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Best of 2015 in Scents

Here is our eclectic selection of favorite fragrances, including older perfumes we most enjoyed wearing this year. We also would love to read your lists of 2015 highlights–perfumes, books or anything else that stood out. Bois de Jasmin will return on Monday, January 4th, and in the meantime we wish you a happy and fragrant new year! We look forward to another year together with all of you.

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The “Best of” in the title of this article should be taken with a grain of salt. I spend enough time testing fragrances and thinking about them, but even so, I’m hard pressed to remember everything I tried this year, much less to rank my preferences in a logical manner. But would such a list even be interesting? When Elisa, Andy, Patricia and I exchanged thoughts about our discoveries in 2015, we quickly realized that our lists fascinated us for their idiosyncrasies.

Victoria’s 2015 Favorites

Alaïa Paris by Azzedine Alaïa

Alaïa is doubtless my favorite launch of 2015. Describing it as floral leather doesn’t convey all of its nuances and its thoroughly modern way of reinterpreting this classical idea. It feels impeccably elegant and yet without anything fussy or too high-maintenance.

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  • Lizette in Recommend Me a Perfume : April 2025: I recommend these two: Bvlgari Au the Vert for a soft green, floral, creamy, elegant and understated scent. Hermes Eau des Merveilles Bleue for an aquatic, woodsy, yet soft fragrance. April 19, 2025 at 12:23pm

  • Alityke in Recommend Me a Perfume : April 2025: I’m delighted! The rumours about Jicky being retired are just that, a rumour. A perfume blogger I trust emailed Guerlain Head Office after an SA in the US said Jicky… April 19, 2025 at 2:20am

  • allo in Recommend Me a Perfume : April 2025: The LL Jicky is wonderful! It’s so well balanced and the funk is just right. Thank you again! April 18, 2025 at 9:05pm

  • Neva in Recommend Me a Perfume : April 2025: Hi Beth, I’m a chypre lover too and always on the lookout for new chypres. I can recommend Teo Cabanel’s Oha and Come la Luna by Bois 1920. Both are… April 18, 2025 at 5:59pm

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