Aromatic
Perfumes with a pronounced aromatic accord, ranked by our score.
A spice, lavender and licorice bomb at extract-level concentration. A little goes a very long way.
A polished woody-aromatic. The elegant all-rounder that works from the office to dinner.
The aquatic that grew up: marine notes over a base of incense and patchouli. Sophisticated and dark.
Apple, lavender and spiced vanilla with an expensive-house finish: the easiest-to-love niche we track.
The bestseller that redefined fresh masculinity: radiant bergamot over an ambroxan base that refuses to quiet down.
Toffee, lavender and vanilla at EDP volume: one of the highest compliment-per-euro fragrances around.
Candied pear over lavender and black vanilla: the night flanker that turned the sailor into a club animal.
Creamy cardamom and lavender for dinner for two: the definitive date scent, softer today than in its golden years.
Lavender, mint and vanilla in the sailor torso: thirty years on it still smells like freshly ironed clean.
Iced mint over apple and vanilla: the sweet-fresh that has ruled European clubs since 2012.
The aquatic that taught a generation what summer smells like: bergamot, neroli and sea breeze that offend no one.
Grapefruit, marine notes and locker-room ambergris: easy to wear, easy to forget, impossible to hate.