2 Perfume-Obsessed Beauty Editors Sound Off on the Best Perfumes of All Time
We love all things beauty here atBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing , but if there’s anything we love above all, it’s fragrance. We could talk about fragrance for hours on end and would not get sick of it. We’re constantly Slacking about new fragrance launches, our favourite perfumes of all time and how a certain scent smells on our body chemistry. It’s truly a lifestyle.
I personally use fragrance as a way to enhance however I feel that day. When I first started wearing perfume, I wanted to find a signature scent or something I could wear every day that would remind people of me. (Funnily enough, I chose Tom Ford Black Orchid, which you’ll find on this list.) As I got older, I realised that fragrance could be more than something someone remembers about you. Fragrance can be a form of self-expression—the perfect finishing touch to an outfit, a way to evoke an old memory or a way to match how you feel.
Senior beauty editor Erin Jahns feels the same way about fragrance that I do. We set some time aside to decide definitively what we think the best fragrances of all time are. Don’t worry. We’ll still Slack back and forth about perfume, but now, we have a guide to reference as a starting point.
1. Tom Ford
We both love:
Key fragrance notes: Black truffle, bergamot, black orchid, black plum, noir gourmand accord and patchouli.
Erin Jahns: I feel like Tom Ford Black Orchid is such a cult classic that never gets old and never feels cliché.
Katie Berohn: I would bathe myself in Tom Ford Black Orchid.
We both love:
Erin's pick:
Key fragrance notes: Pêche de vigne accord, blood orange, cardamom, heliotrope, davana oil, rum absolute, cognac, jasmine absolute sambac, sandalwood, benzoin resinoid, cashmeran, vanilla, tonka bean absolute, labdanum absolute, styrax resinoid and patchouli.
EJ: Both Bitter Peach and Ébène Fumé are next-level.
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Erin's pick:
Key fragrance notes: Cyprus, lemon and oak.
EJ: My friend taught me this trick with Costa Azzurra (which is amazing on its own). But layer it with Tubereuse Nue, and it’s to die for. Like actual drool.
2. Le Labo
Erin's pick:
Key fragrance notes: Bergamot, bay leaves, black tea, fig, hay, tobacco, cedar, vetiver and musk.
KB: Every day, I walk around New York City, and all I smell is Santal 33. At a workout class, on the subway, in a bar… enough! I love it, but we need to mix it up.
EJ: If I had to choose, it would be Thé Noir 29 instead.
KB: Ooh. Now that’s a good Le Labo pick.
3.Byredo
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Erin's pick:
Key fragrance notes: Sichuan pepper, ambrette seeds, damascena rose, orris, musk and ambroxan.
EJ: I think Young Rose—which is newer—is my favourite of all time, though. Actual heaven. It’s perfect. I’ve been wearing it even though it’s a little juicy, which makes it perfect for summer.
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4.Diptyque
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5. Jo Malone
We both love:
6. Maison Margiela Replica
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Erin's pick:
We both love:
Key fragrance notes: Pink pepper, orange flower petals, clove oil, chestnut accord, guaiac wood oil, cade oil, vanilla accord, Peru balsam and cashmeran.
EJ: I also always pull out By the Fireplace this time of year—a classic.
KB: By the Fireplace is simply one of the best winter perfumes out there.
7. Chanel
We both love:
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8. Frédéric Malle
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We both love:
9. Serge Lutens
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10. Ellis Brooklyn
We both love:
11. Glossier
We both love:
Key fragrance notes: Pink pepper, ambrette seed, ambrox and iris.
EJ: Controversial opinion, but I will wear Glossier You until my dying day.
KB: I feel like Glossier You is a good pick for that. It’s such a unique fragrance. It smells different on everyone—which, I guess, is the point.
EJ: Yes, it’s special!
12. Maison Kurkdjian
We both love:
Key fragrance notes: Jasmine, saffron, cedarwood and ambergris.
KB: I feel like Baccarat Rouge 540 is a classic.
EJ: Oh my God, yes. Honestly one of the best unisex fragrances ever.
KB: Everyone I’ve ever met that smells amazing… It’s almost always that one.
EJ: But it isn’t overdone!
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Prior to her time atBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing , Katie Berohn worked as the beauty assistant for Good Housekeeping, Woman's Day, and Prevention magazines, all part of the Hearst Lifestyle Group. She graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder, with a major in journalism and minor in technology, arts, and media, and earned her master's degree at NYU's graduate program for magazine journalism. In addition, Katie has held editorial internships at Denver Life magazine, Yoga Journal, and Cosmopolitan; a digital editorial internship at New York magazine's The Cut; a social good fellowship at Mashable; and a freelance role at HelloGiggles.