The Perfume Society Exquisite Essences Discovery Box

For us, a holiday is always a brilliant opportunity to explore sample-sized fragrances – to try something new and different in a new and different environment, letting it unfold skin as we relax. (Trying out fragrance in a department store is a very different kind of experience – much too stress-y, most of the time, we find.)

So, can we say: this box could not be more perfect for that – or, if you’re staying close to base, for simply finding ‘your’ summer scent of 2022.

You may remember that some time ago, Jo launched The Perfume Society with Lorna McKay. Jo’s not involved any more (except for editing the Society’s magazine, The Scented Letter), but Lorna continues to curate the brilliant boxes, showcasing brands both well-known and under-the-radar. We think this is a particularly great line-up: 13 sophisticated scents, from really exciting names – and all in sizes that will slip effortlessly into your in-flight toiletries bag, if airport shenanigans mean you’re travelling super-light.

In the box, you’ll find travel/sample sizes of all the following…

• Armani Sì (1.2ml eau de parfum)
Electimuss Trajan (2ml eau de parfum)
Contradiction in ILK Sincere (2ml extrait de parfum)
Initio Oud for Happiness (1.5ml eau de parfum)
Jusbox Spring Dance (1.5ml eau de parfum)
La Perla Signature (1.5ml eau de parfum)
Memoize London Unitas (2ml extrait de parfum)
Molton Brown Delicious Rhubarb & Rose (1.5ml eau de parfum)
Prosody Lissom Linden (2ml eau de parfum)
Sarah Baker Far From the Madding Crowd (2ml eau de parfum)
Shay & Blue Voulez Vous Lite (10ml eau de toilette)
The Merchant of Venice Gyokuro (2ml eau de parfum)
Widian London (2ml eau de parfum)

As ever, to lead you by the hand – or rather, the nose – through the fragrances, there are brilliant online Smelling Notes, to deepen your scent knowledge and appreciation of the scents.

Think of it as your spray-cation, in a box.

£23 (£19 to The Perfume Society’s VIP Club Members) – buy here

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