But vanilla has now been crowned the world's favourite smell by a team of international experts. Scientists from the University of Oxford and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm presented 10 scents to 235 people from nine different cultures around the world.
The Chanel Grand Extrait is the most-sought after fragrance from the house of Channel. This exclusive limited-edition fragrance is also among the most expensive perfume with a price tag of 3,619.59 Euros or USD 4,200 per ounce.
The smell of wealth is money, but it's more than money. It's luxury perfume, but it's more than luxury perfume. It's weirdly ineffable, yet eminently recognizable to everyone who smells it. First, it's worth noting that the scent of wealth isn't necessarily the scent of fame.
Fashion icon Kim Kardashian wears the ageless and versatile Michael Kors by Michael Kors perfume, but she also dips into fragrances from her famous perfume line. Scents from her lineup include True Reflection, Kim Kardashian, and the luxurious, powerful (but inexpensive) Kim Kardashian Glam.
If you're looking for a scent that has 'spray once and last all day capabilities', we'd recommend choosing the Parfum, Eau de Parfum or Intense version of the scent. These formulations contain more concentrated oils that give them impressive longevity compared to the Eau de Toilette rendition.
If you ask OG perfumer, Coco Chanel, “elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside,” which translated, surely means that elegant perfumes are the feel-good scents that you feel a personal connection to. They're the scents that make you feel fancy, or powerful, or pulled together, or at ease.
A perfumer is an expert on creating perfume compositions, sometimes referred to affectionately as a nose (French: nez) due to their fine sense of smell and skill in producing olfactory compositions.
Good choices for scents in hotels include sandalwood, vanilla, cedar, lemon blossom, citrus, neroli, leather, and white tea. You can then add in less common scents specific to your hotel experience, such as lemon verbena, jasmine, coconut, patchouli, lavender, and more.
