Summer’s Best Fragrances
For those of you that missed the memo about wearing fragrance: we’re here to tell you less is more. We’ve all been there, you casually stroll past someone in the street and BOOM, you’re hit in the face with a smell so overpowering, it’s like your nostrils have being assaulted.
And in summer, it’s worse. With the sweat, the heat, the big September fragrance launches, some of us go a little overboard and end up smelling like we’ve just done a 12 hour shift at Perfumes R Us.
We’re not the kind of girls that wear perfume every day. A scented body oil, sure, a dab of essential oil, even better. So when we do a fragrance round-up, especially a summer fragrance round-up, we select the lightest, freshest scents to make sure you A) won’t smell like everyone else and B) you’re not going to silently disgust any innocent passerby in the street.
We’re rounded up the top 5. Click through to see more.
Ah, Rodin, a brand after our own hearts. Developed by Linda Rodin, our muse and major woman crush, this fragrance is sophisticated, chic and beautifully light. Based on the beautiful Olio Lusso’s jasmine and neroli, it’s slightly headier, but still screams of summer. 5 star emoji rating.
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This is Cult for a reason. Delicate and crisp, this fragrance is all about the sun drenched fig tree. And with notes of coconut, cedar and pepper, Philosykos has an exquisite depth to it that doesn’t smell…commercial.
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You only have to google the founder of Byredo – Ben Gorham – to understand that this fragrance brand is on another level. Gorham is the definition of cool. All tats and beard…if you met him on the street, you’d easily mistake him for that hot bartender who free poured you martinis last Friday night at ACME.
But back to the fragrance…’Rose of No Mans land’ is the latest fragrance to be added to the Byredo family. It’s been touted as “a love letter to the rose” and we have to agree – soft and feminine with a bit of grit, the fragrance has notes of pink peppercorn and Turkish rose petal and white amber.
Officially your new nighttime summer fragrance.
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Carnal Flower is literally translated as Forbidden flower, and we can see why. With Tuberose at it’s base (Tuberose has been a symbol of pleasure for thousands of years, in fact in some cultures, young women are not allowed to smell the flower after sunset). So we were totally down with wearing this fragrance, and especially once it gets dark.
Made up of Tuberose, ylang ylang, jasmine and bergamot….this is one you need to put on your fragrance shopping list.
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Ok, so apart from the obvious, the fact that this fragrance bottle looks so damn good and we want it on our fragrance shelf (Mental note: Must get fragrance shelf.), this scent is a simple and sophisticated take on the traditional gardenia fragrance. It’s a floral fruity musk – all about tuberose, orange blossom, magnolia, nectarine and creamy musk.
Perfect for those long, hot, summer nights.
Exclusive to Sephora. Shop it here.
