Build your perfect autumn bouquet with fragrance. Floral arrangements are about color, texture, contrast, and, of course, scent. From a bold blossom as the focal point to accompanying blooms and greenery, this bouquet has everything. Mix and match the following five fragrances to create a unique floral sillage, perfect for this time of year.
Focal Point: Gardenia
Plump white gardenias are the feature flowers of this bouquet – and of Miu Miu’s newest fragrance, Miutine. Wild strawberries, brown sugar, and vanilla dance around the white petals, creating a delectable gourmand that is perfect in a chill. The bottle features matelassé glass, inspired by the house’s iconic leather handbags. If you love breezy florals but want something a bit deeper, this one is for you.
Supporting Flower: Ylang Ylang
Creamy and exotic, ylang ylang is a yellow floral with an intense, enveloping trail. Perris Monte Carlo’s Ylang Ylang Nosy Be celebrates the note’s tropical, dream-like qualities, bringing them to life with lemon, rose, jasmine, and musk. The variety of ylang ylang used in this fragrance is from an island close to Madagascar, where sailors have smelled the sweet intoxication from miles away.
Accent Flower 1: Linden Blossoms
Delicate clusters of yellow linden blossoms intertwine with luminous jasmine and earthy vetiver in Marc-Antoine Barrois’ Tilia, a honeyed floral feels like pure sunshine. Barrois himself calls it “[t]he scent of happy days,” an ode to simplicity and optimism. Yellow florals have always been autumn-coded to me – their sweetness and their slightly powdery facets feel less like summertime and more like harvest. Perhaps it’s also their rich hue. At once woody and solar, Tilia is a star.
Accent Flower 2: Osmanthus
In Glossier’s You Fleur, the natural apricotiness of osmanthus is enhanced with the addition of the fruit itself, as well as with cashmeran and ambroxan. This is a slightly sweeter, more mineral take on the original with the orange-red petals of osmanthus stealing the show. Not many fragrances seem to highlight this flower, a distinctive note that is soft, fruity, and a tad syrupy. Skin musk makes this effortlessly wearable.
Foliage: Ferns
Luxuriance by Cartier is a verdant, aromatic scent that conjures scenes of nature, tranquil yet wild. With fern as a top note, it’s an herbal mix of greenery and woods, unusual and uplifting. Fresh yet grounding, it’s from the Rivières de Cartier collection, an homage to nature and its plentiful rivers. This one is perfectly unisex, and is beautiful alone as well as layered to add a dose of botanical vibrance to any scent profile.
