The Best Perfume to Take on Vacation
Summer perfumes should be combined not only with airy dresses. Fragrances exposed to heat and sun often reveal notes of double strength. Therefore, it is worth looking for those that will release a light bouquet of aromas on your heated skin. After all, thanks to them, with just one spray, you can evoke even the most fleeting memories after the holidays.
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Perfumes, like clothes, require seasonal inspection and, if necessary, change to lighter ones. While there are proponents of oriental notes used throughout the year, we prefer fruity, floral or fresh scents for most of the summer. However, before reading what to smell this season, pay attention to how to use perfume in the summer.
First of all, if you go to the beach, never spray on your skin. This is an easy route to discoloration or allergies. When using women's perfume, it is safer to spray pareos, suit strings, or hair ends.
Second, if you have very sensitive skin, opt for non-alcoholic eau de toilette or hair spray instead of perfume. Why? The composition of eau de toilette and eau de parfum, in addition to fragrant ingredients, also contains fixatives and alcohol, which can irritate the skin upon contact with the sun. In perfumery water, aromatic oils in a concentration of 10-15% are dissolved in ethyl alcohol. On the other hand, the concentration of oils in toilet water is a maximum of 10%. However, colognes contain only 3% notes, so the smell is lighter, safer, but lasts less time.
Bath cosmetics with their favorite perfume scent are also available for the more sensitive. Usually it is a shower gel, body lotion and deodorant. They have such an intense fragrance that they can easily replace perfume. After all, summer is better safe than sorry than fighting discoloration or allergies for the rest of the year. However, let's leave the chemical composition and deal with a more pleasant, aromatic composition of notes.
What does paradise beach smell like?
Imagine a scent that will take you far to a paradise beach. In the sun, on the hot sand, you relax, sipping cold lemonade, and your skin smells like coconut oil. This is how Natalie Gracia-Chetto, the creator of the fragrance, imagined the perfect vacation. Tom Ford White Sun Water. So in this luxurious water you will feel green bergamot, bitter orange, pistachios and a hint of coconut. Here you will find sweetness, but at the same time, citrus fruits are refreshing, so the mix seems to be perfect.
Similar sweet and crunchy notes can be found in the water of the line. Aqua Allegoria by Guerlain called Teazzurra. The ocean blue-inspired blend is refreshing with notes of green tea, lemon, yuzu and grapefruit. Aromas of chamomile, jasmine and vanilla envelop the skin in a sweet floral accord. And how to talk about fragrances without constantly sighing about festive sunsets and swimming in the open sea? It's one of the most popular holiday fragrances. Blue Dolce and Gabbana from the packaging to the ingredients, this should be a tribute to the Mediterranean. Notes smell of Sicilian lemon, green apple and bluebell flowers. There are also white roses, bamboo and amber. The fragrance is eighteen years old and is still at the top of the perfume charts.
Speaking of iconic fragrances, light colognes for the whole body and hair are perfect for summer. For example, the well-known and beloved woda Clarinsa Dynamizing waterwhich has a refreshing effect and is gentle. You can spray it on your skin even in the sun. All thanks to oils and extracts of herbs such as thyme, patchouli, lemon, ginseng and aloe. And if you prefer something very light in summer, try our Perfume Hair Spray. Chance Eau Vive by Chanel. You will smell citrus, jasmine, cedar and iris.
Limited perfume
There is something else. Summer releases of fragrances that will disappear from the shelves of perfume shops with the end of the season. Every year, such festive water is offered by: Estee Lauder, Calvin Klein and Marc Jacobs. One of the lightest compositions from Marc Jacobs in a line of daisies. A fragrant blend of citrus, fruits and flowers, packaged in a colorful bottle, perfect for a holiday suitcase. Notes include raspberry, grapefruit, apple blossom and plum.
You can also wait for the (premiering soon!) special edition of Calvin Klein CK One Summer. This year, his composition will include unusual notes, such as a blue lagoon accord and a note of wood drifting in the sea waters. Promises to be interesting.
And, finally, a gift for everyone who replaces perfume with fragrant body oils in the summer. The trend for multifunctional cosmetics continues and gets better. Among the good and proven ones, it is worth mentioning Defect oil for the body and face, which smells of orange flowers, as well as universal Decleor. The latter has a rose and sweet almond aroma. Oils smell, moisturize the skin, protect the hair and replace any balm in the summer. Worth taking on vacation.
Fragrant suitcase
A few tips for everyone who can't imagine a holiday without a whole list of favorite scents. First of all: you don't need to take heavy bottles with you. Glass, even the thickest, sometimes breaks, so it's safer to buy mini spray with a capacity of 20 - 30 ml. Sold with a funnel, which facilitates the work. Pour your favorite water into it and take it with you on a trip to the ends of the world. In hand luggage, this container is also suitable, because the limit is 100 ml.
Option number two - flavoring in plastic packaging. Such a light and practical cosmetic product has two tasks: to care for and moisturize the skin and give a pleasant aroma. Let's take an example tropical waters of Belenda. It smells of green tea and gardenia, is pleasantly refreshing and contains no alcohol, so it is suitable even on the beach.
And if you want to keep your travel suitcase to a minimum, a mini hair perfume is a good idea. A small bottle (usually 30 ml), but a lot of fragrance, because the hair smells the longest. That is why there are more such novelties in the summer. Like perfume for hair and body Take Forda Black Orchid.
