The Collection
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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
04

Estée Lauder
Youth-Dew
Josephine Catapano · 1953
05

Dior
Fahrenheit
Jean-Louis Sieuzac, Maurice Roger & Michel Almairac · 1988
06

Davidoff
Cool Water
Pierre Bourdon · 1988
07

Mugler
Angel
Olivier Cresp & Yves de Chiris · 1992
08

Calvin Klein
CK One
Alberto Morillas & Harry Fremont · 1994
09

Jean Paul Gaultier
Le Male
Francis Kurkdjian · 1995
10

Dior
Hypnotic Poison
Annick Ménardo · 1998
11

Dior
J'adore
Calice Becker · 1999
12

Serge Lutens
Chergui
Christopher Sheldrake · 2001
13

Tom Ford
Black Orchid
David Apel & Pierre Negrin · 2006
14

Escentric Molecules
Molecule 01
Geza Schoen · 2006
15

Hermès
Terre d'Hermes Parfum
Jean-Claude Ellena · 2009
16

Tom Ford
Tuscan Leather
Harry Frémont & Jacques Cavallier Belletrud · 2007
17

Tom Ford
Oud Wood
Richard Herpin · 2007
18

Tom Ford
Grey Vetiver
Harry Fremont · 2009
19

Creed
Aventus
Erwin Creed & Jean-Christophe Hérault · 2010
20

Chanel
Bleu de Chanel
Jacques Polge · 2010
21

Le Labo
Santal 33
Frank Voelkl · 2011
22

Dior
Dior Homme Intense 2011
François Demachy · 2011
23

Versace
Eros
Aurélien Guichard · 2012
24

Lancôme
La Vie Est Belle
Anne Flipo, Dominique Ropion & Olivier Polge · 2012
25

Yves Saint Laurent
Black Opium
Honorine Blanc, Marie Salamagne, Nathalie Lorson & Olivier Cresp · 2014
26

Maison Francis Kurkdjian
Baccarat Rouge 540
Francis Kurkdjian · 2015
27

Dior
Sauvage
François Demachy · 2015
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Marc-Antoine Barrois
Ganymede
Quentin Bisch · 2019
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.