11 Romantic Perfumes To Get You In The Mood For Love
From the magnetic and sensual to the sparkling and vibrant, we’ve got you covered
Romance in a perfume bottle? Yes, indeed. No matter what your plans are for Valentine’s Day this year – dinner with your significant other or your best girl pals – it never hurts to leave a lasting impression. From bold and intoxicating to delicate and feminine, here are 11 romantic perfumes for Valentine’s Day, and every day after that.
Earthy and woody, this scent from Penhaligon’s isn’t just for anyone. With top notes of coffee and incense, heart notes of Jasmine and base notes of vanilla and oud, this oriental fragrance boasts a bewitching and addictive scent that will have you hooked at first whiff.
Penhaligon’s The Bewitching Yasmine Eau De Parfum
$430
This number from Carolina Herrera is sure to make heads turn. Bold and feminine, the 212 Heroes For Her Eau De Parfum features a unique blend of citrus, fruity, earthy and woody notes. A bold and effervescent scent, the fragrance is also reinterpreted in an iconic 212 Heroes skateboard-shaped bottle, to represent the women who are inspiring and changing the world through their talent and fearless authenticity.
Carolina Herrera 212 Heroes For Her Eau De Parfum
$206
When it comes to a fragrance that’s a little more audacious and avant-garde, Paco Rabanne doesn’t disappoint. Take, for instance, the brand’s Fame EDP. The unique fragrance boasts a blend of pure jasmine, sweet mango and creamy incense, delivering a scent that’s playful, empowering and sensual.
Paco Rabanne Fame Eau De Parfum
$178
A modern take on the queen of flowers, the Pure Rose Eau de Toilette is a fresh floral scent for rose lovers everywhere. Who needs a bouquet of roses when you’ve got this?
Cartier Les Epures de Parfum Pure Rose Eau de Toilette
$385
Tom Ford Private Blend Tubereuse Nue Eau de Parfum, $125-$765 (10ml-100ml), Sephora
A heady, sensual scent revolving around the night-blooming tuberose flower. Aptly dubbed the “Mistress of the Night”, this intoxicating fragrance is complemented with notes of jasmine, suede accord, timut pepper and musk.
Tom Ford Private Blend Tubereuse Nue Eau de Parfum
$125-$765
An elegant floral fragrance infused with consciously sourced ingredients from around the world – bergamot from Calabria, orange blossom from Egypt, tuberose and jasmine from India, cedarwood from Virginia and vanilla from Madagascar.
Giorgio Armani My Way Eau de Parfum
$202
Flower By Kenzo Poppy Bouquet Eau De Parfum, $118-$227 (30ml-100ml), Kenzo from Sephora
An ultra-floral scent that bursts open with the freshness of nashi pear, warming to a sensual Bulgarian rose and gardenia heart, and finishing with an almond wood base.
Flower By Kenzo Poppy Bouquet Eau De Parfum
$118-$227
The velvety and alluring fragrance captivates with the sensual and honeyed notes of tuberose, leaving an emblematic scent trail.
Chloe Atelier des Fleurs Tuberosa 1974 Eau de Parfum
$370
Wild Bluebell Decorated Cologne, $118-$237 (30ml-100ml), Jo Malone London
A delicate floral fragrance that brings together notes of dewy bluebells, lily of the valley, eglantine (a type of rose native to Europe and West Asia) and persimmon.
Jo Malone Wild Bluebell Decorated Cologne
$118-$237
Also available at Sephora and Amazon
Inspired by lush blooms of honeysuckle under the Mediterranean sun, this limited-edition fragrance is a sumptuous bouquet of Italian bergamot, grapefruit, honeysuckle accord, tuberose absolute, jasmine absolute and a sweet nectar de fleur of Miel de Provence.
Aerin Mediterranean Honeysuckle In Bloom Eau De Parfum
$194
If you could bottle joy in a bottle, this would be it. A dazzling fragrance infused with notes of osmanthus, magnolia, apricot, cassis and jasmine.
Louis Vuitton Etoile Filante Eau de Parfum
$435
Text: Vanessa Chia & Shazrina Shamsudin/HerWorld