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Glossier
What is it about the term skin scent that immediately holds our attention?
The very notion has an illusive and mysterious quality that, adequately, describes these barely there fragrances.
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And, in doing so, amplify your body’s personal fragrance.
What exactlyisa skin scent?
Anything really, as long as it wears very lightly.
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The term skin scent has evolved to be a colloquial term to describe a light, inoffensive fragrance.
Skin scents give us a subtle identity that’s like an intimate secret just for you.
Read on for our favorites.
Escentric Molecules Molecule 01
This is the skin scent standard.
Molecule 01 is built around the skin scent molecule, Iso E Super, and nothing else.
It isolates the molecule so you’re free to discover how it comes to life on your skin.
This is due to the way it bonds with receptors in the olfactory system…
When I first sprayed it onto my chest, I was like I did spray that…didnt I?
It seemed to hit my skin and then disappear through a trap door.
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It smells like static, something you might’t see or define but you know is there.
Its better under a hoodie.
For the sake of this piece, I wore it alone.
Even more than Escentric Molecules, this one is very, very transparent.
This, too, was a soft, shiny wood scent, when you could smell it.
Glossier You
Glossier You is a skin scent made to be experienced.
Top notes of iris and pepper sit atop a base of musk, ambrette, and ambrox.
Its woody, dry, foggy, and smells different on everyone.
If you arent familiar with it, you probably wont know its there.
But if you know the scent, youll be able to recognize it anywhere.
You know all of those ’90s GAP scents that are ICONIC?
They never went away!
Theyre all still available at a GAP Outlet near you.
This is my favorite skin scent of the bunch.
A little more liquid.
Its a bit more inviting than the rest of these.
At the top youll find ginger, coriander, and a few green notes.
In the middle, there is incense, and at the base, youll find woody notes.
The scent is extremely balanced, tempered, and reserved.
Not just the idea of skin, butskinskin.
I sprayed this on and was like I get it.
It smells very fresh, full of plush florals and morning dew.
It smells like the morning.
Like a sun-drenched duvet.
Like waking up from an afternoon nap with no place to be.
If you like textural florals, you should check this out.
Its clean without being sterile, familiar without being obvious, and soft and wearable without disappearing altogether.
It was a really nice surprise.
This one does the skin scent thing really well.
It’s more forward than most on the list, super clean, almost a little watery.
Henry Rose Jake’s House
Skin but make it summer.
And what’s more intoxicating than sun-drenched, wind-swept, salty summer skin?
Fresh marine tops this watery scent while soft neroli, peony, and jasmine add a honeyed allure.
Musky base notes round out the fragrance with a finish that is effortlessly fresh and clean.
It’s a beach walk at sunrise.
It’s twilight on the deck overlooking the dunes.
It’s pure summer loving.
Commodity Milk- Personal
This is Iso E with an unexpectedgourmandtwist.
& Durga captured the sentiment perfectly with what they refer to as their fragrance enhancer.
Yes, skin scents are created to be subtle and inoffensive but still noticeable.
