Spring Perfume Round-Up: Scents in Bloom for Every Budget

This spring, I’m drawn to perfumes that feel like sunlight on skin, crushed petals underfoot, and the air just after rain. Whether you’re looking for a small indulgence or a new signature, here’s a bouquet of fragrances across different budgets—each one capturing a facet of spring’s beauty.

Budget-Friendly Beauties (Under $50 / €45)

Zara Waterlily Tea Dress (Zara Emotions)
Sheer chiffon in pistachio green. Neroli and bergamot give it sparkle, while waterlily floats just out of reach. It promises afternoon tea but wears more like morning dew. Still, it’s pretty and uplifting while it lasts.
Price: ~€30 for 100ml

Yves Rocher Green Tea
Crisp as a pressed shirt and twice as clean. Citrus and tea leaves open with a brisk snap, then glide into sheer musk and water-light florals. No bitterness, no fuss—just the scent of being freshly rinsed. Minimalism in a bottle and that’s exactly what I crave sometimes.
Price: ~€19,99 for 100ml

The Body Shop British Rose Eau de Toilette
A watercolor rose—fresh, dewy, and charmingly polite. Opens with petal-bright clarity, then fades into a soft green transparency. No drama, no thorns. Just a whisper of bloom on clean skin. Think orchard after rain, not Versailles rose gardens.
Price: £25 for 100ml

Mid-Range Gems ($60–$130 / €55–€120)

L’Occitane Eau de Parfum Herbae
Wild grasses, white clover, and aromatic sage. Fresh, green, and sun-filled. A vignette of walking barefoot through a spring meadow.
Price: ~€70 for 50ml (often available in travel sizes or gift sets)

Parfums de Nicolaï Eau d’Été
Not so much summer as the memory of it—citrus peels, faint spices, and jasmine petals floating in iced water. Cinnamon gives it backbone, but it stays sheer, like white cotton steeped in cologne. Quietly radiant. A whisper of 1930s elegance on a modern wrist.
Price: ~€60 for 30ml

Miller Harris Tea Tonique
A lemon wedge tossed into a steaming pot of Darjeeling. (I know, it’s supposed to be Earl Grey, but I tell you as I see it.) Maté adds a whisper of dried grass, while musk unfolds gently. Clean, civilized, and just a bit aloof—like good linen in spring wind.
Price: £105.00 for 50ml

Prada Paradoxe Intense (2023)
A jasmine-soaked white floral. Pear and neroli flash briefly before giving way to a plush, mossy heart. And then it’s vanilla in surround sound—ambered, musky, and faintly edible. Smooth, assertive, and synthetically sublime. Not a paradox, but a polished performance.
Price: ~$70 for 30ml

Luxurious Petals ($150+ / €135+)

Diptyque Eau de Lierre
A tribute to green ivy after rain—crisp, mineral, and cool. The scent of wet leaves, spring buds and soft petals.
Price: ~$185 for 100ml

Chanel Les Exclusifs de Chanel – Beige
Honeyed gardenias and soft musks. Understated, warm, and elegant like silk against skin.
Price: ~$250 for 75ml

Frédéric Malle Eau de Magnolia
This is not your typical creamy magnolia. It’s crisp, radiant, and airy, like a magnolia blossom caught in a sea breeze. With a chypre structure and a citrusy opening, it’s sophisticated without heaviness—cool silk on sun-warmed skin. A spring floral for lovers of minimalism and restraint.
Price: €305 for 100ml

Do you have a favorite spring fragrance—fresh, floral, or fantastical? I’d love to hear about it in the comments.

Photography by Bois de Jasmin