27 Beauty Editors, Influencers, and Experts Reveal Their Favorite Scent of the Year

"I discovered this perfume with the same luck that people have when they stumble into a bar while drunk and find their husband. I was early, waiting for a friend and dashed into a Sephora to browse. I randomly picked up one perfume, which was Narciso Rodriguez for her Eau de Toilette ($58), and spritzed it on my wrist. I didn't even bother to smell it before I dashed off to dinner. Then during dinner, I realized something smelled intoxicating — heady and sultry — and it was me. I couldn't stop smelling myself. It was musky but juicy at the same time, with an eye-opening burst of orange blossom. I wore this nonstop from 2008 to 2010 and discovered it again recently, in the back of my beauty cabinet." — Kathleen Hou, beauty director, The Cut