Spring has sprung! With the weather finally getting warmer, it’s time to shift your scent from warm, toasty notes to light, airy mists.
So, what exactly should you look for in your new spring fragrance? According to Darryl Do, senior perfumer at Delbia Do Fragrances, “New fragrances with florals will be the obvious choice. Floral fruity, floral musk, floral woody, and any combination in between!” Here are a few picks that Darryl recommends.
The 7 Virtues Perfume Layering Discovery Set
Do is a big fan of discovery sets because they allow you to try a wide range of offerings for your next fragrance. The 7 Virtues Perfume Layering Discovery Set features eight fragrances that you can try:
- Vanilla Woods – a sweet perfume with notes of pear, rose, vanilla, and caramel
- Cherry Ambition – a spicy-sweet perfume with notes of cherry, saffron, vanilla, and even marshmallow!
- Coconut Sun – a fresh-floral perfume with notes of plumeria, coconut water, and vanilla
- Candied Lychee – a fruity-floral perfume with notes of vanilla, lychee, and peony
- Clementine Dream – a citrus-floral perfume with notes of, magnolia, vanilla, and you guessed it, clementine
- Amber Vanilla – a lightly sweet perfume with notes of amber, carnation, and vanilla
- Santal Vanille – a spicy perfume with notes of myrrh, vanilla, and sandalwood
- Lotus Pear – a sweet-floral perfume with notes of gardenia, lotus flower, and pear
D.S & DURGA Discovery Sets
Brooklyn-based husband-and-wife fragrance brand D.S & DURGA has a wide variety of discovery sets, and according to Do, all of them would be great to add to your spring fragrance selection. Here are a few sets you can choose from:
Greatest Hits Vol 1: 6 of the brand’s greatest perfumes, including I Don’t Know What, Debaser, Rose Atlantic, Radio Bombay, Cowboy Grass, and Bowmakers.
Customizable Sample Set: you can try four scents out of the brand’s whopping twenty! If you’re a bit indecisive, you can take a quiz that will help you find your favorites or choose from two existing sampler sets curated by the brand’s founders.
Big City Jams: another sampler set of 6 featuring Coriander, Burning Barbershop, Bistro Waters, Grapefruit Generation, Notorious Oud, and Italian Citrus.
Jo Malone Cologne Discovery Sets
You can never go wrong with Jo Malone London. Their scents speak for themselves! Do recommends trying out their Cologne Discovery Sets:
Cologne Discovery Set: 5 trial-sized vials of the brand’s signature colognes, including Wood Sage & Sea Salt, English Pear & Freesia, Peony & Blush Suede, Wild Bluebell, and Nectarine Blossom & Honey.
Cologne Intense Discovery Set: 5 popular scents from the brand’s Cologne Intense collection, which includes Scarlet Poppy, Velvet Rose & Oud, Oud & Bergamot, Cypress & Grapevine, and Myrrh & Tonka.
To add to the recommendations that Do gave, here are a few floral-scented perfumes that XOXO suggests you try:
Burberry Her Eau de Toilette with Pear
Burberry’s Her Eau de Toilette with Pear has been around for years, and its continued success only demonstrates how amazing the scent is. This thin, layerable perfume has notes of pear, musk, and peony, making it fresh and fruity, just like how the air smells on a clean spring day.
Glossier You Fleur
Glossier’s newest fragrance is Glossier You Fleur, and the name speaks for itself! “Fleur” means “flower” in French, which is an apt name considering it contains ingredients like ylang-ylang and osmanthus. What’s so special about Glossier fragrances is that they are skin-scent enhancers, meaning that the scent will lay on each person uniquely, giving them their signature scent.
Gucci Mini Flora Gorgeous Duo Set
This little set features two fragrances from the iconic Gucci Flora collection: Flora Gorgeous Gardenia is a rich floral scent with hints of pear blossom, brown sugar, jasmine, and, of course, gardenias, while Flora Gorgeous Orchid is a fresher scent with, notes of vanilla and orchid.
Which scent are you choosing for spring? Let us know!
XOXO,
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