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Gabriella
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Hello perfumed peeps!
We’ve had quite sultry weather in Melbourne lately with temperatures over 30C for days straight. The heat has caught everyone by surprise, including me, as it usually doesn’t get this hot until January or February. The change was sudden too: one day I was in jumpers and coats and luxuriating in my dark rose and woody scents and the next day I’m sweltering in a sundress and wondering what perfume to wear. So, today I want to share my:
Top Five Hot Weather Fragrances
Amyris Femme by Francis Kurkdjian for Maison Francis Kurkdjian 2012
Fragrantica gives these featured accords:
Top: Lemon leaf, orange leaf
Heart: Amyris, iris
Base: Vetiver, agarwood (oud)
The Parisian chic choice. Amyris Femme dazzles from the opening with bright and juicy lemon blossom coupled with soft iris and delicately spiced woods. It’s a joyous scent that is still incredibly elegant and poised.
Further reading: The Candy Perfume Boy
Mecca Cosmetica has 70ml/$228
Carnal Flower by Dominique Ropion for Frederic Malle 2005
Fragrantica gives these featured accords:
Top: Bergamot, melon, eucalyptus
Heart: Ylang-ylang, jasmine, tuberose, salicylates
Base: Tuberose absolute, orange blossom absolute, coconut, musk
The sexy diva. Carnal Flower is the perfume equivalent of diving head first into a huge florist’s fridge brimming with creamy tuberose flowers. Lush tuberose is front and centre, but the eucalyptus provides a lovely green quality to the fleshy white blooms laced with a touch of coconut.
Further reading: Bois de Jasmin
Mecca Cosmetica starts at 10ml/$84
Lily by Florence Idier for Comme des Garcons: Olfactory Library 2000 (reissued 2017)
Fragrantica gives these featured accords:
Lily of the valley, freesia, syringa, dog rose buds
The lovely green one. I’ve struggled to find a good lily of the valley scent since the original Christian Dior Diorissimo was reformulated beyond recognition, but this may just be it. Here, the lily of the valley is very stemmy and verdant but devastatingly pretty.
Mecca Cosmetica has 50ml/$130
Original Vetiver by Olivier Creed and Erwin Creed for Creed 2004
Fragrantica gives these featured accords:
Top: Ginger, mandarin, bergamot
Heart: Vetiver from Haiti, Mysore sandalwood, Florentine Iris
Base: Musk, ambergris
The “It’s too hot for perfume” choice. Many vetivers tend to be on the heavier side but this is the soft caress of a feather on skin. Mandarin and bergamot keeps things bright and fresh with a touch of gentle iris and salty ambergris.
Further reading: Katie Puckrik Smells
Libertine Parfumerie has $339/75ml
Rosa Greta by Fabrice Pellegrin for Eau d’Italie 2017
Fragrantica gives these featured accords:
Top: Litchi, white tea
Heart: Rose bud, Damascus rose infusion
Base: Cedarwood, ambrox
The summer office scent. Made to commemorate Greta Garbo’s disappearance from the paparazzi in the Amalfi Coast in 1938, Rosa Greta is joyful but still very elegant. Lychee and a gorgeous tea note lend a vibrancy to soft rose.
Mecca Cosmetica starts at 100ml/$204
So what are your favourite perfumes for when the mercury starts to rise?
With much love until next time!
G x