12 Summer Fragrances To Make You Smell Like You Just Came From The Beach

Smells like sunscreen, salt air, and a piña colada – in other words, the epitome of a perfect beach day. With notes of bergamot, ylang-ylang, and coconut milk, Replica’s cult-favorite Beach Walk evokes memories of the sun on your skin and your toes in the sand. 

With notes of ylang-ylang, seaweed, and coconut milk, Urthy Scents Pacific Tides is musky, tropical, and fresh. It’s invigorating and refreshing – like a road trip down California’s Highway 1 with the top down. 

Coconut Sun by The 7 Virtues is a softer, sweeter tropical fragrance with key notes of vanilla and frangipani (those iconic white and yellow flowers that come to mind when you think of Hawaii). It’s your dream island vacation in a bottle. 

Lomi Lomi is a traditional Hawaiian form of massage that emphasizes long, light strokes to promote contentment and relaxation in the body. Good Medicine Beauty Lab’s LOMI LOMI body oil encapsulates those feelings with fragrant kukui oil and coconut and magnolia attar. It’s an everyday body moisturizer that leaves a light, sweet aroma on your skin all day long. 

The name says it all. Encapsulating the carefree attitude of sandy toes and salty hair, Bobbi Brown Beach is a classic bestseller, featuring marine notes, white florals, and citrus. 

More floral-forward than others on this list, Sunkissed Hibiscus by Nest combines hibiscus and frangipani with coconut. Warm amber notes round out the scent for a beautifully feminine tropical fragrance, reminiscent of sunbathing on a private beach.  

Opening with lush raspberry and pear and mingled with coconut milk, florals, and sandalwood, Malibu Night by Dime is a fruitier take on a tropical perfume. One spritz and you’ll be transported to a serene sunset on a Malibu beach. 

For those days when it feels like the only remedy is an escape to a private island. Fresh notes of citrus mingled with ginger and peony, balanced with grounding sandalwood and subtle musk make Isle Escape one of Skylar’s bestsellers. It’s marketed as a unisex fragrance, so it includes more traditionally masculine notes – think more musky and less flowery. It’s an exclusive beach vacation without the hefty price tag. 

There’s something youthful about Free People’s 1809 Surf – like your favorite Body Shop coconut fragrance all grown up. The scent is a base of vanilla and tonka bean, with heart notes of coconut and jasmine. Fun and flirty melon and Italian lemon top notes give us spring break vibes in the best way possible. 

If you’re not drawn to coconut, Carter + Jane Island Girl might be more your style. Gardenia, frangipani, and white ginger lily give this fragrance a distinctly Hawaiian aroma. It’s also among the “cleanest” formulas on the list, using only organic oils as a base and essential oils for fragrance. 

If the sun had a scent, it would smell like Phlur Solar Power. The fragrance combines bold citrus with tropical florals, and rounds it off with driftwood and sea salt. The perfumer who created it calls it “the epitome of sensual luminosity in a bottle.” Intriguing. 

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