Best Perfumes for Women – Perfumes for Valentine’s Day 2022

By Emily Lemon On Feb 15, 2022

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Fragrance has a masterful quality over people. It can evoke memories, arouse, calm, and energize the wearer, depending on their own taste in scent.

Let’s break down the science of scent real quick. As previously reported in Men’s Health, wearable fragrances are often divided into a variety of categories like fresh (or fougère), woody, amber (spicy), and floral. Imagine fresh like a freshly washed sheets, woody like a forest hike, amber like cinnamon with a hint of vanilla, and floral is ’nuff said.

Then you get into the three notes, like a pyramid. You have your top notes that your nose is immediately hit with, middle notes are the scents that follow, and base notes are what’s gonna linger after an hour or so of wear. Top notes tend to be citrusy and floral notes while base notes are usually deeper scents like wood or vanilla.

So how do you pick the best fragrance for your girlfriend for Valentine’s Day? One way to start is by noticing what she tends to smell like regularly. Juicy apple? Fresh daisies? Her go-to bar of soap? Take note of what she likes to smell like and use that to make an informed purchase.

Secondly, what are some of her favorite things to eat or do? Does she absolutely love baking sugar cookies? Go for a vanilla-heavy scent. Is she wine enthusiast? Deep fruity scents may be more her jam.

Here we’ve compiled some of the top-rated fragrances and perfumes from across the web to help you find your wife or girlfriend’s pick for Valentine’s Day.

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Donna Born In Roma Eau de Parfum

Don’t shy away from this fragrance’s hyperfeminine name. It packs a fruity punch that even a tomboy would love. Inspired by the spirit of Italian women, this fragrance has notes of blackcurrant fruit, jasmine flower, and bourbon vanilla for a slightly boozy, floral-heavy scent with an edge.

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Eilish Eau de Parfum

The bottle alone for this fragrance is a winner. Eilish, the debut fragrance by Billie Eilish is a vanilla-heavy scent with spice, cocoa, and wood at the base, topped with sugary-sweet florals, berry, and a little mandarin for a formulaic blend that’s a near-universal crowdpleaser.

Flowerbomb Ruby Orchid Eau de Parfum

The perfume is like a vivid garden in a bottle. Its top notes, ruby orchid and peach, make for a juicy, delectable scent that she’ll literally want to drink in. Described as a “carnal scent for a femme fatale,” this fragrance is a for a woman who’s not afraid to let you greet her by scent first.

Lost Cherry Eau de Parfum

Described as a “maneater” fragrance on TikTok, this perfume is for a woman who owns her sexy. In the gourmand family, this perfume has edible notes like black cherry liquer, tonka bean in the vanilla family, and almond, making for a hazy cherry bomb of a scent that even you won’t resist.

’REPLICA’ By the Fireplace Eau de Parfum

Imagine it: you, her, a (faux) bearskin rug, and the crackling warmth of a fireplace right in front of you. Okay, if you can’t afford to give her that experience firsthand, you can give it to her bottled in this perfume from Maison Martin Margiela. From their Replica line, this scent has every romantic note you can dream of: cozy vanilla, warm chestnut, and spicy citrus for a near-aphrodisiac scent that you’ll love as much as she would.

KAYALI ELIXIR

I’d liken this scent to the Twilight of fragrances. Rose and juicy red apple come together for a seductively sweet scent that would make even the most stoic person blush. In the warm floral family, treat a vampy girl to this slightly gothic scent that’ll leave you both partying all through then night this Valentine’s Day.

Taylyn Washington-Harmon
Taylyn Washington-Harmon is the Health Editor at Men’s Health, with previous bylines at Health Magazine, SELF, and STAT.

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