To welcome the season known for causing flowers to bloom, you should invest in a floral perfume to wear. Floral perfumes tend to combine essences of different flowers with fruity and woody notes. These concoctions create scent profiles that range from fresh and light to warm and spicy.
What are the Most Common Notes in Floral Perfume?
Jasmine, rose and ylang-ylang are the most common floral notes. Jasmine tends to smell like a balance between sweet and spicy. Rose adds a fresh and subtly sweet. Ylang-ylang boasts a floral scent that’s slightly sweet, like rich honey.
- Best Fresh Floral: Marc Jacobs Fragrances Daisy Wild Eau de Parfum
- Best Fruity Floral: Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Flora Bloom Forte Eau de Parfum
- Best Powdery Floral: CHANEL N°5 L’eau
- Best Spicy Floral: PHLUR Not Your Baby 50ml Eau De Parfum
- Best Sweet Floral: Yves Saint Laurent Mon Paris Eau de Parfum
- Best Tropical Floral: Bath and Bodyworks Tropidelic Eau de Parfum
- Best Value: Dossier Floral Rose
- Best Warm Floral: KILIAN Paris Can’t Stop Loving You
Best Fresh Floral
Marc Jacobs Fragrances Daisy Wild Eau de Parfum
This Daisy Wild Eau de Parfum by Marc Jacobs Fragrances is a fresh floral fragrance in an equally floral bottle. Its key notes include banana blossom, jasmine and vetiver. Together, the scents smells like a fresh bouquet of flowers. Shop this scent in four different sizes.
Best Fruity Floral
Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Flora Bloom Forte Eau de Parfum
Guerlain’s Aqua Allegoria Flora Bloom Forte Eau de Parfum is a fruity floral scent that sneaks in a bit of warmth. The bright notes include mandarin, mango, rose and coconut. Musk, sandalwood, almond, iris and violet add a bit of warmth to the floral fragrance. This scent only comes in one size.
Best Powdery Floral
CHANEL N°5 L’eau
CHANEL’s N°5 L’eau is a powdery floral fragrance that’s lighter than the traditional CHANEL N°5. The light floral fragrance highlights notes of citrus, mandarin, ylang-ylang, lemon, rose and jasmine. Together, these notes create a scent profile that’s strong enough to notice without overpowering your senses. Grab this perfume in one of three sizes.
Best Spicy Floral
PHLUR Not Your Baby 50ml Eau De Parfum
PHLUR’s Not Your Baby Eau De Parfum is a spicy perfume that has hints of warm and powdery notes. You’ll get whiffs of cardamom and bergamot, before scents of violet and mimosa come through. Then, the finish is packed with scents of vanilla and sandalwood. This scent also comes in a travel size.
Best Sweet Floral
Yves Saint Laurent Mon Paris Eau de Parfum
Yves Saint Laurent’s Mon Paris Eau de Parfum is a sweet floral scent. While it has softer notes of datura flower and white musk, red berries give this perfume its sweet smell. Shop this fragrance in four sizes.
Best Tropical Floral
Bath and Bodyworks Tropidelic Eau de Parfum
Take your senses to the tropics with the Tropidelic Eau de Parfum by Bath and Bodyworks. It blends floral notes, including passion flower and ylang-ylang, with a misty rainforest scent. This bottle is only available in one size.
Best Value
Dossier Floral Rose
Dossier’s Floral Rose gives you 1.7 ounces of fragrance for under $40. Inside this sleek bottle is a warm and spicy floral perfume, inspired by Le Labo’s Rose 31 fragrance. Its notes include rose centifolia, cumin, vetiver, cedarwood, amber and musk.
Best Warm Floral
KILIAN Paris Can’t Stop Loving You
KILIAN Paris’ Can’t Stop Loving You is a warm floral scent with delectable notes. Orange blossom flowers and jasmine are the key floral scents. However, honey and vanilla invite a dessert-like aroma to this warm perfume. Shop this bottle in one size.
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