“Scentscaping” – the power of scent to create emotion and a sense of space – is trending. Developers are scentscaping residential buildings in order to attract tenants and the hospitality industry has been exploring bespoke scents for hotels and restaurants. At home, fragrance is an important element in creating a sanctuary, with scents that range from clean to calming to set the mood.

Two new candles beckon this month. Developed by Ludovic Bonneton, the former digital director of French beauty brand Yves Rocher, BON PARFUMEUR launched with 15 fragrances numbered 001 to 901, their labels colour-coded by fragrance family. The brand has expanded to include candles – the Spellbindingly Smoky O4 candle, lands at Avoca this month, €40.95.

The limited edition couture edition of the TRUDON Balmain candle, €120, was developed by Balmain’s Creative Director, Olivier Rousteing, in partnership with perfumer Emilie Bouge. The result is an evolution of Trudon’s best-selling Ernesto candle (Rousteing’s favourite, also found in Balmain boutiques). Bouge has added a sophisticated black rose to Ernesto’s masculine cedarwood, gunpowder and cigar notes; www.trudon.com.

Described as an “aromatic aquatic”, When The Rain Stops is the latest fragrance by REPLICA from Maison Martin Margiela with an interesting provenance: “Dublin, 1967”. Perfumer Fanny Bal explains how “warm smells of damp wood and fresh flowers wet with rain give us their most beautiful facets. It is an optimistic fragrance: there is always good weather after the rain”. €56, at Arnotts.

Ergonomic, refillable, vegan and compact, GLOSSIER YOU SOLID €28, refills €18) is a new solid compact perfume with ambrette, musk, iris root and pink pepper; www.glossier.com.

A musky floral, NARCISO RODRIGUEZ NÉROLI AMBRÉE orange flower perfume, redolent of summer evenings, incorporates middle and base notes of musk, amber and cedar. From €51; www.boots.ie.