#spring perfumes

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Moschino Perfume Collection Review

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Springtime escapes for the winter

These last few dreary winter days have left me dreaming of spring. The vernal equinox may still be weeks away but until then we can still spritz a beloved spring-time scent.

Coven by Andrea Maack

I live in Toronto so we have brief spring seasons that tend to begin later in the year. There’s often still snow on the ground during the vernal equinox  though everything is melting. Coven’s earthy notes remind me of the moistening earth of spring, like sinking your hands into the ground and pulling up fistfuls and clods of soil.

Absinth by Nasomatto

Absinth isn’t the most obvious choice for spring - it doesn’t deliver the anise-y green you’d expect from the name. Rather it has a rooty, earthy side that’s reminiscent of beets paired with clean woods. It makes me think again, of the earth turning in preparation of spring.

Lily of the Valley by Penhaligon’s

Lily of the valley is a more typical symbol of the start of the spring. Although Dior’s Diorissimo is arguably the benchmark classic for a muguet fragrance, Penhaligon’s has an unfussy, pretty take on the flower.

Ealing Green by 4160 Tuesdays

Ealing Green is a lovely herbaceous scent. This is a peak spring fragrance to me, capturing the vigour of new growth. A little earthy but still fresh and crisp with an uplifting boost of hedione. Although it’s supposed to include freshly cut grass, I don’t really detect this. Grass is a scent I associate with summer.

Premier Figuier by L’Artisan Parfumeur

One of Olivia Giacobetti’s most popular fragrances, Premier Figuier delivers exactly as promised: the entirety of the fig tree from its earth roots to fresh green shoots, until you reach the milky sap of its sweet fruit. This is a late spring/summer fragrance, well deserving of its classic status.

I want to finish this post with a wildcard suggestion. We often think of spring in terms of pretty pastel watercolours, but spring is also a time of violent upheaval, as captured by Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Think of ice cracking across a stream as it melts and frigid waters gushing forth. Young shoots vying for sunlight as they break through the earth. Animals shaking off hibernation driven by the need to feed and procreate. For this kind of spring-time energy, maybe something like Tyrannosaurus Rex by Zoologist will fit the bill more for you than a limpid floral?

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Spring Perfumes:

Rosa Praline by Les Parfums De Rosine

Feels like: Eating chocolate cake with tea instead of a proper dinner, wearing lace white lingerie, decorating old doll houses, writings of Madame d'Aulnoy, pressing fresh roses in books, taking rose baths, tiny historical figurines, lace skirts, music of Handel and Gabriel Fauré.

Notes: rose oil, grenium, dark chocolate, cardamom, cacao, amber, musk, rose, tea, sandalwood.

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Victoria's Secret Bombshell Perfume Collection Review

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Spring Perfumes:

Eau Parfumee au The Rouge by Bvlgari

Feels Like: watching classic romantic movies till sun rise, drinking chinese tea with your lover, feeling the morning cold in your skin, silk blouses, finding a very old almond scented travel size soap while cleaning your leather bag, learning to read music notes, the sound of tea cups, feeling the soft cushions on your bare legs.

Notes: tea, fig, walnut, pink pepper, bergamot rasin, orange, musk.

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Spring Perfumes:

Sa Majesté La Rose by Serge Lutens:

Feels like: sitting near a rose garden reading poetry in mornings, Mozart's music, rose oiled clean laundry, putting on rose scented lipstick, forgotten flower bouquets in porcelain vases, sipping warm honey lemon water before breakfast, sound of sewing machine coming from a distance, messy braided hair, old wooden mansions.

Notes: moroccan rose, honey, musk, guaiac wood, clove.

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Spring Perfumes:

Grand Amour by Annick Goutal

Feels like: sound of river coming from a distance, fresh picked flowers laying on clean linens, picnicking at your backyard, daydreaming on your bed, reading your old dairies, sound of a piano playing in an old big house, collecting old perfume bottles, discovering abondened houses with your friends, running through woods, floral garden at night.

Notes: hiacynth, lily, mimosa, rose, honeysuckle, leather, myrrh, jasmine, lydia broom, musk, amber, jasmine, vanille.

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Spring Perfumes:

Fiori Di Bellagio by En Voyage Perfumes

Feels like: reading fitzgerald on a lazy sunday evening, looking up to 20s wedding gowns while drinking rosehip tea, art deco jewellery boxes, sending flowery postcards to your friends, white lace lingerie, feeling the soft linen of a dress on your skin after a bath.

Notes: carnation, rose, ylang-ylang, lily of the valley, jasmine, civet, gardenia, orris, resins, violet, musk, lemon, vanille.