In the fickle world of perfumery, serious perfumisti tend to turn their noses up at fruity floral fragrances... the glut of countless sugary-sweet synthetic fruity launches in recent years has seen us expect and look for more. Occasionally, however, a scent emerges which flies in the face of the norm... and La Prairie's gorgeous Midnight Rain is one of them. Presented in a twinkling flacon of darkest midnight blue, Midnight Rain is a fruity floral perfume which feels resolutely nocturnal!

Brimming with sensuous flowers - freesia, orchid, lily, and dark plum blossom - Midnight Rain is an overture to femininity. Dewy fruity accords of guava, mandarin and pomegranate provide a cornucopia of lip-smacking complexity, whilst an accomplished foundation of vetiver, patchouli, woods and musk hold aloft this fruiting/blossoming heart of colorful abundance. Midnight Rain is deep, seductive, and enchanting... a nocturnal Garden of Eden that flourishes under the waxing moon.

Few fragrances boast such quality and uniqueness... Midnight Rain is mature – but not elderly – and totally and wholly captivating.

Best worn at night...when its time to play!

At the end of a long winter, don't you just love those days when you can detect a huff of spring on the air? That fleeting moment of solar warmth and the perfume of fresh blossoms cartwheeling under your nose? Well Guerlain have managed to bottle that joyous moment with their 2012 Aqua Allegoria release, Lys Soleia.

Lys Soleia is the epitome of temperate spring weather... a radiant floral that evokes sensations of sun on skin and thousand-colored flowers. A brief sparkling citrus facet is the precursor to a stunning assortment of flowers – heady lily, sensual ylang, and carnal tuberose. These notes are underpinned by soft, tropical fruity accords and a delectable cream/yellow ribbon of vanilla, which lends a velvet nectar-like softness to the scent. One can imagine the hum of heavy bumblebees floating by; their legs laiden with yellow pollen. The scent has a vanilla / musk trail that lingers for many hours. 

Lys Soleia is enchanting and enveloping... a perfume perfect for all times and all seasons, and one which warms the heart and the bones... just like the onset of spring!

Whilst veteran actors and public personalities have loaned their faces to promote perfume for decades, the early noughties really saw an upswing in the launch celebuscents! Playing off the back of the hit TV series 'Sex and the City', siren of the small and silver screen Sarah Jessica Parker jumped on board with her own line of perfumes, the first of which was 'Lovely' released in 2005.

Winner of a prestigious FiFi Award the following year, Lovely achieved widespread appeal on both sides of the Atlantic. With more than a passing similarity to Narciso Rodriguez 'For Her', Lovely is a study in florals, woods and musks that dances across the receptors with sensuous feminine swagger. Akin to rubbing a wide silk ribbon across the back of one's neck, Lovely enchants with a 'white hot' sensation where animalic musks meet the daintiness of citrus and lavender. Moments later, it's focus shifts to a more complex heart of orchid, pepper and patchouli. Surprisingly, Lovely still remains transparent and airy, despite its warm, humming foundation of fragrant woods, white amber and musk.

Elegance and prettiness incarnate, Lovely is still every bit as classy, stylish and fashion forward as it ever was. A great, multi-faceted scent appropriate for both daytime or date night.