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A perfume that smells of summer

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Elvag · 15/04/2016 18:49

Anyone recommend a really nice summer perfume.
Thinking cucumber, sea salt, sun cream, fresh outdoor dried sheets.
All the things that smell lovely and fresh without being too sweet or cloying.
Any ideas?

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notagiraffe · 15/04/2016 18:52

Claris eau ressourçante is very fresh and clean.
Eau de Givenchy smells of drying sheets.

And if you layer Jo Malone's Earl Grey and Cucumber with her Sea Salt and Wood Sage the smell is perfect and costs £100

keeponkeepinon · 15/04/2016 19:20

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MissBattleaxe · 15/04/2016 19:23

Library of Fragrance Salt Air is amazing. Also I really love JLo Deseo- and it's a bargain at under ten quid. For fresh laundry try Moschino Fresh Couture.

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ChardonnayKnickertonSmythe · 15/04/2016 21:02

Artisan Perfumer L'Ete en Douce which is all hay and soft flowers.
or the Different Company Sel de Vetivert - more expensive though, it's fresh and salty.

Lotsofplanetshaveanorth · 15/04/2016 21:05

Oooh Oooh following. I would love to find one I like. I live somewhere hot so always have the brief "not too sweet or cloying" but also needs to be quite mainstream because of limited shopping opportunities.

Lol at sunflowers, I could go there and pretend I was 14 again, my grandmother bought me that and it seemed so sophisticated after all the bodyshop dewberry!

springtimevintagedream · 15/04/2016 21:08

Jo Malone perfumes are just so lovely :)

parrotonmyshoulder · 15/04/2016 21:10

I used to have an amazing one that smelled like grass. No idea what it was!

Lululooselips · 15/04/2016 21:12

Bobbi brown beach

ShinyShinyShiny · 15/04/2016 21:13

I was about to say Jo Malone Wood Sage and Sea Salt layered with Earl Grey and Cucumber too. English Pear and Freesia is also lovely.

MairzyDoats · 15/04/2016 21:13

DNKY is very light and grapefruit-y.

Smittenkitten2015 · 15/04/2016 21:13

Marc Jacobs Daisy Dream smells like Summer to me.

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expatinscotland · 15/04/2016 21:26

JLo Glow and Elizabeth Arden Green Tea for me.

onlywhenyouleave · 15/04/2016 21:30

For a proper beachy holiday type scent, it has to be Bronze Goddess by Estee Lauder. It smells of coconuts (amongst other smells) but is a perfume version of sun cream Grin

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 15/04/2016 22:32

Sun flowers.

msatlantis · 15/04/2016 22:34

Another vote for Estee Lauder's Bronze Goddess.
Summer in a bottle. Beautiful.

AKissACuddleAndACheekyFinger · 15/04/2016 22:35

Clinique eau des jardins (the green one). Lahvly.

Roygrace · 15/04/2016 22:36

Mrs gloss one gorge

CruCru · 15/04/2016 22:52

Red roses by Jo Malone. I need to check out her new shop, Jo Loves, but the prices frighten me.

workshyfop · 15/04/2016 22:57

Guerlain Acqua Allegoria Bouquet no 2.

Abigail12 · 15/04/2016 22:58

Yet another vote for Estee lauder bronze goddess, smells absolutely like summer to me, I couldn't be without it.

lorelei9here · 15/04/2016 23:05

Marc Jacobs Cucumber. Not a euphemism!!!

Judydreamsofhorses · 15/04/2016 23:06

I love Bronze Goddess, but 4160 Tuesday's What I did on my Holidays is a close second and actually sounds exactly as you describe.

MozzchopsThirty · 15/04/2016 23:09

Another vote for clarins eau resourcant
Lush summer fresh fragrance