Smell right -- be it day or night
Many people already divide their wardrobes into categories of “day” and “night,” and it seems as if they may start doing the same with their fragrances.
According to the spring-summer trend report by the Fragrance Foundation, the nonprofit educational arm of the fragrance industry, women will continue to choose light floral scents for daytime and more romantic deep florals and Orientals at night.
Men will stick with clean daytime fragrances and more woody and Oriental scents for evening.
Here is a sampling of the season’s new women’s fragrances:
* Boucheron’s Trouble. An Oriental scent inspired by such “unpredictable” women as Mata Hari and Josephine Baker. It has a signature of jasmine, orange-scented flowers, amber and blue cedar.
* Chanel’s Gardenia. This is a reintroduction of the first single-scent fragrance, first launched in 1935 by Coco Chanel and perfumer Ernest Beaux.
* Yves Saint Laurent’s L’eau D’ete Opium. Literally translated, this is “the water of summer” featuring Opium’s classic spicy blend of mandarin orange, star jasmine and gold amber.
* Hermes Paris’ Eau de Merveilles. The emphasis of this new eau de toilette is the woody amber accents, including oak extract, while citrus notes help the fragrance maintain its femininity.
* Escada Island Kiss. Mango, passion fruit and orange are topped with magnolia, white peach and hibiscus and rounded off with blond wood and musk.
* Dessert’s Deliciously Kissable Love Potion Fragrance. The core of Jessica Simpson’s new fragrance and body care collection is available in three “flavors”: a vanilla bean and caramel blend, milk chocolate with coconut and a berry bouquet of strawberries, raspberries and greens.
* Gucci Envy Sun Mist. An alcohol-free fragrance inspired by vine flowers with green notes. The base has wood, musks and iris.
* Charles Jourdan. Using aphrodisiac notes, the scent opens with basil, armoise and asparagus with mango, peach and plumberry and has a heart built around a lava accord. It’s anchored by amber with patchouli, sandalwood, cumin and coffee absolute.
* Fleur de Sephora. The collection includes seven new fragrances that mix single flowers with spicy notes to form “duets.” The choices include blue lotus flower with water grass, red hibiscus with cedar, rose with musk, magnolia with patchouli, peony with raspberry, orchid with cardamom, and jasmine with green tea.
* Black-Kenneth Cole for Her. It features an ultra-feminine floral bouquet, including white hyacinth, black violet, magnolia, tuberose, lotus flower, orris, sandalwood and sweet amber.
For men:
* Aramis Ice. This cologne has a top note of synthetic aldehydics, offering coolness and freshness, a body of orange flower, lavender and patchouli and a leather-like base accord made of sandalwood and amber.
* Tommy Summer Cologne. The newest fragrance from Tommy Hilfiger opens with verbena, lime, mandarin and a touch of green pepper. Cool spearmint and menthol, and spicy cinnamon and saffron are some of the lingering notes.
* Chanel’s Allure Homme Sport. Mandarin kicks off the citrus fragrance that also has a woody facet derived from atlas cedar and vetiver and a spicy facet from black pepper.
* Kouros Cologne Sport Eau D’ete. A tonic top note of frozen blue mint is added to the jasmine character and a cedar base.
