Finding your signature scent can be stressful with all the different options and the high cost of so many perfumes. in this guide, I’ll be sharing the best perfumes and body lotions/creams to pair for each scent category. PLUS, we made additional affordable sections for each scent type so you don’t have to break the bank to smell amazing 😉
1. Gourmand & Vanilla
High End Combo: KAYALI Vanilla 28 + Brazilian Bum Bum Cream
Kayali Vanilla 28 smells so good. Personally, I’m not a vanilla girl but this perfume almost made me want to switch from my fruity floral fragrances to vanilla.
We all know the iconic bum bum cream. It’s rich, caramely and sweet. The perfect base to help your perfumes last all day.
If you use these two products together, everyone will smell you and be begging for your perfume combo.
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Affordable Combo: SKYLAR Vanilla Sky Hair and Body Mist + EOS Body Lotion in “vanilla cashmere”
The Skylar Vanilla Sky Hair and Body Mist is a lightweight, but sweet vanilla fragrance that you can spray everywhere. It’s made for your hair and body so it won’t dry out your hair like regular perfumes.
The eos vanilla cashmere body lotion smells DELICIOUS. I smelled it for the first time at Target and I was shocked by how much I liked it. The hype is real.
Use these two products together and you’ll smell so sweet and vanillay that no one will know that it cost less than $50 for both products.
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2. Clean & Fresh
High End Combo: Eau de Parfum Fleur de Peau + Fleur de Peau Hand and Body Lotion
Eau de Parfum Fleur de Peau is the ultimate rich clean girl scent. It’s cottony, soft, and has a subtle musk, and it’s the perfect blend of notes that will make everyone think “wow, she smells so clean.”
The Fleur de Peau hand and body lotion is the perfect lotion to pair with this perfume. I love using the same brand for my perfume and body lotion because they just end up smelling perfect together.
If you use these two products together, your signature scent will be known as clean and rich.
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Affordable Combo: OUAI Melrose Place + EOS Body Lotion in “fresh + cozy”
I feel like every fragrance brand has a similar “base” scent for all their perfumes. I never found a brand where I liked all their perfumes until I found OUAI. If you love a clean, rose, fresh, and light fragrance that isn’t overly heavy or projecting, you will LOVE melrose place.
The eos fresh + cozy body lotion smells like a basket of fresh, warm, and sweet laundry. It smells so good by itself and even better with a clean or floral fragrance.
This is an incredible perfume combo for my girlies who want a subtly sweet, clean, and lightly musk signature scent.
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3. Feminine & Floral
High End Combo: Burberry “Her” + Miss Dior Body Milk
Burberry Her smells just like the image. A burst of fresh fruits and florals. It projects beautifully so everyone in close proximity will smell this sweet, fresh fragrance.
The Miss Dior Body Milk is a beautiful, feminine body lotion that is light but nourishing. If you want to indulge in this body milk, you won’t regret it.
This combo is the ultimate feminine perfume combo that will make you feel and smell like a princess.
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Affordable Combo: Dossier “Floral Honeysuckle” + OUAI Melrose Place Body Cream
Dossier is a perfume brand that creates affordable “dupes” of high end fragrances. Floral Honeysuckle is inspired by Gucci Bloom and it has top notes of tuberose and jasmine. This is a great floral perfume if you like sophisticated and light flower fragrance.
The Melrose Place body cream smells just as good as the perfume and has the same scent once it dries down. It’s light weight and moisturizing and you get a lot of product for the price.
This is an sophisticated perfume combo that won’t give anyone a headache and will instead be a pleasant scent when someone is near you.
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4. Mysteriously Musk
High End Combo: Juliette Has a Gun + Philosophy Amazing Grace Body Emulsion
Juliette Has a Gun smells just as musk and mysterious as the name. It’s a warm and spicy, sensual, alluring musk scent that whispers “mysterious” and “seductive.”
The Amazing Grace body emulsion by Philosophy is an award-winning lotion for its softening and toning effects on dry skin. It is lightly scented with a floral blend of bergamot, delicate muguet blossoms and musk.
This combo is so unique and is a really niche signature scent. You will be unforgettable to anyone who smells you.
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Affordable Combo: OUAI North Bondi + “Missing Person” by Phlur
North Bondi is the perfect clean musk scent period. I smelled this for the first time when I also smelled melrose place and I was very conflicted on which one to get. This is also much more affordable than high end musk perfumes and it honestly smells better than most musk perfumes I’ve smelled that cost over $100.
Missing Person is also a perfume and it’s gone viral for smelling like your loved ones or someone you miss (your ex maybe?). It’s a delicate yet addicting scent that makes the perfect base for any musk perfume.
Don’t be surprised when friends keep smelling you saying that you smell so addicting but they can’t explain why.
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5. Fun & Fruity
High End Combo: KAYALI Sparkling Lychee 39 + OUAI St. Barts Moisturizing Body Cream
Sparkling Lychee reminds me of Burberry “Her” because the moment you smell them, you’re hit with a fresh, bursting fruity + floral fragrance. This perfume smells so fresh, sweet, and feminine and every friend that I’ve introduced this perfume to loved it.
The St. Barts body cream smells phenomenal and it projects so well. It’s the perfect scent for the summer and it screams “beach vibes.” If you like that beachy scent vibe with coconuts, fresh pineapple, dragon fruit, and subtle florals, you will LOVE this body cream.
This combo is so fun and smells incredible. Your scent will project like crazy and no one can hate this scent combo because it’s the perfect balance of fresh, sweet, floral, fruity, and subtly beachy. Who doesn’t love the beach?
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Affordable Combo: Dossier Aromatic Watermelon + EOS Body Lotion in “pomegranate raspberry”
Aromatic Watermelon is a fresh and juicy melon perfume that is inspired by the Ralph Lauren Polo Blue fragrance. It’s unisex with a clean, citrusy melon scent that isn’t overpowering.
The eos body lotion in “pomegranate raspberry” is a super tart, fresh, and sweet body lotion that smells amazing by itself. You can layer additional perfumes on top to project an even better sweet and fruity smell.
This would be an amazing sweet and tart, summer perfume combo.
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I hope this guide helped you discover some new perfumes and body lotions/creams to create your signature scent. If you make sure to check out the links below each picture to discover more fragrance options that you might like even better than the ones I shared in this post. Thanks for reading!