Have you ever loved the way a perfume smelled on someone else, only to find it smells completely different on you? You’re not ...

While the rest of the internet may have melted down over the politics of “olfactory ethics” last week, we at Cosmo HQ had a different smell-related mission: to figure out what a vampire smells like.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The relationship between a celebrity and fragrance is a long-standing one. While it’s easy enough to ...

Food-inspired perfumes (aka “gourmands”) typically rely on notes of vanilla and coffee bean. Lately their creators have glommed onto pistachio. “The vanilla crowd started looking for [something] a bit ...

Cinnamon contains cinnamaldehyde, which has antimicrobial properties, and eugenol, which acts as an antiseptic. This makes it an effective mild cleaner. Combine it with baking soda and water to make a ...

A new year calls for a new signature scent, and the biggest fragrance trends of 2026 are full of inspiration. Last year saw ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Gourmands are evolving: Sweet scents are getting darker, nuttier, boozier, and more complex, with vanilla ...

Perfume is usually the last thing I’d wrap up for someone. Fragrance is incredibly personal and deciding which one to gift feels akin to guessing their coffee order or choosing their go-to lip shade.

Even though I write about fragrance, I don’t necessarily like smelling like perfume, per se. That doesn’t mean, though, that I don’t want to smell good. In a perfect world, that would mean that the ...