Dreaming of traveling far away with that 'someone'? Give him a perfume.
You can't get that person out of your head. Neither does the desire to travel that you have, if possible in their company! We believe that a good perfume could help you say what you feel, and not only that. Perfumes have that power, to change our mood, transport us... and even put us in a romantic (and sensual) mode. Its delicate ingredients, brought from the most exotic and suggestive corners of the Earth, and the stories that hide its elaborations are a real temptation for travel lovers (and lovers, in general).
We propose a game: tell us where in the world you see yourself with that special person... and we'll tell you what fragrance will convince you to pack your bags and accompany you to the end of the world.
Giving perfume is not at all conventional... if you give one like this.
Dubai: a floral with patchouli oils
"We're not together, but we should be," reads the inscription on the bottle of the women's version of this limited edition Gucci Guilty Love Edition (€95/90ml, exclusively sold at El Corte Inglés). The release notes of this potion of love without complexes - how could it be otherwise, since we're talking Gucci– they're citrusy, tangerine mellowed with zesty bergamot and hot pink pepper. The heart of the fragrance contains lilac that contrasts with notes of roses and violets, and is overlaid with geranium oil. A sumptuous blend of patchouli oils with amber notes, perfect for eccentric lovers without mincing words.
A pink cap, the 'in love' detail of this special edition.
Sri Lanka: red pepper, cinnamon and lavender
Is your (obscure) object of desire dying for an exotic adventure and spending two, three or more weeks without a cell phone? Surely when you inhale this perfume inspired by new beginnings and the light of dawn, He will not doubt that you are his best travel companion. Fresh and sensual, Loewe 001 Man Eau de Parfum by Loewe contains olfactory notes of musk, carrot seeds and cypress. At the start, Sicilian lemon, limeta, orange blossom, and in the background, sandalwood, musk and tonka bean. If you also get this limited edition with hints of pink on the cap and case sleeve or you personalize the bottle by engraving their name, it will stay with you forever (€61).
Coco Chanel in Venice and, on the right, the perfume Le lion.
Istanbul: an elegant oriental
Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel was a Leo and she, superstitious and fascinated by the stars, always believed that the lion was watching over her. The nose Olivier Polge dior shapes the vision that the maison has cultivated from it throughout history, creating this perfume, Le lion de Chanel (€180/75 ml), fierce but majestic, ideal for those who yearn to discover new horizons and get lost in places full of contradictions. Strong and elegant, the formula is of a refined intensity, soft and warm, with an amber accord of Cistus Labdanum and vanilla with balsamic, velvety notes and leathery. Soft but enveloping, a perfume that hits you from the start and then you don't want to let it go...
Love Calendar and jewelry box, Lancôme's proposal.
Paris: lychee, damask rose and vanilla
Okay, Paris and love, it's a bit cliché, but if your partner loves the French capital, why complicate yourself? We never get tired of saying it, Paris is always a good idea! And even more so if we evoke it in the most cheerful and sweet way: with the spirit of the Maison Lancôme. Your proposal to impact this Valentine's Day? A Trésor Nuit Love Calendar, produced by Maison Soiphie Hallette, a Parisian artisanal lace house, which has produced this limited edition set of 14 iconic fragrance, makeup and skincare products. Its luxurious case dressed in haute couture lace (valued at €300, although the sale price at El Corte Inglés is €80), hides a bottle of this fragrance whose notes evoke a loving embrace on a passionate night. PS: If you want love to turn into crazy passion, spray about 20 cm away from the skin, insisting on the wrists, behind the earlobes and the knees.
Doesn't your man let himself be pigeonholed? Surprise him with a contradictory perfume.
New York: grapefruit, hemp and leather
Does your boy dream of walking around Manhattan, discovering Brooklyn, Williamsburg...? Maybe it will make you smile a bit of Carolina Herrera's Bad Boy Le Parfum, a nonconformist and urban fragrance created by Bruno Jovanovic, Fanny Bal and Nicolas Beaulieu, that have combined these three apparently opposite elements (grapefruit, hemp and leather) achieving ideal chords for men with two faces (in the best sense). Namely, those strong but sensitive, powerful and empathic. The hemp accord, unprecedented in perfumery, drifts into a sexy and cheeky leather bottom, with vetiver giving the traveler note, exotic and hedonistic, that in Carolina Herrera's house, refers to Caribbean landscapes such as Haiti and Santo Domingo (€107/100ml).
There are perfumes that smell of childhood... and this is one of them.
Grasse (and childhood): orange blossom
For those who are dying to share with HER, that special girl, her childhood memories of her and future trips to the most bucolic places in France, Le Temps des Rêves de Goutal Paris is the perfect gift. It is a tender fragrance, which smells a bit like a baby, light and fresh, but elegant. The perfume tells the story of the firm's founder Annick Goutal's return to her roots in Grasse, the city of orange trees and the cradle of perfumery. A sunny and nostalgic fragrance (for the orange blossom, emblem of life under the Mediterranean sun), created by two perfumers from Grasse, Mathieu Nardin and Julie Massé (€125). Addictive and versatile.
If you work better together than separately, you have to try this perfume duo.
A (steamy) Italian villa: olive wood, woody balsam fir
If you are one of those who work better as a couple than separately, you will love Bottega Veneta's proposal with her Illusion perfumes from her, for him and for her. They reproduce the sensuality and serenity of a moment suspended between dream and reality (those moments after... you know). Illusione for her (€118/75ml) is a wood-based floral eau de parfum produced by perfumers Annick Menardo and Amandine Clerc-Marie, with energetic notes of bergamot and black currant. Orange blossom and green fig evoke a warm breeze and the bottom is anchored by a base of olive wood and tonka bean. Illusione for him is a woody, citrusy eau de toilette created by perfumer Antoine Maisondieu. The notes of it are marked by the aroma of lemon and the essence of bitter orange, and it also contains woody fir balsam and white cedar wood, which lead to an energetic blend of vibrant vetiver and sultry tonka bean (€91/90ml).
If he knows how to value a Serge Lutens perfume, he is, without a doubt, someone very special.
**Marrakech: plumeria, almond and ylang-ylang **
The perfumes created by Serge Lutens are always a challenge. Not everyone is capable of appreciating the literature and love that hide his creations, but if you think you have found someone ideal To do this, give him the latest: La Dompteuse Encagée. The olfactory impressions are those of a floral, almond, sparkling, gourmand and solar fragrance. "I have to take responsibility for this cold, white-faced girl. Anyway, I can already feel the snow, it is feared because it is expected, the avalanche is coming. What the whiteness of the flower has seen does not suggest freshness, the smell of plumeria makes up for it. A subtle touch of almond that is savored on the skin!", writes Lutens, eager in this story for him to see a lion tamer (€180). A sensual perfume for someone longing for freedom, to be seen, a rare bird longing for a happy ending.
Long live life, long live love and long live the perfumes that smell of Italy.
A road trip in Puglia: apple, tangerine and rose
The first eau de toilette in the Dolce de Dolce & Gabbana collection is perfect for free, happy and uncomplicated loves. dolce rose is an ode to the bold, fun and sociable girls who call the shots with her spontaneity. Made by Violaine Collas, its notes pay homage to the most iconic of flowers – the rose – accompanied by soft musks and acid red currants. At the base, a crisp touch of green apple and juicy tangerine. In the heart, peach, followed by magnolia petals, musks, sandalwood and white notes (€97/75ml).
Make his whole house (and yours) always smell like Friday.
Berlin: bergamot, clary sage, mint and cashmere wood
If your boy is enjoying himself and every Friday he asks you "Where are we going today?" It is very possible that you appreciate this El Ganso Friday Edition pack, a set made up of the fragrance (125ml), a face and body gel and three samples of more fragrances geese: Bravo Monsieur, Part Time Hero and After Game (€59). the scent is an oriental fougère, which mixes the freshness of lavender with the warmth of tonka bean in a spiced cocktail with bergamot, cardamom and anise at the top; lavender, sage and mint in the heart and a background of cashmere wood, sandalwood and tonka bean.
Perfume or collector's jewel? Both.
**La Provence: peony and rose **
These notes, accompanied by the freshness of Calabrian bergamot and white musks, make up the Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet de Dior perfume, an even more optimistic version of the classic Miss Dior. And this special edition is for a very, very special girl. Bobby was the designer's favorite dog and, in fact, in 1952 he already starred in a limited edition of Miss Dior, the perfume created for the sister of the creator of the New Look, mounted on a pagoda... This numbered collection bottle is available on request in El Corte Inglés, while stocks last (€442/90ml) and it is a full declaration of love.
IF you are one of those that any getaway suits you, you will like it.
Madrid: heart of Martini
You can't stop thinking about how much fun you have with him and when will be the next time you will have to see each other and enjoy the night in any European capital. The last time, Madrid woke up and you were still unable to take off. Surprise him with Halloween Man, a fresh oriental eau de toilette with touches of wood, addictive and enveloping, perfect for night owls able to identify the Martini note in the heart (€67/125ml).
Let's take the iron out of the matter with a fresh version (although in love).
San Francisco: pear and rose
Eternity, by Calvin Klein, is one of the fragrances more wearable, nineties and romantic, this is how it is. Therefore, we suspect that your woman might like this review, Eternity Fresh for Her, signed by Oliver Gillotin and Sonia Constant (€103.50/100ml), which speaks to our hearts (and our exhausted noses) of new beginnings. A friendly watery evolution of jasmine, gardenia, rose and peony. If she makes you feel good, it's love, right?
Don't be shy, let the perfume you give her say it all for you.
Cuba: rum and vanilla
Yes, My Way... all Armani perfumes are a true declaration of love. But if you fantasize about laying down together in the sun in Varadero or drinking daiquiris in Havana... perhaps what you feel is even stronger what you think A perfume like Stronger with you Absolutely by Armani (€59.99/50ml, only at Sephora), surely captures well what your heart is racing right now. Designed as an absolute, with a liquor amber signature thanks to a vanilla-enhanced rum accord and cedar wood, comes in a bottle designed by Giorgio Armani himself, as a tribute to love.
Are there aphrodisiac perfumes? Exist.
Rome: rose, white wood and lily
Givenchy is always associated with Paris, of course, but Hubert's relationship with Audrey Hepburn also leads us to think of the naive and youthful romanticism of Roman Holiday, that mythical movie in the eternal city. If you see yourself with that girl, in love with her like the first time, walking the cobbled streets, ice cream at the ready, you should give her Irresistible, the colorful creation of perfumers Fanny Bal, Dominique Ropion and Anne Flipo (authors of the iconic L'Interdit) that combines a fleshy and melting rose with a luminous white wood. It starts with fruity, juicy and crisp hues of pear and amber, then gives way to a dusty lily that remains. Lastly, the dance of this rose and of a white wood provides a contained tension, that merges with a skin-deep musk. An invitation to let yourself go, on a Vespa or whatever, without thinking about the (inevitable) end (€112/80ml).
There are perfumes that say everything about who wears them... and who gives them away.
Costa Rica: neroli and orange blossom
You like a girl who feels good about herself and wants to build a better world, right? She is always interested in new eco-responsible destinations, unprejudiced and independent. Well, you will leave her speechless if you give her the new Rochas, Girl, a floral woody and citrus eau de toilette created by Anne Flipo, with a vegan formula, composed of 90% ingredients of natural origin, which produces a calming effect thanks to a neroli extract with relaxing properties, which is also responsibly sourced and fully traceable. Then comes the black currant and the effervescence of the pink berries, and in a second breath the light bursts, hand in hand with the white flowers (orange blossom, jasmine, orchid). Finally, sandalwood and cedarwood add warmth to the skin, with a subtle sensuality of vanilla. Also, the formula is free of colorants, stabilizers and UV filters, and the bottle is eco-friendly. Plus: Rochas perfumes donate 1% of line sales volume to the international organization 1% for the Planet (€110/100ml).
Vuitton perfumes are always a trip worth taking.
China: osmanthus, Grasse jasmine and magnolia
All Louis Vuitton perfumes fascinate us and seem to us to be the most traveler. Étoile Filante could not be less. It was created in Grasse by master perfumer Jacques Cavallier Belletrud, who chose the osmanthus, a flower revered in the Far East and that he himself adores since childhood, to star in the fragrance. "At nightfall, around the stalls of the flower market, the soft and original aroma of osmanthus and magnolia hung in the air. I was deeply moved by that magical and intoxicating fragrance," explains Belletrud of the trip to China that inspired him. The finishing touch, the fruity nuances of apricot and cassis, that give it a softness as delicate as the skin of a peach (€225/100ml).
For those who would give away a trip to Olympus.
Mykonos: roses and vanilla
Let's get serious about attracting the other. Paco Rabbane's perfumes have a fame that precedes them: that of provoking all kinds of sensations in those who perceive them. And we like the brazenness with which they approach and describe it. Few formulas more erotic than that of Olympéa Blossom, with its spicy touch of freshly cut roses, its vanilla and its cashmere, plus its white flowers that seem to come from an authentic garden of the gods. An eau de parfum that is a true ode to sensuality, ready to evoke (and provoke) all that you feel during the first times (€106.5 /80ml).
If red is the color of love and passion, it is for something.
London: Scarlet Poppy and Blue Lily
Maybe you're hooked on someone who fits perfectly with the rainy charm of the British city, and you imagine with that person strolling through central London... and planning an endless journey to the wild steppes of Asia. This is where the main ingredient in Jo Malone London's Scarlett Poppy comes from, the exotic scarlet poppy. This intense and floral cologne (€138/100ml) also Contains velvety blue lily, notes of barley and tonka bean (ah, the sweet decadence), plus a fig accord. The signature Cologne Intense collection travels the world, collecting precious ingredients to create unexpected fragrances how is. Only suitable for inveterate travelers.
This little bear has been an ambassador of love for many, many years.
Vienna: grapefruit, pepper and centifolia rose
Last year not many good things happened, but some other things did. After its launch, the sweet fragrance Love Me de Tous became a real success that continues to bring joy to the house. Tous has always displayed what many flee from: his commitment to sweetness and, let's face it, a certain kitsch, is quite an achievement that, moreover, puts us in a very good mood in these times. Perhaps that someone who dreams of eating Sacher cake in the Austrian capital and visiting the Sissi Palace museum, know how to appreciate as we do the happy, friendly and energizing notes of this little bear so endearing and emblematic (€98/90ml). Long live love!
Love can also be (sexy and) disturbing.
Los Angeles: tuberose and velvet
You do not clarify: Are you together? Aren't you together? That kind of movie buff from whom you crave a whatsapp at all hours will be a good recipient for this little olfactory jewel: Tom Ford's Tubéreuse Nue (€735/250ml). In it, the tuberose flower -also called Lady of the night, since blooms when there is no light – intertwines with the naked power of a soft velvet chord. An aroma that unfolds sensual and tempting, like the city of California, displaying an extravagant magnetism, luscious and unexpected.
There are perfumes that say it all (and this is one of them).
Colombia: coffee and white flowers
The sensuality of Black Opium, from YSL Beauty, is well known. Intoxicating and addictive, the veteran fragrance contains coffee –accompanied by jasmine sambac, vanilla, wood and patchouli–, a note uncommon in women's perfumery at the time. The adventurer with whom you share a backpack will love discovering this new version in the limited edition Love at frist spray. The bottle is dressed in haute couture with a zebra print and glitter in black and silver (€95.40/50ml).
Some perfumes are a (traveling) invitation to love.
Australia: sandalwood album and vanilla tahitensis
Angelina Jolie is the muse of Mon Guerlain, a tribute to the strong, free and sensual femininity. It is an oriental and fresh fragrance with exceptional raw materials: Lavender Carla from Provence, Jasmine Sambac from India, Album Sandalwood from Australia and Vanilla Tahitensis from Papua New Guinea. A treasure for the dressing table those who dream of traveling the seven continents. The Quadrilobé bottle, created in 1908, is the Maison's emblem, faceted like a diamond and hand finished and decorated with gold thread by the "Dames de Table" of the Guerlain ateliers (€92/50ml).