Seductive Scents

Beyond smelling amazing, these new perfumes have incredible perks -- starting with the power to make a man want to linger within inches of your body for hours on end.

Excerpts from a fragrance editorial, 4 Scents No Guy Can Resist, in Cosmopolitan Magazine, Sept. 2012 issue.

If you want to smell - GIRLIE-GIRLIE

Historically, florals have been associated with femininity and romance. The perfumes below have hints of rose, tuberose, and honeysuckle.

Coach
Poppy Blossom
$65 - fruity floral

Lancome
La Vie Est Belle
$75 - iris gourmand

Marc Jacobs
Dot
$69 - fruity floral

Dior
Miss Dior Le Parfum
$82 - oriental chypre

If you want to smell like a - TEMPTRESS

Packed with intoxicating spices and musks (typically more common in colognes than perfumes), these fragrance smell unexpected and exotic on your skin.

Diptyque 34 Boulevard Saint Germain perfume

Diptyque 34 Boulevard
Saint Germain
$100 - chypre

Yves Saint Laurent
Nu
$105 - spicy oriental

Lady Gaga
Fame
$55 - floral oriental

Tom Ford
Cafe Rose
$205 - floral oriental

If you want to smell good enough to - NIBBLE ON

Studies show swee-smelling "comfort" scents have male-arousing powers. These contain amber, vanilla, and licorice.

Vera Wang
Lovestuck Floral Rush
$68 - fruity floral

Beyonce
Midnight Heat
$49 - fruity floral gourmand

Guerlain
La Petite Robe Noire
$80 - fruity floral

Disel
Loverdose
$65 - oriental

Meet the LBS (Little Black Scent)

The color of a perfume often signals the mood it evokes.
So it makes sense that given fall's wickedly sensual palate, things are getting darker. Take Chanel's latest creation Coco Noir, $130: Its onyx bottle, a first for the brand, looks as mysteriously sexy as the aroma smells. The trend continues with Tom Ford Jardin Noir and Lady Gaga Fame.

Trending Scents

60% - Spices (patchouli, amber, sandalwood)
34% - Musk
32% - Rose
29% - Vanilla

(Wyar, Leah. "4 Scents No Guy Can Resist." Cosmopolitan Sept. 2012: 238-241)

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Seductive Scents