Marks & Spencer’s scents are somewhat hidden gems in the fragrance world, often compared to pricier perfumes, and the high street store’s latest launches are perfect for summer
Finding affordable – and high quality – perfumes isn’t always an easy task, but beauty fans have something of an industry secret that ticks both of these boxes: M&S’s own-brand fragrances.
Marks & Spencer’s Discover range of scents has been quietly impressing fragrance snobs for a few years now, going viral on social media and often selling out due to their excellent price (100ml bottles are £10) and lust-worthy scents that are regularly compared to pricier designer offerings.
Now the high street hero has just dropped two new Discover eau de toilettes that are perfect for summer – and you’re going to want to snap them up before they’re gone.
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New to M&S stores and online are Garden Party Eau de Toilette and Summer Blooms Eau de Toilette, both priced at £10 for generous 100ml bottles. Inspired by sun-soaked evenings outside with loved ones, Garden Party describes how ‘a shimmering blend of melon, red berry and marine notes opens the fragrance with a refreshing burst, gently settling into a heart of ylang ylang, lily, and intoxicating gardenia’.
Garden Party’s base notes are vanilla, meringue, patchouli and soft musk, evoking ‘the golden glow of twilight and the sweetness of summer air’.
Summer Blooms, meanwhile, is a warmer, more tropical concoction of dewberry, coconut and orange with heart notes of magnolia and jasmine. The base is one of creamy coconut, musk and patchouli, which M&S says, creates a ‘lingering, sun-kissed finish’ that’s ‘summer, bottled’.
There’s something for all fragrance tastes to be found in the M&S beauty aisles though, from Discover’s trending Sweet Pistachio to cosy Spiced Wood – and all £10.
After another fragrance bargain? Sol de Janeiro has launched what’s being touted as its ‘best yet’ perfume, which perfume lovers are saying is the ideal scent for this week’s heatwave – and there’s a savvy way to snap it up for less. The latest fragrance, Sundays in Rio, usually priced at £24, is a fresh addition to the popular brand’s range.
The fragrance opens with notes of pink pepper, pear and ambrette absolute, then unfolds into a heart of cosy vanilla, orris concrete (which imparts violet-like notes) and ‘Champaca pure jungle essence’ – a powdery white floral with rich honeyed undertones. Its base is built on amber musk and woody upcycled orcanox.
However, TopCashback members can bag the new aroma at a wallet-friendly £8 after cashback for newcomers to Sephora, and £8.60 after cashback for existing Sephora shoppers.