If you’ve not yet managed a holiday getaway, here are some fragrances that take world travel as their inspiration – they can immediately transport us somewhere fabulous with a single spritz.
Because, if you’re anything like us, you’ll be especially pining after more exotic climes given how disappointing the summer has been un the U.K. so far (it’s been far more about brollies than bikinis, here!) Or perhaps you had an earlier holiday and already feel like it never happened?
It doesn’t matter if you’re counting down the days until you can escape somewhere sunnier, or are desperately wishing you could be back there again – we’ve a selection of wonderfully transportive olfactory adventures to suggest to you, and you don’t need a passport – these are trips to take via your nose. Now all you have to do is choose the place you’d like to escape to, seek out the scent, spray, close your eyes and dare to dream…
Ormonde Jayne Vanille des Afrique Intensivo
Oh yes, it’s a vanilla – being filled to maximum strength with a superbly smooth Madagascan vanilla absolute – but the orris butter entwines so well with the aphrodisiac qualities it becomes a scent to enrapture with ‘…a level of comfort and quiet contemplation,’ they say. Spray this when you need to remember to love yourself, to entice the senses of all who come near, and to dream of happy travel memories featuring balmy sunsets and billowing breezes. BLISS!
£295 for 88ml parfum selfridges.com
Parfums de Marly Greenley
If you’re pining for a hike through a forest, this distinctly greener vibe from the much-loved niche house brings the feeling of a Cologne but with the benefit of far greater staying power in a concentrated eau de parfum. Bursting with citrus up top, the petitgrain grants an immediate freshness, a fruity interpretation of cashmere wood fused with crisp apple and the shady cool of violet. Amberwood ripple throughout, making this feel like a much-needed stroll through the woodlands when your nose needs to escape.
£195 for 75ml eau de parfum selfridges.com
Coach Blue
Inspired by our earlier post of Wild Swimming Scents? Here’s a burst of invigorating freshness, the opening notes revive the senses immediately with a splash of aromatic lime and absinthe seeming to explode from the bottle. Whoosh! Now we’re diving into cool, crystal clear blue water, salty laps enlivened by the warmth black pepper before we climb out and rub down with a warm fluffy base of dry cedarwood and the welcome glow of amber. Longing to dive in to a deep, blue pool or swin in warm seas? This will take you there…
Currently from £28.90 for 40ml eau de toilette thefragranceshop.oc.uk
La Montaňa Divine Sunset
Sunset, especially on a summer day, is a breathtaking experience. Virtually recreating that feeling any time you need it, this scent is visually extraordinary. Think of skies painted hot pink and orange, contrasted with tonalities of purple, the air is filled with the potent scent of blossoms. Perfumer Pia Long has created a floral amber burst of joy – her stunning interpretation of the open brief of a ‘hot floral riot’. Divine by name and nature! This is a scent to feel rhapsodic while wearing.
£65 for 50ml eau de parfum in our shop
Juliette Has a Gun Lust for Sun
JHAG invite you to dive through the pages of a holiday brochire (does anyone still use those, we wonder?) straight into your ideal sunny location. The most effort you’ll expend is to slap on the sunscreen, choose a sarong, pop on your most glamorous shades, and get set for sunshine via freesia, coconut, ylang ylang, monoi and armfuls of orange blossom’s bounty. Swirled with vanilla and trailing the woody warmth of Ambroxan for hours, way past sunset, it’s a sure-fire hit for whenever you feel the need of that golden, glamorous, glass-clinking fun.
£100 for 50ml eau de parfum selfridges.com
Written by Suzy Nightingale
