Weaponise The Scent-ses With These Ultimate Niche Summer Fragrances

A signature summer fragrance is hard to come by. It is all about balancing the summer humidity with the salty breeze and the faint but lingering scent of sweat on skin. This time of year is epitomised by endless aromas – not all of them pleasant. Yet, they contribute to depicting the diverse experiences manifesting this season. A period where cackles are hurled across street corners and fade into booming speakers found in back gardens bathing in the sun, an activity they have looked forward to since the September prior. Below is my list of summer fragrances, which includes an account of the unique experience of each wearer. Choose your story today.

Maison Tahité

Summer Fragrances Choice: Sel-Vanille

Of course, no list of fragrances is complete without a gourmand. Sel-Vanille is not like any other vanilla scent. Summer is situated here amidst the fine hairs of a cashmere sweater. A spritz of this mimics the specks of sea salt which cling to your skin and marries an ensemble of sage and cedar once you retire to your villa on a warm summer’s night. The one who wears Sel-Vanille is a connoisseur of many things, yet they remain modest. They spend the summer evening with their hair enveloped in a headscarf and toes between the sand, flirting with the smoulder of a nearby bonfire.

Notes: Vanila, salt and jasmine.

Orebella

Summer Fragrances Choice: Window2Soul

A remnant of the season which birthed summer, Window2Soul reminds you to honour the boons of spring. Screening through the multi-faceted glass bottle are Sofia Coppola films. Marie Antoinette. The Virgin Suicides. Priscilla. The Bling Ring. At the heart of the scent, damask rose and jasmine, finally in bloom. Your first pair of high heels. Playing with your mother’s lipstick, which you stole from her vanity. Eyes murky with envy marvelling over the popular girl at school several years above you. She wears Window2Soul too.

Notes: Rose, jasmine, lemon and tonka beans.

A.N OTHER

Summer Fragrances Choice: OR/18

Letters from Barbados. Whiskey and cannabis coupled with citrus and spice, and everything nice. This intoxicating scent wears the user like a silk dressing gown. The lapels hang slack, teasing skin, skin and skin. Its qualities are best appreciated in the interim between summer and autumn. Boozy myrrh that is dizzying and sweet. The wearer is insubordinate; their lover falls to their knees at the altar. Yet, they choose to relive this futile love time and again.

Notes: Driftwood, blood orange, star anise, lemon sugar, cannabis accord, myrrh, jasmine, vanilla crème and tonka beans.

Phlur

Summer Fragrances Choice: Missing Person

Remember who was in your bed last summer? They still whisper your name in prayer. This musky perfume layers well under any scent. Perhaps a leathery citrus to complement the earthiness. An olfactory depiction of sitting alone at the bar, twirling the cocktail straw between your thumb and index finger. The night remains unknown. It is Glossier You’s reticent cousin. Remember you have a date to get to.

Notes: Bergamot nectar, jasmine, cyclamen, neroli, sandalwood oil and white musk.

Versatile Paris

Summer Fragrances Choice: Sea, Sud and Sun

Summer is exciting. Piquant! Fresh linen bed sheets and French windows were left ajar. Did somebody say, St. Tropez? Lactonic and fertile, blooming figs bearing orange blossoms. The aroma washes over skin, glazing it with nougat. This scent is redolent of the sea foam of which Venus was born. The wearer is an ardent admirer of Sandy Liang and J. Kim. She has never forsaken espadrilles. Her world remains untainted, her life blissful. Hozier’s dearest muse.

Notes: Bergamot essence, aniseed, jasmine, cherry and sandalwood.

One of a kind scents to memorialise your summer

For those living in the U.K., summertime is sacred. There are maybe five truly warm and bright days in summer, and the rest of them are bleak and wet, like Britain 85% of the year. Therefore, those five days really count, and you won’t need to look far to find Britons making the most of the sun’s volatile temperament.

Like hyenas coming out to play, the exuberant antics arising from British summers may be melodramatic to some. But, to us, this season atones for the overcast days which drag for an eternity. Memorialise your summer now with these unsung perfumes. Immortalise your memories through scents that are intangible yet everlasting.