The scent of Bronze Goddess is pure holiday-in-a-bottle, to us: ambery wamrth, touches of coconut milk, sandalwood and vanilla, together with the kind of white flowers you encounter in tropical destinations: tiaré, jasmine, orange flower and magnolia... Bronze Goddess has become a bit of a 'cult' classic, and this year has several perfect-for-layering incarnations. There's a Bronze Goddess Whipped Crème, which is super-softening and infused with the scent. The Eau Fraiche SkinScent is the classic way to wear it - but our favourite option is actually Bronze Goddess Shimmer Body Oil: ultra-nourishing, a glide-on-smoothly oil which leaves traces of glimmer (and of the fragrance) on exposed skin.

Holidays may be a way off - but this is filling us with optimism that we will, after all these interminable North winds, feel warm again...

UK readers find Bronze Goddess Fragrance Collection exclusively at House of Fraser right now/from £29 for 200 ml Whipped Body Creme to £47 for 100 ml Eau Fraiche Skin Scent