Just like a good pair of jeans, everyone has a fragrance they swear by, including our favourite celebrities. Whether worn on their own or layered as part of a tailor-made blend, these scents bring us closer to who they are behind the glitz and glamour. From oriental florals and woody aromatics to gourmands and fruity notes, here are 10 perfumes adored by our beloved stars.
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ITZY's Yeji
For ELLE Singapore's June 2024 cover star, ITZY's Yeji, Byredo's Casablanca Lily Extrait de Parfum is the perfect fit for the K-Pop leader. An oriental floral, it opens with gardenia and plum, a bouquet of Indian tuberose and carnation at its heart, followed by a base of honey and palisander rosewood.
Casablanca Lily Extrait de Parfum, $504 for 50ml, BYREDO.
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Hailey Bieber
We clocked Ex Nihilo's Fleur Narcotique EDP as Hailey Bieber's scent of choice. Opening with bergamot, peach, and lychee, at its heart is a beautiful bouquet of peony, orange blossom, jasmine, and petalia—a proprietary synthetic fragrance molecule with a peony-like scent. A base of musk, moss, and wood enhances the fruity, floral scent for the modern-day female boss.
Fleur Narcotique EDP, $300 for 50ml, EX NIHILO.
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Seventeen's Mingyu
Mingyu from Seventeen opts for a popular pick with Santal 33 EDP from Le Labo. This unisex fragrance features a woody, aromatic scent composed of notes of iris, violet, ambrox, sandalwood, cardamom, leather, cedarwood, and musk. The perfect skin-like scent for beach dates, workdays, back-to-back concerts, or stripping down to your Calvin's.
Santal 33 EDP, $285 for 50ml, LE LABO.
Gracie Abrams
When she isn't churning out heartbreaking hits, Gracie Abrams turns to Diptyque's Olène EDT. Opening with the rich, heady scent of narcissus and sweet honeysuckle, jasmine and wisteria, a flower possessing a spicy floral note, create the heart of the fragrance. Enhanced by a base of white flowers and green notes, you get a beautiful floral green trail that will have you forgetting all your relationship woes.
Olène EDT, $246 for 100ml, DIPTYQUE.
Taylor Swift
With a new rock on her ring finger, an upcoming album, and her master recordings back in her possession, Taylor Swift is ready to conquer this new chapter with Santal Blush from Tom Ford. What I can describe as a warm, creamy scent, it opens with spices including cinnamon, caraway, fenugreek, and carrot seeds. At the heart, a bouquet consisting of jasmine, rose, and a base of sandalwood, benzoin, Virginia cedar, musk, and agarwood enhances ylang-ylang.
Santal Blush EDP, $365 for 50ml, TOM FORD.
Katseye's Manon
She may be "Gnarly", but one of Manon from Kateye's favourite fragrances is the feminine Rose 31 EDP from Le Labo. A floral wood, top notes of rose and cumin enhance a bouquet of vetiver, cedar, and rose again (after all, this is a rose scent). With a woody musky base including notes such as labdanum and olibanum, it is a sophisticated rose that is cooler than anything your grandmother owns.
Rose 31 EDP, $475 for 100ml, LE LABO.
Le Sserafim’s Yunjin
We are dialling the 1-800-gourmand line as Le Sserafim's Yunjin's favourite fragrance is none other than Yum Pistachio Gelato | 33 EDP Intense from Kayali. The top notes on their own create a delicious concoction of pistachio, ice cream, hazelnut, rum, cardamom, and bergamot. At the centre, a bouquet with notes such as white peony, jasmine, raspberry, white peach, geranium, and pear leaves a floral, fruity sillage once it dries down. Enhanced by a base featuring woody and sweet notes, including tonka bean, loukhoum, marshmallow, cotton candy, and whipped cream, this fragrance makes you a walking sweet treat.
Yum Pistachio Gelato | 33 EDP Intense, $238 for 100ml, KAYALI.
Olivia Rodrigo
For Olivia Rodrigo, the singer adores the woody floral scent of Idôle Power LDP Intense from Lancôme. Opening with pomarose accord for a sugared red apple top note, at its heart holds the floral scent of the Maison's Damascena rose. With creamy sandalwood at its base, altogether you have yourself an addicting scent everyone can't get enough of.
Idôle Power LDP Intense, $180 for 50ml, LANCÔME.
Stray Kids' Hyunjin
Stray Kids' Hyunjin revealed during a live stream that he uses Gucci's A Chant For The Nymph EDP from The Alchemist's Garden collection. With a top note of tropical frangipani, at its heart contains notes of the Tiare flower with ylang-ylang, followed by a sweet base of vanilla for an oriental floral dream.
The Alchemist's Garden A Chant For The Nymph EDP, $575 for 100ml, GUCCI.
Rihanna
Rihanna is known not only as a singer, mogul, and mother (both literally and figuratively), but also as one of the best-smelling celebrities based on encounters with both fans and glitterati alike. While she hasn't revealed her full concoction, a close friend of the star revealed Killian's Love, Don't Be Shy EDP as one of the scents used by the star. A bright, sweet scent, its top notes of bergamot, coriander, pink pepper, and neroli complement a bouquet of orange blossom, jasmine, iris, rose, and honeysuckle with a drizzle of marshmallow at its heart, followed by a base of sweet vanilla, caramel, and sugar with the powdery and leathery labdanum.
Love, Don't Be Shy EDP, $440 for 50ml, KILIAN PARIS.