These Perfumes Will Transport You To Your Favourite Holiday Destination
Missing Bali's rice terraces, a ride through the Australian outback, or France's Provence region? Let these perfumes take you there instead.
It's officially summer across the globe and that means it's vacation season! Unfortunately, travel seems like a far-flung option for most of us at the moment but cabin fever is creeping up on most of us. To cope with the 'I miss travelling' feels, try looking to the beauty industry's oldest trick for imagination, fantasy, and teleportation – perfumes.
Let these nine luxury perfumes transport you to your favourite holiday destination with just one spritz:
If you love the Australian outback... here's one for you. With notes of Australian agarwood blended with saffron, cinnamon and ylang ylang, Goldfield & Banks' Silky Woods Perfume Concentrate ($220) comes with a creamy and spicy scent perfect for after sundown.
If you believe the journey is as important as the destination, Byredo Open Sky Eau de Parfum ($200)'s seductive blend of spicy black pepper, woody palo santo, hemp and vetiver will inspire you to take the scenic route.
This reinvention of the cult original Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Forever Eau de Parfum ($170.50) offers up notes of lemon and green apple tempered by orange blossom and musk. Think of it as seaside romance bottled.
If you're missing the cosy, wooden cabin of ski resorts, opt for the D.S. & Durga Freetrapper Eau de Parfum ($245). With notes of cedar, pine, wild bergamot and a hit of citrus, this woody unisex fragrance is broodiness at its best.
If a Balinese rice terrace trail hike is on your travel bucket list, this Floral Street Arizona Bloom Eau de Parfum ($160) formulated with Balinese coconut, Madagascan black pepper and salted musks in this free-spirited scent will take you directly to your happy place.
Reminiscent of the sun-soaked coast of Sicily, the citrus notes of Aerin Lauder Limone di Sicilia Eau de Parfum ($245)'s stylish scent mingle with Egyptian jasmine, rose and pink pepper for a fragrance that will transport you straight to a lemon grove.
Inspired by the Hôtel du Cap-Eden Roc on the French Riviera, perfumer François Demachy has bottled the location’s unique notes of marine air, flowers, citrus fruits and pine in Maison Christian Dior's Eden-Roc Eau de Parfum ($155).
If you miss basking in the all-encompassing, warm sunset on a yacht or by the beach, Tom Ford Soleil Brûlant Eau de Parfum ($855) will bring you the sun. You'll find citrus notes mingling with orange flower, spice and black honey in this bold and luxurious scent, which is the olfactory equivalent of the golden hour before sunset.
How does a yacht trip out at sea with a small group of your best friends sound to you? If that's up your alley, try Versace's Pour Femme Dylan Blue Eau de Parfum ($92). The green apple and blackcurrant mixed with clover and forget-me-not flowers will give you a fresh and vibrant scent that radiates an elevated holiday vibe.
Text: Bauer Syndication