Douse yourself in the trendy autumn/winter aroma of apples with products from the fine selection and brands curated at BlackPerfumers.com.
Now is the time for apple overload. Fall and winter are when this simplest of fruits rises to surround us like the changing leaves in all their cheery colors, shapes and sizes. Then this sturdy staple hangs in to center our winter season baking, gift baskets, and décor.
As a member of the rose family with cherries and the flower, apples are particularly definitive of coast-to-coast American culture, food and traditions. While its often sweet and sometimes sour flavor brings up memories of childhood lunches and summer picnics, its soft yet mighty aroma soothes and relaxes us in the present moments. No wonder it’s a familiar favorite during the hectic end-of-year rush.
I always look forward to apple picking season, and to spicing and brewing non-alcoholic apple ciders for holiday parties, and to keeping romantic red candles burning in apple scented varieties. And of course, warm apple pie is an essential cold weather dessert, with vanilla ice cream optional. To join the apple lovers chorus, explore traditional and eclectic fragrance matches over at BlackPerfumers.com, an online collective and catalogue of Black perfumers and Black-owned home goods businesses around the world.
First up is Brown Girl Jane’s fun Carousel Eau de Parfum. At just over $100 for 50ml, this perfume proves not to be overly sweet as sandalwood and musk balance its caramel apple inspiration. Sisters and Spelman graduates Malaika and Nia Jones’s New York City-based brand distributes products via Macy’s and Sephora as well as BrownGirlJane.com. Their commitment to clean beauty ensures every product is vegan, cruelty-free and harbors no known endocrine disruptors. You will be the talk of any room, day or night, with this one.
Next, follow the directions of A Tribe Called Quest’s 90’s hip-hop classic “Bonita Applebum” and its catchy chorus “You gotta put me on” — try Brown Sugar Babe’s Bonita Applebom Nourishing Body Oil. Doubling as a fragrance and winter dehydration solution, grapeseed and almond oils will carry its decadent Macintosh apple top notes straight onto your thirsty skin post-shower. Currently sold out with the brand restocking soon for Christmas deliveries, Bonita Applebom’s affordable price point starts at $15 for two ounces.
And we mustn’t forget men or the apple’s close cousin, the humble pear, in remembering to smell like juicy fruits well past the summer season.
Crisp pear notes make an appearance in the soft, inviting I Am Her Eau de Parfum from luxury self-care brand FORVR MOOD. Red velvet and oud deepen this light fresh scent, currently on sale at $63.20 for a 50ml spritzer.
Maryland-based brand American Luxury Unlimited is a cult favorite among local and national celebrities. The Gold Standard flagship fragrance is a time-tested men’s cologne with notes of apple to sweeten a strong woodsy base. This alluring day or night eau de parfum sells for $100 for a standard 2-ounce bottle.
For more exciting surprises and new ideas in all good-smelling things, search through the fragrance finder directory and even log your own scent collections at BlackPerfumers.com.
