Perfume can be one of the pricier buys in your beauty bag, but it's certainly not true that you can't find an expensive-smelling and long-lasting blend for under-£75. In fact, our beauty team have 12 they love and wear often - spanning both designer and high-street names.
While many of the best long-lasting perfumes are, we grant you, on the more premium side, there are plenty of affordable options out there that smell just as sophisticated, while boasting surprisingly great sillage. Zara's perfumes and M&S Studio fragrance collection, for instance, are touted for their chic scents at impressive prices. The same goes for several other modern and under-the-radar brands that sit in that mid-range category. Not to mention the fact that many of the more expensive best perfumes for women out there also come in a range of bottle sizes. So, if you're not someone who wears fragrance every day, opting for the cheaper 30ml bottle might serve you well and prove to be fairly cost-effective.
There's a truly budget-friendly blend for every preference; you just have to know where to find them. As for that intel, our beauty team are the experts and have 12 affordable scents between them that they love and regularly receive compliments on.
The under-£75 perfumes our beauty team deems chic and worth every penny
Aleesha's under-£75 perfumes picks
Whether it's tactically shopping the hair mist iterations of the best Diptyque perfumes (which can be layered with other fragrances), or sussing out scents with very similar notes to more iconic and expensive ones, Digital Beauty Editor Aleesha Badkar knows how to bag luxury for less. All Saints' Sunset Riot, for example, is said to smell reminiscent of Baccarat Rouge 540, which is Aleesha's all-time favourite perfume.
Sennen's under-£75 perfume picks
From her signature scent, Narciso Rodriguez Pure Musc, to the Replica perfume she rotates it with when autumn arrives, Digital Beauty Writer Sennen Prickett knows a thing or two about deceptively luxe-smelling scents.
Fiona's under-£75 perfume picks
If you're on the hunt for a clean, soapy scent or a designer blend for a not-so-designer price, Digital Beauty Channel Editor, Fiona McKim, has a recommendation or three for you.
Naomi's under-£75 perfume picks
From the chicest and smokiest of autumn fragrances to lightweight, airy blends you can wear all day, every day (and even layer), Digital Beauty Writer Naomi Jamieson's scent collection features some under-£75 gems.
