One of the greatest challenges people have when selecting perfumes is choosing the right one. This may sound impossible, but it is true. A number of times, people opt for perfumes without considering how good the perfumes are and if their fragrances are as good as they smelled when the bottle is opened.
This is why I always advocate that people read reviews about the perfumes they wish to buy before going for them. It is also important that you buy the perfumes others like. You can never make mistakes that way. This is the primary reason we are bringing a list of some of the world’s most famous perfume brands to you.
This piece will reveal all you need to know about ten world’s most famous perfume brands. Note that the perfume brands you will meet here aren’t the only famous ones out there. The ten brands we will present to you were randomly selected from a pool of many famous perfumes. However, we want you to start with these before we bring more to your doorstep.
So, in this article, you are going to find out about the following perfume brands:
- Versace
- Paco Rabanne
- Hugo Boss
- Issey Miyake
- Calvin Klein
- Jo Malone
- Yves Saint Laurent
- Dior
- Tom Ford
- Burberry
As I stated earlier, after reading this article, you will have all that you need to know about these brands, including the bestselling perfumes they have created. Hopefully, that will help you to make a good choice when next you want to buy perfume for yourself or someone special.
Famous Perfume Brands in the World
1. Versace Perfume Brand
The search for the world’s famous perfume brands took us to Italy, where the fashion house of Versace came into our nest. Gianni Versace founded Versace in 1978 when he created a line of women’s wear. The company became an instant success and won the hearts of its fans and customers.
The company created a fashion line for them to make sure the menfolk were not abandoned in the fashion world. Today, Versace is not only into fashion; it has expanded to cosmetics, home furnishing, hotel, and accessories. It has launched several lines, which include Versace Collection, Versace Home Collection, Versace Jeans Couture, Versace Couture, Versus, and Atelier Versace.
The fashion house of Versace launched its first perfume, Gianni Versace for Women, in 1981. Today, it has created and successfully launched about 70 fragrances, most of which are bestsellers. The company is still making more perfumes and turning the world into a fragrant sensation. You can always tell perfumes from Versace by the company’s Medusa’s head logo imprinted on the bottle.
Versace Popular perfume for men: Eros
Eros was created and launched in 2012 and it stole the market from the moment it hit the shelf. This fragrance was named after Eros, the Greek god of love, to reveal the passion and desire sealed in the bottle. The fresh, oriental, and woody fragrance was created for the company by one of the world’s best – Aurelien Guichard. He made it for men that understand how to command respect and defend their territories.
The main accords of this amazing perfume are fresh, woody, citrus, fruity, sweet, amber, fresh spicy, green, aromatic, and vanilla accords. Its top notes are lemon, green apple, and mint. The middle notes are geranium, Tonka bean, and ambroxan. For the base notes, you will receive oakmoss, vetiver, Atlas cedar, Virginian cedar, and Madagascar vanilla. The perfume’s longevity is long-lasting and its sillage, enormous. You’ll really have a good value for your money if you opt for this perfume.
Versace Popular perfume for women – Crystal Noir
When a crystal becomes black, it joins the league of rare gems. That is how Crystal Noir by Versace is also a unique gem. This exotic perfume was launched in 2004 after the company received the special creation from Antoine Lie, the nose behind the fragrance. The main accords of this mysterious soft but defining perfume are warm spicy, white floral, coconut, fresh spicy, lactonic, woody, powdery, sweet, aromatic, and musky. Its top notes are cardamom, ginger, and pepper. The middle notes are peony, orange blossom, gardenia, and coconut. Then, the base notes are amber, musk, and sandalwood. The longevity of this amber spicy perfume is eternal and it has an enormous sillage. You can imagine smelling so exotic all day long.
2. Paco Rabanne Perfume Brand
This time, we are taking you to Spain to rendezvous with some of the most famous perfume brands the world has ever witnessed. Here, you are going to meet with some of the perfumes coming from the fashion house of Paco Rabanne, a company founded in 1966 by Francisco “Paco” Rabaneda Cuervo. Even though Paco was born in Spain, he fled the country with his family during the Spanish Civil War.
They settled in Paris, where the young Paco grew up, studied architecture, and later moved into the fashion industry. In 1969, the fashion house of Paco Rabanne launched its first perfume, Calandre, a special kind of perfume for women. Today, it has created more than a hundred perfumes for both men and women. Its perfumes are, however, created in conjunction with Puig, a Spanish company.
Popular perfume for Men – 1 Million
In 2008, Paco Rabanne created a perfume for men that know their worth and called it “1 Million.” That is not all. It sealed the liquid wealth in a gold bar container to tell you what it has to offer. If you want more validation on how good this perfume is, you may need to know that this exotic perfume was created by three renowned noses – Christian Dussoulier, Michel Girard, and Olivier Pescheux. You can imagine when three good perfume makers come together to create a perfume and then call it “1 Million”.
The main accords of this perfume are warm spicy, cinnamon, citrus, amber, woody, leather, rose, animalic, green, and patchouli. The top notes are mint, grapefruits, and blood mandarin. The middle notes are spicy notes, cinnamon, and rose. The base notes are Indian Patchouli, woody notes, leather, and amber. You will enjoy this perfume especially since its longevity is eternal and the sillage, enormous. This means you will smell good all day long.
Paco Rabanne popular perfume for Women – Lady Million
After offering men their chance to smell like millionaires with 1 Million, Paco Rabanne gifted its female fans and customers their own chance to smell like millionaires by launching Lady Million in 2010. This amazing fragrance was created by Bruno Jovanovic, Dominique Ropion, Beatrice Piquet, and Anne Flipo. Its main accords are white floral, sweet, honey, citrus, fruity, floral, patchouli, animalic, and amber. The top notes are Amalfi lemon, neroli, and raspberry. The middle notes are gardenia, African orange flowers, and jasmine. And the base notes are amber, patchouli, and white honey. The longevity of the perfume is long-lasting and it has strong sillage. I guess that says a lot about how heavenly this perfume is.
3. Hugo Boss Perfume Brand
Now, we will visit Germany to meet one of the most famous perfume brands that treats all its users as the boss. In fact, wearing a perfume made by Hugo Boss makes you smell and feel like a boss. It creates this aura of superiority and confidence around its users. So, if you’re one of those that know their worth and believe those around them should feel it too, try a perfume from the Hugo Boss brand.
The German fashion house of Hugo Boss was founded by Hugo Boss in 1924. It started in Metzingen, where it is still located, with clothing and accessory lines. Its first fragrance, Boss Number One for Men, was launched in 1985 but the company has created and successfully launched more than 100 exotic perfumes ever since then. Hugo Boss produces its fragrance in conjunction with Procter and Gamble Prestige. Many perfume creators have collaborated with this brand to create and launch its perfumes and many more are still working with the company.
Review of Hugo Boss popular perfume for Men – Boss Bottled
One of the most exciting components of this perfume is its name; it says it all. The perfume is a clear picture of the quality of a boss sealed in a bottle. All you have to do to have the feel is uncap the bottle and spray the golden liquid and your day will be filled with confidence and the best aura.
Boss Bottled was created by Christian Dussoulier and Annick Menardo. The fragrance was launched in 1998 and it became one of the world’s bestselling perfumes ever since. The main accords of this specially blended fragrance are woody, fruity, vanilla, warm spicy, cinnamon, powdery, aromatic, fresh, citrus, and green. Its top notes are geranium, oakmoss, lemon, bergamot, plum, and apple. The middle notes are carnation, mahogany, and cinnamon. And the base notes are vanilla, cedar, sandalwood, olive tree, and vetiver. As you should expect, the longevity of this perfume is long-lasting and its sillage is moderate. I think you should consider adding this fragrance to your perfume collections.
Review of Hugo Boss popular perfume for Women – Deep Red
When red becomes deep, its sensation becomes mysterious. This is how this red-bottled amber vanilla perfume, created by Beatrice Piquet and Alain Astori, makes its users feel. Ever since this perfume was launched in 2001, it has taken over the fragrance world of Germany. You shouldn’t be surprised about that when you realise that its main accords are citrus, fruity, woody, vanilla, powdery, warm spicy, floral, sweet, and musky. Its top notes are mandarin orange, pear, Clementine, black currant, and blood orange. The middle notes are freesia, tuberose, hibiscus seed, ginger flower, and ginger. And the base notes are California cedar, vanilla, musk, and sandalwood. The longevity of this amazing perfume is long-lasting and its sillage is also very strong. The perfume is worth its bestselling status.
4. Issey Miyake Perfume Brand
Ok, we’re taking you over to Japan to meet the Issey Miyake perfume brand. This fashion house was founded in 1970 by a Japanese creative and innovative fashion designer known as Issey Miyake. You may want to know that Miyake was a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing.
But that didn’t affect his creativity; it increased it instead. The fashion house of Issey Miyake launched its first perfume, L’eau d’Issey for Women, in 1992 and has not looked back in perfume making business after that first adventure. Working in conjunction with Beaute Prestige International and collaboration with many perfume creators, the fashion house has successfully launched more than 100 perfumes and is planning to release more into the world. A tour of Issey Miyake’s perfume collections will give you the feeling of being in a perfume world.
Review of Issey Miyake’s popular perfume for Men – L’eau d’Issey Pour Homme
When thousands of users, fans, and buyers come together to commend and recommend a perfume, you should know that the perfume has something exceptionally good to offer. L’eau d’Issey Pour Homme was created by Jacques Cavallier and, in 1994, the company launched it and released it to the world. The perfume’s main accords are green, floral, woody, fresh spicy, aromatic, and citrus. Its top notes are coriander, calone, cypress, mandarin orange, lemon verbena, lemon, bergamot, and yuzu. The middle notes are mignonette, bourbon geranium, cinnamon, Ceylon, saffron, lily-of-the-valley, nutmeg, and blue lotus. The base notes are amber, tobacco, sandalwood, cedar, musk, and Tahitian vetiver. The longevity of the perfume is long-lasting while its sillage is strong. The perfume is a good deal for those that buy it.
Review of Issey Miyake’s popular perfume for Women – L’eau d’Issey
Since L’eau d’Issey was launched in 1992, it has never stopped belonging to the bestsellers’ category. The perfume was also created by Jacques Cavallier, who made it a blend of several main accords – rose, aquatic, ozonic, white floral, fresh, and floral. Its top notes are cyclamen, calone, rose, rose water, freesia, melon, and lotus. The middle notes are carnation, water peony, lily-of-the-valley, and lily. As for the base notes, you will receive amber, sandalwood, cedar, osmanthus, exotic woods, tuberose, and musk. As expected, the longevity of the perfume is eternal and its sillage, enormous.
5. Calvin Klein Perfume Brand
There’s no way Calvin Klein wouldn’t have popped out on this search of the most famous perfume brands in the world. This result popped in severally when we started searching for famous perfume brands from the United States. Calvin Klein is so good that almost all its perfumes are bestsellers.
The fashion house of Calvin Klein was founded by Calvin Klein towards the end of the 1960s. The introduction of a new fashion line from this company took the world into a new dimension in the 1970s. Apart from its casual but exotic fashion collections, underwear, accessories, and jewellery, Calvin Klein perfumes also brought changes into the fashion and fragrance industry. Its first perfume, Calvin, was launched in 1981 but the perfume that has never stopped winning hearts is CK One, which was launched in 1994. What is so spectacular about CK One is that it is a unisex perfume. In fact, it is one of the first perfumes that had the unisex status. Calvin Klein perfume brand is also famous because it has created many unisex perfumes that have hit the bestseller list. As a result of this, you will witness three different perfume reviews here: for men, women, and unisex. One more thing, Calvin Klein has created and successfully launched more than 170 perfumes.
Review of Calvin Klein popular perfume for Men – CK One Shock for Him
You may continue to wonder why Calvin Klein called this perfume “CK One Shock” until you smell the fragrance. The perfume was created by IFF and Ann Gottlieb and was launched in 2011. Its main accords are tobacco, warm spicy, amber, sweet, fresh spicy, woody, aromatic, patchouli, lavender, and citrus. The top notes are cucumber, Clementine, and lavender, while its middle notes are pepper, basil, cardamom, and osmanthus. The base notes are amber, patchouli, tobacco, woodsy notes, and musk. The perfume has long-lasting longevity and strong sillage.
Review of Calvin Klein popular perfume for Women – Euphoria
When the fashion house of Calvin Klein launched a perfume in 2005 and called it Euphoria, it actually knows what it’s doing. From its exotic bottle to the liquid sealed inside it, this perfume is one fragrance that can lift your feelings anytime any day. Maybe it is this good because three good noses – Loc Dong, Carlos Benaim, and Dominique Ropion – worked together to create it. They blended the fragrance in such a way that its main accords are woody, floral, powdery, sweet, fruity, amber, musky, violet, and fresh spicy. The perfume’s top notes are green accord, persimmon, and pomegranate. The middle notes are lotus, black orchid, and champaca and its base notes are whipped cream, black violet, amber, and mahogany. The perfume has eternal longevity and enormous sillage. All these can explain why it won the FiFi Award Fragrance of the Year Women’s Luxe 2006.
Review of Calvin Klein popular Unisex Perfume – CK One
Remember what I said about this being one of the first and best unisex perfumes the world has ever had? Well, here, you will find out why it is so.
CK One was created by Harry Fremont and Alberto Morillas. The perfume’s main accords are citrus, green, woody, powdery, aromatic, white floral, fresh, fresh spicy, musky, and floral. Its top notes are cardamom, papaya, mandarin orange, pineapple, bergamot, green notes, and lemon. The middle notes are freesia, orris root, rose, nutmeg, violet, jasmine, and lily-of-the-valley. Finally, the base notes are amber, green tea, oakmoss, sandalwood, cedar, musk, and green accord. The perfume’s longevity and sillage are both moderate, meaning you need to retouch them every five to six hours, if you want to keep the exotic fragrance around you all the time.
6. Jo Malone London Perfume Brand
This time, we are going to the United Kingdom to bring you one of the most famous perfume brands in the UK – Jo Malone London. Jo Malone London was founded by Jo Malone, a florist, in the early 1990s. The company is focused on creating natural-smelling perfumes and sweet-smelling skincare products. She transferred her knowledge of fragrances and the desire to make the world smell good into the creation of perfumes. The company has created and successfully launched more than 150 perfumes, many of which have made the bestselling list. However, the company produces more unisex and women’s perfumes than men’s perfumes. So, the bestselling perfumes we will review here are women’s and unisex.
Review of Jo Malone London’s Popular Unisex Perfume – Wood Sage & Sea Salt
Jo Malone London contracted Christine Nagel to create Wood Sage & Sea Salt and he did a wonderful job. When the company launched it in 2014, it gave the world one of the best unisex perfumes. The perfume’s main accords are aromatic, salty, marine, citrus, musky, herbal, soft spicy, floral, aquatic, and fresh spicy. It is exotically blended so that its show notes are grapefruit, sea salt, seaweed, musk mallow, and sage. It has moderate longevity and sillage. Hence, the perfume is not over-bearing.
Review of Jo Malone London’s popular perfume for women – Blackberry & Bay
Jo Malone London’s Blackberry & Bay was launched in 2012 after it was created by Fabrice Pellegrin. Its main accords are fruity, fresh spicy, citrus, aromatic, woody, sweet, camphor, and floral. The notes you will get when you spray the perfume are bay leaf, blackberry, cedar, grapefruit, floral notes, and vetiver. Its longevity and sillage are also moderate.
7. Yves Saint Laurent Perfume Brand
This is one of the most famous perfume brands. Our quest has taken us to France, where we met the Yves Saint Laurent perfume brand. This brand comes from the fashion house of Yves Saint Laurent, which was founded by Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent, an amazing French designer, in the 1960s. This fashion house created and launched its first perfume, Y for Women, in 1964 and has never looked back ever since then. It has successfully launched more than 200 exotic perfumes and more are being created as we speak.
Review of Yves Saint Laurent’s Popular Perfume for Men – La Nuit de l’Homme
Yves Saint Laurent makes sure the names of its perfumes reflect what they offer. In the name of the bestseller, La Nuit de l’Homme, which was created through the teamwork of Dominique Ropion, Pierre Wargnye, and Anne Flipo, Yves Saint Laurent tells us that the perfume keeps men company and fresh on their special nights. The perfume’s main accords are citrus, fresh spicy, aromatic, woody, lavender, and warm spicy. Its top note is cardamom while the middle notes are bergamot, Virginia cedar, and lavender. The base notes are vetiver and caraway. The perfume’s longevity is long-lasting and the sillage is strong. With that, you can say the perfume is worth its bestselling status.
Review of Yves Saint Laurent’s Popular Perfume for Women – Black Opium
It is called Black Opium for a good reason. It is a mystery sealed in a bottle. The perfume was launched in 2014 after it was created through the collaborative works of Marie Salamagne, Nathalie Lorson, Honorine Blanc, and Olivier Cresp. The perfume’s top notes are pear, orange blossom, and pink pepper. Its middle notes are jasmine, coffee, licorice, and bitter almond. The base notes are cedar, vanilla, cashmere wood, and patchouli. The perfume’s longevity is long-lasting and its sillage, strong. This means this perfume will make you smell mysterious all day long.
8. Dior Perfume Brand
We are still checking out perfumes in France because there are so many famous perfume brands and exotic perfumes there. Before we leave, we’d like you to feel what the fashion house of Dior has to offer the world. This French fashion house was founded in 1947 by Christian Dior when he introduced a radical change in fashion with what is known as the “New Look”. It launched its first perfume, Miss Dior, that same year. Today, the house of Dior has given the world about 250 exotic perfumes, most of which are found in the list of bestselling perfumes.
Review of Dior’s Popular Perfume for Men – Sauvage
This dark bottled wonder was launched in 2015. Sauvage by Dior was created by Francois Demachy. Its main accords are fresh spicy, amber, citrus, aromatic, musky, woody, herbal, warm spicy, and lavender. The top notes are pepper and Calabrian bergamot while the middle notes are lavender, Sichuan pepper, vetiver, pink pepper, patchouli, elemi, and geranium. The base notes are cedar, ambroxan, and labdanum. The perfume’s longevity and sillage also speak well of the fragrance because they are both good: longevity is long-lasting while sillage is strong.
Review of Dior’s Popular Perfume for Women – Hypnotic Poison
From the mesmerising bottle to the mysterious liquid bottled inside it, this perfume is a must have for every woman. It was launched in 1998 after it was successfully created by Christian Dussoulier and Annick Menardo. The main accords are vanilla, sweet, almond, fruity, nutty, powdery, woody, coconut, white floral, and balsamic. The top notes are plum, coconut, and apricot and the middle notes are Brazilian rosewood, caraway, jasmine, tuberose, lily-of-the-valley, and rose. The base notes are almond, vanilla, sandalwood, and musk. The perfume’s longevity is eternal and the sillage, enormous. Like I said earlier, every woman needs to have a feel of this perfume.
9. Tom Ford Perfume Brand
We must go back to the United States for the most famous perfume brands. We couldn’t afford to ignore perfumes created by Tom Ford because they kept popping into our searchlight. So, here are a few things you should know about this brand.
Tom Ford, an American fashion house, was founded in 2005 by Thomas Carlyle Ford, an architect that later turned into a film director and a fashion designer. The brand’s first perfume, Black Orchid, hit the market in 2006 and remained on the bestselling list ever since. Of course, with the success registered by the brand after launching its first perfume, it has gone ahead to gift the world with more than 100 extra exotic perfumes. The brand is famous for creating perfumes for men, women, and both. So, you will meet the reviews for its men’s, women’s, and unisex perfumes.
Review of Tom Ford’s Popular Perfume for Men – Grey Vertiver
Grey Vetiver by Tom Ford hit the market in September 2009 and became a bestseller immediately. The perfume’s main accords are woody, aromatic, citrus, earthy, and fresh spicy. The perfume’s top notes are grapefruit, sage, and orange blossom while its middle notes are orris root, nutmeg, and pimento. Then the base notes are vetiver, oakmoss, woodsy notes, and amber. The perfume has long-lasting longevity and moderate sillage.
Review of Tom Ford’s Popular Perfume for Women – Black Orchid
Black Orchid by Tom Ford is one of the bestselling perfumes a woman should have. This dark mysterious perfume was created by Givaudan and was launched in 2006. Its main accords are warm spicy, earthy, woody, sweet, amber, patchouli, chocolate, balsamic, floral, and fruity. The top notes are black currant, gardenia, truffle, ylang-ylang, bergamot, jasmine, mandarin orange, and Amalfi lemon.
The middle notes are spices, orchids, gardenia, lotus, fruity notes, jasmine, and ylang-ylang. The base notes are Mexican chocolate, white musk, vanilla, patchouli, amber, incense, sandalwood, and vetiver. The longevity of the perfume is eternal and its sillage, enormous. This means you will smell so good for a very, very long time if you wear this perfume.
Review of Tom Ford’s Popular Unisex Perfume – Tobacco Vanille
Tobacco Vanille by Tom Ford was launched in 2007 after being successfully created by Olivier Gillotin. The main accords of this amazing blend of fragrances are vanilla, sweet, tobacco, warm spicy, fruity, cacao, woody, and powdery. Its top notes are tobacco leaf and spicy notes, while the middle notes are cacao, vanilla, tobacco blossom, and Tonka bean. The base notes are woody notes and dried fruits. The perfume’s longevity is eternal while its sillage is enormous. This perfume will surely give you the best value for your money.
10. Burberry Perfume Brand
Before ending this list of the most famous perfume brands in the world, let’s go back to the United Kingdom to see what the British fashion house of Burberry has for us. Burberry was founded in 1856 by Thomas Burberry to provide luxurious fashion and accessories to the blue blood.
However, in 1981, the fashion house extended its creativity to perfumes when it launched Burberry for Men. Today, this tartan-patterned fashion house has successfully launched about 80 perfumes and is still planning to launch more.
Review of Burberry Popular Perfume for Men – London for Men
London for Men by Burberry was created by Antoine Maisondieu and launched in 2006. The main accords of this fragrance are tobacco, cinnamon, sweet, warm spicy, woody, leather, lavender, animalic, fresh spicy, and amber. Its top notes are lavender, cinnamon, and bergamot and the middle notes are mimosa and leather. The perfume’s base notes are tobacco leaf, opoponax, Guaiac wood, and oakmoss. Both the longevity and the sillage are moderate. So you may need to retouch the perfume after 5 to 6 hours of wearing it.
Review of Burberry Popular Perfume for Women – Burberry Brit
Burberry Brit is an endearing perfume that is always close to its wearer. This amazing blend of exotic and sweet fragrances was created by Nathalie Gracia-Cetto and was launched by Burberry in 2003. The perfumes main accords are sweet, vanilla, fruity, almond, citrus, nutty, amber, floral, fresh, and powdery. Its top notes are lime, almond, and pear. The middle notes are sugar, candied almond, and peony. The base notes are Tonka bean, vanilla, amber, and mahogany. Its longevity is long-lasting and its sillage, strong. I recommend this perfume for women that want to be caressed by their fragrance without bringing attention to themselves.
Conclusion
Isn’t it amazing that you now have a long list of the most famous perfume brands in the world? Now, you know the perfumes to ask for when next you want to restock your fragrance cabinet. Feel free to explore and have a perfume adventure. Remember, smelling good is good business. Never hesitate to invest in a good perfume.