Genderless Fragrances You’ll Fight Over With Your Partner

Whether you share or squabble over them, they’re worth talking about.

Allie Hogan
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May 29, 2024

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Fragrance, like skin care, has always been inherently genderless. We all have skin to take care of, and we all like to smell nice. However, it’s only recently that products are being marketed this way, and it’s about time. According to Trendalytics, genderless and gender neutral perfumes surged in popularity by 216 percent in 2022, and they just keep going. I’ve always been a proponent of genderless fragrances, often opting for men’s deodorant and feeling drawn to the “masculine” scent in Abercrombie & Fitch in high school. There's something beautiful about the way a fragrance smells different as it mixes with different people's chemistry, especially when the pair is a couple. These fragrances smell so amazing on anyone, we just know you’ll be hiding them from your significant other so they don't hoard the scent.

Genderless fragrances to try

1 / 10

Off-White Beauty Solution No. 1 ($214)

Off-White Beauty's Solution No. 1 is the brand’s interpretation of the smell of sand using notes of ho wood, bergamot, vetiver and patchouli. The fragrance is already sold out on Off-White’s website, but luckily, you can get it elsewhere, for now, before it’s all gone.

BUY ON REVOLVE - $214

BUY ON BERGDORF GOODMAN - $214

2 / 10

Future Society Floating Forest ($98)

This scent was created using the DNA of extinct flowers through biotechnology. The result? A cool, watery fragrance with twists of black pepper, bergamot, earthy woods, salted musk and wet stones. Reviewers say they’ve never smelled anything else like it, calling it ethereal, magical and dreamy.

BUY ON NORDSTROM - $98

BUY ON FUTURE SOCIETY - $98

3 / 10

D.S. & Durga Mississippi Medicine ($210)

If you like a little history with your fragrance, give Mississippi Medicine a try. The mix of birch tar, red cedar, frankincense, cypress root, black pine, incense and Spanish cade is based on the rituals of a death cult in the south circa the 1200s. Make yourself shrouded in mystery with this ancient, earthy scent.

BUY ON D.S. & DURGA - $210

4 / 10

Glossier You ($72)

The beauty of Glossier You is that it smells like you, only better, no matter who you are. Designed to be a skin-scent enhancer, it will smell a bit different on everyone for an aroma that’s uniquely yours.

BUY ON SEPHORA - $72

BUY ON GLOSSIER - $72

5 / 10

PHLUR Somebody Wood ($99)

An undoubtedly sexy scent on anyone, Somebody Wood features bergamot, lemon, cyclamen, sandalwood, amber and leathery saffron. PHLUR calls the cozy, warm fragrance “A sensual embrace with a strong and sensitive type.” Perfumer Robert Gaudelli says it “was about creating a beautiful juxtaposition of woods and musk something for the everyday, but also slightly unexpected and intimate.”

BUY ON NORDSTROM - $99

BUY ON REVOLVE - $99

6 / 10

Henry Rose Menace ($120)

Marine scents are often undeniably enchanting. Henry Rose's Menace comes from the mind of Michelle Pfeiffer. The scents overlap to create a wave of marine notes, lime, musk and Mediterranean cypress. Reviewers say they love sharing it with their partners.

BUY ON CREDO - $120

BUY ON NORDSTROM - $120

7 / 10

Maison Margiela Replica Jazz Club ($165)

Here, the scent of a private jazz club has been bottled for your pleasure. The mix of rum and tobacco leaf absolutes will remind you of late nights with warm people. Vanilla bean, clary sage, java vetiver, pink pepper, neroli and primofiore lemon balance it all out.

BUY ON NORDSTROM - $165

BUY ON SEPHORA - $165

8 / 10

DedCool Xtra Milk Fragrance ($90)

Musk is one of the most timeless and genderless scents. This universal musk is designed to enhance your natural fragrance. “Smells like you. Feels like pure comfort,” DedCool says of the bergamot, white musk and amber-based fragrance.

BUY ON DEDCOOL - $90

BUY ON CREDO - $90

9 / 10

Heretic Parfum Dirty Hinoki ($165)

This bestseller is ethereal and plant-based, evoking a Japanese “forest bath” in a bottle at home. Who doesn’t want to smell like what taking a deep breath in a gorgeous, ancient forest feels like?

BUY ON CREDO - $165

BUY ON BLUEMERCURY - $165

10 / 10

Snif Sweet Ash ($65)

Snif says compliments are guaranteed with this one, and reviewers agree. The brand likens the scent to a crush that you can’t quite quit. "It starts off low-key and sweet but always leaves you wanting more.” Wondering what the intoxicating notes behind Sweet Ash are? A melding of juniper, bergamot, fir, balsam, tonka, vanilla bean, white moss and patchouli.

BUY ON SNIF - $65

BUY ON AMAZON - $65