There’s something about a great perfume that shifts your entire mood—the way it clings softly to skin, trails in the air as you pass, or quietly lingers long after you’ve left the room. Whether you're headed to a long lunch, a late dinner, or simply want to elevate your everyday, a well-chosen fragrance becomes a part of your presence. Luxury perfumers have long mastered the creating signature scents—layering citrus, herbs, florals, musks, and the occasional twist of spice to create compositions that are nuanced, modern, and far from ordinary.
This season, Robb Report India has rounded up 10 of our favourite high-end perfumes. Whether you lean floral, fresh, or a little mysterious, these picks deliver style in every spritz.
Best Unisex Scents of the Season
Platinum 22 by Floris London
Launched in 2022, the Floris London Platinum 22 Perfume is light. Originally created to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, this regal scent boasts top notes of iris, lime and black currant; middle notes are black pepper, black tea, violet leaf, clary sage and rose; base notes are tonka bean, cedar, amber and musk. The perfume evokes feelings of being in an English garden in full bloom .
Price: INR 21,000 for 100 ml
Jubilee Eau De Perfume by Boadicea
A celebratory perfume created for the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2002, this one’s for those who love to be noticed—on the yacht, at the soirée, or simply while breezing past someone in a lobby. The scent opens with tart pineapple, cardamom and saffron, transitions into a creamy floral heart (violet and jasmine), and settles into soft sandalwood, amber and musk.
Price: INR 34,900 for 100 ml
Rose Prick Eau de Parfum by Tom Ford
Only Tom Ford could take rose and make it hot, sharp, and sexy. Rose Prick isn’t a walk in the garden - even though it’s been inspired by Ford's private rose garden. It’s thorns, spice, and heat layered over patchouli and turmeric. Surprisingly wearable in warmer months, it adds just the right amount of edge to a casual evening. With top notes of Sichuan pepper and turmeric; a heart of May rose, Turkish rose and Bulgarian rose; and a base of patchouli and tonka bean, this is best worn with linen, leather, or a wicked grin.
Price: INR 41,000 for 100 ml
Jardin d'Amalfi Eau de Parfum by Creed
This scent is like a holiday in a bottle! Bright citrus, Calabrian bergamot, and a whisper of cedarwood take you straight to the Italian coast. Jardin d’Amalfi is the kind of scent you inhabit. With top notes of pink berries and tangerine, middle notes of apple, jasmine and rose, and base notes of cedar wood, vetiver and white musk, this is a go-to for days that stretch into rosé-filled evenings.
Price: INR 52,400 for 75 ml
Bravi Eau de Parfum by Thameen London
This citrus gourmand fragrance was launched in 2023 and has quickly become a favourite with both men and women. Spicy, floral, and softly smoky, Bravi is inspired by the elegance and emotional crescendo of Italian opera. A blend of saffron, rose, and frankincense gives this fragrance a beautiful duality that is equal parts theatrical and grounded. This perfume is a good fit for those who reject categories and wear what moves them. It is also perfect for an opulent evening out.
Price: INR 26,300 for 100 ml
Best Men’s Scents Of The Season
Ormonde Man by Ormonde Jayne
The first perfume by Ormonde Jayne to be specifically targeted to men, this is a bold, sophisticated scent with unconventional ingredients. Key fragrance notes include juniper berry, bergamot, pink pepper, cardamom, coriander seeds, oudh, black hemlock, vetiver, cedar, sandalwood, and musk. The scent, formulated by Geza Schoen, is both complex and full of character, exuding mystical notes. Unlike many other perfumes, Ormonde Man isn’t bright and citrusy; it’s mysterious, forest-like, and utterly hypnotic, evoking memories of a breeze through pine trees in a quiet, upscale mountain retreat.
Price: INR 23,500 for 88 ml
Diaghilev by Roja Parfums
This is not a beach fragrance—and that’s precisely the point. Inspired by the theatrical Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev, founder of the Ballet Russes, this Roja masterpiece is intense, baroque, and unapologetically decadent. Yet, somehow, it takes on a new kind of power: with top notes of lemon, bergamot, lime, orange and tarragon all coming together in a cloud of dark intrigue. Created by perfumer Roja Dove, its middle notes consist of rose de mai, jasmin de grasse, tuberose, ylang ylang, heliotrope, violet, blackcurrant buds and peach; and base notes include patchouli, oak moss, vetiver, and cedar wood.
Price: INR 92,000 for 100 ml
Crab Apple Blossom by Clive Christian
With origins dating back to 1886, this perfume was inspired by the founder’s own crab apple tree at his Kensington Road residence in London. This invigorating scent carries 151 ingredients to give it its rich, mellow, fruity fragrance. The perfume’s delicate marine notes coupled with bergamot and apple blossom make it feel like a seaside cocktail at a five-star resort. Middle notes of mojito and rhubarb, as well as base notes of draftwood and sandalwood, make it the perfect choice for those who want their scent crisp, clean, and cool to the touch.
Price: INR 43,200 for 50 ml
Best Women’s Scents of the Season
Quelques Fleurs L'Original by Houbigant
This is a perfume with true pedigree. Created in 1912 and re-imagined since, Quelques Fleurs was the first multi-floral bouquet in perfume history. Today, it’s a golden-era classic that smells like gardenias at dusk, mingled with jasmine, tuberose, and a touch of powder. Its composition includes top notes of green notes, orange blossom, tarragon, bergamot, citruses and lemon; middle notes of lilac, jasmine, lily-of-the-valley, carnation, rose, tuberose, ylang-ylang, violet, heliotrope, iris, orris root and orchid; and base notes of oakmoss, honey, civet, musk, sandalwood, amber, vanilla and tonka bean. Soft, feminine, and luminous, this perfume offers a vintage touch for the modern romantic.
Price: INR 45,000 for 100 ml
Inle Iris Eau de Parfum by Memo Paris
Light as silk, mysterious as moonlight on water, this perfume is inspired by Inlé Lake, in the heart of Myanmar. Launched in 2016, the nose behind this fragrance is Alienor Massenet. With notes of jasmine tea, maté, and iris, Inlé Iris is a refined fragrance that’s neither floral nor green, but somewhere in between—meditative, aquatic, and magnetic. If your idea of luxury is less logo, more subtle brilliance, this perfume is the one for you.
Price: INR 48,300 for 75ml
