What could be a better accessory than a fragrance? The best fragrance for ladies is far beyond only an aroma. It’s an augmentation of an outfit, a tactile proclamation, a method for leaving an unpalatable engraving on the psyches that you experience.
Science reveals to us that the olfactory piece of our minds which procedures fragrances is in all respects firmly connected to the amygdala and hippocampus, the neurological areas that procedure feelings and memory. Thus the Proustian impact – here and there a solitary sniff of a much-cherished aroma from an earlier time or a blossom that became outside a most loved manor is sufficient to move you back.
Whatever you choose, we’ve sorted the wheat from the chaff to bring you a perfectly edited selection of scents that are sure to suit every taste from heady and sensual to light and breezy.
See our edit of the best perfumes for women below…
There is nothing like a scent that smells of the sea and this one gets it down to a tee. With notes of coconut, solar cream, orange blossom and vanilla, it’s sumptuously balmy and goes perfectly with salty locks and a free-spirited mentality.
MiN New York Long Board, £220, available at Harrods.
Inspired by the British nature and the smells that come with it, Laboratory Perfumes is a cool, indie brand that makes interesting perfumes. Few scents say summer like this one, a vanilla-meets-coconut wonder that smells good enough to eat.
Laboratory Perfumes Tonka Eau de Toilette, £65, available at Cult Beauty.
Misting yourself in this new Louis Vuitton scent is like going for an actual afternoon swim in exotic climes. It’s crisp and cool and packed with citrusy notes, like Sicilian orange and mandarin.
Louis Vuitton Afternoon Swim, £185, available at Louis Vuitton.
There’s rosy fragrances, and then there’s this rosy fragrance. Fused with ambrette, the scent is evocative of truly fresh-cut roses, still wet with dew. It’s sensual and alluring, but still delicate rather than cloying.
Jo Loves Rose Petal 25, £70, available at Joloves.com
Think long, hot days in a bottle, the new Byredo scent is warm and welcoming with notes of cotton candy, musk, lemon and mandarin. It’s as carefree as they come and will brighten up days when the sun isn’t shining, no end.
Byredo Sundazed, £165, available at Space NK.
Named to celebrate the year in which Gabrielle Chanel received the Neiman Marcus Fashion Award in Dallas, Chanel’s 1957 fragrance from the Les Exclusifs collection is a gorgeous musky scent, complemented by notes of bergamot, iris, neroli, cedar and honey.
Chanel Les Exclusifs De Chanel 1957 Eau De Parfum, £280 for 200ml. Available at Chanel.com.
