Sweet Summer Scents

Still looking for sweet summer scents for someone you love or yourself? Summer is a great time to switch over to something a little lighter, fresher and cooler. Your summertime fragrance should make you think of crashing ocean waves and tropical breezes. Here are just some of the sweet scents that are perfect for summertime.

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Missoni Acqua Eau de Toilette ($60-$80) is  for the woman who is passionate about love, family and life.  The fragrance is a blend of  fresh grapefruit, bergamot, melon and sensual narcisse with muguet, violet, freesia and peony. The dry down is a mixture of Tuscan iris, jasmine and sole.  The bottle is a lovely  translucent green that’s accented with a cabochon cap and the signature multi-coloured zig zag Mission pattern.

Prescriptives Calyx Sheer Exhilaration Eau de Toilette ($39) is exactly what a summer scent should be; fresh, sparkling and exhilarating. This is a limited-edition all-over scent that’s a lighter version of the original Calyx scent.  It has a blend of fruit such as grapefruit, mandarin, mango, passion fruit and guava. The exotic fruit is then paired with florals; freesia, muguet, neroli, rose, lily, jasmine and marigold with base notes of oak moss, sandalwood and vetiver. The pretty yellow-green bottle is etched with the name of the scent and is capped off with a silver top.

Marc Jacobs Rain Splash ($68) is perfect for those hot summer days. This refreshing body spray cools the skin while leaving a light and fresh scent.  It has notes of cut grass, wild strawberry, clementine zest, cypress, tropical rain accord, passion flower, sunshine flower, white orchid, amber, musk, tree moss and teak wood. The bottle is huge at 10oz so it will last a long time even if sprayed liberally.

Estée Lauder Beyond Paradise Blue Eau de Parfum ($50) is a scent that incorporates the color of the sky, water and paradise.  The floral scent is sparkling and cool with a mix of citrus notes, combined with bergamot, Belle de Nuit flower, jasmine, orange flower templar, frangipani, vanilla sands, vanilla absolute, melaleuca bark, sandalwood and finally a dry down of cananga flower, neroli and lavender.