The beauty spot: orange scents

If we all want it hard enough – like Noel Edmonds, who orders his wishes by writing them down on a piece of paper – then spring will soon be here. Proper spring: when you don't have to wear a coat and the air smells of flowers. It's for this reason that there's often a flood of floral scents around this time, but I think florals are pushing it a bit. Rain is forecast. So instead, fruit. Orange as a gateway perfume for spring. There's a lovely edge to an orange scent – it works on men and women, and when done well, like the properly gorgeous Aesop's Rind Concentrate Body Balm (£20, aesop.com ), which smells of just-ripe fruit bowls, raises your spirits with every whiff, reminding you that if spring is here, then summer can't be too far away.