There is something quietly euphoric about mimosa. As winter fades, Paris turns yellow and the air carries that warm, powdery sweetness that feels like the first real promise of spring.

It is no surprise that perfumers have long been drawn to mimosa. The flower is delicate but complex, makes it one of the most nuanced florals to work with. What makes mimosa particularly fascinating is that it cannot be extracted through traditional methods. Unlike rose or jasmine, the flower yields no natural absolute in a usable form — so perfumers must reconstruct its scent through a careful combination of molecules, often working with heliotropin for its powdery warmth, and various aldehydes to capture that luminous, almost solar quality. The result is never quite the same twice, which is part of what makes mimosa fragrances so endlessly interesting to explore.

For this edition of Lovely Finds, I gathered a selection of mimosa fragrances that capture mimosa in its most beautiful forms. All of them are worth discovering.