Autumn is a world caught between two extremes. It balances the instinct to hunker down with the impulse to explore the outside world as it transforms before our eyes. We suggest doing both, and to wrap yourself in a scent that can adapt accordingly.
This year’s fall fragrance picks are also caught between the past and the future. Some recall the glamour and ecstasy of bygone eras, while others imagine a future where the comfort and adventure of fall are fragmented, as if into pixels, and imagined anew.
Read on to discover 10 fragrances for fall — five pulled from the past, and five built for the future. Or scroll down, grab the sample pack, and try them all for yourself.
Autumn Past: Ravishing Signatures and Ancient Alchemies.
Arquiste
Bonfires warming the orangery at Versailles.
Ormonde Jayne
A supermodel-era glow of sepia florals and resins.
ERIS Parfums
A sumptuous update of showstopping musks like Shalimar.
Tauer
Hallucinating spice and floral colour in a Persian palace garden.
MISSISSIPPI MEDICINE
D.S. & Durga
An ecstatic fire ritual with American tree tar.
Autumn Future: Dynamic Contrasts and Electrifying Depth.
Escentric Molecules
A minimalist glow of whisky and wood.
Jorum Studio
Cinematic textures of transparent tobacco.
Marc-Antoine Barrois
An intense, galactic explosion of minerals and leather.
Etat Libre d’Orange
An industrial love story of flowers and musk.
Amouage
A surreal dream of citrus and smoke.
The Sample Pack: Try Them All!
Etiket
Includes 0.7ml wand-applicator samples of our 10 picks for fall: L’Or de Louis, Tolu, Night Flower, Golestan, Mississippi Medicine, Molecule 01 + Guaiac Wood, Fantosmia, Ganymede Extrait, Une Amourette and Search.
