'Quiet Luxury' is Redefining Fragrance
August 29, 2024 | TRENDS
Quiet Luxury is dominating fashion, interior design, product branding, and now fragrance. This trend favors minimalist designs, classic ‘old money’ styles, and exclusive, personalized experiences. Fragrance brands and influencers are promoting this aesthetic with top fragrances featuring sophisticated musks, niche brands, and elusive florals, inspiring new launches across personal care and candles.
Sophisticated Musk
Musks, a classic in perfumery for both men and women, are now central to the Quiet Luxury trend. Brands are incorporating soft white musks into their compositions, making this fragrance style popular across various product categories. Consumers are associating musks with sophistication and affordability. White musks are often linked to a sheer and slightly powdery aroma. Phlur’s viral fragrance ‘Missing Person’ falls into this category with white musk and soft jasmine notes.
Trendsetters: REPLICA, Nette, Glossier, Phlur, Diptyque
Chic Florals
Quiet Luxury is modernizing classic florals with an upscale twist. Niche and luxury brands alike are blending traditional notes like jasmine and white lilies with contemporary ones such as sheer apple and lychee. Henry Rose’s Flora Carnivora exemplifies this trend with its notes of jasmine, tuberose, and orange blossom. Liis’ newest launch ‘Floating’ illustrates this trend notes of peach, linen, orchid, and musk.
Trendsetters: Henry Rose, Nest, Maison Louis Marie, by rosie jane, Liis
Niche Influence
Many fragrances that are being identified as Quiet Luxury are part of the niche market, emphasizing personalization, exclusivity, and insider appeal. Niche brands, known for their exploratory note inspirations, cater to this trend. Indie brand D.S. & Durga’s ‘I Don’t Know What’ exemplifies this with its soft, customizable, and potent composition, ideal for layering or wearing alone. Another indie brand gaining a cult following is Regime de Fleurs, specifically for its scent ‘Little Flower’ layering florals of peony and rose with powdery musks.
Trendsetters: DedCool, Otherland, DS & DURGA, Regime de Fleur, Imaginary Authors
Try our trend-inspired fruity fragrances!
SOPHISTICATED MUSK
Crisp air and subtle florals recall the clean elegance of bar soap blended to creamy sandalwood and musk.White Musk
CHIC FLORALS
An abstract bouquet of rose, jasmine and tuberose notes contrasts with a depth of plum, spicy lily and soft woods.Tuberose Blush
NICHE INFLUENCE
A niche-inspired composition of sheer jasmine and oakmoss wrapped in a base of luxurious musk and amber.Ambrette Haze