Your top pick
Le Labo Santal 33 Perfume
The fragrance that's been called "sexy laundry" for a decade. Iris, sandalwood, leather, ambrox.
You are
The Fresh Linen Minimalist
You want "you, but slightly better."
Clean musk, ambroxan, white woods, a thread of citrus. The Fresh Linen Minimalist's perfect fragrance is the one a stranger would describe as "clean" and a fragrance enthusiast would describe as "ambroxan-forward with a citrus opening and a quiet sandalwood base." Both are right. These are the office-friendly, no-one-will-complain, you-could-wear-this-to-meet-the-in-laws fragrances. The good ones are not boring — they're just confident enough not to perform.
Spend more here than your instinct says. The cheap end of the category smells like fabric softener; the good end smells like skin.
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Three picks
Another great option
Chanel Bleu de Chanel
Citrus, dry cedar, ambroxan. The office-friendliest fragrance ever made.
The wild card
Ralph Lauren FRAGRANCES Polo Blue
Melon, basil, suede. The drugstore option that punches above its weight.
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