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1 year ago - 04/19/2024
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Are there really summer perfumes?

Are there really summer perfumes?

This article is not trying to prove anything. For me it's all a matter of taste and matter of personality. The market of course wants us to consume, so when the temperatures rise the market will say "come on you need a perfume that smells like the breeze that blows over the sea surface towards your head. So buy all fragrances with calypsone, the synthetic note that smells like a salty breeze,and buy all fragrances with notes that echo the total surrender of sunbathing on a beach of the Mediterranean sea such as lavender, cypress, geranium leaves,herbs such as basil, artemisia,mint, and rich citrus fruits like Amalfi lemons, bergamot, green clementine and neroli. Or the market will catch your attention with different and more exotic places such as Hawaiian florals, coconut water and pineapples and green mango farms.

However, in my education and to my character and judgement there are not summer perfumes and winter perfumes. There are fresh perfumes, floral and fruity perfumes, amber and woodsy perfumes, oud perfumes and smokey resinous perfumes.

Anyway I cannot convince anybody who insists being influenced by youtubers who sell perfumes online. I am not God.

For summer and higher temperatures I suggest lighter and brighter perfumes, florals with musk and citrus fruits such as my favorite Pure Twist Debois or a sweet green fougere such as Equipage Eau de Toilette . Please contradict me or agree with me.

Last updated 04/19/2024 - 04:14 AM
8 Comments
SmirkySmirky 1 year ago
In general, I agree. I pretty much wear what I want when I want. That said, living in the upper midwest in the USA, summer temperatures are usually on the cool to pleasantly warm side, not hot.
Also, as a fan of men's fragrances from the 70's - 80's, that was a time when men designer houses only had one or two fragrances specifically marketed towards men. Most men chose a fragrance and wore the same thing all year round, hot or cold or in between.
TzapanTzapan 1 year ago
@Smirky this thing about less products addressed to men I think still exists.The market never adapted according to new research .Fragrances are listed in cosmetics because we apply them on our skin. And the market of cosmetics of course is mostly purchased by women.
GourmandgrlGourmandgrl 1 year ago
Great minds think alike, @Tzapan 😊 I have a drafted article about summer fragrances too, that I haven't yet published as I was waiting for it to be closer to summertime!
I agree that what is a "summer" fragrance is very subjective, and it's true that businesses capitalize on these change in seasons to persuade us to buy more.
I think it's interesting to test fragrances normally reserved for colder weather, to see how they perform differently in warmth.
I haven't tried Pure Twist Debois or Equipage, what do you love most about each of these?
Thank you for sharing, I enjoyed reading your thoughts!
TzapanTzapan 1 year ago
Hello! Equipage is green and very aromatic,very sophisticated woodsy fugere eau de parfum. Oros pure twist de bois is s musk with amber and juicy sandalwood, a musk with citrus fruits and a rose wrapped in leaves of violet and leaves of patchouli, not a very sweet edp rather bittersweet musk.
GalbanumLeafGalbanumLeaf 1 year ago
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Only as temperature may effect perception and performance. In the heat (also in California), heavier perfumes smell...heavy. But to each their own. I do prefer, even crave, certain scents according to season, but I'll wear any at anytime as well. There's my non answer answer.
TzapanTzapan 1 year ago
You are damn right and do wisely.
ExUserExUser 1 year ago
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I would agree. There are fragrances that are more suitable for summer perhaps, although many, perhaps most, are versatile enough to be worn year round.
My idea of summer isn’t everyone’s. I lived in the California desert, 100 miles from the sea, and where in summer the temperature would rise to 120F. I didn’t want to wear fragrance at all in that heat. In summer in Europe I might wear Mugler’s Cologne if it wasn’t discontinued, or perhaps a summer Le Male des ete/Eau fraiche.
TzapanTzapan 1 year ago
Very much understood. If you are talking about Mugler A* men the version of the filler of the bottle you can unscrew yourself was never disrupted. But they disrupted the one use bottle.

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