20 Best Summer Perfumes for a Fresh Scent This Season
Swap out warm, rich fragrances for something lighter, like these perfumes blooming with invigorating and breezy notes.

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The perfect summer perfume is inspired by the season itself: The season's familiar scents can transport you back to a time when you spent the day slathered in sunscreen at the beach or breathing in fresh-cut grass at a cookout on a warm summer night. You can opt for a classic summer fragrance with refreshing notes of vanilla, coconut or lemon, or shop for a unique summer fragrance that blends together notes of salt, bergamot or rose petals. Either way, hot summer weather calls for uncomplicated scents that are crisp, airy and light.
Below, we've gathered up the best perfumes to try this season. While you'll find a variety of price points, all of these perfumes are all playful, nostalgic, sexy and beachy — and some are downright unexpected (which is what makes wearing perfume so much fun!).

Katie Berohn is the Beauty Assistant at Good Housekeeping, Woman's Day and Prevention magazines, all part of the Hearst Lifestyle Group. She graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder, with a major in journalism and minor in technology, arts, and media, and earned her Master’s Degree at NYU’s Graduate Program of Magazine Journalism. In addition, Katie has held editorial internships at Denver Life Magazine, Yoga Journal, and Cosmopolitan, a digital editorial internship at New York Magazine’s The Cut, a social good fellowship at Mashable, and has freelanced for HelloGiggles. When she’s not obsessing over the latest skincare launch or continuing her endless search for the perfect shade of red nail polish, Katie can be found in a hot yoga class, trying everything on the menu at New York’s newest restaurant, or hanging out at a trendy wine bar with her friends.


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