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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Rebecca Fearn

I just asked 11 of the world's top perfumers what scents they consider the best ever made—here's the edit

A woman wearing a leather outfit with a Chanel No5 handbag, one of the top perfumer fragrances.

The fragrance industry is a saturated market, and while it's brilliant there's so much choice, it can feel overwhelming. In fact, even if you dedicated your entire life to it (and, as a beauty editor, I do), you'd never be able to smell every perfume out there. Through my job, I have learned one thing—the best advice often comes from the real experts.

So, in a bid to help establish what the world's best perfumes are, I wanted to speak with some of the most respected perfumers out there and pick their brains on the scents they adore most. Because if it's good enough for some of the most esteemed noses in the industry, it's got to be worth a try, right?

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