Certain perfumes in the heat become a restorative salve – a cooling fluid – generously applied with instant effects. You Or Someone Like You by Etat Libre d’Orange concentrates the very best of mint, grapefruit, and green tea-like rose into an energising tonic. The result is a bursting and sizzling sort of freshness, energetic and beaming. Whilst Heeley’s Sel Marin represents the steady and minimal iteration of freshness – a graceful and soothing dose of salty effects creates an atmosphere of marine-like smell. A soft base of woods lends stability and length to the fragrance.
Azemour Les Orangers (Parfum d’Empire) is pure citrus joy: a picture of the bountiful orange tree with its fruit, stems, twigs, branches, and leaves. It is spiced just right, giving the scent a radiant quality - falling on a generous harmony of oakmoss and hay to remind us of the earth. Falling into the Sea (Imaginary Authors) creates an aquatic effect out of citruses and fruit - it is the scent of sandy beaches of the most picturesque sort.
For those who can’t quite give up the oomph of a heavier fragrance, Eight and Bob is instantly familiar, managing to transform the heaviest of materials into a gorgeously unified composition – an extended experience in all of the right places. It confidently champions woody notes: cedar, sandalwood, and vetiver root - washing them in a charming blanket of vanilla with a slightly salty, and ultra refreshing marine-like effect. While Etruscan Water (Francesca Bianchi) builds freshness out of spices and herbs in this delightful aromatic fragrance. The total result is a harmony of sweet-and-sour, cool-and-warm, a beguiling series of flourishes that charms and allures. A scent of many sides, all of them gregarious and handsome.