Buying your perfume online can be quite the risk, especially if you’re doing so on a gifting basis. While expert perfumers try their best to encapsulate a scent’s notes on paper, it isn’t until the perfumes oils mix with the heat of your own skin that you can truly understand whether a fragrance will be to your liking. And that’s why, with Mother’s Day less than a week away, fragrance discovery sets are a gifting godsend.
This March, Cult Beauty has released its sweet spritz fragrance edit (£40, Cultbeauty.co.uk) that features 10 different sugary, fruity and gourmand perfumes from a selection of luxe, industry-adored brands. Unlike many discovery sets, this bundle houses more than mere thimbles of fragrance and, on the contrary, you’ll take home a total 59.5ml of perfume. Not only does this exceed the quantity you get in some full-size perfume bottles – Glossier, for instance – but it gives you (or mum) the freedom to explore all four corners of the sweet scenting realm.
The best part? The total worth of the bundle (£220) is more than five times the amount you’ll pay. It’s selling fast, so you’ll want to snap it up quickly to swerve’s mum’s disappointment on Sunday. Scroll on for all the spritzing details, including delivery deadlines and the brands included.
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Cult Beauty the sweet spritz edit: Worth £220, now £40, Cultbeauty.co.uk
Featuring perfumes from Jo Loves, D.S. and Durga, Commodity, Kayali, Fugazzi, Eccentric Molecules, Nest, Who is Elijah, Discotheque and Borntostandout, this Cult Beauty bundle comprises a mix of big-name and beauty insider brands. While most fragrance fans will be familiar with Kayali, the scenting brain child of Mona Kattan, the perfumeries of Who is Elijah and Discotheque might have passed you by. Think of these brands as a perfume lover’s best kept secret, and one of the easiest ways to secure a distinctive scent that you won’t catch whiffs of on every street corner.
In Who is Elijah’s poetic dance you’ll enjoy the creamy warmth of vanilla paired with jasmine and pear. By contrast, Discotheque’s Lola at coat check is more woody with sandalwood, cardamom, cedarwood and amber. Cementing it firmly in the gourmand family, it’s rounded off with notes of white chocolate.
This collection proves that sweet scents needn’t be headache-inducing, but rather playful, inviting and just indulgent enough to leave you wanting more.
At the time of writing, orders placed with standard delivery will arrive between 11 and 13 March. Thankfully, because this gift set costs more than £25, you’ll be entitled to free next day delivery, meaning you could receive your order as early as 10 March. Run, don’t walk.
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