10 perfumes in similar style to Note de Yuzu by James Heeley

A journey between citrus freshness and spicy oriental notes that captivates and intoxicates. A fragrance to awaken our senses and elevate our consciousness.

Perfumer: Serge de Oliveira

"In the summer, to refresh my mind, I like to walk along the paths of lemon trees, filled with sunshine and light. The smell of the barely ripe lemons is intoxicating and lively and mixes with the purity of the air. Eau de Thé & Gingembre transcribes this sensation of freshness. It is a cologne with sparkling citrus fruits enhanced with a floral heart and a spicy note of ginger. Its bright scent is ideal for me for hot summer days."

A salty aquatic perfume with fresh citruses and light woods.

An essence whose floral and enveloping notes are rooted in myth, which plays with hypnotizing the senses like the young and beautiful Adonis against Aphrodite. Releasing the freshness of the flowers of wisteria, jasmine, geranium, damask rose, and white lily, this essence interprets and expresses the beautiful and damned Adonis, like a flower of short life that: “badly fixed to the ground and too fragile lightness owes its name to the wind and the wind just scatters its petals ”.

A fresh formula which smells like sea spray on pebbles and some driftwood drying in the sun.

Bon Parfumeur open olfactive dimensions and invite you to add your own story. Try 801 if you like the marine theme, dry woody nuances and a touch of sunny citrus. 

Perfumer for 801: Karine Dubreuil-Sereni. 

“I patter on the typewriter all day but the letters on the page are like raindrops on a window. I fear I may be losing my mind.”

Niels Bjerregaard

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When Stina, a burgeoning writer, decamps to her mother’s summer house for the winter to write a book, her trip overlaps for one day (and one steamy night) with a brawny fisherman named Ulv. While she struggles to gain traction with her novel, her fixation on the mysterious seafarer results in countless unsent letters, the contents of which chronicle the spiraling psyche of lust and longing. Set on the desolate west coast of Denmark during the tourist off-season, Every Storm a Serenade is a meditative masterwork that will lull you with its well-designed sentences and intimate tone.

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The Sniff on Every Storm a Serenade:

"Due to the fact that this is quite a cold scent, it would be a lovely burst of refreshment on a hot Summer day. We can definitely imagine high-powered executives wearing it to business meetings to show that they have a secret rugged and outdoorsy side… even if that is only imaginary."

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A marine perfume with an immersive cooling sea breeze effect. Rock Star is made in the contemporary mineral style: as if a fresh and clean filter has been applied to classic woody notes.

Sunlight was commissioned by Brocard to Bertrand Duchaufour. It is their first experiment in the luxury segment and an approach to perfume making as conceptual art.

To understand this perfume you need to go back to those physics lessons at school when they explained the nature of light. That light is actually a wave of particles, a flow of energy and that we can only discern the separate colors of natural light with a prism.

The second thing to consider before you approach Sunlight is to think how we experience light and sunlight in particular. We register it around us, we can tell if there is more of it or less around but it’s a phenomenon on the verge of comprehension and conscious perception and in the past the Sun and its manifestations were worshiped as source of life and something divine bestowed on us.

In Sunlight the perfumer used exotic spices, juicy citruses, Mediterranean flowers, some gourmand accords such as marron glace and benzoin resin. However, they all merge into an omnipresent uniform wave of particles around you which you can only perceive as a whole perfume, same way we perceive sunlight. The perfume is also as pleasant as warm rays of the Sun thanks to the subtle gourmand touch, sweet citruses and gentle flowers.

The choice of materials is not random, the sun brings orchards to life, sweet aromas attracting busy bees, the golden round citruses resemble mini Suns and precious benzoin resin represents warmth earth might exude when heated with sun rays.

The bottle deserves a separate mention, it's heavy crystal with exactly 57 facets, the same number you have in the classic diamond cut, the perfect number to capture light inside the stone and make it pulse within.

You can actually spin the bottle (the base has been cut in a special way) to admire the play of light inside the amber coloured tincture.

Freedom was inspired by Brenton on Sea in South Africa, where the South African Loerie birds soar freely over the endless coastline of sea and sand. A place of freedom and inspiration for Aqualis founder Steyn Grobler.

Fresh pressed Egyptian bergamot hangs with a comforting scent in the air. A grounding base of oakmoss and sun bleached driftwood glow in your surroundings, intertwining with wisps of Haitian vetiver. Waves of aqueous salt water and mint envelop the nose creating freshness and weightlessness.

A refreshing yuzu, green violet leaves and dry vetiver cologne. 003 is a beautiful interpretation of 19th century barber/pharmacist cosmetic tonic infusions for gentlemen and ladies.

Nowadays Violet leaf is a somewhat vintage and rare note in perfumery but nonetheless appealing in its deep shady coolness.

Perfumer for 003: Natalie Kobus.

Perfumer: Olivier Cresp*

A transparent and refreshing marine perfume created with Mediterranean citruses floating on fantasy molecules such hedione, paradisione and crisp voluminous musks. A totally dreamy effect of morning sea breeze merging with aromas of flowers welcoming the sunrise.

In the Beso, trio Bendito Beso (which literally translates as “a blessed kiss”) is indeed the early morning by the warm sea, still fresh but with a beautiful promise of happy sunshine later.

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The Sniff on the Beso Beach perfumes and Bendito Beso in particular:

"Of all the scents from the Beso Beach line, Bendito Beso felt likely to be the most polarising. It opens with a very vibrant, salty, fresh vibe. If we’d been told that we were inhaling sea air that had been bottled we would have believed you. It smells like a rather bracing walk on a Scottish beach just moments before the warmth of the sun breaks out from behind a cloud. There’s fir in there, an extreme saltiness, wetness and a murky mustiness."

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*Also behind: Mugler's Angel (1992), Chacharel's Noa (1998), D&G's Light Blue (2001), Paco Rabanne's Black XS (2005) and many others niche and mass market perfumes.