5 Best Floral Fragrances for Spring
(photos: courtesy of brands)
Spring flowers are a perennial fragrance favorite, but this season perfumers turned to leaves, lily ponds, slick paving stones, and citrus for inspiration. Here, five verdant scents that are anything but garden-variety.
Dolce & Gabbana Dolce Floral Drops (above) balances the wonderful dewiness of water lily and neroli—derived from the blossoms of bitter orange trees—with a fresh hit of white amaryllis.
Dolce & Gabbana Dolce Floral Drops, $152, saks.com.
Burberry Brit Rhythm for Women Floral mixes Sicilian lemon and orange with jasmine and lotus blossom to sparkling fruity-floral effect.
Burberry Brit Rhythm for Women Floral, $90, burberry.com.
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Nest Fragrances Verde is, as the name suggests, a tangle of green notes, including fern, verbena, and vetiver.
Nest Fragrances Verde, $68, sephora.com.
Hermès le Jardin de Monsieur Li was inspired by the pools, wet stones, kumquats, plum trees, and pepper bushes of the gardens that perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena visited in China.
Hermès le Jardin de Monsieur Li, $135, hermes.com.
Tellus by Liquides Imaginaires smells like, well, dirt. But sexy dirt, thanks to the fir balsam and patchouli mixed with its earth notes.
Tellus by Liquides Imaginaires, $210, barneys.com.
By Jane Larkworthy
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