com cocktails, sorbets, fresh fruit salads to be enjoyed on an exotic beach: the scents of summer 2023 look like fruity, fresh and sparkling tropical juicesolfactory passports to distant destinations, even if only with the mind. The greedy notes are combined with flowers and sweet accords for a boost of joy. A must try, on holiday or in the city.
Tropical scents, real fresh summer fruit salads
Playful and fun, the tropical scents of summer are based on very fruity olfactory pyramids. Among the inevitable notes those of coconutsweet and tropical, but also less obvious fruits that give the jus a boost of energy.
Cherry, for example, has a multifaceted notehas a rich bouquet due to the many known species, 900 sweet and 300 sour, each with its own particular aroma.
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The juiciest is perhaps the black one, with a very powdery aromawhile the olfactory note of‘cherry is round and complex. Given its richness, it is obvious that it strikes the mind and imagination of fragrance creators, capable of transforming cherry into an exotic and fresh note or a perturbing and sensual one.
Then, the sweets peaches, the most typical fruit of the Italian summer, with scents that evoke the brightness of a sunny day. If, on the other hand, you are looking for a touch of tropical cheerfulness, you have to focus on mango: cheeky note, it envelops the skin with its sweet but not cloying scentslightly sour.
White flowers, exotic and heavenly
Not just fruit. White jasmine, ylang-ylang, frangipani and tiare are the most summery bouquets there are. To confirm it too Angeline Leporini, Senior Perfumeur and nose of Liu Jo Silkwaythe latest fragrance by Liu Jo: «I have a used a bouquet of jasmine with white flowers to recreate the summer freshness of my childhood gardenenhanced by the Calabrian bergamot that balances the sensuality of the flowers» explains the nose.
Exotic to the right point, white flowers are a great classic of summer olfactory bouquets. Borrowed from tropical gardens, they have the characteristic of being milky and soft, very enveloping and full-bodied, and give something sensual and disturbing to the fragrance. For this, often si accompany vanilla: «Creamy and enveloping, vanilla for me reminds me of the softness of silka real caress on the skin, a perfect note to stimulate the imagination, and which I used as a final accord in this creation» continues Liu Jo Silkway’s nose.
Vanilla, soft sensuality
The vanilla note gives soft sensuality and sweetness perfect for the summer, and gives softness and body to the fragrances in which it is found.
Noses choose two qualities for two different sensations: slightly tarter, Bourbon vanilla it comes from the Indian Ocean, its main cultivation is in Madagascar and on the island of Rèunion, and it is a sweet but slightly dry vanilla. Tahiti vanilla is instead completely enveloping and enjoyable which is much more sugary and brings to mind the aroma of plum and gingerbread, it is used if you want to add a lot of softness to the creation.
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