With another London Fashion Week season looming, one thing’s for certain… Fashionistas out there want to be feeling and looking “show-ready fabulous” at all times. With editors from the world’s glossies hot-footing it from show-to-show with nary a second to spare, they have to get refreshed en-route to avoid looking as tired as they feel.
Looks that will last the whole day through are key to any of us at any time, though, not just for Fashion Week! One of the most frequently asked questions we’re asked, is ‘how can I make my perfume last longer?‘ – one of the solutions being to spray your hairbrush with your favourite perfume and comb through for a waft of loveliness all day… the problem being, many perfumes will dry and damage the hair because of the alcohol base, or conversely are too greasy because of the high oil content.
Perfume houses and hair-care brands have cottoned on to this new demand and are suddenly releasing specialised hair fragrances for the style-savvy perfume lover on-the-go…
Blo Blow Dry bar in Covent Garden asked The Perfume Society to pick some of the hottest hair fragrances around and match them to signature blow dry looks from their extensive salon menu. Selecting five of Blo Blow Dry Bar’s most popular (and currently on-trend) looks, our Senior Writer, Suzy Nightingale investigates why hair fragrances have become such an emerging trend in the world of perfumery.
Working in collaboration with the help of Blo’s Senior Stylist, Ana, Suzy learned about the most popular blow dry looks, and matched each style to a perfect hair perfume – and now you can see them in action in our exclusive video. Click above to watch!
All the blow-dry looks and specially matched hair fragrances in the video are as follows…
A sophisticated floral scent enhanced with UV protectants to fortify your colour and shield your hair from daily environmental damage while refreshing it with an awakening blend of soft floral notes.
Red Carpet – Unite Luxury Alanna Hair Perfume £35 for 50ml
At Blo
This perfume by Swedish hair masterminds doesn’t just have an inviting floral aroma it also protects the hair too. Containing notes of lychee, green apple, rose, ylang ylang and Indian sandalwood it’s an understated and refreshing way to make you spark in any boardroom.
Executive Sweet – Sachajuan Protective Hair Perfume £47 for 50ml
At Sachajuan
The final touch of ultra glamour with one of the most luxurious hair perfumes around. Thameen Hair fragrance is scented with a combination of rare and extravagant notes such as Taif rose, oris, pink pepper, pearls and a burnished vanilla. With the added benefit of Keratin to smooth your locks this is definitely one to have for those most special occasions.
Holly Would – Thameen Amber Room Hair Fragrance £85 for 50ml
At Selfridges
Just like it says on the packaging, Blanche celebrates the innocence and untainted colour white, creating a refreshing and understated hair perfume with notes of pink pepper, aldehydes, violet, neroli, peony blonde woods and musk. The perfect refreshment to soft and carefree waves.
Pillow Talk – Byredo Blanche Hair Perfume £37 for 75ml
At Selfridges
For the most classic and elegant of looks Miss Dior Hair Mist unlike any other fragrance could not better suit the look. With Miss Dior’s signature notes Italian mandarin, jasmin absolu, Indonesian patchouli that oozes seductive elegance.
High Society – Miss Dior Hair Mist £34 for 30ml
At John Lewis
Of course, being true fragrance fanatics, we couldn’t leave it at just five – see below for six more stylish hair scents we love any week of the year…
Capturing the intriguing (and utterly innovative) scent of the infamous fragrance – the perfumed hair mist is a like-for-like match. If you’re one of the billions of die-hard Angel fans, this is the perfect way to protect your hair and waft a bit of that Angel magic wherever you walk.
Thierry Mugler Angel Perfuming Hair Mist £22 for 25ml
At House of Fraser
The perfect balance of musky sexiness and every-day wearability, the hit fragrance is encapsulated within this static-reducing hair mist. We got so many compliments on how great our hir smelled (from complete strangers!) while wearing this. Always an ego-boost.
Narciso Rodriguez for her hair mist £26 for 30ml
At Debenhams
Freshly picked dew-speckled roses and rhubarb with a musky amber base is the perfectly balanced composition – notes dear to celebrity stylist Adam Reed’s heart, as the cottage garden flowers featured all grew in his nan’s garden. Bless. This adds incredible shine and leaves your hair fresh as those roses – win-win. (*shhhhh* Watch out for our new Discovery Box launching any day now… and you may be in for a very lovely scented surprise! *shhhhh*)
Percy & Reed Eau My Goodness Shine & Fragrance Spray £22 for 100ml
At John Lewis
The scent of Summer bottled in a aspecially formulated and protecting hair perfume, Balmain have made sure the fragrance for this harmonises with the rest of the range and wont overpower no matter if you’re already wearing your favourite fragrance and it doesn’t ‘match’ exactly. Lightly does it!
Balmain Silk Hair Perfume £20.95 for 200ml
At Balmain
Decadent by name and nature, too, with truly gourmand notes of coconut milk, caramel and almond butter layered with Madagascan vanilla, patchouli and a softly musky base. A rose water top note prevents the whole composition being too overwhelmingly sweet – a treat for the foodie fragrance lovers out there.
Show Decadence Hair Fragrance £55 for 30ml
At Harrods
Harnessing their signature scent and designed to be re-used whenever you want, throughout the day and into the after-party – Orbie have added UV protection to make coloured hair last longer, anti-static to stop those frizzy fly-aways and an odor-neutraliser to keep you feeling fresh no matter how flustered you feel inside.
Orbie Čote D’azur Hair Refresher £21 for 65ml
At Space NK
Blo have offered our VIP Subscribers the extra special price of £20 blo dries between 1st October – 31st December 2015 – make every week your fashion week, from now until party season!
To take advantage of this offer, when booking make sure you mention you’re a perfume society subscriber and present a valid subscription card at your appointment.
Blo
34, The Market Building
Covent Garden
LondonWC2E
Phone: 020 7836 5115
Written by Suzy Nightingale
