Clean & soft

Perfumes that smell like lipstick

These perfumes earn their lipstick impression from iris and violet, whose soft powdery facets echo the waxy, cosmetic feel of a lipstick. Heliotrope, white musk, and tonka bean add a creamy, slightly vanilla warmth that rounds out the effect.

1. 01Frederic MalleLipstick Rose★ 4.05 · 3,392 ratingsWith iris, violet, heliotrope
2. 02Juliette Has A GunLipstick Fever★ 3.51 · 2,698 ratingsWith violet, iris
3. 03Maison Martin MargielaLipstick On★ 4.19 · 1,855 ratingsWith heliotrope, iris, tonka bean
4. 04Jimmy ChooIris Crush★ 4.14 · 367 ratingsWith iris, heliotrope, tonka bean
5. 05ValentinoValentina Poudre★ 4.04 · 1,802 ratingsWith powdery notes, iris, tonka bean
6. 06Le LaboIris 39★ 3.85 · 1,414 ratingsWith iris, violet
7. 07Narciso RodriguezNarciso Rouge★ 4.03 · 4,573 ratingsWith iris, tonka bean
8. 08GuerlainIris Ganache★ 4.35 · 948 ratingsWith iris, white musk
9. 09GuerlainL'Instant Magic★ 4.23 · 5,995 ratingsWith violet, iris, white musk
10. 10ChloéLove★ 4.00 · 7,432 ratingsWith iris, heliotrope, powdery notes
11. 11GivenchyDahlia Noir★ 3.71 · 2,699 ratingsWith iris, tonka bean
12. 12GuerlainFrench Kiss★ 4.30 · 726 ratingsWith violet, heliotrope, white musk

Chosen by matching each fragrance’s notes and accords to the impression, among fragrances with at least 300 ratings, one per line so flankers don’t crowd the list. “Our pick” marks a fragrance our editors add by hand.