The Marie Claire beauty team knows fragrance. It's our job, after all—not only to be the people those around us look to for a recommendation (searching for a mango scent? Floral? Honey? We have the perfect eau de parfum for you), but also to know exactly what's trending in the olfactory world at any given moment.
Over the past few months, we've spent countless hours testing every product that applied for Marie Claire's third-annual Fragrance Awards. There were nearly 1,000 products submitted for consideration—from detergents that smell shockingly delicious to cult-favorite perfumes with reputations that precede them—and each was evaluated on its inherent charm, projection, and, of course, its ability to rake in the compliments.
