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You should be wearing or gifting at least one of these perfumes on Valentine’s Day

30 January 2019

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Photo by Delphine Avril Planqueel and Karen Inderbitzn-Waller for Fashion Quarterly Issue 1, 2018.

Whether you judge a perfume’s sexiness by how it makes you feel, or its effect on a prospective (or current) partner, there are some perfumes that straddle (ooh la la!) both ideals and have truly proven their power as plain all-round-alluring.

Physical attraction is known to be influenced by scent and can also play a part in channelling your inner-Beyonce when it comes to your own self-confidence, so why wouldn’t you boost your chances by wearing a divine-smelling fragrance!

There are some common threads among perfumes known for their sex appeal: opulent florals like orchids and tuberose, musky or woody primal notes and more nostalgic, warm gourmand notes like vanilla and spice.

We’ve rounded up some fragrances with these elements, famed for increasing the odds when it comes to seeking a close encounter of the sexiest kind!

Scroll for the sexiest fragrances below:

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