Juicy red fruits and feminine florals emerge as key notes in the first batch of springtime scents for her.
Vera Wang Preppy Princess
The newest Princess in Wang’s court delivers an edgy classicism, opening with a lively blend of tangerine and crushed berries before revealing a heart of honeysuckle and jasmine. ($75; Dillard’s, Macy’s)
Ed Hardy Born Wild
Designed for the adventure-seeking and free-spirited, this effervescent blend contains notes of cassis buds, dewberry, peach blossom and magnolia. An original tat design by the don himself adorns the pink flacon. ($75; Lord & Taylor, Macy’s)
Playboy Play It Spicy
One in a trio from the iconic bunny brand, Play It Spicy is a piquant blend of Bellini cocktail, pink berries, passionfl ower and pomegranate designed to be worn once the sun goes down. ($17; CVS, Walgreens)
Halle Berry Reveal
For her third fragrance, the superstar opted for a fusion of flowers and woods, billed as an interpretation of a woman’s complexity. Berry’s favorite flower, the mimosa, opens the scent, while a blend of peach, honeydew, red berries and cashmere woods delivers a fruity, musky finish. ($35; Wal-Mart)
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Released in honor of the niche brand’s 10th anniversary, this modern oriental scent is a synthesis of benzoin, musk and patchouli under notes of Turkish rose and red raspberry. Meant to express the stoic silence of a woman’s portrait, the fragrance’s composition was a collaboration between Malle and perfumer Dominique Ropion. ($200; Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle)
Elizabeth Arden Pretty Hot
This provocative iteration of the brand’s original Pretty scent is a bold blend of red currant, blood orange, red peony and red apple. Created by Givaudan’s Claude Dir, it also includes notes of belle de nuit, a night-blossoming flower native to the perfumer’s home in the South of France. ($65; Macy’s)