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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.

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01

Chanel No 5 Parfum

Chanel

Chanel No 5 Parfum

Ernest Beaux · 1921

02

Shalimar Parfum

Guerlain

Shalimar Parfum

Jacques Guerlain · 1925

03

Miss Dior

Dior

Miss Dior

Jean Carles & Paul Vacher · 1947

04

CK One

Calvin Klein

CK One

Alberto Morillas & Harry Fremont · 1994

05

Le Male

Jean Paul Gaultier

Le Male

Francis Kurkdjian · 1995

06

Angel

Mugler

Angel

Olivier Cresp & Yves de Chiris · 1992

07

J'adore

Dior

J'adore

Calice Becker · 1999

08

Black Orchid

Tom Ford

Black Orchid

David Apel & Pierre Negrin · 2006

09

Aventus

Creed

Aventus

Erwin Creed & Jean-Christophe Hérault · 2010

10

Santal 33

Le Labo

Santal 33

Frank Voelkl · 2011

11

Eros

Versace

Eros

Aurélien Guichard · 2012

12

La Vie Est Belle

Lancôme

La Vie Est Belle

Anne Flipo, Dominique Ropion & Olivier Polge · 2012

13

Black Opium

Yves Saint Laurent

Black Opium

Honorine Blanc, Marie Salamagne, Nathalie Lorson & Olivier Cresp · 2014

14

Baccarat Rouge 540

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.

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