The secret to Saratoga’s new sold-out signature scent
And what to do if you missed out the first time.
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When Saratoga’s new signature scent — it’s an organic perfume/bug repellent combo that’s tailored for outdoor days at the track and SPAC — debuted at a launch party in its honor, the creators had no idea that the July 8 soirée would also wipe them out completely.
“Maybe there are five bottles left?” doubted Eliza DeRocker, the fashionable owner of luxe consignment paradise Saratoga Closet and commissioner of the $75 Saratoga Parfum scent. “If there are, they’re at Make Me Fabulous, where you can also try it. If you like it, order there for the next shipment.”
A new supply could arrive by the end of the month, and DeRocker is already planning the next hot ticket party — maybe with a fashion show.
The scent’s origin story began last winter when DeRocker found herself with an empty bottle of Gucci Irresistible. “I had this other fragrance lying around, and since I was out of my regular perfume I started wearing it,” she says. “And I kept wearing it. I got compliments everywhere I went. Even though it was the middle of winter, I loved that it was also a repellent and was already thinking about summer. I begged my friend whose perfume it was to make Saratoga its own.”
Lisa Jean Walsh, a perfumer and stylist who’s worked with Jennifer Lopez and Vera Wang, had already made scents for chic locales such as Nantucket, Miami and Charleston, South Carolina — where she lives. So she began working with DeRocker on making one for us before the start of track season. The scent is made with essential oils blended with organic, non-GMO sugarcane alcohol.
“I wanted one similar to the one I had been wearing, but with a little bit of a grassy scent to it,” DeRocker says. “And then we added some lavender, and a little bit of leather. The end result — that’s custom, just for Saratoga — is striking.”
The women who tried it at Tuesday’s launch party certainly thought so. “A lot of people showed up,” says DeRocker. “Some people brought three bottles. I grabbed five before the first batch — we ordered 100 to see how it would do — was gone. I wasn’t expecting this!”
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