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Is it the coolest time ever in New York\u2014late \u201970s, early \u201980s, the punk scene? It\u2019s got to be top three,\u201d says David Moltz, the ebullient perfumer of Brooklyn\u2019s D.S. & Durga, when discussing his salt-sprayed ode to Rockaway Beach. The fragrance shares its name with the sandy stretch of Queens accessible by public transit, but it\u2019s the Ramones\u2019 1977 hit about the place that inspired Moltz: \u201cA quick song about the simple joys of life,\u201d he says. The same could be said of this scent, offered in August 2020 as a micro-batch Studio Juice, as his hand-blended experiments are called. Now, Rockaway Beach is back for a summer run, ozone notes mingling with the pleasing \u201cplasticky\u201d smell of privet hedges. Plus, he adds, \u201cit has such a crazy sillage\u201d\u2014exactly the slow-fade quality we want from vacation.<\/p>\n
When fragrances bottle up a sun-soaked holiday, where do we want to be transported? Francis Kurkdjian, Dior\u2019s perfume creation director, hit the C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur, finding himself caught in the cross breeze of roses and a \u201cmajestic fig tree, my sole companion,\u201d on the way to making Dioriviera. For Elad Yifrach, whose design brand L\u2019Objet just debuted four perfumes, Corsica calls. The island\u2019s shoreline (\u201cmore rocky and sauvage,\u201d he says) prompted C\u00f4t\u00e9 Maquis, a blend of labdanum, marine air, and cashmeran. \u201cIt\u2019s fresh but kind of incense-y at the same time. You feel the heat and the salt.\u201d Tom Ford\u2019s Soleil de Feu goes to more rugged extremes: high temperatures, high passions. Tuberose and sandalwood conjure a steamy place at the ends of the earth. By contrast, Mr. Ford, who sold the business earlier this year to focus on films and fatherhood, is leaning into Palm Beach domesticity\u2014as he told Bridget Foley, \u201cWhat I need to do now is take a nap.\u201d<\/p>\n
After all, the truest mandate for summer break is rejuvenation, paving the way for uplifting scents. \u201cIt\u2019s all about emotion first,\u201d Vyrao founder Yasmin Sewell says of her fragrances\u2019 focus on well-being, with the new Sun R\u00e6 summoning joy. The ingredient list (cardamom, ginger, turmeric) reads \u201calmost like an Ayurvedic potion\u201d; it also reminds her of an Italian cologne. A morning juice at the Beverly Hills Hotel caught the nose of Louis Vuitton master perfumer Jacques Cavallier Belletrud. Pacific Chill, his latest fragrance with artist Alex Israel, brims with carrot seed; black currant and a hint of rose recall the Frenchman\u2019s childhood in Grasse. \u201cI\u2019m more a Bordeaux drinker than detox cocktails,\u201d he smiles. \u201cBut I learned in LA how to feel good.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n