The perfume aisle is about to feel less like a beach vacation and more like a hug. Fragrance experts say warm, creamy and edible-adjacent perfume scents are overtaking the crisp, fresh and clean profiles that dominated recent years, and the shift will reshape what shoppers reach for in 2026. If you have been loyal to ocean breezes or citrus splashes, here is why your next signature scent might smell like steamed rice, tea or a freshly baked cookie instead.
Why Warm Perfume Scents Are Replacing Fresh and Clean Fragrances
In a piece by Catharine Malzahn for New Beauty, she writes that “Nature-in...
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