If recent events have you feeling like it's all just too much, longing for an escape is perfectly natural. Many of spring's new fragrances were designed to recall specific scent memories of idyllic locales, like the beach and countryside. Pick up one of these tropical or exotic fragrances and transport yourself to a happier place in an instant.
Atelier Bloem is a new fragrance line from the creators of Malin + Goetz, and its fragrances are inspired by Amsterdam's famous Bloemenmarkt, a floating flower market on the Singel canal. Each of the six scents are flawless, but this one may be the highlight -- you'll swear you're surrounded by fresh-cut roses, peonies and magnolias.
This perfume will make you nostalgic for childhood beach vacations, whether or not you actually had any. Philosophy's new flanker to Pure Grace features notes of sea spray, musk and tiare flower for a fragrance as warm and uncomplicated as an afternoon spent sunbathing.
Lalique's olfactory ode to the South of France -- with aromas of thyme, lavandin, lemon, vetiver and tonka bean -- smells like a sunny day in Provence. And it would be equally amazing on a man or woman.
2016 may have been a flaming shitshow, but for some of us, it was a call to action -- a call to to recognize our own power and rally behind the causes that matter to us. If that describes you, you need a power scent -- a sensual, woody or spicy perfume to bring out the badass within. Prepare to be the #girlboss of your own destiny.
