Best Perfumes for Women

I have already done a post in the past, on the best men’s colognes by Salvatore Ferragamo. Now, it is time to do the same on the ladies side of things.

Again, I have selected eight perfumes from its extensive lineup, which could be considered the best of the bunch. I’ve tried to get some different styles, in the mix, but ultimately went with what smelled the best.

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Favorite Ferragamo Fragrances for Ladies

Energetic Tropical Scent

Incanto Shine By Salvatore Ferragamo For Women eau-de-toilette Spray, 3.40 Ounce– Incanto Shine is a really fun and tropical blend of notes like pineapple, peach, and passion fruit. It is really clean, with a light juiciness, and not a heavy sugary sort of fruit blend.

This one is youthful with some light floral notes, sitting underneath, such as peony. Shine is a pretty perfume, with solid performance, for those who like a cocktail of fruity aromas.

Incanto Shine isn’t one that is super complicated, but it does have a mass appeal, in that simple aroma. Yes, it is quite a bit like Victoria Secret’s Bombshell, but slightly different…to my nose at least.

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Best Overall Ferragamo Perfume

Amo Ferragamo– I kind of slept on this scent, for a while. However, Amo Ferragamo, might be the best of the bunch. Is it super unique? No, but this perfume has lots of balance and a very attractive profile.

If you’re looking for something that’s easy to wear and can fit in a variety of situations, this is a great pick. It has a sweet and creamy profile with an orange and vanilla blend.

The performance is good, the aroma is pleasant, and I enjoy the rhubarb note that is lurking underneath.

The opening is more toward the syrupy and intensely sweet end of the spectrum. It does settle down more into the creaminess, however. It also becomes lighter and less of the sort of tartness coming from black currant, the orange fully takes over the fruitiness.

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Sweet Floral

Salvatore Ferragamo Signorina Eau de Parfum Spray for Women, 3.4 Ounce– Signorina is an interesting blend of sweet and spicy notes, with florals, and a light musk. Pink pepper and red currant, add the warm spiciness, and the tart sweetness at the top.

It becomes more towards the sweeter end, as it moves along, but never truly goes overboard or anything. The peony and rose notes, give this one a light floral touch, with the wood/musk in the base. Fruity, tart, a bit creamy, and beautiful.

Towards the end, the rose dominates the peony, and it has a cake-like quality to the scent. Nice performance, but not super powerful.

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Spicy Nighttime Rose

Salvatore Ferragamo F For Fascinating Night Women Eau De Parfum Spray, 3 Ounce– Fascinating Night kicks off with a blend of orange and pink pepper. The pink pepper gives it an opening blast of spice and warmth, which calms down, and really reveals a jasmine/rose blend.

It is light and floral with just peaks of the citrus, patchouli, and pink pepper that remains. Finally, there is an amber note which ties it all together.

It all comes across as quite attractive and clean and a scent that you could pretty much wear anytime.

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Fresh Springtime Wear

Salvatore Ferragamo By Salvatore Ferragamo For Women. Eau De Parfum Spray 3.4 Ounces– Ferragamo Pour Femme is a very well-balanced and blended fragrance, which goes through different phases from citrus to spice to floral to green outdoorsy.

It starts off as a fresh citrus floral, but then the woodier and earthy notes come in, and changes the tone somewhat.

It’s not too heavy, but it has a clean freshness throughout, and a bit of a spicy kick at some points from the anise. This is a fantastic daily wear option.

This is a gorgeous and understated fragrance, that is perfect for daytime wear, particularly in the early spring through summer. The herbal sort of undertones, really make this perfume.

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Best Incanto Perfume

Incanto Charms By Salvatore Ferragamo For Women. Eau De Toilette Spray 3.4 OZ– Passion fruit and citrus kick this one off with a juicy top, much like Incanto Shine.

This one is sweeter and less tart, but when the notes such as rose and honeysuckle come in, Charms really separates itself from Shine.

It’s youthful, kind of girly, but brings a really playful energy and a great casual vibe. The drydown is more of the honeysuckle and passion fruit, than the rose, and other citruses.

I think that this one has more depth than Incanto Shine. The floral notes are really attractive, it has a sparkling air about it, and a lighter profile.

Shine can come across as more of a teenager fragrance, than this, even if they are both skewed towards the younger crowd. This could be worn by an older demographic, just fine.

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Nice Signorina Flanker

Signorina Ribelle Salvatore Ferragamo 3.4 oz 100 ml Eau De Parfum Spray for Women– Ribelle is a creamier and fruitier take on the Signorina line of scents. You do still get the pink pepper spice of the original, but with a sweeter tropical composition.

The opening act is the citrus notes with the pink pepper. Then, that citrus will fade and you will get a vanilla ice cream aroma, with coconut, and the frangipani flower taking on a more prominent role.

It turns into a very smooth scent, with less of the spice. Really good performance and an enjoyable vanilla/coconut creaminess throughout most of it. The coconut isn’t super powerful, though.

This has more of a tropical creaminess versus Amo, listed above. Sweeter and a bit of a thicker aroma than that one. Yet, it never feels heavy or cloying, just sweet and enjoyable.

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Another Sunny One

Signorina Libera– There haven’t been too many new Ferragamo fragrances in the past few years, but Libera is one that’s worth trying out. Maybe not for everyone, but it’s a bright and well-done warm weather perfume.

The opening is sparkling, sweet, and fruity. The pear note here is joined by a citrus top of bergamot and some plum in the heart. Though, the plum doesn’t seem all that heavy in the mix.

It’s got a sugar note too. So, you will get plenty of sweetness from Signorina Libera.  Meanwhile, a rich orris note and some resinous elemi are also coming through.

The initial half is sweeter and the back half you get cashmeran, orris, and ambroxan with the remaining sugar, plum, and pear (background players). Has some similarities to God is a Woman by Ariana Grande, but the overlap isn’t too exact.

Celine is a luxury brand that has seen a lot of growth over the past decade. Naturally, this means that they’ve also ramped up their fragrance line, which had previously been somewhat spotty.

Nonetheless,  they do now have plenty of good perfume offerings for both men and women to check out. On this page, I will keep my running update of the top scents from Celine and why I think each deserves a spot on the list.

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What are the Top Smelling Celine Fragrances?

Palo Santo Delight

Eau de Californie– This is an easy to wear fragrance with Palo Santo, as the main attraction. Woody, a bit sweet, and a hint of burning…but not completely like incense or scorched wood. Which is what you get with this wood in a perfume like, Burning Cherry.

Anyway, there is a bergamot touch, and an orris root which takes on the role of the companion to the Palo Santo.

It starts off more powdery for me, with the orris having the upper hand. It’s mossy, somewhat earthy, but the woods are there throughout and gain in strength.

Dry woods, powdery, with a creamy sweetness at times. The performance isn’t spectacular with Eau de Californie, but wasn’t horrific either. Deserving of a spot on this list.

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Unique Green

Reptile– One of the more unique fragrances from the line, but undoubtedly one of the best, for a certain segment of people.

Reptile gives you an amazing and well-crafted blend of leather, moss, and pepper. The opening is a bit strange, though, you will be rewarded with this mix that has a nice amount of spice, fresh musk, and the cedar note that isn’t overly powerful.

Reptile is one that needs to be tested out. Some, aren’t going to like this at all. While others, are going to absolutely adore this Celine scent. The projection here isn’t massive, although it does have a good performance that can hit double digit hours of wear.

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Smooth and Powdery Vanilla

Black Tie– Black Tie features a hyper-smooth vanilla accord, that plays well off of the orris root note, giving this an added layer of powder. Yes, it’s one that’s simple and been done before. However, this Celine version is of the utmost quality and absolutely beautiful.

Underneath the vanilla and orris you get just enough cedar to keep things fresh, but those two notes are definitely the stars.

Performance with Black Tie is also great. Strong sillage and longevity that will go all day, if need be. Unisex and classy. There’s also some moss in the mix, but not to the same extent as something like Reptile.

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Warm, Light Creamy Vanilla

Zouzou– Zouzou is another option for those who want a vanilla-laden perfume from Celine. This time, we get one that is mainly paired with tonka bean and musk.

But, beyond that we do get some notes in support, early it will be a touch of benzoin. And during the dry down, labadanum will give its distinct amber finish. Still splitting duties with the musk note, however.

Zouzou is a lighter perfume and doesn’t every become a dense or heavy or cloying sort of vanilla. Instead, you get to enjoy the warmth, creaminess, and powdery elements with a lighter clean feeling.

Not super original or complex, but Zouzou is a beautiful fragrance from Celine.

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Masculine Summer Scent

Parade– Parade is a simple fragrance, but a great one for the summer months. The perfume is sharp and extremely fresh, with its heavy dose of vetiver underlying the bergamot citrus and neroli top.

Initially, the top two notes make this one a powerful citrus, that doesn’t get super juicy and does finish much drier. Yet, Parade stays balanced between the vetiver and neroli, with the musk and bergamot playing the background later on.

Still technically unisex, but Parade leans much more masculine to my nose versus the other perfumes on the list. Great performance, smell, and nothing too extra added to the fragrance blend.

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Lipstick and Powder Classic

Le Peau Nue– Yes, another iris based scent from Celine…it’s a pattern. But, this one gives you more of a floral-centric fragrance than some of the others. Here, it’s iris and rose, with a full on lipsticky type of aroma to it.

Le Peau Nue does get powdery of course, not only from the floral notes, but from an additional ‘rice powder’ note. Which adds a bit of a unique quality to it. But, the main focus is iris and rose, both of which get their time to shine.

This is very smooth and has a timeless classic style to it. It only seems to get its full creamy facets the further into the dry down you go. Le Peau Nue gives you a soft option for day and even some evenings, perfect for iris lovers.

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Clean Woods

Bois Dormant– Orris root returns, this time with a fresher and woodier batch of companions. Namely, juniper and cedar.

The powder is there somewhat, but way toned down versus the others. This is more about fresh woods, aromatic juniper berries, and that light citrus sparkle up top. Early on, the vetiver will come through almost equally to the juniper and cedar, but will gradually fade.

Smooth and super clean, Bois Dormant is very easy to wear and would be lovely during the daytime in autumn through early spring. This is the choice who want some iris, but don’t want the same floral dominance as found in Le Peau Nue.

Billie Eilish has been slowly adding to the Eilish line of fragrances over the past few years. The first three were given a number, instead of a catchy title. The original, has been the most popular, but the sequel (Eilish No. 2) is also one that caught attention.

Eilish No. 1 and Eilish No. 2 are both quite different fragrances from one another, but which of them smells better? Lasts longer? Is the better buy?

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Tale of the Tape: Eilish No. 1 vs. Eilish 2

Eilish

Notes include: vanilla, cocoa, musk, sugared petals, wood, red berries, mandarin, spices, amber

Click here to try: Eilish EDP

Read my review: Eilish by Billie Eilish

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Eilish 2

Notes include: bergamot, apple blossom, wild poppy flower, black pepper, papyrus, palo santo, ebony wood

Click here to try: Eilish No. 2

Eilish 2 Full Review

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Opening

The immediate spray of Eilish EDP delivers a blast of red berries with a hint of mandarin. However, this doesn’t go completely fruity, and those notes are actually minor players in the overall composition.

There is a distinct spiciness here. Cinnamon seems to be the main note, but other ingredients are present as well. It also has an ambery warmth, vanilla cream, and the emerging powdery cocoa aroma.

It is sweet, with its ‘sugared petals’ note. Rose, maybe? There is also something greenish and cold here in the mix. Sort of like menthol with the way it hits, not necessarily a pure mint, but perhaps, geranium? Not listed, but that’s what I get.

With Eilish 2, the fragrance starts off with a punch of black pepper up top that is soaked with a light citrus freshness from the bergamot note. Added to that, a touch of sweetness from the apple blossom.

The floral notes aren’t super heavy in this mix at all. You will catch hints of them at times, but nothing that’s going to dominate the composition.

The main draw here is the palo santo wood. That’s present throughout the wear. Earlier on here, the papyrus adds a further dryness and spiciness to things. The perfume is warm, earthy, and somewhat smoky.

Interestingly, Eilish 2 becomes a bit damp, in the middle and to the end of the wear.

Which is better?

I like both. However, I think Eilish 1 gets to the point quicker with its development. The opening of No. 2 can be too peppery and the fragrance smells better when its woody notes and fully taken over.

Edge: Eilish 1

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Projection

On my skin, this feels like it has a pretty bold and far-reaching start. For the first 30 minutes or so, Eilish EDP seems loud and will leave a nice scent trail.

Thereafter, it moderates, but this has a scent bubble that lingers around you. The reach is probably in the 4 to 7 foot range, depending on how much you spray.

Eilish 2 isn’t a heavy fragrance. It’s substantial and noticeable, but more airy than the first one and not as dense.

The reach of either fragrance is about the same for the first hour or so (1 is stronger on opening). Eilish 1 just maintains its projection for longer and has a density to it that surpasses 2.

Edge: Eilish 1

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Longevity

I personally get up to 8.5 hours of wear from Eilish EDP. It might go further than that for some folks, but this is what I’ve gotten out of it.

Not a super marathon runner, but a fragrance that is well above average.

Eilish 2 doesn’t hit the same level, but is still pretty decent. It’ll stick around for about 7 hours, on my skin.

Edge: Eilish 1

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Versatility

Seasonally, both of these are obviously an autumn and winter wear. Once you’re in the warmer weather, neither is too great to have on. But, maybe some springtime sprays for either should be fine.

Eilish 1 also does skew younger with its sugary sweetness. But it’s one that doesn’t go completely into teen girl mode.

Sure, it fits that demographic, but if you’re older and like sweetness, there is still plenty here for you to like. No.2 is much more unisex and has a more mature profile than does the original.

Eilish could be a daily wear or venture into nightlife. It’s pretty, with that appealing baked goods gourmand style, which is popular with most people.

Meanwhile, No. 2, has a wider daily wear use case for more people. It’s still not a formal fragrance or anything, but it’ll fit in to many different scenarios.

Edge: Eilish 2

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Overall Scent

With the first Billie Eilish fragrance, I really do like the opening act. It takes the usual sort of celeb perfumes and adds a nice amount of depth to it.

Takes something familiar and changes it up enough, to make it interesting, without being divisive.

It’s a great dynamic between the warmer spice and then a transition into something cooler.

The back half is fine, just not as captivating as how Eilish 1 starts out.

Eilish 2 is much more polarizing, as a fragrance. This one is decidedly unisex and has, if anything, a more traditionally masculine profile versus the first one in this series.

The black pepper can be intense in the first 30 minutes, you’re going to get plenty of palo santo woody smokiness, a slight sappy and resinous aroma, some light freshness, and creaminess.

Eilish 2 is much more unique and not one that is going to be appreciated by everyone. I do like it, but I think I like what I get from the opening act of the first Eilish perfume a bit more. 1 is the much safer buy and what most would gravitate toward.

The middle and dry down of 2, is less harsh, and a very nice woody fragrance for rather cheap.

Though, I will say, if you’re a palo santo fan or the blend sounds interesting to you…absolutely do try out Eilish 2, because some of you will absolutely love this fragrance. For the rest, the peppery woods might be too much to bear.

Winner: Eilish