Grab your favourite perfumes and spend a little time googling the key notes (hint: if in doubt, check out fragrantica.com for beginner-friendly scent breakdowns). Are there any common occurrences?

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If you're looking for the perfect "going-out perfume", Black Opium is just what you need. This seductive perfume contains key notes of black coffee, white flowers, and vanilla which (in our ...

At their core, the most popular perfumes are magnetic to the ones who experience them. Within a series of tiered notes lies the power to unlock core memories, shift moods, or—in the case of the ...

In our column “What I Can’t Live Without,” we’ve interviewed hundreds of famous people about their favorite products — and here, we’re going deep into their favorite fragrances.

Deanna Pai is a beauty writer and editor for InStyle currently based in New York. She has more than 10 years of experience writing about beauty and wellness.

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All of the fragrances we have listed here are vegan-friendly, too. Whether you prefer plumping for fruity or floral, musky or fresh, adore Marc Jacobs and Le Labo or prefer a Carolina Herrera ...

As tantalizing as so many other popular perfumes might be, very few achieve this combination. And so, people of all income brackets have coughed up the $400-plus for this unicorn of a scent produced ...

The final product that they are creating will be a pine-smelling chemical that can be used as an ingredient in perfumes. But the starting point is very different: a brown, gloopy, fat mixture ...