
Gap's five-fragrance reboot includes four original scents and new Harmony, priced at $20 for 10ml. The launch tests CEO Dickson's beauty bet amid mixed nostalgia results.
Gap Inc. will relaunch four of its 1990s fragrances on Thursday, adding a fifth scent. The move deepens the retailer's push into beauty under CEO Richard Dickson, who last year called the category a "sleeper" that would yield high margins and attract new customers.
The five scents include four originals, Dream, Grass, Heaven and Om, and a new entry called Harmony. Honorine Blanc, an award-winning perfumer who worked on the original Gap fragrances, helped develop the re-release, the company said. Nicole Mancini of DSM-Firmenich and John Demsey, Gap's executive director of beauty, also led the effort.
The new versions are eau de parfums designed to layer, a change from the originals. "We were rigorous about the technical journey, maintaining the core DNA of the original scents while modernizing the formulations for how people actually wear fragrance today," Deb Redmond, head of beauty at Gap Inc., said in a statement.
Dream returns closest to its original form, a warm, woody scent with Italian bergamot and cedarwood, the company said. Grass features green mandarin and matcha. Heaven is built around a proprietary amber molecule with crisp pear and Madagascar vanilla. Om includes ginger and sandalwood. Harmony, described as the most playful of the five, has notes of apricot and gardenia.
The fragrances will be available at all Gap stores and online Thursday. A 10-ml bottle costs $20; a 50-ml bottle costs $52. A five-piece sample kit is $20.
Fans on Instagram expressed excitement and some nervousness that the reformulations might stray from the originals, according to comments on the brand's page.
Gap's nostalgia-driven efforts have produced uneven results. A polyester version of its iconic stripes drew criticism last year. A denim capsule with Hailey Bieber sold out shortly after launch and generated strong social engagement across platforms, Jefferies analysts said. They called the denim collection "another encouraging data point in Gap's ongoing effort to restore brand authority and cultural relevance."
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