Scents of Place
Scents of Place
Perfumers, take note: Before you set out to name your new scent, we have a few pointers.
1) When in doubt, name it after a destination.
2) Don't worry if you've never been there, as long as it sounds enticing.
3) Avoid Paris, Portofino, and New York -- they've been done.
Excerpts from a fragrance editorial, Beauty & the Beat, in Allure Magazine, September 2012 issue.
The Good 'ole U.S.A. - Perfume Names by Place
Miami
- JENNIFER LOPEZ Miami Glow
- PARIS HILTON Passport South Beach
New York
- BOND NO.9 Andy Warhol Lexington Avenue
- BOND NO.9 Central Park West
- BOND NO.9 Coney Island
- BOND NO.9 Hamptons
- BOND NO.9 I ♥ NY
- BOND NO.9 Madison Soiree
- BOND NO.9 West Side
- DKNY Love from NY
- CAROLINA HERRERA 212
- HONORE DE PRES Vamp a NY
- New York Yankees
Southern California
- BATH & BODY WORKS Malibu Heat
- GIORGIO Beverly Hills
- MICHAEL KORS Very Hollywood
- PLAYBOY Malibu Playboy
Other U.S. Places
- DS & DURGA Mississippi Medicine
- DSQUARED2 He Wood Rocky Mountain
- PLAYBOY Las Vegas Playboy
Around the World - Perfume Names by Place
Africa
- BYREDO Bal D'Afrique
- L'ARTISAN PARFUMEUR Timbuktu
Brazil
Caribbean
- CALYPSO St. Barth
- CREED Virgin Island Water
China
India
- DIOR Escale a Pondichery
Indonesia
Italy
- ACQUA DI PARMA Blu Mediterraneo Aranica di Capri
- BYREDO Palermo
- CREED Jardin d'Amalfi
- DIOR Escale a Portofino
- DOLCE & GABBANA Light Blue Dreaming in Portofino
- EAU D'ITALIE
- EAU D'ITALIE un Bateau pour Capri
- EAU D'ITALIE Sienne L'Hiver
- TOCCA Florence
- TOM FORD Neroli Portofino
Japan
- NEZ A NEZ Hiroshima
- PARIS HILTON Passport Tokyo
Lithuania
- LIETUVOS Kvapas
London
- BURBERRY Brit Sheer
- BURBERRY Brit Summer
- BURBERRY London
- DKNY Be Delicious ♥ London
Paris
- BALENCIAGA Paris
- GUERLAIN Champs-Elysees
- YVES SAINT LAURENT Paris
- YVES SAINT LAURENT Parisienne
- VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Midnight in Paris
Siberia
- TOKIDOKI Siberia
(Pergament, Danielle. "Beauty & the Beat: Scents of Place." Allure Sept. 2012: 187)
