Loewe x Paula's Ibiza Eau de Toilette (£68) "reminds me of the sun-kissed summers I spent in Ibiza as a teenager", Loewe designer J.W. Anderson told told Women's Wear Daily in an interview, and is inspired by the island's now-defunct iconic boutique.
So what does Ibiza smell like according to Anderson and Loewe's in-house perfumer Nuria Cruelles? Beachy, but not in the sweet, tropical sort of way. Rather it's metallic and watery, kind of like the ocean itself — or the driftwood and seaweed that's been washed ashore. There is coconut water in the fragrance, but it's cut with galbanum (which has a green, seaweed-like quality) and synthetic ambergris, that gives the eau de toilette a skin-like quality. Add patchoui, incense, and sandalwood (an homage to Ibiza's bohemian past) into the mix and you have a truly unique summer scent that's fresh, sharp, and incredibly sexy at the same time.