These new perfumes are perfect for spring

This time of year always brings with it a fresh zest for life. The promise of warmer days, longer nights, the sun beating down from a blue sky and flowers slowly beginning to blossom with winter’s cold, sharp conditions almost completely forgotten.

Spring also encourages us to switch up our beauty routine, swapping our heavier make-up for something lighter and fresher and a new fragrance to mark the change in season (and to celebrate lockdown lifting, finally!)

And this year, there’s a scent for every perfume personality. There’s heady, exotic florals that transport you straight to a Balinese beach sipping pina coladas, or for the anti-floral Miranda Priestleys among you, there’s plenty warm and woody or zingy and zesty scents to bathe yourself in this spring.

These are our favourites…

Jo Malone Yellow Hibiscus Cologne, £105 for 100ml

Jo Malone’s new Blossoms Collection not only features elegant glass bottles with different coloured orb-shaped lids, each fragrance is like joyful springtime escapism with every spritz. The Yellow Hibiscus Cologne is an uplifting and sparkling scent, with a bright note of exotic yellow hibiscus flower and dewy rose, with soft, powdery white musk laced through. Lime adds a burst of zesty juiciness. It reminds us of sun-drenched afternoons on holiday spent strolling down flower-lined cobbled streets.

Miller Harris La Feuille Eau de Parfum, £160 for 100ml

For those who love a fresh, herby fragrance, La Feuille is like taking a walk in nature just after it’s rained, when everything is coming into bloom and the scent of green leaves, ivy and oak fill the air. With aromatic tomato and ripe red berries and juicy blackcurrants, it’s a fragrant, uplifting celebration of British nature.

Atelier Cologne Lemon Island Cologne Absolue, £95 for 100ml

Spritz Lemon Island over skin and be transported to a tropical paradise, specifically, the island of Rodrigues, a hidden gem in the heart of the Indian Ocean. The key note is the clean, zesty lemon from the island – continuing Atelier Cologne’s commitment to using natural ingredients – which collides with heady Indian jasmine and creamy Madagascan vanilla.

Jo Loves Cobalt Patchouli & Cedar Fragrance, £115 for 100ml

If you could bottle that feeling of lying on the grass in the park in summertime, having a picnic with your friends and staring up at the bright blue, cloudless sky – this would be it. Hopeful, heady and happy. In fact, that’s exactly why Jo Malone created Patchouli & Cedar, to represent our innate resilience and strength after the hardships of 2020. Powerful base notes pair with clean, classic vetiver, patchouli and cedarwood that coat your skin in an addictive, radiant scent.

Ostens Jasmine Absolute, £175 for 50ml

A glorious summery scent bursting with white floral scents, particularly radiant Egyptian jasmine which, when partnered with powdery violet leaves and exotic ylang-ylang, this is a deliciously luxurious scent that drapes you in the perfect mix of erotic and elegant. One for evenings spent dining under the stars and dancing into the night.

Jimmy Choo I Want Choo Eau de Parfum, £55 for 60ml

Those who love rich, heady fragrances will instantly fall for Jimmy Choo’s new perfume, with powerful oriental notes of red spider lily and sensual jasmine sambac, plus lively citrus top notes of zesty mandarine which pairs perfectly with velvety peach. A summer holiday in a bottle.

Byredo Mixed Emotions Eau de Parfum, £178 for 100ml

Put simply, Byredo founder Ben Gorham really knows what he’s doing with fragrance. Mixed Emotions is a unisex scent designed to reflect the tumultuous times we find ourselves in – it’s sexy, dark and smoky yet fresh and glossy at the same time. Earthy whispers of birch wood, papyrus and black tea leaves are balanced by sharp, juicy blackcurrants and soft violet leaves. Unreal.

Sunspel Neroli Sun Eau de Parfum, £90 for 100ml [embargoed until 15/04]

Sunspel’s second ever fragrance is a real mood-booster, cloaking you in cosseting, sunny aromas. Sweet stems of angelica, splashy sharp citrus and fresh greenness of rosemary and vetiver are layered over warm patchouli and beachy seamoss. Cheerful and sunny, this is joy in every spritz.