The Best Skin Scents For A Signature Fragrance That’s All You

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Skin scents, unlike fresh, floral, gourmand or oud fragrances, are designed to mimic or enhance the natural scent of your skin. Skin scents are the olfactory equivalent of blue jeans and a white shirt: simple and classic, but depending on the wearer, far from basic.

Pheromone perfume has been big on TikTok over the last year, with the idea that if someone is attracted to your personal scent, they would be more likely to fall for you. (While there are plenty of examples in nature, the jury is out on whether this phenomenon is also true for humans.)

Regardless, skin scents endure because they're designed to morph depending on the person wearing them. So rather than smelling like something specific, they're more likely to evoke a feeling — a warm hug, the purring of a contented cat, the first snow of the season. Here are some of our favourite skin scents right now.

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