The temperatures are rising fast and summer is already here. This makes it the perfect time to keep cool and refreshed with one of these unique summer fragrances. After all, when it comes to fragrance, seasonality is an important factor that tends to be forgotten. For summer fragrances, you should go for lighter notes such as citrus (mandarin, lemon, lime, etc) with woody bases like sandalwood, blond woods, or grassy bases like petit grain for example. Below are five niche perfumers who have developed their own versions of lasting and luxurious summer fragrances, which you can find at Beautique.

Summer Fragrances To Look Out For

Army of Lovers by Laurent Mazzone

Army of Lovers is part of The Intimacy Collection, which is a stronger, more expensive range within the LM Perfumes line centered around pure perfumes with more luxurious ingredients. Laurent Mazzone spent two years working on Army of Lovers, which was named after the Swedish. Army of Lovers is musk cyprus based, very much a «skin» perfume which mixes the strong notes of coriander, oak moss, and patchouli. It plays with paradox and epochs and is worn equally by men and women. The perfume is simply for those who refuse to be stereotyped.

Pur Eve by The Different Company

Pure Eve is born from a simple idea: create an unpretentious and comfortable perfume, fresh and luxurious, a perfume as soft and elegant as a Seersucker shirt or a little black dress. It is made for her or for him, a purely sensual luxury to wear every day. Céline Ellena used the best quality of Musk which reminds one the sensation of silk mixed with cotton on our skin, structured by Cedarwood and softened by the Calisson (a specific candy created in Aix en Provence, in the south east of France). More specifically, Pure Eve is a pure and sensual scent with fresh notes sans citrus fruit, thanks to aldehydes. Simply put, these summer fragrances have a sweet almond sensation without the bitterness, a fresh woody-musky base note, and very qualitative White Musk.

No 8 Apero by Lengling

Apero will whisk you away on a blissful journey south to enjoy the magical evening mood with a glass of delicious cuvée encompassing all your senses. Elegant Chardonnay, sparkling citrus notes and mimosa give this sumptuous fragrance its radiant signature. This is combined in the finest balance with the heat of a summer night. Apero has a lime and petitgrain note, as well as Tonka bean, heliotrope, and cashmeran.

Rosa Moceniga by The Merchant of Venice

Rosa Moceniga, a Chinese rose from the 18th Century, is highly perfumed and can be recognized by its characteristic pink petal color tone, evolving with light as it blossoms. Its arrival in Europe dates back to the Napoleonic Era when Josephine Bonaparte shared the Chinese rose with Lucietta Mocenigo, wife to the Count Alvise Mocenigo. Lucietta instantly fell in love with the species and decided to grow a full garden in Alvisopoli, where it has been growing for over 200 years. The rose is today extremely difficult to find – but the story lasted. Rosa Moceniga is an Eau de perfume with rose, blackcurrant leaf, and lemon top notes. Heart notes are made of rose absolute, magnolia and lotus flower. While the base notes are vanilla, musk, cedar, and amber.

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Hystera by Gabriella Chieffo

A meditation on gestation and birth, Hystera (Greek for “womb”) plays out as the blossoming of life itself. It is a woody aromatic fragrance that begins with a spark of intense green and expands out into a fully-rounded, truly alive composition. Hystera opens with fresh, green and aromatic notes, with clary sage making up the primary note of a green accord that also includes bitter, rindy bergamot that tickles the nose and draws you further in. As the perfume dries, a fresh, wet, earthy patchouli emerges, made sweeter by vanilla and rich labdanum, and then it’s ultimately rounded out by a woody, full-bodied dry down that lasts for hours. We picture a majestic tree springing forth from the tiniest of saplings, but no matter how you view it, Hystera is one of those rich, and resinous summer fragrances that will leave its mark on you.