20 Fragrances To Try If You’re Over Smelling Like A Delicate Flower

You know what really gets my goat? That as a woman, I am constantly pelted with the idea and expectation that I should perpetually smell — and look — like a petite and delicate little flowerbed.

I'm done with that.

You know what I want to smell like? Not a rose, or a peony, or even a lily. I want to smell like a rich man's smoking parlor. Or the woods at night. Or like the cinnamon and vanilla candle I burn in my bedroom year-round.

Screw traditionally feminine fragrances! Shop my favorite spicy, warm, and woodsy scents below.

Lush Cardmom Coffee Gorilla Perfume ($77, Lush)

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Lush

Juicy Couture Majestic Woods ($130, Macy's)

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Macy's

Giorgio Armani Si Passione ($116, Ulta)

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Ulta

All Saints Metal Wave ($57, All Saints)

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All Saints

MAC Velvet Teddy Shadescent ($57, Nordstrom)

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Nordstrom

Dior Poison ($102, Macy's)

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Macy's

Viktor & Rolf Spicebomb ($92, Sephora)

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Sephora

Tom Ford Oud Wood ($145, Sephora)

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Sephora

Philosophy Fresh Cream Warm Cashmere ($40, Ulta)

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Ulta

Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt ($68, Nordstrom)

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Nordstrom

Juliette Has A Gun Moscow Mule ($100, Sephora)

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Sephora

Clean Reserve Sueded Oud ($95, Sephora)

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Sephora

Gucci Guilty Black ($100, Macy's)

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Macy's

Estée Lauder Cinnabar ($55, Nordstrom)

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Nordstrom

Commodity Wool ($105, Sephora)

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Sephora

Elizabeth And James Nirvana French Grey ($110, Ulta)

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Ulta

Maison Margiela 'Replica' By the Fireplace ($126, Sephora)

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Sephora

Mugler Alien ($120, Ulta)

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Ulta

Kiehl's Original Musk ($43, Nordstrom)

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Nordstrom

Origins Ginger Essence ($62, Macy's)

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Macy's