Sprawled out on the grass, starfish-style, watching rippled clouds float by in an open blue sky…lunch and iced lemonade under the shade of a massive willow tree…zesty fresh lemon peel sprinkled on Madeira cake for afternoon tea…the leafy green scent of long grass, just after sunset…
Autumn may be crisp and cocoony, but summer = free.  Delicious, long days of light and freedom before we head back to work,  reacquaint ourselves with “real life” and (sooner or later, but fingers crossed for an Indian summer!) get our favourite long leather boots and cosy wraps out for a brand new season.
Which fragrance sums up summer, one hundred per cent – for you"
To celebrate “hello August!”, here are 4 of the leafiest, greenest, most “Summer” with a capital S scents around…  

EAU DE CAMPAGNE BY SISLEY
Grassy, very green and ultra rustic-luxe, there’s no scent in the world that quite evokes fields of green like Sisley’s timeless classic, Eau de Campagne.
It’ll make you want to hole up in a big old French farmhouse for the whole of August, lavender in the front garden, hens in the back, handsome gardener in the guest cottage and a fireplace for early autumn nights in case you decide you have to stay a few weeks longer…
 

 
MANDRINE BY JO LOVES
When Jo Malone, MBE created her first ever Jo Loves fragrance, the now famous Pomelo, it instantly became my signature scent (it st...