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Barely-there musks, sheer woods and “you just smell really good” energy.
Fugazzi
Smells like clean skin, soft musk, and warm air
from $8.00
the bit you might not know
Built specifically to "celebrate the introvert," centered on Cashmeran, which Fugazzi calls "the polite molecule," known for a quiet, intimate character rather than loud projection.
Liis
Smells like reading by the window
from $9.00
the bit you might not know
Named after Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own. Co-founder Leslie's own childhood memory of sitting in a pool of sunlight on her bedroom floor, reading and writing.
Fugazzi
Smells like soft wood, warm skin, and clean musk
from $8.00
the bit you might not know
A turned-up version of the EDP! Fugazzi describes it as doubling the white amber crystals and Cashmeran, with black pepper intensified by pink peppercorn, for a version that "leaves little to the imagination."
Essential Parfums
Smells like a sunlit orange-blossom tree
from $7.00
the bit you might not know
We will never get over this scent.
D'Orsay
Smells like if a cashmere sweater was a perfume
from $9.00
the bit you might not know
Floral without being too floral, and clean without being too powdery. A must-try iris!
Scent Control
Smells like woody, sweet skin
from $6.00
the bit you might not know
Built around the kind of night that doesn't end until sunrise. Described by perfumer Lauren Weed as the skin-scent of the whole line.
Fleurit
Smells like incense and myrrh in a haze of ambroxan
from $15.00
the bit you might not know
Created by perfumer Xavier Blaizot originally for himself; King discovered it and knew immediately it was the missing piece for the collection. Built to evoke the specific feeling of walking into a Parisian nightclub (Hotel Costes) and having the whole room shift.
Baruti
Smells like the exact moment a hot iron presses clean linen
from $10.00
the bit you might not know
A must-try for those getting into niche.
BORNTOSTANDOUT
Smells like creamy skin and starchy warmth
from $10.00
the bit you might not know
Can be very hard to smell for some, give your nose time to adapt.
Essential Parfums
Smells like just showered skin
from $7.00
the bit you might not know
Powdery and soapy,
d'Annam
Smells like warmth that stays close
from $8.00
the bit you might not know
The perfect layering scent.
27 87
Smells like a second skin of clean woods and musk
from $11.00
the bit you might not know
Highly projecting, but you may go nose-blind to it!
Scent Control
Smells like a pear cocktail at an uptown bar
from $6.00
the bit you might not know
Described by perfumer Lauren Weed as capturing "the grief and the glow up," pear and violet meet a clean musk, settling into mahogany, teakwood, and ambroxan for something the brand calls their most everyday, wearable scent.
Dos Mundos
Smells like something familiar you can't quite place
from $10.00
STORA SKUGGAN
Smells like a Victorian debutante on vacation
from $12.00
the bit you might not know
Named for a real botanical mystery. The Musk Monkeyflower was a Victorian sensation prized for its rich musk scent, until it mysteriously lost its fragrance entirely at the turn of the 20th century, in both cultivated and wild plants alike. No one has ever explained why. The scent...
Ki-Oku
Smells like catching the last light of golden hour
from $9.00
BORNTOSTANDOUT
Smells like [REDACTED]
from $10.00
the bit you might not know
Patchouli-forward!
Room 1015
Smells like a genre-defying floral
from $12.00
the bit you might not know
Built around gender-fluid self-expression. Mango and black pepper open into jasmine and tuberose, meant to feel bold and a little rebellious rather than classically pretty.
Fugazzi
Smells like velvet rose and peppery musk
from $8.00
the bit you might not know
Built around rose paired with an unusually warm, gourmand-leaning base. Fugazzi frames it as the scent of "success and allure."
Pearfat
Smells like old church pews and incense
from $10.00
the bit you might not know
A specific Catholic-school childhood memory. Sleeping in wooden pews, leaving offerings for the church cat, nuns singing hymns that were "equal parts gentle and defiant."
Giardini di Toscana
Smells like powdery almond and fresh sheets
from $9.00
Pearfat
Smells like worn suede and foggy violet
from $10.00
the bit you might not know
Named for the 1964 Shangri-Las song, built around a fictional man remembering a lost first love after hearing a motorcycle-crash report on the radio. A genuine collaboration with perfumer Michael Nordstrand of Mythologist.
L'Epoque
Smells like an everything shower
from $12.00
the bit you might not know
The brand describes it as "the quiet luxury of being completely alone and starting fresh," meant to smell like you before performance or expectation sets in. Clean linen and bergamot open into freesia and vanilla, deliberately understated rather than statement-making.
27 87
Smells like bare skin under silver light
from $11.00
the bit you might not know
Named after the German word for tinsel, built entirely from refined musk molecules in a linear composition that doesn't evolve or shift over time. A quiet, shimmering base note in a bottle. Solvi's owner Maya loves wearing this on its own!
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