With temperatures slowly rising and the sun starting to shine again, a gal's thoughts turn to spring. Why not celebrate the new season by splashing out on a new fragrance? Here is a round-up of my 10 favorite scents to brighten your mood this spring.
Daisy Eau So Fresh Perfume for Women by Marc Jacobs
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Category: Fruity-floral
New for spring 2011, Daisy Eau So Fresh is the “spirited new version” of Marc Jacobs' massively popular Daisy fragrance (2007). Despite the floral name, Eau So Fresh is actually a fruity reinterpreation of the original Daisy scent, designed to appeal to a younger consumer. Described as whimsical and charming, Eau So Fresh mixes playful notes of raspberry, grapefruit and lychee with sensuous violet and wild rose, over a warm plum-cedarwood-musk base. The overall scent is clean and crisp, and perfect for a transition into the spring season. And how cute is the bouquet-like bottle.
Versense Perfume by Versace for Women
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Category: Citrus
This fresh and expensive-smelling fragrance will make you dream of sipping Limoncello by the sea, while handsome Italian men stroll by. Launched by the couture house of Versace in 2009, Versense is an artful blend of "elements from the Mediterranean", including crisp citrus fruits and bergamot, heart notes of spicy cardamom, jasmine and sea daffodil, and a sensual base of olive tree, sandalwood and musk. At first spritz, the fizzy citrus notes dominate, but the aroma softens on the skin as the florals and wood notes emerge. A very likeable and wearable perfume for spring.
High Line Perfume by Bond No. 9
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Category: Green
The NYC-centric scent purveryers at Bond No. 9 were inspired to create this "metro perfume" in 2010 by New York's High Line, an urban aerial greenway with meadows and wetlands built on a former elevated freight railroad line. Designed as a unisex fragrance, High Line conveys "a whiff of urban wildflowers and a hint of industrial grit", with a blend of grass notes, bergamot, tulip, red leaf rose, grape hyacinth, sea moss and orange flower water. A compelling, unusual and clean scent for spring.
Cherry Blossom Eau de Toilette by L'Occitane
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Category: Floral
The scent of cherry blossom in the air is how nature announces spring's arrival in Provence. L'Occitane celebrates the beauty of the first days of spring, with its soft and gorgeous Cherry Blossom fragrance. Notes of freesia, lily, amber and musk round out this feminine perfume. Beautifully packaged in an engraved glass bottle.
DKNY Be Delicious Juiced Perfume by Donna Karan
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Category: Fruity
New for spring 2011, fashion designer Donna Karan launches DKNY Be Delicious limited perfume edition, a reinvention of her original Be Delicious Perfume (2009). Be Delicious Juiced is a bright and flirty concoction of succulent New York apples and watery notes, with a vibrant peony, lily and violet floral heart, over a creamy base accord of cedar and white amber. Confident and cool, this is a refreshing scent to take you through the spring.
Diorissimo Perfume for Women by Christian Dior
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Category: Floral
Diorissimo is a fresh and carefree floral that has been called "a breath of spring in a bottle". The scent was created in 1956 by the legendary perfumer Edmond Roudnitska, who was given the task of distilling the essence of the lily of the valley by Christian Dior, who considered this his "lucky flower". The resulting perfume, also including notes of ylang-ylang and jasmine, is fresh and romantic.
Kenzo L'eau Par Kenzo
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Category: Oceanic
This fresh and cheerful fragrance is like a pair of perfect-fitting jeans. That is, it goes with everything you own, and you’ll smile every time you put it on. Top notes of reed stems and water mint mingle with freshwater florals and peach, creating a scent that’s bright, feminine and clean. The scent is also delicate enough that you can apply it with abandon, without ever smelling overwhelming. Wear it with confidence from the office to brunch with your friends.
Preppy Princess Perfume for Women by Vera Wang
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Category: Fruity-floral
If spring makes you want to pop on your headband and pearls and head to the Plaza, we've got the perfume for you. Vera Wang aims to capture the snobby appeal of young uptown-girl New Yorkers with her new-for-spring 2011 limited edition fragrance. Preppy Princess blends juicy fruits with pink jasmine, peony petals and peach blossom, over a cuddly base of soft wood, vanilla and musk. A fabulous scent to wear on a springtime shopping spree or daytime date. The heart-shaped bottle is to-die-for, too.
Bois de Iles Perfume for Women by Chanel
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Category: Oriental
If you have a wedding to attend this spring, consider accessorizing with Chanel. First created by master perfumer Ernest Beaux in 1926, Bois de Iles was re-released in the 1980s as part of Chanel’s Rue Cambon Collection. The ultimate in understated elegance, the scent combines aldehydes, coriander, bergamot, neroli, peach, jasmine, rose, lily of the valley, iris, ylang-ylang, vetiver, sandalwood, benzoin, vanilla and musk. Wait out the aldehydic opening and you'll be rewarded with a warm, woody, oriental aroma that compells people to lean closer and ask, "What are you wearing?"
Happy Game Eau de Toilette for Women by Adidas
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Category: Fruity-floral
Adidas presents their new fruity-floral fragrance for spring 2011. Designed to target "today’s dynamic young woman,", the scent combines juicy fruits with freesia, jasmine, blond wood, musk and amber, for an appeal that's energetic and youthfully feminine. A great spring perfume for the teenage girl in your household.
