Don’t let the Dad we love you three thousand shirt and I will buy this green bottle fool you; Hermeitca’s Peony Pop is as sparkling and pink as a glass of rosé, dedicated to the richly scented perennial and its positive energy. Every year visitors flock to the Luoyang Peony Festival in China’s West Henan province to get a whiff of the many fragrant gardens filled with pink, red, and white blooms. If you can’t book a ticket, a spritz of Peony Pop gives you a hint of what you’re missing. The vibrant flower takes center stage, but raspberry and osmanthus round out the notes and add an extra touch of sweetness. While it’s tempting to pack up all the sexier, deeper scents until autumn rolls around, Veronique Gabai’s Le Point G challenges the notion that a spring fragrance needs to be light and unobtrusive. Gabai’s cheekily named scent is meant to build to a climax, literally. The notes are layered such that the drydown reveals new facets as time progresses, moving from a peppery rose and iris blend to a deep musk over several hours for an experience that plays out like a slow seduction.
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