Soleil Blanc | Tom Ford

Soleil Blanc is Tom Ford's private-island fantasy from the Private Blend collection — an amber floral built around ylang-ylang and coco de mer rather than a straightforward coconut cliché. It opens with bergamot and cardamom, moves into a pistachio accord and ylang-ylang from the Comoros Islands, and settles into benzoin and that signature coco de mer warmth. It's sultrier and more resinous than most solar florals, closer to skin-warmed sun oil than sunscreen.

Cleo's take: “The quintessential yacht fragrance — a very clean, almost coconut-water note that makes you think of sun. Very, very luxurious.”

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