What’s it about musk fragrances that draw folks in like magnets? It’s unimaginable to not love these fragrances by any iteration. Musks could be refined, clear and recent, woody and earthy and even darkish and spicy. That versatility, and its transformative energy to scent distinctive to everybody who wears it, is why I, and tens of millions of others, discover musky perfumes so alluring and irresistible.
Even should you want to modify up your scents with the seasons (florals for spring, candy gourmands for fall, and many others.), winter is the season of musk as a result of musk, a close-to-skin scent, brings the warmth. There’s a purpose musky fragrances are sometimes described as “intimate,” “bare,” “sensual,” “mysterious” and “sexy,” or why sporting these invokes the heat of skin-to-skin contact or the coziness of being wrapped in cashmere.
Hold scrolling for 12 fascinating and heat musky perfumes to put on this February which are assured to show up the warmth—compliments assured.
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“If nude were a perfume” is how PHLUR’s Lacking Individual Eau de Parfum is described. If you happen to’re searching for a pure musk scent that evokes the warmth of skin-to-skin contact, that is it. It’s intimate and heat with notes of white musk, jasmine, blonde woods and orange blossom.
Key Notes
Prime: Pores and skin Musk, Bergamot Nectar, Sheer JasmineHeart: Contemporary Cyclamen, Neroli Blossom, Orange FlowerBase: Sandalwood Australia Oil, Blonde Wooden, White Musk
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Senior magnificence editor Allie Hogan calls Retrospect a “grandma-but-make-it-hot scent,” which roughly interprets to imply a classy and delicately recent scent that settles right into a heat and sensual musk base. “Ever since this launched, I’ve rarely turned to any other fragrances,” she provides.
Key Notes
Prime: Bergamot, Pear, Ambrette, AldehydesHeart: Jasmine, Rose, Rosemary, Violet, OrrisBottom: Vanilla, Musk, Moss
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AERIN Amber Musk is headier than different floral perfumes—it’s a distinctively heat floral scent with a velvety trance, like sporting your softest sweater subsequent to a roaring fireplace on a winter day.
Key Notes
Rose Centifolia, Amber and Musk
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You possibly can’t discuss a perfume dialing the warmth up with out mentioning this sensual and attractive scent, impressed by the spicy “stories in the walls of a hotel room.” With heady notes of black tea, palo santo, leather-based, vanilla, bergamot, nutmeg and musk, you’ll really feel like your most assured self from only a spritz.
Key Notes
Prime: Bergamot, Nutmeg, Orris, Jamaican PimentoHeart: Guaiac Wooden, Black Tea, Palo Santo, Cashmere WoodBase: Leather-based, Vanilla Absolute, Milky Musk, Peru Balsam
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Glossier You Doux blends cozy creaminess with spice to reinforce, however by no means overpower, your distinctive pure scent. Prime to backside, it options notes of candy violet, palo santo, frankincense, myrrh, ambrette and ambrox “that embodies the balance of you by showcasing how strong softness can be,” the model writes.
Key Notes
Candy Violet, Palo Santo, Ambrox, Frankincense, Myrrh and Ambrette
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Layered with a cedarwood, musk and vetiver base, this woody and soothing perfume greets the senses with a deep however crisply calming scent that I envision the solar would scent like sitting on pores and skin.
Key Notes
Prime: Ambrette, NesberryHeart: Magnolia, Sandalwood, VioletBase: Cedarwood, Musks, Vetiver
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Does it get any spicier than “a sexy, turbulent perfume, in a word: ravageur.” This drama-filler fragrance combines candy, musky and powdery high notes with a wealthy and woody base.
Key Notes
Prime: Bergamot, Mandarin, LavenderMiddle: Amber, Vanilla, MuskBase: Sandalwood, Musk
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Kiehl’s Musk Eau de Toilette Spray is a contemporary tackle the model’s signature Musk perfume, dubbed “Love Oil” when it debuted within the Twenties. Vivid, floral and creamy, this traditional perfume dries to sensual musk and white patchouli because it wears.
Key Notes
Prime: Bergamot Nectar and Orange BlossomMiddle: Rose, Lily, Ylang-Ylang, NeroliBase: Tonka Bean, White Patchouli, Musk
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Utilizing solely ambrette (musk mallow), BVLGARI bottles the skin-like high quality of animalic musk. Worn alone, it’s fully sensual and complicated, but it surely may also be layered with different scents to reinforce that perfume’s “enticing facet,” in line with the model.
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Impressed by the titular skunk (stick with me, I promise), this unique elixir blends smoky and woody notes, like patchouli, vetiver and amber to create a heated earthy scent.
Key Notes
Tagetes, Carrot Seed, Patchouli, Vetiver, Galangal Root, Arborvitae, Fossilized Amber, Cardamom and Coriander
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Wish to scent costly? Sure, this perfume is an funding, however with notes of leather-based, suede, saffron, thyme, rose and amber, it’s downright irresistible.
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Tremendous Amber by no means smells the identical on any two folks, but it surely’s at all times heat and addicting. The comfortable composition of musk, amber, vanilla and cedarwood provides it a grounded enveloping end.
Key Notes
Amber, Vanilla Orchid, Virginia Cedarwood and Musk
