PSA: This New Fragrance Will Immediately Transport You to Santorini

When you think of big milestones or key moments in your life, it’s not uncommon to associate them with a fragrance. Sometimes it just takes one sniff to transport you to an entirely different time and place.

Each fragrance that I pick up in my collection does just that, triggering a different memory each time I spray them. Last year of school? I have a smell for that. First big trip overseas? I have a perfume for that one too. My engagement and wedding? The scent I wore smells like love and summer wrapped up in one.

If you’re the type of person who wants a fragrance that is so much more, you can’t go past Santorini Sunrise by Escada. Everything about it from the bottle to the formulation will immediately make you feel like you’re walking along the coastline of Santorini.

So what does it smell like and how was the fragrance formulated? Here’s everything you need to know:

What Does Santorini Sunrise Smell Like?

Santorini Sunrise combines the scents of luminous jasmine petals with sensual pink peppercorn and juicy mandarin sorbet. If you picture smelling flowers floating in the breeze, this is the fruity and floral fragrance that encapsulates it. Santorini Sunrise captures the sense of possibility, happiness, and zest for life that only summer can bring.

How Was Santorini Sunrise Developed?

Santorini Sunrise was designed by Perfumer Mylène Alran and Benoist Lapouza. Their goal was to develop a fragrance that was a tribute to the natural state of Greece. Alran was looking for deep notes that provided an earthy finish. Meanwhile, Lapouza was searching for ingredients that were pure and close to nature.

They pair achieved this through a mix of notes that give a top note smell of mandarin sorbet and bergamot, while the middle notes are jasmine petals with pink peppercorns and pomegranate that then dries down into a base note that is more earthy, including musk and creamy sandalwood. The fragrance itself is also completely vegan and made from 85 percent naturally derived ingredients.

Where Did the Inspiration for the Bottle Come From?

While this fragrance is all about the scent, there is no denying the bottle is beautiful to look at and would look gorgeous on a bathroom cabinet or part of any perfume collection. The bottle itself looks exactly what you picture when you think of Santorini.

A beautiful blue backdrop of sky and ocean, surrounded by white architecture. It even gives a nod to the vivid purples and bold fuchsia pinks of the bougainvillea flowers that appear throughout the island.

The box it comes in isn’t one you’ll want to throw away either, featuring a colourful illustration inspired by the iconic architecture of Santorini at sunrise.

Finally, Should I Try It?

In short, yes, you should definitely try it. Santorini Sunrise is the type of perfume that is fresh and uplifting. It’s a smell that will take you straight to the island and Santorini and is the fragrance of summer. It will no doubt instigate dozens of compliments from those who step into its path.

If you like scents that are fruity and floral on the skin to begin with and then transform into a warm and light earthy fragrance, then this is the fragrance for you. Santorini Sunrise is so much more than a perfume, it’s a chance to relive a beautiful memory of a European summer and one that you will continue to reach for in years to come.

Santorini Sunrise by Escada Fragrances is available for purchase exclusively at Chemist Warehouse.