The Collection
The Icons.
A fragrance makes this list when other perfumers had to react to it — not because it sells well or reviews well, which is what the rest of the site is already for. J'adore made white florals modern again. Aventus is the reason “smoky pineapple” became its own genre. That's the bar.
We add to this list by hand, and rarely.
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Chanel
Chanel No 5 Parfum
Ernest Beaux · 1921
02
Guerlain
Shalimar Parfum
Jacques Guerlain · 1925
03
Dior
Miss Dior
Jean Carles & Paul Vacher · 1947
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Calvin Klein
CK One
Alberto Morillas & Harry Fremont · 1994
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Jean Paul Gaultier
Le Male
Francis Kurkdjian · 1995
06
Mugler
Angel
Olivier Cresp & Yves de Chiris · 1992
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Dior
J'adore
Calice Becker · 1999
08
Tom Ford
Black Orchid
David Apel & Pierre Negrin · 2006
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Creed
Aventus
Erwin Creed & Jean-Christophe Hérault · 2010
10
Le Labo
Santal 33
Frank Voelkl · 2011
11
Versace
Eros
Aurélien Guichard · 2012
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Lancôme
La Vie Est Belle
Anne Flipo, Dominique Ropion & Olivier Polge · 2012
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Yves Saint Laurent
Black Opium
Honorine Blanc, Marie Salamagne, Nathalie Lorson & Olivier Cresp · 2014
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Maison Francis Kurkdjian
Baccarat Rouge 540
Francis Kurkdjian · 2015
Perfumer credit is text-only — none of the perfumers behind these fragrances have a verifiable photo we can use, so we didn't fake one.