How to Smell Like a Celebrity, Based on Their Signature Scents

From new fragrance endeavors created by expert noses to the most popular celebrity fragrances on the market, it seems like everyone is in their fragrance era nowadays. Whether it’s classic, warm, homey scents for fall or experimental fragrances pulling from unconventional muses like tomatoes, we are living in the golden age of fragrance.

As with any beauty product, celebrities are a great source of inspiration when finding a new favorite scent. With their constant exclusive dinner parties or glamorous red-carpet events, our favorite A-listers pay close attention to the scent they’re putting forward. If you want to smell as expensive as your favorite celebrities, try out some of the most luxurious celebrity fragrances. We’ve rounded up some of the perfumes the hottest names in Hollywood have declared their go-to’s.

11 Celebrity Fragrances You’ll Want to Try

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Taylor Swift

For years, fans have been dying to know what scent Taylor Swift wears, and thanks to snippets of interviews and a keen eye by fans, we think we know. Swift recently teased her fragrance of choice on the red carpet, simply responding to the “What perfume are you wearing?” query with “Tom Ford.” While the response was vague, fans pieced together how they remembered seeing Tom Ford’s Santal Blush Eau de Parfum ($195) amongst her product bag in the Miss Americana documentary. So, it’s a safe bet to say the sandalwood-based fragrance is her go-to.

• BUY ON SEPHORA – $195
• BUY ON NORDSTROM – $195

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Lucy Hale

Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale has declared her love for Escentric Molecules Molecule 01 ($150), telling The Strategist, “When I spray it on myself, I can’t even smell it but everyone else can. It’s a unisex scent and definitely muskier and masculine, but I love that. People literally stop me on the street to ask me what I’m wearing. It’s not like they recognized me or anything. Honestly, I feel like that’s what perfume should do. I usually don’t talk about what I wear because it feels like my little secret, but I decided to stop being secretive about it because it’s that good.”

• BUY ON SAKS – $150
• BUY ON NEIMAN MARCUS – $150

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Elle MacPherson

The definition of tried-and-true, Elle MacPherson has been wearing Guerlain’s Vetiver Eau de Toilette ($125) for decades. She tells The Strategist, “I’ve worn this fragrance for over 30 years. I think some guy I was dating wore it, actually. I think smell is incredibly important, and having a signature scent that’s very you is something attractive you can do. A smell can bring back so many memories — certain things will remind me of my mother or brothers and sisters, so I don’t try lots of different perfumes.”

• BUY ON GUERLAIN – $125
• BUY ON SAKS – $125

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Eva Longoria

For Eva Longoria, signature scents stay in the family, as she swears by bestie Victoria Beckham’s Portofino ’97 ($200). “I’m obsessed with [Victoria’s] fragrances right now,” she told Harper’s Bazaar. “I wear Portofino, I love that it has a clean smell.”

• BUY ON VBB – $200
• BUY ON NEIMAN MARCUS – $200

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Helen Mirren

Talk about an icon! Who wouldn’t want to smell like Dame Helen Mirren? Not one to gatekeep, the iconic actress revealed to Harper’s Bazaar UK that her signature scent is Jo Malone’s Blackberry & Bay Cologne ($165).  “My perfume is Jo Malone. I love all the Jo Malone perfumes. They’re wonderful,” she told the outlet. “They’re just nice and light, they don’t overpower anyone.”

• BUY ON NEIMAN MARCUS – $165
• BUY ON SEPHORA – $165

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Jodie Comer

If you want to copy Killing Eve star Jodie Comer on her go-to fragrance, you’d be following in her footsteps, as she told Harper’s Bazaar that she found her signature scent—Le Labo Santal 33 ($235)—from a colleague. “I was working with someone years ago who wore it and I thought it was delicious, so I copied her – and now it’s mine!” she told the outlet. “I’d always know where she’d been in the hotel or where she was in the vicinity because I always smelt her before I saw her. I think it smells different on everyone.”

• BUY NOW – $235

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Gracie Abrams

From her gut-wrenching pop ballads to her TikTok viral abs, Gracie Abrams is undoubtedly an it-girl right now, and her signature fragrances—Glossier You ($78) and Diptyque Olene ($130)—are no different. “I go back and forth between this and Glossier You for my everyday perfume,” she told The Strategist. “I love the smell of jasmine, and Diptyque crushed it with this. I got it while on tour because I wanted something that smelled floral not in a sweet way, but like if you walked through a garden at night. I don’t know how else to describe it. It’s light and definitely the most feminine scent I have.”

• BUY 'YOU' NOW – $78
• BUY 'OLENE' NOW – $130

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Hailey Bieber

From her nails to her hair and makeup, we’re always looking to copy Rhode founder Hailey Bieber. If you want to copy her signature scent too, she revealed to Bazaar that her go-to is Ex Nihlio Fleur Narcotique ($245). “It’s the scent that I’ve actually been wearing for a few years and I find myself always going back to it,” she told the outlet.

• BUY NOW – $245

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Cynthia Erivo

No one mourns the wicked and no one will mourn trying the Wicked star’s signature scent, as the actress opts for a luxurious fragrance — Jo Malone’s Myrrh & Tonka Cologne Intense ($160) —from the same brand as fellow Brit Mirren. “I always take a fragrance or two with me when I travel, and I actually have a ridiculous amount of scents, but I think I was heading to Montreal or something and had forgotten to pack anything,” she told The Strategist. “I got to the airport duty-free and was going to just buy something I already owned, but one of the salespeople showed me this new perfume, and I don’t know! It’s so sweet and smoky at the same time, and it just works with my body chemistry.”

• BUY ON JO MALONE – $160
• BUY ON SEPHORA – $160

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Adele

British singer Adele is the epitome of all things class, and her go-to fragrance is no exception, opting for Dior’s Hypnotic Poison ($93). The singer told Bazaar that she’s been loyal to the fragrance since her teens, making it a true signature.

• BUY ON DIOR – $93
• BUY ON ULTA – $93