If you're on the hunt for a new perfume and love the gourmand, creamy notes of vanilla, rice milk, coconut and tonka bean, there are three new launches you need to know about. While you may usually associate summer scents with fresh, fruity flavours of zesty, crisp citrus blends, it's time for something different. It smells a lot like warm skin, vanilla and a holiday you haven't booked yet. Creamy perfumes are having their moment; sharp and citrusy is out. Warm and milky is very much in. You may have heard them described as 'skin-scents' because they basically feel more like a second skin than something you've spritzed on. For summer 2026, Glossier, Summer Fridays and Phlur have developed addictive new blends we can't stop thinking about.
Glossier You Soie Eau de Parfum
Glossier You Soie is a soft, skin-like fragrance that blends milky florals and warm musk for an effortless, everyday scent that smells unique on everyone. It is the latest addition to its widely loved perfume range, with notes of rice milk, jasmine, bergamot and ambrox. Described by the brand as 'a vacation in a bottle', it's been made to evoke the feeling of standing on the beach at dusk. The first spritz hits you with a creamy, coconutty scent that settles softly into tropical flowers, making you reach for your passport to book a flight to a sun-drenched island. Subtle, soft, but still fresh, it doesn't overpower, but will definitely earn you compliments, and is intimate enough that it won't take over the room. The bottle is a beautiful ombre blue too, and comes in 50ml and a travel-friendly 8ml.
Summer Fridays Sunlit Vanilla Eau De Parfum
Summer Fridays Sunlit Vanilla is a warm, grown-up take on gourmand fragrance, blending creamy vanilla, caramel and coconut with soft woods for an easy, sun-soaked scent. Meanwhile, Summer Friday's first foray into fine fragrance with Sunset Vanilla Eau de Parfum has also left us impressed. It's a richer blend of sweet vanilla, tonka bean, caramel, coconut and amber. Think of this as a sweet, sticky vanilla ice cream in perfume form – it's not childlike, but a grown-up way to indulge in a delicate, rich layer of perfume. If you love its cult favourite Lip Butter Balm, especially the vanilla beige flavour, this new fragrance is essentially an extension of that. Rich, creamy and luxurious, consider us sold. It is available in 50ml or 10ml.
PHLUR Honey Moon Eau de Parfum
PHLUR Honey Moon is a soft, honeyed floral that blends gentle citrus, creamy sweetness and warm woods into a calm, skin-like scent that lingers quietly. Last but by no means least, make sure Phlur Honey Moon is on your radar. It too shares a tonka-vanilla blend, with the added notes of mandarin, lavender and manuka honey. While it contains floral notes, it's anything but, with a soft sweetness that isn't too loud, but the perfect warm, skin-like scent that will linger on clothes. It's like bottled up nectar. Get it now in 50ml or 9.5ml. If gourmand scents, inspired by your favourite desserts, have you hooked, there's a creamy, vanilla fragrance with your name on it for this summer. Soft, warm and quietly addictive is top of our wishlist and Glossier You Soie, Summer Fridays Sunlit Vanilla and Phlur Honeymoon have us hooked – there's no better time than now to upgrade your fragrance game.
