Stick around, and you’ll soon discover that the sexiest perfume for women picks for this summer and the next share a common thread. You’ll find “sun,” “solar,” or the sultry French “soleil” in their names and compositions. We worship the sun as a giver of life, its golden rays caressing our skin and lifting our spirits during those languid, sun-drenched days. But what truly makes these scents so irresistibly sexy? It’s the sun’s intimate touch, the way it confidently bares us naked to the world, igniting a primal desire for its warmth. These solar perfumes echo that sensuality, laying bare our skin and senses, setting them both on fire.
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The Sexiest Perfume for Women, Summer Edit
Tom Ford Soleil Blanc
This one smells like you’re at the beach, in very good company, with a pina colada in one hand and a sunscreen lotion in another. And in a twist of fate, your “good company” asks you in the sultriest voice almost dripping in honey if you’d like some help smearing that lotion on your back.
Tom Ford knew what he was doing when he commissioned this perfume. It captures the essence of a moment so intoxicatingly sensual, it’s almost too good to be true. Most people believe that it’s the coconut that earns this perfume its place on the eternal list of sexiest perfume for women picks, but that’s not it. It’s the tuberose, that bewitching aroma of its petals soaked in coconut milk that creates this summer fantasy.
Juliette Has A Gun Lust For Sun
White florals are creamy, subtly sweet, and utterly carnal in this Juliette Has A Gun number. The coconut is not on full on blast, but you still get that creamy, “expensive suntan lotion” smell that warrants this perfume being the signature scent of some tropical island in the Caribbean. Just be careful not to overdo it—two or three spritzes are all you need to make a statement. Anything above that will disqualify this perfume from your personal sexiest perfume for women list, trust us.
Acqua Di Parma Colonia
Humphrey Bogart and Cary Grant’s signature scent is recommendation enough for many, but if you need us to say more, here it comes. Dominated by fresh-cut lemons and bergamot, with vetiver and sandalwood doused liberately, this distinctly aromatic citrus fragrance is the olfactory equivalent of strolling the streets of some small Mediteranean town in your comfiest yet most elegant outfit. You just feel like loving yourself, and that’s the best feeling there is.
Tauer Perfumes 01 Le Maroc Pour Elle
Hot sands, hot winds, and hot spices. If creamy coconut and solar notes are not your prerequisites for perfumes to find themselves on your sexiest perfume for women lists, go for this. Marocco’s prevalent scent is the orange blossom, so much so you’ll find it being pumped in the air, but this perfume is an ode to a love story unfurling in a market place. Lots of open burlap bags overflowing with different spices, thrown together by the air, with sharp edges, and soft hearts. Perfect for balmy summer nights.
Vilhelm Parfumerie Mango Skin
As juicy, bright, and perfectly decadent as the real thing, Mango Skin is true to its namesake, not a poorly executed synthetic smell. There’s so much mango in it, the scent comes off juicy and sweet, with just enough tartness from the blackberries to be revitilizing. There’s sweetness there, hello vanilla, as it countreacts the ripness of the mango, but you need it so this doesn’t remind you a high school hall, yet the most elegant tropical scent gently oozing coolness from your skin.
Deck of Scarlet Solar Aura
Sun-kissed skin, glistening with a sensual citrus cocktail of tangy blood orange, sparkling bergamot, and juicy mandarin.It’s so realistic, you’ll think there’s an orange orchard near you. But then the florals hit, and it’s just different. You feel content, happy, and you’re not sure why. Like you’re trapped in endless Saturday on a scorching hot summer day, and nothing can go wrong. It’s that day, bottled.
Phlur Solar Power
In the dictionary, under summer fragrance, you’ll surely find a picture of Solar Power. It’s the epitome of summer, with everything that’s good. In this iteration of summer, there are no mosquitos, no unbearable heat, not so pleasant body odors, just beautiful freshly squeezed cistruses that fill the air with their revitilizng aroma. Greg Husar, the perfumer, added a handful of jasmines, orange blossom, tiny bit of musks, and driftwood for good measure. It’s so good, that we will be making a case for having this perfume in our collection as soon as possible. It is, after all, on our list of the sexiest perfume for women picks.
D.S. & Durga I Don’t Know What
Since summer scents can be fleeting, we recommend layering them with this unique scent enhancer. It adds depth, in increases the longevity, and adds an original twist to what you’re already wearing, so you’ll definitely won’t smell like anyone else. In fact, this scent should be on everyone’s rotation, ever, not just on this sexiest perfume for womens list.
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