6 Best Smelling Celine Perfumes

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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