Beyond Budding Blossoms

A veritable focal point on florals, there’s a plethora of renditions to make one your own this summer. Whether it be a new found love or scandalous shenanigans, choose a fragrance to remind you of this season’s nostalgic revelries.

Prada’s Perfumery

Tuberose, ylang-ylang and patchouli blended with a neutral concoction of tropical flowers; the seductive La Femme Prada Intense, EDP, 100ml, $298, is a work of wonder that reflects the essence of the Prada woman.

Blooming Bouquet

A flourishing garden of wild tuberose, jasmine and rangoon creeper soars in Alessandro Michele’s first fragrance, Gucci Bloom, EDP, 50ml, $143, enveloping you entirely into a fantastical dream of floral abundance.

Back to ‘93

A nostalgic exploration into the iconic 1993 love affair between Mario Sorrenti and Kate Moss, Calvin Klein re-lives this historic moment in the reincarnation of lavender and musk infused Obsessed, EDP, $109.

Floral Dreams

Zadig & Voltaire’s JUST ROCK! Pour Elle, 50ml, EDP, $126, will cocoon you in its delicate floral trio of jasmine, tuberose and patchouli. Caressed by a warm vanilla and woody accords that lasts on the skin, it’s an undeniable expression of elegance.

Signature Refined

The rose has carried through Chloé’s decade-long fragrance franchise; this time round, vanilla and patchouli rounds the floral core in the new Absolu De Parfum, EDP, 50ml, $155.

Magnetic Presence

Opening with a subtle citrus head, spicy vanilla swirls in the dominant base of white musk and benzoin in Souffle Intense, 50ml, EDP, $17; nodding to the Indian roots of Guerlain’s Shalimar heritage that began in 1925.

Oriental Accords

Inspired by the exotic discoveries of gem hunters, Parisian jewellery house Boucheron releases Oud de Carthage, EDP, 125ml, $310, an enigmatic oriental-leather concoction of oud wood, incense, honey, labdanum and tonka bean.

Shock Factor

In classic Jean Paul Gaultier fashion, is a new risqué fragrance, aptly dubbed Scandal, EDP, 50ml, $148. Fusing a floral-fresh composition of honey and gardenia with the woody undertones of patchouli and caramel, this number will linger during a racy night of seduction.

Smell of Love

Christian Dior’s reformulation of the 2012 Miss Dior, EDP, 50ml, $165 is potently refreshing in its opening notes of sparkling blood orange, mandarin and calabrian bergamot with a mesmerising dry down of the damascus rose and patchouli.

Shock Factor

In classic Jean Paul Gaultier fashion, is a new risqué fragrance, aptly dubbed Scandal, EDP, 50ml, $148. Fusing a floral-fresh composition of honey and gardenia with the woody undertones of patchouli and caramel, this number will linger during a racy night of seduction.

Gothic Rose

A reincarnation of Bottega Veneta’s signature 2011 parfum, the new Eau de Velours, EDP, 50ml, $185, maintains the sophisticated leather notes at its core. Warm and spicy, the deep velvety rose absolute evokes a mysterious elusiveness that’s dark and vintage.