10 Perfumes Korean Celebrities Love And Where To Buy Them In Singapore
Spritz on these fragrances and scents to smell like Blackpink’s Jisoo, Girls’ Generation Taeyeon, Le Sserafim’s Chaewon and more.
Perfumes are deeply personal and evocative. Not only do they make you smell good, they can also affect your mood and remind you of a particular person, time or memory. So what perfumes do your favourite Korean celebrities use, and what scents can you spritz on to remind you of them? We’ve got the deets below.
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Itzy’s Yeji: Byredo Casablanca Lily
Byredo’s Casablanca Lily is an intense, warm white floral scent that pays homage to the port city in Morocco, and its diverse culture and heritage. It opens with plum and gardenia before parting to heart notes of carnation and Indian tuberose. Finally, the scent is anchored with rosewood and honey accord to add a slightly sweet and spicy quality to balance the floral notes.
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Byredo Casablanca Lily
Le Sserafim’s Chaewon: Jo Malone English Pear and Freesia Hair Mist
The fruity floral English pear and freesia is one of Jo Malone’s bestsellers, capturing the essence of a just-ripe pear. As the name implies, the scent starts with pear and freesia, while the patchouli base note imparts a woody quality. The hair mist is a lighter version of the perfume, which is how Chaewon likes to wear scents.
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Jo Malone English Pear and Freesia Hair Mist
Mamamoo’s Hwasa: Creed Royal Water
Royal Water is a fresh, spicy, and aromatic perfume created as a tribute to the youth and vibrancy of young British royals. It opens with citruses and peppermint before heading to a slightly herbal note of juniper berry and basil. Ambergris and musk then finish this much-raved-about Creed perfume.
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Creed Royal Water
Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon: Hermès H24
The Hermès H24 perfume was created by perfumer Christine Nagel with a blend of both natural and synthetic fragrance compounds. Its herbal, botanical nature begins with clary sage and narcissus, and is bolstered with rosewood and sclarene. Sclarene, interestingly, has a warm, metallic quality.
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Hermès H24
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Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet: Blackpink’s Jisoo
Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet is for those who love a floral perfume that truly celebrates the natural scent of flowers. Inspired by a dress embroidered with flowers, the fresh scent begins with bergamot, which sets the ground for Damascus rose and peony to shine. Behind them, white musk plays a supportive role to further accentuate the spring floral quality.
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Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet
Byredo Rose Noir and Acqua Di Parma Rose Nobile: Girls’ Generation’s Tiffany
Byredo Rose Noir and Acqua Di Parma Rose Nobile are both rose-centred scents, yet present two very different viewpoints. Byredo’s Rose Noir has a more mossy, spicy profile as it has top notes of cardamom, freesia, grapefruit and red berries; heart notes of lily of the valley, raspberry, Damascus rose, violet; and jasmine and base notes of moss, musk, patchouli and labdanum.
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Byredo Rose Noir
Meanwhile, Acqua Di Parma Rosa Nobile presents a floral approach with top notes of tangerine, bergamot and pepper; heart notes of rose absolute and accords of peony, violet and lily; and base notes of musk, cedarwood and ambergris.
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Acqua Di Parma Rosa Nobile
Kiehl’s Original Musk: 2PM’s Junho
Kiehl’s Original Musk draws inspiration from an archival scent that was believed to have been made in the 1920s. The musky, white floral perfume opens with bergamot nectar and orange blossom before it is moderated with the floral complexities of rose, lily, ylang-ylang and neroli. And as the scent sits, tonka nut, white patchouli and musk afford a warm, cosy effect.
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Kiehl’s Original Musk
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Le Labo Another 13 and Chanel 1957: NCT’s Doyoung
Le Labo’s Another 13 was born out of a collaboration between the fragrance label and Jefferson Hack of AnOther Magazine. The amber woody scent begins with fruity notes of pear, citruses and apple, which leads to ambrette, amyl salicylate, moss and jasmine middle notes. Finally, synthetic ingredients including musky ambroxan round out the perfume.
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Le Labo Another 13
Chanel 1957 starts with aldehydes, bergamot, pink pepper and coriander. Its middle notes consist of orange blossom and jasmine; and base notes contain orris, cashmeran, cedar, honey and vanilla. White musk is present at all three levels and strings everything together to form a powdery, musky profile.
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