Summer has a way of transforming our desires. Materials become lighter, colours more sun-drenched, gestures more spontaneous. When it comes to fragrance, the season calls for luminous, sensual, sometimes gourmand trails — always carried by a sense of escape.
This year, new olfactory creations explore many different moods: the iced tea of an Italian palace, salty skin after the beach, juicy fruits, solar flowers, soft woods and caressing vanilla. These are perfumes that do more than simply smell beautiful; they capture a moment — an aperitif by the water, a golden late afternoon, a light dress on still-warm skin.
Bvlgari – Eau Parfumée Thé Impérial
Bvlgari transforms the refined atmosphere of its hotels into a fragrance to wear. Sri Lankan black tea meets Italian citrus in a luminous, elegant and very summery composition. It is a scent of sophisticated freshness, almost textile-like, like an immaculate white shirt in the sun. An ideal new fragrance for those who love clean, chic and discreet trails — but never ordinary.
Burberry – Her Parfum
A new intensity within the Burberry Her family, Her Parfum explores a deeper, more enveloping kind of gourmand sensuality. Cherry brings a delicate fruity touch, amber warms the composition, while vanilla gives it a soft sensuality. This fragrance feels both urban and solar: perfect for summer evenings, when the day lingers on a terrace.
Ex Nihilo – Lust in Paradise Extrait de Parfum
In its Extrait de Parfum version, Lust in Paradise gains depth and sensuality. Blackcurrant, pink pepper, rose, jasmine, cedar, musk and Ambrofix create a trail that is at once floral, fruity and woody. It carries the feeling of sun-warmed skin, but with a more couture, unmistakably Parisian elegance. A new fragrance for those who love sophisticated, intimate skin scents with a real presence.
Glossier – You Soie
You Soie extends Glossier’s world of skin scents with a creamier, more solar interpretation. Bergamot opens the fragrance with a fresh brightness, before giving way to rice milk, tiaré water and evening jasmine. Ambrox creates a soft, musky base that melts into the skin. It is a fragrance of elegant holidays, somewhere between salty skin, a flowing dress and the light of late afternoon.
Calvin Klein – Euphoria Solar Elixir Parfum Intense
With Euphoria Solar Elixir, Calvin Klein imagines a luminous, tropical fragrance built around mango, golden orchid and vanilla. The result evokes an immediate, joyful, almost solar warmth. It is the scent of a carefree summer: fruity without feeling childish, gourmand without excess. An easy-to-wear new fragrance, perfect for both a day by the water and a summer evening.
Maison Francis Kurkdjian – Oud Satin Mood Eau de Parfum
With OUD satin mood, Maison Francis Kurkdjian creates an enveloping, precious and deeply sensual fragrance. Rare and mysterious oud wood blends with the delicacy of violet and the richness of Damascena rose, before softening into a smooth vanilla amber accord with warm, velvety accents. Like a fabric draped over the skin, this fragrance is more nocturnal than summery, yet perfect for summer evenings when one wants to leave an intense and elegant trail.
Guerlain – Aqua Allegoria Perle Florabloom
Guerlain extends the joyful spirit of the Aqua Allegoria collection with Perle Florabloom, a luminous floral new fragrance imagined as a summer bouquet — and alcohol-free. Mango, lime and bergamot open the scent with fruity freshness, before rose, tuberose and white flowers begin to bloom. In the base, coconut, musk and sandalwood bring a solar softness, almost powdery in feel. A radiant, feminine and joyful fragrance, perfect for accompanying long summer days.
Diptyque – Orphéon Eau de Toilette
Diptyque reinvents Orphéon as a fresher, more sparkling and more summery Eau de Toilette. Green mandarin, yuzu, juniper berries, pink pepper, ginger, rose, magnolia, cedar and musk create a trail that is both vibrant and elegant. The house’s softly intimate spirit remains, now touched with a new light. A fragrance with character, perfect for those seeking refined freshness.
Balmain Beauty – Destin de Balmain
Destin de Balmain opens with a luminous strawberry note, paired with peony and a peppery touch, before settling into a base of lily, musk, patchouli and sandalwood. The fragrance is fruity and floral, but above all deeply fashion-forward. It evokes an assertive, contemporary, almost graphic femininity. A new scent to wear like a statement, somewhere between softness and confidence.
Hermès – Un Jardin sous la Mer
With Un Jardin sous la Mer, Hermès presents one of the season’s most poetic new fragrances. Created by Christine Nagel, the scent draws its inspiration from French Polynesia, around the island of Taha’a, between tropical flora, coral and the marine horizon. Mineral notes meet tiaré flower and tamanu nut in a composition that feels fresh, solar and contemplative. It is a fragrance of elegant escape — less a beach scent than an inner journey, like a blue interlude at the heart of summer.
