Editor’s tip: Moonflower isn’t quite as common as, say, lavender, in linen sprays. In case you haven’t smelled the dreamy note, here’s what to expect: Sometimes compared to sweetpeas, honeysuckles, or magnolias, the flowers have a fresh, sweet, slightly vanilla-tinged aroma.
Key notes: lavender, white musk, moonflower | Size: 1.7 oz.
Best Spa Aroma: Espa Restful Pillow Mist
Why it’s worth it: There’s one downside to getting a massage: having to leave the cushy, heated bed at the end and reenter the real world. (Champagne problems, but a letdown nonetheless.) Luckily, Espa’s Restful Pillow Mist exists, making it possible to feel like you’re falling asleep in a deliciously lavish spa—minus the attendant waiting to swap out the sheets. With lavender, clary sage, and eucalyptus essential oils, the mist bottles the blissful feeling of lounging in a steam room or drifting off to sleep while an expert minimizes your pores.
Editor’s tip: At 100 milliliters, or about 3.3 ounces, the mist can be taken on the road to make any hotel room feel a little more lavish.
Key notes: lavender, clary sage, eucalyptus | Size: 3.3 oz.
Best Luxury-Hotel Smell: Dusa Room Spray
Why it’s worth it: Dusa’s multitasking room sprays can also be spritzed onto pillows, sheets, and pajamas. Made without phthalates and parabens, the sprays come in nuanced scents inspired by the delicately perfumed air of luxury hotels. Baies melds notes of rose petals, jasmine, lemon, and musk, while Santal mists linens with a sultrily woody mix of santal, orchid, violet, and cedar. Fig, which layers in notes of cassis, jasmine, and hyacinth, is another scent that invites staying in bed for hours on end. Luckily, the sprays are designed to accommodate that desire—their formulas have a special concentration of aroma that makes them especially long-lasting.
Editor’s tip: When concocting fragrances, the brand used the same notes five-star hotels use in the custom scents that waft through their lobbies. The scents are typically designed to smell soothing and sophisticated.
Scent options: Grapefruit, Baies, Cedar and Bergamonte, Fig, Lemongrass, Santal, Te Matcha | Size: 16.9 oz.
Best Second-Skin: Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Universalis Scented Linen Mist
Why it’s worth it: Some of the best skin scents capture the languid feeling of clean white sheets grazing bare skin—and this fragrance was made expressly for the sheets. The French linen mist melds cozy notes of bergamot and musk with a lemony twist and the fresh, floral smell of a white-flower bouquet. Bright and clean, the mist is just a thing to spritz onto clothes after ironing them for the most luxurious laundry day ever.
