A TRIBUTE TO THE ETERNAL CITY, THIS BEWITCHING FUSION OF CREAMY FLORALS AND SULTRY AMBER REFLECTS THE ABUNDANCE OF ROME’S DUALITY.

BORN IN ROMA INTENSE EAU DE PARFUM, VALENTINO, SHOP NOW

EVOKING THE ELUSIVE SERENITY OF THE RWANDAN JUNGLES, THIS HEADY COCKTAIL OF PEPPER, VETIVER HEART AND MUSK CAPTURES THE BEGUILING MYSTIQUE OF NATURE IN ITS UNTOUCHED FORM.

SUNRISE IN RWANDA EAU DE PARFUM, MONTROI, SHOP NOW

BLURRED BORDERS

CREATIVE DIRECTION: MARNE SCHWARTZ & DANÉ STOJANOVIC
PHOTOGRAPHY: VLADIMIR MARTI
FRAGRANCE ASSISTANT: IMOGENE LEGRAND
WORDS: KATE LANCASTER

Call it a cliché but when it comes to fragrance, the journey is every bit as important as the destination – and in many instances, it serves directly as the scent’s source of inspiration

“BLURRED BORDERS” IS PUBLISHED IN THE 16TH EDITION OF GRAZIA INTERNATIONAL. ORDER YOUR COPY HERE.

LIKE THE WILD MEDITERRANEAN FOLIAGE THAT INSPIRED IT, THIS SCENT KICKS OFF WITH EXPLOSIVE CITRUS AND LIVELY BERGAMOT BEFORE UNFURLING A COOLING PETITGRAIN.

EAU NABATI EAU DE PARFUM, DIPTYQUE, SHOP THE COLLECTION

FEEL THE SOFT BREEZE OF THE MARZAMEMI SEASIDE WITH FRESH ALMOND AND CREAMY LEMON BLOSSOM.

SIRACUSA EAU DE PARFUM, GRITTI, SHOP NOW

THE SILKEN CHESTNUT AND SENSUAL VANILLA OF THIS SCENT ENVELOP THE BODY, JUST LIKE THE FLUID DRESSES THAT INSPIRED IT.

SOIE MALAQUIS EAU DE PARFUM, DRIES VAN NOTEN BEAUTY, SHOP NOW

THE SIMMERING, BLAZING PULL OF THIS CARNAL SCENT IS MARKED BY POWERFUL SMOKED WOOD AND SOUR CHERRY, A BALANCE GROUNDED BY NOTES OF APRICOT, OLIVE AND LEATHER.

CHERRY SMOKE EAU DE PARFUM, TOM FORD, SHOP NOW

CHANNEL THE PELLUCID GREEK SKY AS IT MEETS THE DEEP IONIAN SEA WITH THIS SUN-SATURATED MUSK AND FIZZY CITRUS ENSEMBLE FACETTED WITH AROMATIC BASIL AND CASHMERE WOODS.

CORFU EAU DE PARFUM, MEMO PARIS, SHOP NOW

RETURN TO AN AFTERNOON ON THE AMALFI COAST ALONG BLOOMING CITRUS GROVES AND CLEAR WATERS COURTESY OF CALMING CLEMENTINE AND WARMING ITALIAN BERGAMOT.

MEDITERRANEAN HONEYSUCKLE CLEMENTINA, AERIN, SHOP NOW

ALLOW THE HEDONISTIC PULL OF THE SOUTHERN SUN TO CARRY YOU BY WAY OF BRIGHT ROSE AND THE WARMING GLIMMER OF FIG TREE LEAVES REMINISCENT OF THE FRENCH RIVIERA.

DIORIVIERA, DIOR, SHOP NOW

VITALITY IN A BOTTLE. LIKE DAYBREAK OVER THE OCEAN, MOODY BLACKCURRANT AND ENERGETIC CÉDRAT COME TOGETHER IN AN INVIGORATING ACCORD.

PACIFIC CHILL, LOUIS VUITTON, SHOP NOW

INSPIRED BY THE WAYS WE INTERACT AND CONFLICT, THIS COMPLEX LIAISON OF PINK PEPPER, CARDAMOM, OSMANTHUS ABSOLUTE AND SUEDE CONJURES A RICH HISTORY OF HUMAN LIFE.

KREDOEXTRAITDE PARFUM, NISHANE, SHOP NOW

ECHOES OF PRISTINE IMPERIAL GARDENS COME TO LIFE IN THIS CONTEMPLATIVE AMALGAM OF AROMATIC SPICES AND SANDALWOOD, LIFTED BY AN ENLIGHTENING SPLASH OF FRESH BERGAMOT.

SANTAL DĀN SHĀ, ARMANI / PRIVÉ, SHOP NOW