Often more expensive than commercial perfumes, niche perfumes are increasingly popular with perfume fans, and they are also excellent Valentine’s Day gift ideas that are more original than a well-known perfume. We reveal our favorite brands and bottles, those whose perfume aisles are really worth the detour.
THE perfumes niche are perfumes that highlight the creativity of perfumersprioritizing the pleasure of the nose and the expertise of the perfumer on sales requirements. If they are therefore primarily aimed at perfume connoisseurs, who give new meaning to the creation of perfumes, they are increasingly popular with less informed perfume lovers who are looking for a perfume that they won’t smell on everyone. The only downside is that these luxury perfumes are still quite expensive and choosing the wrong fragrance can represent a real waste of money. The first time, it’s a sector of perfumery that we fear to explore, because we fear feeling lost and spending too much money on a exceptional beauty product that we will wear every day.
To help you in this quest, you can count on a new marketplace called Scentissime which is the first multi-seller dedicated to niche perfumery in Europe. In particular, she offers private online consultations to help you find that famous luxury perfume that you want to acquire, without regretting your purchase. But it is not necessarily necessary to go through a platform dedicated to this world of perfumery, because little-known brands are not the only ones where you can find them. Some niche perfumes are even hidden in classic perfumery like at Sephora. As nothing replaces the unique experience of wearing an exceptional perfume, we offer you our selection of most beautiful creations of the niche perfumers that we were able to test. Perfume brands that offer rare perfumes which do not make us regret the expense and which offer much more than a smell: a real olfactory experience. This is good, these are perfect perfumes to give and wear for Valentine’s Day which are a change from the best-selling women’s perfumes!
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What is the best niche perfume? Our 4 favorite fragrances and niche brands
Niche perfumes By Kilian: the Love don’t be shy perfume by By Kilian, the new dimension of indulgence
The By Kilian house is one of my favorites in the niche perfumery sector. I discovered it at its beginnings and its intense fragrances which last well over time surprised me by the quality of their notes, but also by the originality of the accords it offers. From the intoxicating floral luxury perfume to the fragrance inspired by the art of mixology, in its bottles, it is the infinity of possibilities. But the house also offers rare perfumes which renew the classic and popular olfactory families. The best example to cite? Love dont’ be shy eau de parfum, a floral and gourmand perfume like I have never smelled elsewhere, which combines floral notes of neroli and orange blossom, with a star accord of marshmallow that is intoxicating but not disgusting. Addictive, it is tender like a soft treat, but sophisticated and therefore easy to wear (unlike the overdose of sugar to which we are accustomed in mass-market gourmet perfumes). Covering like a cloud, its almost powdery notes are ultra modern and we just want to smell it again. Finally a perfume of the kind that can be worn at any age, even after 50 or 60!
Niche perfumes Dior: Rouge Trafalgar perfume by Dior, a fruity perfume like no other
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We are well aware of the house’s more “commercial” perfumes, such as the essential J’adore or Miss Dior, but its private collection, which is much more confidential, reserves high-end niche perfumes that are worth a detour. It offers colorful juices whose nuance is highlighted through its transparent bottles, and it is on its Rouge Trafalgar juice that I have set my sights, even if I also recommend that you let yourself be surprised by its intriguing Vanilla Diorama perfume on occasion. With this surprising and incisive fruity-floral, which mixes the acidity of red fruits with sparkling notes of mandarin, the brand gives us a real Trafalgar hit and seduces us from the start. Its blackcurrant absolute with a base of musk and patchouli makes the fragrance evolve in a very interesting way over time, to reveal another much softer facet. Reinventing itself throughout the day, it swaps the spiciness of its notes of citrus, strawberries and raspberries, for a more sensual accord that does not lack panache.
Niche perfumes Jo Malone: English Pear & Freesia Cologne by Jo Malone, the elegance of cologne and notes
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An expert in cologne, the Jo Malone house is a very elegant niche brand, which perpetuates the tradition of freshness and simplicity of notes, but that does not prevent it from offering some rare accords, which we will never find not everywhere. With it, we rediscover the pleasure of this perfume of yesteryear, and certain olfactory pyramids of these fresh waters are also imbued with an irresistible vintage aspect. This is precisely the case of the cologne that I am going to tell you about and which is the one that I choose to mention to name just one: the unbeatable legendary English Pear & Freesia, a star fruity floral perfume of the house. I have an absolute crush on its note of Williams pear, full of freshness and exhilaration. And for good reason, each bottle of this cologne contains the equivalent of a whole fruit with its 100% natural pear extract. Softened by a bouquet of lightly powdered white freesias, its pear note becomes both modern and timeless. With its base of amber, patchouli and wood which makes its trail last, it brings everyone into agreement and is distinguished by this incisive and gourmand freshness which makes it so pleasant to wear.
Bastille niche perfumes: Bastille Pleine Lune eau de parfum, when natural perfume meets haute perfumery
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Bastille is the niche perfume brand that stands out both for the simplicity of its bottles and for the originality of the names and notes of its perfumes which are downright confusing. The good surprise is that the brand plays the natural and clean card on the formula side with zero hidden ingredients, 95% natural ingredients, 5% “clean synthesis”, organic wheat alcohol and no ingredients controversial. With Bastille, we fall above all for a universe where we decide to see all our convictions about perfume, and luxury perfume to boot, shake up. Nice surprise on the nose too when I smelled Pleine Lune, an enigmatic eau de parfum that is floral, but not in the way you expect.
Surprisingly sensual, it highlights tuberose, a white flower that we are less accustomed to discovering as a star note. Quite intoxicating, it is calmed by notes of matcha tea, but revitalized by pink pepper at the top. A disconcerting, contrasting fragrance, which reveals itself as you return to it.
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