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Use of perfumery has its specificity in summer. In a heat aroma is revealed much more intensively, than in a cold season, therefore for hot days it is necessary to concern a choice of aroma with great responsibility. Womanspassions will help you to choose and represents the review of novelties of summer 2008 perfumes.
Heavy, loud aromas should be postponed for cold days. Now it is necessary to use light, not suffocating, weightless perfumery. In a warm season it is necessary to choose summer versions of your favourite aromas and perfumes, which structure contains no spirit. It is possible to make an exception for favourite, but traditionally autumn and winter aromas only in cool summer evenings.
5 golden rules of summer aromatisation
It is better to refuse from aromas in concentration Parfum and Eau De Parfum in summer and switch to scented water (Eau De Toilette);
Use “light” aromas. Let them leave a body quickly: it is better to apply aroma several times during a day, than emitting intensive aroma, which can be washed off only under shower;
Citron, ozone and sea aromas will be the most successful summer choice. Light (!) flower perfume also will be good;
Do not store perfumery on the surfaces shined with the sun, place bottles in a dark cool place;
In days when the heat becomes intolerable, it is better to pass from perfumery to flavoured body creams.
Estee Lauder pleases with original novelties
Sensuous Estee Lauder prepared some surprises to fans specially for summer 2008.
In May-June it will be possible to find «an oasis of your dream» in shops - Emerald Dream. Estee Lauder representatives tempt, describing a new aroma in such words: “You should close your eyes - and you will turn to be in a magnificent garden filled with the sun, hidden far away from extraneous eyes. The fantastic corner is filled with magnificent aromas and decorated with magic paints … Sandy paths, leading to a cool pool with freshening green-blue water … you float and feel the warmth of the sun, caressing your skin”.
The top notes: tangerine, apricot, honeysuckle and blue basil. Heart: the Mediterranean mimosa, violet, blue Florentine iris, plum, orchid, daisy and cyclamen. Further you will feel cypress, sandal-wood tree and Hawaiian Camani tree.
In July they will put Sensuous on market - a wooden-amber aroma for women. The basic notes of this aroma are: lily, magnolia, jasmin petals, warm wood, ambergris, sandal-wood tree, black pepper, juicy pulp of tangerine and honey. Estee Lauder involves 4 “faces” in an advertising campaign: Gwyneth Paltrow, Elizabeth Hurley, Hilary Rhoda and Carolyn Murphy. Sensuous differs from previous Estee Lauder perfume strongly. It just that aroma, which should be used in summer in doses and only during cool evenings.
Summer versions of Yves Saint Laurent masterpieces
Yves Saint Laurent issued some summer versions of the known perfume. It is an ideal variant for those who are true to one aroma and do not wish to leave it even in hot days! Cinema Scenario D’Ete - is a limited release of aroma for which basis they took a well-known Cinema.
The bottle of 90 ml is improbably beautiful: it is decorated by the image of a gold palm branch with hot tropical sun looking out behind of it. This aroma is very fresh and cooling: notes of tangerine, sweet orange and lime pass in jasmin, amaryllis and ilang-ilang smoothly.
Base notes: ambergris, musk, white peach. Other summer version resembles Elle aroma and is called Elle Eau d’Ete Summer. You will easily find this perfume in a shop - it looks exactly as its well-known predecessor, a bottle is just of lighter shade. Aroma opens notes of peony, tangerine and ginger, passes in pink berries and freesia smoothly, and in a final chord patchouli, vetiver and musk will play . The circulation of this aroma is limited.
Summer aromas from Christian Dior
Aight fruit-flower version of a well-known Dior Addict - Dior Addict 2 Summer Litchi has already arrived on market.
Last summer Dior pleased us with peonies - Dior Addict 2 Summer Peonies. As it is possible to guess from the name of aroma, the main note of aroma - is litchi fruit, also named “Chinese plum”.
Sour notes of a freshening grapefruit are replaced by delicate appetizing litchi chords and Turkish roses. Sweet musky base notes remind of aroma-predecessor - Dior Addict 2. Aroma is created at use of high quality raw materials. Release is limited!
In May there was a new masterpiece from Dior - Escale a Portofino. Debut aroma of the collection is created under an impression of Italian Riviera.
Notes of Corsican bergamot, Italian citron, Sicilian wild orange, bitter almonds, berries of juniper, cold spices, cypress, cedar, white musk, caraway seeds and galbanum (natural pitch) will ship the owner of this perfumery creation in dreams and memoirs of rest on the Mediterranean.
The aroma will be very limited, but fans of the brand can always get it through Internet.
Summer perfume from Michael Kors
Michael Kors offers one more Mediterranean aroma, which has been issued specially for summer 2008. We say about colourful and improbably elegant Island Capri.
Michael Kors answered a question, why Capri island entitled the perfume: “When there comes time of a choice of a place for summer holiday, for me Capri is always on the first place, this is one of my favourite directions, and I try to go there at least once a year.
I like the sensation of the weakened luxury inherent in this island very much. I wanted to embody charm of Capri so that everyone could test my emotions”.
Island Capri is a shining-flower aroma, which incorporated all aromas of this vacation spot for rich and famous: wild orange (a bitter orange), Italian basil, bergamot, Parma violet, dark fig, island cypress, olive tree, moss, and leather.
Michael Kors was inspired by Brigitte Bardot, Greys Kelly and a Jackie O, going shopping barefoot.