In the heat, strong scent simply doesn’t wash – not in my book anyway. When it’s cooler, that feeling of being enveloped by something fabulously elegant, like Tom Ford’s Arabian Wood say, is one of the lovelier things in life. When it’s hot, they become just too well, wafting. This is why light, citrus colognes or delicate florals (the heavy gardenia, tuberose and ylang ylang are too stifling) work. Well, for myself at any rate.
And it’s these three I’ve been diving into as the sun shone this lovely June. Whether July brings as much is as yet (rather chilly today) open to debate.
Miller Harris Tangerine Vert (followed on close by Jo Malone Verbenas de Provence) – bright, refreshing, this is my morning wake-up call. Think of Sicilian green tangerines, grapefruit, lemon and marjoram.
Atelier-Flou Paradis Paradis (£115, tel: 020 7893 8797) – it’s got that lovely, fresh, bergamot top note and it has a jasmine scent, which is delicate, not in the least overpowering. This is seriously lovely and from one of the most delightful new fragrance houses around.
Annick Goutal Ninfeo Mio – last time I wore this my sister-in-law (don’t think she’ll mind my saying) swooned. It’s a refreshing take on fresh fig and smells to me of South West France.
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