The silver lining to our tropical weather just means you’re never limited by season when it comes to perfume choices. Take your pick from these new scents, which offers something for everyone, whether you prefer to keep it sunny and light or even if you’re more the dark and sensual type.
Hermès Barénia Eau de Parfum
Christine Nagel releases Hermès’ first ever chypre fragrance with Barénia. Named after a heritage leather type, and adorned with collier de chien detailing on the bottle, Barénia combines notes of butterfly lily, miracle berry, oakwood, and patchouli to create an unforgettable scent.
Penhaligon’s The Dandy Eau de Parfum
The Dandy is a ‘celebration of whisky blended with mischief’ according to perfumer Fabrice Pellegrin. Think jazz club, endless nights, and that comforting whiff of oak, The Dandy and its art deco inspired label brings to mind the rowdy crowds of a 1920s bar. Its notes are fruity at the top: bergamot, raspberry, cedrat; which mixes in with a heart of whisky, oak chip and cedarwood, before drying down to a heady, woody base of patchouli, Clearwood and ambrox.
Diptyque Les Essences de Diptyque Eaux de Parfums
Les Essences de Diptyque is the newest collection from the haute parfumerie which combines imagination and the senses. Setting out to create a set of scents for five of the planet’s natural treasures – mother of pearl, water lily, coral, tree bark and the mineral formation known as desert rose. The challenge: these five elements have scents that are imperceptible to our nose. And so, Diptyque along with Fabrice Pellegrin, Alexandra Carlin, Nathalie Cetto, and Olivier Pescheux, created new fragrances, inspired by all the other senses to bring these essences to olfactory life. The scents: Corail Obscuro, Lunamaris, Bois Corse, Lilyphea, and Rose Roche are unique and can’t truly be described by their scent notes. This is truly a collection you have to smell for yourself.
Bvlgari Omnia Crystalline Eau De Parfum
The latest addition to Bvlgari’s iconic Omnia collection of fragrances, the Omnia Crystalline Eau de Parfum sets out to bottle the essence of crystals and light. Based on the signature note accords of nashi pear and lotus flower, master perfumer Alberto Morillas blends it with green mandarin, green tea and jasmine to create a fresher opening and a graceful heart note. On the base, the addition of sandalwood to the original musk gives it a woody boost that envelops you in an elegant finish.
Guerlain Patchouli Paris Eau De Parfum
Delphine Jelk celebrates the magic, sensuality and complexity of Paris in her new creation for Guerlain’s L’Art et La Matiere collection. Patchouli Paris is a fragrance centred on patchouli, worked into a combination of fresh aldehydes, powdery and woody iris and base notes of vanilla, ambergris, and musk. The result is a scent as intoxicating as the City of Love itself, captured in an unapologetically red bottle that belies the passion of Paris.
Rabanne Million Gold Eau De Parfum intense and Million Gold for Her Eau De Parfum
The iconic Million collection of fragrances gets a new addition for him and her that’s made to reflect the confidence, strength and delicate balance of masculine and feminine that the Rabanne man and woman represents. The bottles feature the maison’s iconic XL Link, putting a new spin on the gold bar flacon and complementing the facets of the bottles design.
For him, the Million Gold features a complex blend of sandalwood, cedarwood, and mandarin (the signature note of 1 Million), which combines with amber, cardamom oil, bergamot, Rose Absolute, Pink Peppercorn CO2, as well as cinnamon bark oil, Akigalawood, cypriol oil, vetiver, and leather notes.
For her, Million Gold for Her uses several unique scent molecules, including the tailor-made Lavender Oil x Tonkalactone, Pearadise, and Rose Oxide L, alongside mandarin, ylang-ylang, Coeur de Saison jasmine, mineral moss, and Vanilla Bourbon Absolute.
Cartier La Panthère Elixir Eau De Parfum intense
The sensations of curling up in soft and warm feline fur – that’s the inspiration behind La Panthere Elixir. Adding to the existing range of ‘feline-floral’ scents that brings out the brand’s affinity for the panther, Mathilde Laurent’s elixir brings the animalistic warmth of wild musk and gardenia from the original blend together with a velvety jasmine, and iridescent amber notes at the base.
Issey Miyake Le Sel d’Issey Eau De Toilette
30 years after the launch of L’Eau d’Issey pour Homme, the maison unveils a new perfume for men, inspired once again by nature. Named by Issey Miyake himself, Le Sel d’Issey takes nature’s most essential mineral: salt, and transforms its essence into a fragrance journey. Interpreted through the nose of Quentin Bisch, the fragrance gives life to the otherwise unscented mineral. Using laminaria seaweed extract and oak moss to bring out sea-like accords with ginger to enhance it, and combining it with vetiver and cedarwood to evoke the earth, the scent of salt represented by water and earth, is born.
Aesop Virēre Eau De Parfum
Inspired by holidays to the Mediterranean, Aesop’s newest EDP invites us to be full of life through memories. The fragrance focuses on figs as the main note, combining first the top notes of galbanum, petitgrain, and bergamot for a green-citrusy aroma, moving into herbaceous heart notes of green tea, mastic, and pink pepper. The scent dries down to a woody base of cedar, green maté and hay, ending on a luxurious vegetal richness to ground the fragrance and your mind too.
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