Feeling the Heat? These 6 Sultry Scents Will Have You Embracing the Dog Days of Summer Inline
Photographed by Bruce Weber, Vogue, June 19961/7
Photo: Courtesy of Prada2/7Prada Olfactories Heat Wave, $300
This virtual trip to the tropics—in which night-blooming flowers mingle with a whisper of vanilla—will have you forgetting about the heat index.
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Photo: Courtesy of Tom Ford3/7Tom Ford Orchid Soleil, $120
The very name Tom Ford drips with sensuality, and this hot-to-the-touch twist on classic Black Orchid combines intense florals (spider lily, tuberose) with pink peppercorn and patchouli.
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Photo: Courtesy of Regime des Fleurs4/7Régime des Fleurs Nitesurf, $165
If the airy blend of Tunisian neroli, ginger lily, and gray ambergris tincture doesn’t alone refresh the senses this summer, a moonlit dip inspired by the name certainly will.
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Photo: Courtesy of Régime des Fleurs5/7Byredo Black Saffron, $230
In food and in scent, spices offer a counterintuitive respite on sweltering days; here, the marigold-yellow note joins earthy leather, black violet, and effervescent juniper berries.
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Photo: Courtesy of Memo Paris6/7Memo Paris Marfa, $250
Inspired by Texas’s art-pilgrimage city, this sandalwood- and cedar-laced scent sparkles with an agave accord and citrusy top notes—the equivalent of a clear blue sky atop the sunbaked earth.
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Photo: Courtesy of D.S. & Durga7/7D.S. & Durga Debaser, $260
If you can’t beat the heat, join it with this sultry mix of ripe fig, steamy-sweet coconut milk, and tonka that will ring out like the Pixies classic it’s named for.
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