As spring brings longer days, blooming flowers, and a warm sun, it's time for us to bid farewell to our rich, velvety winter fragrances and find a lighter, softer scent for the season. Here are warm weather-friendly fragrance notes to look for as you shop for your new spring fragrance:
Spring Fragrance Base Notes:
- White flowers (gardenia, jasmine, lily, tuberose, camellia)
- Citrus (mandarin, orange blossom, bergamot)
- Fruit (pear, apple)
- Lavender
- Rose
- Neroli
- Woodsy (cedarwood, sandalwood, musk)
These 10 spring fragrances represent some of my all time favorites and new noteworthy ones that are on the top of my wish list. See why they're irresistible scents you have to try in the slideshow below!
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Beauty Trend Alert: 10 Irresistible Spring Fragrances
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Kai Perfume Oil
$48
Why We Love It: A light and luxurious white floral fragrance. Gardenia, jasmine, lily, tuberose, and exotic white floral notes create this clean and intoxicating scent. The big win for yours truly? The travel sized bottle with a roll on applicator---the perfect design for on-the-go mamas everywhere. I've been a Kai girl for almost 10 years and counting. It makes us feel beautiful!
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Tom Ford Neroli Portofino
$210
Why We Love It: Tom Ford has created a divine fragrance that perfectly captures the cool breezes, sparkling clear water, and lush foliage of the Italian Rivera. Notes of Tunisian neroli, Italian bergamot, Sicilian lemon, winter yellow mandarin, orange flower, and lavender put this perfume in a league of its own. The Neroli Portofino is my "I'm feeling fabulous" fragrance. It was my biggest frangrance splurge last year and worth every cent. Trust me and try it---it's marvelous.
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Kate Spade Live Colorfully
$75
Why We Love It: A confident, uplifting fragrance with an unexpected mix of classic olfactive ingredients (gardenia, vanilla, musk) with exotic touches (coconut water, tiare flower).
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Bath & Body Works Japanese Cherry Blossom
Bath & Body Works Japanese Cherry Blossom
$34.50
Why We Love It: One of my favorites at an incredible price. Japanese cherry blossom, Asian pear, Kyoto rose, mimosa petals, and Himalayan cedarwood round out the wonderfulness that is this fragrance.
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Le Labo Rose 31
$70 - $160
Why We Love It: Rose, caraway, vetiver, cedar, and musk are just five of the thirty-one elements in this lush, woodsy rose fragrance by French master perfumers Le Labo. This is a one of a kind scent that---for some---is too unique and lacks the traditional rose scent. For me, it has been one of my all time favorite fragrances and was my first big niche perfume splurge. (They hand make your order in front of you!)
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Dolce&Gabbana Light Blue Escape to Panarea
Dolce&Gabbana Light Blue Escape to Panarea
$75
Why We Love It: A light and bright fragrance filled with fresh and sweet notes of Calabrian bergamot, pear, nocturnal jasmine, and orange blossoms. The lightness of this updated Light Blue scent makes it a perfect pick for our days in the sun.
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See By Chloé Eau Fraîche
$78
Why We Love It: Water hyacinth, apple blossom accord, bright jasmine, vetiver, and musk create this feminine and light scent that evokes the gentleness of a walk through Paris. It's a wonderful springtime floral fragrance.
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Carolina Herrera 212
$73
Why We Love It: A cool, floral fragrance for the downtown girl. Notes of gardenia, mandarin, bergamot, rosette, camellia, white lily, satinwood, sandalwood, and musk make this a light, distinctive, head-turning scent.
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Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb La Vie En Rose
Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb La Vie En Rose
$95
Why We Love It: This new, lighter version of the popular Flowerbomb fragrance features three exotic florals with hints of citrus---rose, sambac jasmine, and heights orchid. The result? A very glamorous, perfectly springtime scent.
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Dolce&Gabbana Dolce
$90
Why We Love It: A soft, feminine blend of white flowers, introduced by the freshness of neroli leaves and defined by the white amaryllis, a South African flower used here for the first time ever in scent.
