Summer Fruit Perfumes, Ripe for the Picking

Warmer seasons bring a bounty of fresh fruit, and we’re in the mood for perfumes that conjure up all kinds of juicy flavours. Here are three picks whose aromas will put you right into a happy summer daze of summer picnics, colourful cocktails, and long days at the beach. (No sunscreen required.)

Ripe guava, sparkling grapefruit, and decadent jasmine are lifted by the bracing greenness of galbanum. Vibrant and surprising, Delta of Venus is a new temptation for anyone who craves a sophisticated (yet edgy) fruity perfume.

Despite its name, a coconut is a fruit, not a nut — and its creamy white insides give a sweet tropical taste to everything from drinks to soups to desserts. Parfums Artimique brings out coconut’s soft, comforting side in Coconut Blanket by stirring notes of watery mint, refreshing lemon, and a drop of vanilla into its coconut-water center. This is a perfect scent for summer snuggling, just as the party’s winding down at sunset.

Rhubarb’s tart green-and-red stalks are usually sweetened with sugar for pie fillings and other desserts. Isabelle Larignon takes a fresher approach for Mandi Rhubi, starting with the smell of rhubarb still growing in a garden: tangy, bright, crunchy. Combining this rhubarb with leafy-green notes and sparkling citrus accents, Mandi Rhubi bottles the bubbly joy of summertime freedom. Isabelle herself compares it to the feeling of “frolicking in the wild grass, walking barefoot in the early morning dew…” and we agree.