Best BPALs for SUMMER - is it hot, sweltering, sticky outside?

[Vega]

I'm in Australia, and today is an oven-hot day, high 30s Celsius (pushing 100F), can't get away from this heat that sucks all the moisture and energy out of you. *pants*

 

Unfortunately I have more warming than cooling scents, but I do have: Parsifal, Kumari Kandam, Green Tree Viper, Tokyo Stomp, Titania, Transeo, Water of Notre Dame. I guess these will have to tide me over the whole summer!

[mspixieears]

I wear Budding Moon & Chrysanthemum Moon heaps in summer, as well as Dirty and Swank.

 

Anything with notes like plum blossom, coconut seem to distract me from the horror that is Australian summer, sigh.

[Anne M.69]

This is the first year I've ever paid attention to the Yules, and I'm finding a lot of them are suitable for our weather.

I've worn Almond Blossom, Purple Snowballs, The Mahogany Tree, and Lick It in the last week and they all have a snow note that cools me down in this weather.

[MiasmaResonance]

Strawberry Moon 2009 has been my go to summer scent for years. Oh how I love it.

[tinyvulture]

I love tropical scents like Obatala and Manila in summer. Sampaguita is going to be my new summer scent.

[lookingglass]

Phantom Wooer smells like the green life of summer, to me. Goblin smells like hot bodies by the pool!

[IambicDearie]

It's strange, but I was in Athens for two weeks over the summer and ended up wearing Morocco a lot. It never struck me as a 'hot day' type of scent but it worked very nicely!

[The_Garnet]

It's cold and snowy outside right now, but I can think about summer.

 

I normally like heavy scents pretty much year round - this year is the first that I've really paid any attention to "seasonally appropriate" scents. If it's 90 degrees outside (or inside!), I don't enjoy my usual favorites as much. My very favorite scent for summer is Blue Fire - although the juniper and lemongrass smell so sharp on me that I'm about to try it as a winter scent as well. I also like Cheshire Cat, Rosalind, The Ghost, and Juke Joint as summer scents. (I like citrus scents in the winter too - so Cheshire cat may end up back in the rotation soon.)

[Infi]

My favourites for hot sticky summer is Lady Amalthea and Nuit.

[Vega]

Another hot summer night Down Under, and I wore Kumari Kandam to bed. So cool and earthy. I definitely wear it more during hot weather, and I think it's my favourite summer scent.

[Atrous]

Last summer I was really digging Mouse's Long and Sad Tale. So nice!

Also, Bon Vivant...Strawberries and effervescent bubbly.

[littleflight]

Hi friends! I'm kinda new around here (as in, I really don't post much!), but I was wondering what some of your favorite summertime scents are from the lab? I feel like most of my collection is very foody and autumn like, with nothing really that says "it's hot outside and this will smell good.", ya know?

[Mountaingrrl00]

Check out the recommendations section -- there's discussion of scents by season.

[sunshinedaisybliss]

Hi littleflight

 

As Mountaingrrl mentioned, the Recommendations section has two topics:

 

Best BPALs for SUMMER - is it hot, sweltering, sticky outside?

 

and

 

Scents for summer into autumn

 

so you'll probably find those helpful

 

I think in general, people associate the lighter, brighter blends with summer - in particular, citrus notes like lemon/orange/lime get mentioned a lot... and there's also the sweeter florals that we associate with summer - eg jasmine, gardenia etc. The more 'fresh' scents (eg notes of cucumber, tea etc - green things, generally) also work nicely. But don't be afraid of wearing your foody/autumn blends in summer - often a bit of heat will work magic with certain BPALs and give a scent a whole new vibe in the warmer weather. Personally, I love wearing Snake Oil on stinking hot days because all that vanilla and spicy goodness just gets better and better the hotter it gets

[AEris]

I like the lush, humid floral scents in the summer. My favorite is Marae, it reminds me of gardenia. A good clean scent is Wensleydale, it's like fresh cotton sheets dried in the sun.

[theredkilt]

K U M I H O

[lucyintheSkywithDemons]

Snake Oil ... definitely !!

[Alaeidrel]

I tend to go for lighter and more masculine scents in the heat of summer, unless I'm going dancing at which point I pick sexy things that amp in the humidity. This summer, my favorites were:

 

Spider

Twenty One

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Crow Moon 2013

Planting Moon/Karme

The Rose

Ehecatl

Kumiho

[joyfulgirl]

i like green tree viper...sexy snake oil and cool mint. also snow, glass, apples...more mint. and a sudden invitation...plum and...mint.

 

i guess i like mint for summer...

[killerklown]

I'm a big fan of Sticky Bat and the Lick It's for summer.

[lookingglass]

I pulled out the White Rabbit today. I crave it when it's warm. I find it refreshing but still a bit "hot body" like from the milk note.

[non_boingy]

I LOVE Golden Wave and Santa Eularia Des Riu. They both bloom wonderfully in the heat and convey two different "beachy" sort of scents--Golden Wave is warm and tropical, while Santa Eularia Des Riu is soft and Mediterranean!

[Larinessa]

Great Vampire Bat. The orchid/incense combo wafts wonderfully in humid weather. It is however, an uber-rare.

[Balame]

Fairy Wine. Playful, sexy, juicy and vibrant.

Delight & Consternation for the softness and sweetened citrus.

Waters of the Well of Wisdom for the pure zen vibe and coolness.

Y'ha-nthlei is awesome for an energetic, beachy vibe.

Hungry Ghost Moon is gentle yet bright.

 

Black Pearl fits summer too, but might be best as a nighttime scent since it's a bit slinky.

Edited April 4, 2014 by Balame

[Floria]

I'm looking forward to trying Treasure Ship Coming In in hot weather.