Hyperfeminine or all-gender, these new perfumes range from neo-gourmand to instant classics.

Whether you're looking for a scent to satisfy your senses or planning to give a thoughtful gift to someone special, here's a list of the best perfumes to give and spoil yourself with this holiday season.

Your Ultimate Guide to the Best Perfumes of the Season

Not just stunning it bags like Sardine or Andiamo. To complete his 360&deg; vision of <a href="https://www.lofficielitalia.com/fashion-week/bottega-veneta-sfilata-uomo-donna-autunno-inverno-2024-25-collezione-foto-look" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bottega Veneta,</a> Matthieu Blazy wanted a collection of 5 fragrances starting from an idea of heritage based on the role of Venice as a crossroads and the signature motif of intrecciato. The bottle, intensely tactile, is a tribute to the blown glass processing of Murano, where the air bubbles, normally considered imperfections, instead become the characterizing element of the uniqueness of each bottle, while the green marble base recalls the dominant material of the boutiques. Easy to wear, Colpo di Sole is built on the accord between angelica oil and orange blossom absolute from Morocco.

Sunstroke, Bottega Veneta

There are also 5 fragrances, entrusted to different noses, inspired by odorless elements, of the new Les Essences de Diptyque collection, enclosed in bottles that recall the original ones of the brand, where the signature oval label becomes a window onto the design of the Irish artist Nigel Peake in relief on the back of the bottle. Rose Roche by Fabrice Pellegrin, is a citrus floral that combines the vegetal and mineral worlds in imagining the smell of the desert rose, a mix of Sicilian and Calabrian lemon, Centifolia rose, and patchouli that the author declares inspired by the &ldquo;elemental heat of the desert winds&rdquo;, so as to recall the &ldquo;warm and mineral sensations of grains of sand&rdquo;.

Rose Rock, Diptyque

For fans of Francis Kurkdjian, Apom will seem both new and familiar. This is because the perfumer has synthesized in the new, bewitching amber and floral foug&egrave;re fragrance, the two Apom (an acronym for A Part Of Me) Pour Homme and Pour Femme, launched years ago, created around a single olfactory matrix, the combination of lavender and orange blossom on a base of sweet amber. The new scent reinvents the original imprint by accentuating its porte-bonheur radiance with neroli, vanilla, ylang-ylang, and white musk.

APOM, Maison Francis Kurkdjian

Creative Director of Balmain since 2011, always fascinated by cosmetics and perfumes, to the point of having attended courses at Givaudan before launching into the project, Olivier Rousteing lays the foundations of the future Beauty line of the Maison with Les &Eacute;ternels. A collection of 8 all-gender perfumes, 4 new and 4 that are revisitations of historic fragrances, Ivoire, &Eacute;b&egrave;ne, Carbone and Vent Vert, the first green fragrance signed in 1947 by Germaine Cellier, the creator of Fracas by Piguet. The bottle recalls that of Jolie Madame from '46, but with the glass sculpted in the lines of the marini&egrave;re so Rousteing. The fragrance adopted by the designer? The soothing Carbone, an enveloping blend of white musk, rose absolute, tobacco, suede, and cumin.

Coal, Balmain

A superb-sounding name, that of a leather with a hyper-sensual texture, for the first Herm&egrave;s chypre, Bar&eacute;nia, conceived by Christine Nagel as a meeting between Butterfly Lily, oak wood and patchouli. In the bottle inspired by one of the brand's cult accessories, the aristo punk Collier de Chien cuff. For the holidays, Chanel N&deg;5 covers the limited edition bottle of the legendary floral-aldehyde fragrance with a veil of snow. In Musc Charnel, the material evoked in the name is revealed in the base, where it is enhanced by the strong presence of vanilla and a concentration of amber notes, patchouli, sandalwood, labdanum, persistent as per the Reminiscence trademark.

Barenia, Hermes

Chanel N°5 Eau de Parfum Holiday 2024

Musc Charnel, Reminiscence

Dedicated to Josephine Baker, to the frenzy of life, to wild parties, to the taste of freedom of the Parisian Jazz Age, Sparkling Jo, Vilhelm Parfumerie, is sparkling and fruity, sparkling with champagne, juniper, William pear, musk and ambergris. &nbsp; Black Lacquer is a blend of smoky notes and Makassar ebony wood, captured with Headspace technology, on a base of vetiver and cedar, elemi, olibanum, spices and incense. Sexy and daring in the tradition of Tom Ford fragrances.

Sparkling Jo, Vilhelm Parfumerie

Black Lacquer, Tom Ford

Desert Dawn by Byredo, is a blend of cardamom, rose, woody notes of cedar and sandalwood to evoke the dry heat of the desert, plus the elegant touch of vetiver and the clean scent of papyrus. Fir &amp; Artemisia Cologne, Jo Malone London, brings to life with open eyes the atmosphere of childhood Christmas parties, with its mix of fir, artemisia and leather.

Desert Dawn, Byredo

Fir & Artemisia Cologne, Jo Malone

Inspired by the backstage atmosphere of the ballets of the Opera Garnier, Toi Toi Toi by Ormaie is a titillating blend of incense, black pepper, cedar, sandalwood and patchouli on a base of vetiver and vanilla. Tobacco, Perfumer H, is the olfactory transcription of contemporary masculinity according to Lyn Harris, founder, in 2000, of Miller Harris. It features damp wood and leaf, tobacco, patchouli, sage, and all the sweetness of spices, tonka bean, amber.

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Tobacco, Perfumer H

New entry in the I Giardini medicei collection, Acqua, Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica Santa Maria Novella, is inspired by the water games of the fountains of the Tuscan villas of the lords of Florence. Delicate with pear, freesia, lotus flower and musk, it is a perfect example of the refinement of the creations of a brand whose origins date back to 1221. David Benedek of BDK thought of the intriguing atmosphere, bordering on sulphurous in the 19th century, decidedly cool today, of the Parisian district of Pigalle for Rouge Smoking.

Water, Santa Maria Novella

Rouge Smoking Extrait, BDK

Enhanced in Extrait version, the perfume is based on the fusion of a very recognizable cherry with orange blossom, patchouli, vanilla and tonka bean. Ambery/powdery, Tonka Hysteria, D'Orsay, has a heart of iris and lily of the valley on a persistent base of tonka bean, benzoin and vanilla. Aldehydes, bitter orange tuberose, gardenia, ylang ylang on a base of patchouli and benzoin for the classic updated, bourgeois chic, 910, the Borbonese fragrance named after the year of foundation of the brand famous for its partridge eye print.

Tonka Hysteria, D'Orsay

910 Eau de Parfum, Borbonese

With the brand in hype thanks to the new creative director Chemena Kamali, Chlo&eacute; launches L'Eau de Parfum Intense, a mix of a multi-faceted rose, green but also honeyed, with an overdose of delicate woods, introduced by the fruity note of raspberry. Created by Michel Almairac, author of the Eau de Parfum Chlo&eacute;, and his son Romain. Aromatic, gourmand and woody, Burberry Goddess EdP Intense reinforces the three different versions of vanilla of the original Goddess EdP with an additional smoky variant, to which lavender and patchouli are added.

Chloe, Eau de Parfum Intense

Goddess Eau de Parfum Intense, Burberry

After gardenia, jasmine and magnolia, Gucci expands the Flora collection with Gucci Flora Gorgeous Orchid EdP, in the yellow bottle with a label that recalls the legendary print created for the brand by the artist Vittorio Accornero in 1966. An ozonic gourmand floral, the perfume lives on the tension between the sweetness of vanilla and the metallic/salty side of marine notes. Devotion Eau de Parfum Intense revisits with a distinctive addition of hazelnut the original Dolce &amp; Gabbana gourmand fragrance fragrant with orange blossom and vanilla, inspired by Olivier Cresp by panettone.

The Best Perfumes To Give or Treat Yourself To

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