‘I tried and tested 7 perfumes and this one came out on top as the best Valentine’s Day scent’

If you’re looking for a caller signature scent for Valentine’s Day, oregon privation a large acquisition to springiness your loved one, I enactment 7 perfumes to the trial to spot which came retired arsenic the winner

It’s a good known information that scent is 1 of the astir almighty senses, capable to revoke memories and emotions with a azygous whiff. That’s wherefore picking the cleanable perfume tin beryllium specified an important decision.

Whether you’re looking for a caller fragrance to commemorate a peculiar occasion, looking to alteration up your signature scent acceptable for Valentine’s Day, oregon conscionable privation 1 that’s going to marque a large contiguous for your different half, I’ve enactment respective to the trial to spot which ones came retired connected top. From apical brands similar Burberry and Carolina Herrera to caller launches from Juliette Has a Gun, I’ve tried each azygous 1 – and there’s 1 that stood retired arsenic a existent favourite.

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Burberry Her

A large bold, adventurous perfume, this is simply a apical prime for spring. It has fruity notes of strawberry, blueberry and blackberry, bosom notes of jasmine accord and violet accord and basal notes of achromatic woods, musk and adust amber. I loved this scent, but it felt much similar a time clip scent than thing I would deterioration for day nighttime oregon a large juncture similar Valentine’s Day.

Available astatine The Perfume Shop for £42.39 (was £95), and Boots for £76.

Carolina Herrera Very Good Girl Elixir

Few bottles are rather arsenic iconic arsenic Carolina Herrera’s stiletto-shaped ones, but that’s precisely what makes this a large prime for Valentine’s Day. The recently launched Very Good Girl Elixir has a large operation of saccharine and sultry scents, including apical notes of achromatic cherry and bitter almond, bosom notes of tuberose and vanilla, and basal notes that see vanilla and cocoa. It smells fab – but it’s not my apical choice.

Available astatine The Perfume Shop for £90.41 (was £113) for 50ml, oregon LookFantastic £115.60 (was £136) for 100ml.

Ariana Grande Lovenotes Vanilla Suede

This is up determination arsenic 1 of my favourite perfumes acknowledgment to its sweet, sugary scent. Bonus points for being affordable, it blends Italian bergamot with bosom notes of creamy sandalwood and atom milk, whilst the basal notes of vanilla beans and liquid musks halt it from smelling excessively sickly. Whilst this is 1 of my wide favourite perfumes, it loses points arsenic I don’t find it lasts rather arsenic agelong arsenic others – and I don’t privation to walk fractional of my Valentine’s nighttime topping up my perfume.

Available astatine LookFantastic for £75 for £120ml.

Juliette Has a Gun

As this cult-favourite marque has lone precocious launched successful the UK, I couldn’t defy putting respective of its scents to the trial and, spoiler alert, 1 of them is my apical Valentine’s Day choice.

I tested the Vanilla Vibes, Lipstick Fever, Lili Fantasy, and Lust For Sun scents with each having a antithetic scent profile. Firstly, each 4 had large staying powerfulness – I lone needed to spray them earlier leaving the location and I could inactive odor them astatine the extremity of the day.

Vanilla Vibes has a apical enactment of oversea salt, bosom notes of earthy vanilla implicit and orchid absolute, with basal notes of tonka legume absolute, sandalwood absolute, brownish musk and bezoin absolute. It’s rich, creamy and saccharine – a large romantic, feminine scent.

Lipstick Fever was a large sultry evening scent, with gourmand notes that person historically been utilized successful lipsticks. Raspberry, violet, patchouli and vanilla marque up the main notes successful this scent, and it’s a deeper, headier scent with a spot of sweetness.

Lili Fantasy is for those who similar a delicate, feminine and floral perfume. Bubblegum, jasmine, amber and ambroxan are the scents included successful this fragrance, with sweet, delicate hints that travel and spell passim the day.

My winner: Lust for Sun came retired connected apical arsenic my implicit favourite. It’s not what you would classically expect from a romantic, Valentine’s-worthy perfume, nevertheless its summery notes are precisely wherefore I picked it arsenic my apical choice. It gives you that free, relaxed, adventurous vibe that you subordinate with sunshine and question – precisely however I privation to consciousness successful a romanticist setting. It has apical notes of bergamot, coconut and freesia, bosom notes of gardenia, monoi, orangish blossom and ylang ylang, with basal notes of Ambroxan, musks and vanilla – rather virtually a summertime vacation successful a bottle.

All Juliette Has a Gun perfumes are disposable astatine Space NK astatine £130 for a 100ml bottle, £100 for a 50ml vessel and £25 for a 7.5ml bottle.