extracted with CO2 and a suite of meticulously sourced citruses and spices. The name celebrates imagination itself, the creative impulse behind every journey, and the fragrance quickly became one of LV's most worn and most imitated modern releases.

What Does Imagination Smell Like?

Imagination opens with a sparkling Italian citrus cocktail, citron, bergamot and orange, warmed by ginger and a whisper of cinnamon. Neroli lends a soapy, freshly-showered elegance through the heart, the note most people describe as smelling impossibly clean. Underneath, the signature emerges: smoky black tea woven through radiant ambroxan, with guaiac wood and a touch of incense adding quiet depth. The total effect is expensive cleanliness, crisp shirt, warm skin and a cup of tea in the sun, and it reads as effortless in a way loud fragrances never manage.

How Long Does Imagination Last?

Imagination is famous for outlasting its fresh peers. The ambroxan base carries it ten hours and beyond on skin, with wearers routinely catching whiffs the next morning, and its clean trail persists on clothing for days. For a citrus-forward fragrance, that endurance is the exception rather than the rule, and a big part of the cult around it.

The Price of Imagination

Imagination retails around $580 for a 100ml bottle in Australia, available only through Louis Vuitton. The five-year development and CO2-extracted materials are real, but so is the monogram premium: this is freshness priced as a status symbol, and it sells precisely because of it.

Day Dream: A Faithful Imagination Alternative

Day Dream follows the same flight path. Citron, Calabrian bergamot and Sicilian orange open bright and polished, Tunisian neroli, Nigerian ginger and Ceylon cinnamon carry the clean, gently spiced heart, and black tea, ambroxan, guaiac wood and olibanum deliver the long, radiant drydown. The character survives intact: luminous tea and amber freshness that smells like quiet money. If Imagination is the scent you fell for at the boutique and walked away from at the register, Day Dream closes that gap.

When to Wear Day Dream

Day Dream is a genuine all-seasons, all-occasions fragrance: the office, dates, travel, summer days and winter layering alike. It leans masculine but wears beautifully on anyone who loves clean, elegant freshness, and it makes an outstanding signature scent for exactly that reason. A sample size is available on this page if you would like to daydream on skin first.

Note: Larcin Network is not associated with Imagination - Louis Vuitton. Use of other brands’ trademarks is solely to help customers identify the scent inspiration. We do not make counterfeit versions of Imagination - Louis Vuitton. We make our own formulations, inspired by well-known perfumes.

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Most dupes use synthetic ingredients. Cheaper. Easier. But they fade fast and smell a little off.

We do three things they don’t:

Source natural ingredients from France, Grasse (same as designer brands)

Formulate at 30% concentration (most dupes are 8–12%)

Let each fragrance macerate for weeks so the scent properly settles

That’s the difference.

We’re not cutting corners.

Fair question. Two reasons.

First, we’re not a legacy luxury brand. No celebrity contracts. No flagship stores. No inflated marketing budgets. We sell direct to you.

Second, we’re not buying finished perfume and slapping a label on it. We handle the sourcing, formulation, and maceration ourselves.

Same quality decisions.

No 800% luxury markup.

Orders are processed within 1–3 business days. Delivery within Australia typically takes 2–5 business days, depending on your location. Remote areas may take slightly longer.

We offer a 30-day return window on all orders. If you’re not satisfied with your purchase, you can return it for a refund or exchange. Read More

Reach us anytime at support@larcin.net or through the contact form on our website. Or use the Chat Button on the bottom right of the page. We respond within 2 hours, even on weekends!

Answers to Your Important Questions

Didn't find what you were looking for? Contact us and our support team will be happy to help.

Team member 1 Team member 2

Expect a reply within 2 hours, even on weekends!

Most dupes use synthetic ingredients. Cheaper. Easier. But they fade fast and smell a little off.

We do three things they don’t:

Source natural ingredients from France, Grasse (same as designer brands)

Formulate at 30% concentration (most dupes are 8–12%)

Let each fragrance macerate for weeks so the scent properly settles

That’s the difference.

We’re not cutting corners.

Fair question. Two reasons.

First, we’re not a legacy luxury brand. No celebrity contracts. No flagship stores. No inflated marketing budgets. We sell direct to you.

Second, we’re not buying finished perfume and slapping a label on it. We handle the sourcing, formulation, and maceration ourselves.

Same quality decisions.

No 800% luxury markup.

Orders are processed within 1–3 business days. Delivery within Australia typically takes 2–5 business days, depending on your location. Remote areas may take slightly longer.

We offer a 30-day return window on all orders. If you’re not satisfied with your purchase, you can return it for a refund or exchange. Read More

Reach us anytime at support@larcin.net or through the contact form on our website. Or use the Chat Button on the bottom right of the page. We respond within 2 hours, even on weekends!

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