It’s the olfactory memory of men’s cologne that makes our knees weak, think wood and spice notes that were sadly inaccessible in female perfumes that got us thinking… Why should floral notes be reserved for feminine scents? Why should brands dictate fragrance for genders? It wasn’t until Calvin Klein released CK One in the early ’90s that unisex perfumes came onto our radar.

Perfumes are an extension of us, male, female, and non-binary so it makes a whole lot of sense that fragrances adapt to the times. Gone are the days of gender-based perfumes, leaning almost obsolete as we see luxury and niche fragrance houses releasing gender-neutral scents. It’s our love for smokey wood notes once reserved for masculine fragrances that lead us to curate our top 10 unisex fragrances that will have heads turning.

Imagery credit to Lucy Alcorn @lucy_alcorn