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What is Your Cocktail Fragrance Style?

What is your cocktail fragrance style?

What is your Cocktail Fragrance Style?
What is your Cocktail Fragrance Style?

Choosing your perfect signature fragrance may be as simple as reading a cocktail bar menu. The ingredients in your favourite rum punch, gin cocktail or berry daiquiri can give you clues as to the fragrances that will give you joy and pleasure. That is because the companies that create flavours for the food and the spirit industries also create many of the perfume notes and ingredients on the market today.

IFF (International Flavors & Fragrances, a global company based in New York City, is one of the most famous. You’ll find chemists and scientists developing new flavours for restaurant desserts working side-by-side with scientists creating new rose-themed scents for perfumes.) Taste and scent are complementary senses. So it makes sense if you love frosty mojitos on a summer afternoon, you will likely be drawn to a fresh fragrance with crushed mint notes and citrus.

So pull out your bartender’s guide and start slicing fresh lemon, Scent Lodge has developed a unique approach that is guaranteed to help you select scents you’ll love. Yes, we’re about to explore your favourite cocktail recipes to help you find your perfect signature scent. You’ll discover many of the ingredients used by bartenders are also used by perfumers when blending fragrances. Mint, lemon, pink grapefruit, raspberry, honey, rum, cocoa and vanilla are all-star notes in modern-day fragrance recipes. (And they taste delicious in a beverage.)

bartender creating signature cocktails
a bartender creates a signature cocktail

To get you started, we’ve handpicked six scents featuring notes you’ll find in popular cocktails and mocktails.

rum cocktail
rum cocktail

Scent Lodge Summer Rum Cocktail

This refreshing and light cocktail enhances the warm, sweet run notes with chilled ginger beer and lime. It’s even got a hint of maple syrup for a Canadian twist.

INGREDIENTS:

2 parts spiced rum

1 part freshly squeezed lime juice

.5 part maple syrup

1 part ginger beer

1 dash of bitters

RECIPE:

Pour all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker except for the ginger beer. Add ice and shake well until the mixture is chilled. Strain into a glass tumbler with fresh ice. Pour in the ginger beer and enjoy.

spiced rum iced cocktail
spiced rum iced cocktail

If your cocktail of choice is a rum punch, look for a fragrance that contains rum notes. Surprising, there are a good many that feature rum ingredients in the heart notes. Rum has a warm, comforting and rich character. Our favourite is British niche perfumer Atkinsons’ Pirates’ Grand Reserve. It really is a celebration of vacation in the Caribbean enjoying cocktails under palm tree canopy beside a turquoise sea. You’ll notice this scent blends in a little vanilla and cacao along with the rum, cedar and geranium notes.

Atkinsons Pirates' Grand Reserve
Atkinsons Pirates’ Grand Reserve

Atkinsons Pirates’ Grand Reserve: aged rum, cacao, vanilla, heliotrope, Virginia cedar, geranium, clary sage, cardamom, patchouli, cashmeran, oak moss

What is your Cocktail Fragrance Style?
What is your Cocktail Fragrance Style?

Scent Lodge Red Berry Mojito

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups fresh raspberries or strawberries

15 fresh mint leaves

1/2 cup fresh lime juice

1 cup white rum (optional)

2 cups club soda or carbonated spring water

1 teaspoon ultra fine sugar

INSTRUCTIONS:
Place all ingredients into a blender with the exception of the club soda. Pulse briefly. Add club soda and pulse again. Pour into tall glasses filled with ice cubes. Garnish with a sprig of mint and a berry.

red berry summer cocktail
red berry summer mojito
enjoying a cocktail in Venice, Italy
enjoying a cocktail in Venice, Italy
red raspberries
red raspberries

If raspberry & strawberry mojitos are your top cocktail choices, look for fragrances that contain either berry in their top notes. About five years ago, perfumers started to use raspberries as an alternative to lemon and mandarin ingredients in the top notes of fragrances. Raspberry has a brisk, tart scent that is energizing and uplifting.

Moschino Cheap & Chic I Love Love
Moschino Cheap & Chic I Love Love

Moschino Cheap & Cheap I Love Love – citrus, red berries, lily of the valley, bulrush, tea rose, cinnamon leaves, Tanaka wood, musk, cedar.

What is your Cocktail Fragrance Style?
What is your Cocktail Fragrance Style?

Scent Lodge Gin Refresher

INGREDIENTS:
1 part gin

.5 part marmalade jam

.5 part fresh lemon juice

12 fresh mint leaves

3 parts tonic water

INSTRUCTIONS:
Place the gin, lemon juice and marmalade into a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake until the mixture is thoroughly chilled. Pour the mixture into a tall glass filled with ice cubes. Add tonic water and garnish with lemon and mint.

frosted gin and tonic cocktail
frosted gin and tonic cocktail
gin cocktail
gin cocktail
mint and lime cocktail display
mint and lime cocktail display
fresh mint
fresh mint

If a frosty gin and tonic is your go-to beverage on a hot summer day, look for a fragrance the contains mint and tonic notes. Mint is used by perfumers because it has a chilling effect on skin. You’ll find it in summer-themed scents and in men’s sport fragrances. Tonic adds an effervescent quality to a scent – a lightness and sparkle. Atkinsons captures this beautifully in its Mint & Tonic fragrance for him or her.

Atkinsons Mint & Tonic
Atkinsons Mint & Tonic

Atkinsons’ Mint & Tonic: grapefruit, mint, lime, ginger, geranium, mandarin, cedarwood, musk, vetiver

What is your Cocktail Fragrance Style?
What is your Cocktail Fragrance Style?

Scent Lodge Honey Cocktail

INGREDIENTS:
1.5 parts tequila

.5 part Grand Marnier

.5 part honey

.5 part fresh lime juice

INSTRUCTIONS:
Place all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously until the mixture is completely chilled. Strain into a lowball short tumbler filled with ice. Garnish with mint.

honey-themed summer citrus refresher
honey-themed summer citrus refresher
lime and honey cocktail
lime and honey cocktail

If you enjoy the smooth sweetness of honey, you’ll likely be drawn to gourmand fragrances. These are traditionally sweeter creations that blend vanilla, cocoa, caramel and honey notes. And while some smell like exotic desserts, there is a new generation of sophisticated gourmands that are more refined and not quite as sweet. Chopard’s Miel d’Arabie is a triumph incorporating the finest honey from Provence, France. It’s subtle with just a hint of sweetness.

Chopard Miel d'Arabie

Chopard Miel d’Arabie

Chopard Miel d’ArabieProvence honey, pink pepper, pomegranate, incense, tea, exotic spices, patchouli, cypress essential oils

Scent Lodge Peach Iced Tea Froster

INGREDIENTS:
5 white tea bags

5 green tea bags

4 cups sliced peaches

1/3 cup of granulated sugar

1 part vodka (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS:

Bring 8 cups of water to a boil. Add the tea bags and allow to steep for 5 minutes. Remove tea bags and allow the mixture to cool. In a large saucepan, add sugar, peaches & a cup of water. Bring to a boil and then allow to simmer for 15 minutes. Add the mixture to the tea and allow to cool. Make sure the liquid is completely cool before serving over ice as this will keep the tea clear. Serve in tall glass tumblers with mint and peach garnish.

olde-fashioned iced tea
olde-fashioned iced tea
iced white tea with mint
iced white tea with mint
lemon trees
lemon trees

If iced tea of any flavour is your beverage of choice, you’ll be happy to know that there are many fragrances that incorporate the ingredient. Perfumers use tea when they want to create a sense of calm and relaxation. The scent of tea is very subtle and reassuring. It’s ideal for anyone looking to destress and create a sense of well-being. Master perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena blended Bvlgari’s Eau Parfumeé Thé Blanc (White Tea) especially for the company’s luxury resorts and spas. It became so popular with guests, the Roman jeweller offered it to select retailers around the world. It remains a bestseller to this day with almost no advertising or promotion.

Bvlgari Eau Parfumeé Thé Blanc (white tea)
Bvlgari Eau Parfumeé Thé Blanc (white tea)

Bvlgari Eau Parfumeé  Au Thé Blanc: white tea, artemisia, bergamot, bitter orange, orange blossom, pepper, cardamom, amber, musk, rose, jasmine and woods.

Scent Lodge Caramel Chiller

INGREDIENTS:

1 part milk

.5 part chilled coffee

.5 part caramel sauce

1 banana (frozen)

1 cup of ice

INSTRUCTIONS:

Place all ingredients in a blender and whip to a smooth consistency. Pour into chilled glasses and garnish with whipped cream and a drizzle of caramel sauce.

chilled caramel cocktail
chilled caramel cocktail
chilled caramel beverage
chilled caramel beverage

Caramel has quietly become one of the most popular ingredients in fragrances over the past decade. That is in part due to the popularity of Starbucks’ frappuccinos which has attracted a new, younger generation to the American coffee brand’s cafes. These consumers have favoured scents that contains similar notes: caramel, vanilla, tonka bean, benzoin. One of the very best fragrances to incorporate caramel is Chopard’s Vanille de Madagascar. Master Perfumer Alberto Morillas masterfully blends notes of caramel, tea, orange blossom and very high quality Madagascar vanilla. It’s light, elegant and sophisticated. If you are a fragrance enthusiast, it is worth the effort to sample this fragrance. It’s remarkable.

Chopard Vanille d'Madagascar

Chopard Vanille d’Madagascar

Chopard Vanille de Madagascar – bergamot, tea, orange blossom, Madagascar vanilla, caramel, cedar, Haitian vetiver

What is your Cocktail Fragrance Style?
What is your Cocktail Fragrance Style?

  • Velma Sandry
    June 28, 2021 at 10:37 am

    They all sound delicious and great choices for a fun festive garden party!
    It would be so interesting to see which cocktail the guests choose and even more fun with little minis of each to share tye result! #scentlodge

  • Sherri Gelbart
    June 25, 2021 at 10:33 pm

    I’m in trouble, I want them all! I did recently purchase Bvlgari Eau Parfumeé Thé Blanc and it’s wonderful for the summer on it’s own or layered with fruity or floral scents.

  • Andrea Leger
    September 9, 2020 at 5:04 pm

    Omg the red berry summer mojito! Now I have an awesome drink menu to work with!! Can’t wait to try 😍

  • Jamie Johnson
    August 26, 2020 at 12:15 pm

    What a great piece! I love leaning why I love the fragrances I wear!! It makes so much more sense now! Thanks Dave!! xoxoJJ

  • Nicole Graham
    August 12, 2020 at 10:19 am

    This is such a neat connection. I all time favourite perfume scent smells like grapefruit, so I can see how this works.

  • Dawn Sutherland
    August 1, 2020 at 1:42 pm

    Gin Refresher and Atkinsons Mint & Tonic for me! What a fun article!

  • Christine Bradley
    August 1, 2020 at 8:58 am

    I’m going to have to go with Scent Lodge Peach Iced Tea Froster! I love love iced tea – have at least two glasses /day and I enjoy a hot cup of tea in the morning and sometimes in the evening. So my scent would be Bvlgari Eau Parfumeé Thé Blanc (white tea)
    **ill have to give this a test when I’m out at the Parfume delt. I really want to smell the fragrance now. How fun ! Ty

  • Nicole (Twitter-@nicolenncc)
    July 27, 2020 at 9:41 am

    I would have to say “red berry mojito” for me. ❤️

  • Harjit C
    July 18, 2020 at 3:41 am

    The Peach 🍑 Iced 🧊 Tea Froster sounds amazing! What a wonderful and fun twist on regular iced tea! 🥰 @plumerea

  • Mitra
    July 16, 2020 at 9:25 am

    I love fruits , the Red berry mojito look good.

  • September Dee
    July 15, 2020 at 10:04 pm

    The Gin Refresher is tempting me. I think I am most intrigued by the addition of marmelade. It’s like a little secret ingredient.

  • Donna Maslen
    July 15, 2020 at 5:00 pm

    Iced White Tea with Mint for me! A refreshing and relaxing scent.
    @iCruiseify

    • Jonela
      July 15, 2020 at 10:16 pm

      Scent Lodge Peach Iced Tea Froster I would like..

  • Heather Schell
    July 15, 2020 at 12:25 pm

    Mmmm Scent Lodge Caramel Chiller! Thank you for the recipe, I’m making it this weekend. Sounds so good. Chopard’s Vanille de Madagascar Sounds perfect for me!
    @heagiedonald

  • Trisha Pedros
    July 15, 2020 at 11:25 am

    Yum! Carmel Chiller sounds perfect to me!! They all do! Thank you for a fun read xx

  • Nicci
    July 15, 2020 at 10:53 am

    The Red Berry Mojito sounds delicious!!! Cheers!

  • Angela Citrigno
    July 15, 2020 at 10:50 am

    The above drinks all sound very refreshing especially with the heat we’ve been getting. Love that you included some mock tail recipes. I have fresh raspberries starring me in face right now. So I’m going to try Scent Lodge Red Berry Mojito after I purchase some limes this afternoon. @959angela

  • Michelle Kozub
    July 15, 2020 at 7:59 am

    Well some of those sound delightful, and the drinks ….well i know what I am doing this weekend!!