I ditched my £215 perfume for a £15 body spray that's 'summer in a bottle' and I got hundreds of compliments
04.07.2022 - 19:07
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Now it's officially summer, many shoppers are looking for a summery fragrance that smells amazing and doesn't break the bank. In the summer months you're likely to find yourself needing to spray yourself more often, so a good body spray can be a good idea.
I'm a firm perfume lover, and I'm difficult to please when it comes to fragrance. So I found myself shocked when a £15 body spray completely blew my preconceptions out of the water, and gets me a compliment nearly every time I leave the house.
I usually wear Baccarat Rouge 540 by Maison Francis Kurkdjian - which retails at £215, or Thameen's Patiala, which also retails at £255. But as you can imagine, with price tags like that, you need to use them sparingly.
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As such, I went out on the hunt for a body spray which I could use instead, and discovered Sol De Janeiro's Cheirosa '39 Perfume Mist. 90ml of the spray costs £15 on Boots. Unfortunately it's out of stock on the Boots website right now, but you can buy it for £16 on FeelUnique.
Sol De Janeiro's body sprays have found themselves going viral on Tik Tok thanks to their 'heavenly' tropical scents which quite literally taste good enough to eat.
The £16 spray is an all-over hair and body fragrance with notes of young green coconut cream, tropical orchid, and toasted praline. Quite honestly, it's addictive.
In fact, it's so good, I keep a spare bottle in my car and one in my handbag. Once I arrive at my destination I give myself a quick spritz, and every single time, without fail, whoever I'm meeting will give me a compliment.
One woman was so impressed by the £15 spray, she came from the other end of a restaurant (20