Scents to make the one you love (or like) swoon
FOR HER
FEMME FATALE: LOVE IN BLACK BY CREED
Dark, powdery and seductive – the silent screen siren of scent. Florentine iris, glorious pure Damascus rose and a violet encore. Love In Black by Creed £142/75mls from www.creedfragrances.co.uk
SENSUAL: SKIN PETALS BY ILLUMINUM
Succulent apple blossom and wild berry, mellows into a duo of fragile blooms: lily of the valley and violet and a base zoeof white amber adding the sensuality of flesh.
£80/50ml from www.roullierwhite.com
SEDUCTION: DANS TES BRAS BY FREDERIC MALLE
Seduces with an impression of warm, smooth, silky skin with floral notes of violets and luscious, almondy heliotrope with the exoticism of frankincense. £135/100m from www.lessenteurs.com
FOR HIM
INTELLECT: CARTHUSIA UOMO
Marine turns to flowers turns to citrus, rosewood, seaweed, violet. Clean, strikingly fresh and clearly one with which to woo her with your straightforward sensuality. £55/100ml from Avery London www.averylondon.com
CONFIDENCE: PERFECT MAN BY BELLA BELLISIMA
Says what is does on the bottle. Fresh, intense and vibrant, with plenty of dark and woody notes for a man who knows what he wants and how to get it. £38.00/ 50ml www.roullierwhite.com
SEX: ENCRE NOIRE BY LALIQUE
Black Ink uses the best vetiver – it’s animal and masculine. Dry, woody, sexy, dark, earthy, muddy: she’ll want to tame the beast in you. £59.50/ 100ml edt Harrods 020 7730 1234