Sunlit Vanilla is the first perfume from Summer Fridays, the California skincare brand known for its lip balms. Launched in March 2026, the eau de parfum opens on bergamot, moves to caramel and coconut, and rests on vanilla, a creamy musk, tonka bean and amber. The house sees it as a sunlit vanilla, deliberately far from bakery notes.
The American beauty press has welcomed Sunlit Vanilla with enthusiasm: a gourmand vanilla designed for warm weather, kept from turning to sugar by bergamot, and one that Marie Claire has named the season's standout fragrance.
Olfastory’s review
A vanilla for sunny days
At PureWow, the review is signed by a perfume writer who describes herself as demanding when it comes to vanilla and who concludes it is a pleasant surprise. Sunlit Vanilla strikes her as a gourmand made for warm weather, whose opening bergamot keeps the sweetest notes in check.
The fragrance of the season
At Marie Claire, the review begins from a long-standing loyalty to the brand's lip balms. Its author predicts that Sunlit Vanilla will become the season's standout fragrance among fashionable young women, and welcomes Summer Fridays into her olfactory wardrobe.