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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lucy Smith

Our beauty writer gives her perfume of the year – and it’s perfect for Christmas

Passers-by have detected this perfume long after I’ve stopped noticing it myself - (Dior/The Independent)

Christmas is a time for getting glammed up, be it for the end-of-year work party or a day spent at home with canapés and Champagne aplenty. Alongside the usual glittery eyeshadows and red lipsticks, fragrance plays a key getting ready role.

The best perfumes are not only personal to you – given that the scent adjusts to your body’s natural oils and temperature – but they’re long-wearing, too, leaving a memorable aroma trail in their wake.

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