Best Perfumes to Try in 2019
The Best Perfumes Our Editors Couldn't Stop Wafting This Year
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Your relationship with fragrance might compare to the ones you have with your loved ones. They're personal, they're strongly linked to your memory bank, and you might cherish them for how they make you feel.
The perfumes ahead have that effect on our editors. We've felt sexy after spritzing on the heady and mysterious blends, elated from the potions with brighter notes, and even nostalgic from the updated iterations of age-old perfumes. Check out our picks for the best fragrances ahead.
Yves Saint Laurent Libre Eau De Parfum
The liquid gold inside the ornate bottle of Yves Saint Laurent Libre Eau De Parfum ($104) smells heady yet fresh with its blend of floral and sweet notes. The fragrance makes for the perfect Fall scent.
Ariana Grande Thank U, Next Eau de Parfum
Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next" track isn't exactly a seductive song, but her fragrance inspired by it is a completely different story. The first thing you'll notice when you spritz on Grande's long-anticipated fragrance, Thank U, Next Eau de Parfum ($62), is its sweet, milky coconut scent. As you wear it throughout the day, the scent gets sexier and sexier, fading into your skin and hair to a musk.
Burberry Her Blossom Eau de Toilette
Burberry succeeded in making bright floral notes sexy with its new Burberry Her Blossom Eau de Toilette ($63). The light pink potion smells like a garden of fresh flowers that ultimately fades into a warm musk.
Dolce & Gabbana Dolce Peony Eau de Parfum
Dolce & Gabbana Dolce Peony Eau de Parfum ($94) is a modern take on the age-old floral fragrance. It swirls notes of bergamot and other citrus with the peony scent to add a hint of freshness.
Bastide Verveine du Sud Eau de Toilette
Bastide Verveine du Sud Eau de Toilette ($130) is a Power Your Pretty Award winner and smells like sunshine in a bottle. Bright, refreshing, effervescent — it's the eau de toilette version of drinking an ice-cold White Claw on a warm, muggy day. First, there's a hit of sour lemon and grapefruit to the senses. Then, as the initial punch subsides, you're left with the perfect juxtaposition of mint, peony, and musk.
Chloé Nomade Eau de Parfum
The juice inside the Chloé Nomade Eau de Parfum ($79-$132) is as elegant as its bottle. It suspends an intoxicating blend of fresh freesia and honeyed Mirabelle liquor.
Maison Louis Marie No.04 Bois de Balincourt Perfume Oil
If you're a fan of sandalwood-heavy perfumes — one by Le Labo, in particular — you'll fall in love with the Maison Louis Marie No.04 Bois de Balincourt Perfume Oil ($57). The earthy scent has a kick of spiciness and will stick to your skin for hours.
Maison Margiela Replica Whispers in the Library
Maison Margiela Replica Whispers in the Library ($126) is as sexy as the name sounds. It mixes together woody, spicy, and sweet notes to evoke a sense of mystery.
Narciso Rodriguez For Her Pure Musc
If we could scent the Euphoria soundtrack — blending the dark, titillating rhythm of Zendaya and Labrinth's "All of Us" with Billie Eilish's hypnotizing vocals in "You Should See Me in a Crown" — we'd do it with the jasmine-, amber-, and patchouli-laced Narciso Rodriguez For Her Pure Musc ($126). It's a sexy floral, but with a darkness to it that seems to intensify as the night goes on — which, like every one of the show's songs, only leaves you wanting more. It's no wonder the fragrance won a Power Your Pretty Award.
Floral Street Wild Vanilla Orchid
Floral Street Wild Vanilla Orchid ($75) is cool, complex, and sophisticated in the best way. Bamboo and sandalwood give it lots of depth, while zesty citrus and fresh jasmine balance out the vanilla.
Clean Reserve Avant Garden Collection White Fig and Bourbon Eau de Parfum
The Clean Reserve Avant Garden Collection White Fig and Bourbon Eau de Parfum ($150) will make you feel as fearless and powerful as Mariah Carey was in her music video for "Honey." (You know, the one where she played the sun-kissed spy, Agent M, completing a very intense mission — all while having perfectly wavy hair.) This "spicy aromatic" (yes, that's what the bottle says) is a blend of sultry warm notes and sweet fig that gets sexier with every spritz. It will give you a boost of confidence as you dance around your bedroom to the best of 1990s R&B.
Nars Audacious Fragrance
You know Nars for its makeup, sure, but did you know it also launched an Audacious Fragrance ($180)? It smells just like the cosmetics before it: sexy and sweet, with floral notes that pack a punch for date night.
