Words by Maggie F. Francisco

By this time, you're starting to really feel the scorching heat of the summer. And you all know that the hot summer days are calling for those refreshingly cool summer fragrances. Although there isn't really a rule to change your perfume when seasons change, you're bound to swap your deeper, woodsy scents to something lighter, crisper, and more refreshing.

We've mentioned it before—fragrance is an accessory, an invisible one at that. It puts the final touch to your whole outfit. And when summer rolls in, that accessory takes center stage. That idea that summer fragrances have the ability to transport you to another place lets you keep those memories in a bottle. While leaving the city life for the warm, sandy beaches might be out of the question for us this year, recent research suggests that a lot of people are still wearing fragrance everyday, even though they don’t leave the house.

From the fresh florals and zesty, citrusy notes to lighten your mood to the breezy, oceanic scents that quickly take your mind to the beach, we give you options of fragrances that captures best the scents of summer that transport you to your would-be vacation, even if you can't leave right now.

Here are our picks for summer scents.