The step-change in seasons can happen almost overnight. One minute you’re sipping margaritas in nothing but a pair of swim shorts. The next, you’ve switched to the heavier duvet, reclaimed the overcoat from the back of the wardrobe and shelved the barbecue in favour of a roast.

So why are you still spritzing like it’s a hot day in June?

Despite our tech-dominated lifestyles, we still have a few hundred thousand years of evolutionary programming that tell us to bring in the harvest, make good stores of seasonal food and build a fire (or, you know, put the heating on.)

With that point fast approaching, it’s also time to retire lightweight summer scents before they start smelling out of sync and get to know the autumn fragrances that will have you covered all season long.

Gucci Memoire D’une Odeur

It’s a well-known fact that everything sounds better in French: the bus timetable, the Eurovision results and anything that wants to sound a bit fancy. Gucci‘s latest scent is another case in point. ‘Memory of an Odour’ doesn’t quite have the same ring to it as Memoire D’une Odeur, does it?

The first unisex scent from the gender-bending Italian fashion house has a campaign featuring Harry Styles and friends recreating a summer of love around a Roman campfire. The ingredients are also suitably hippie-ish: chamomile and jasmine are the main notes, making for an intriguing ‘mineral aromatic’ scent that is sure to be a future classic.

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Dior Sauvage Parfum

Never let it be said that the big fragrance houses don’t know how to cash in on a popular scent. Launched in 1966, the original Sauvage was a major investment for Dior and is enjoying somewhat of a renaissance. Now fronted by Johnny Depp, we can expect as many flankers as there were instalments of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.