Best Winter Perfumes 2018 + 9 Fragrances to Thaw By Draw

 Winter Fox vi flickr Michelyn©

Temperatures take a nosedive, bare silhouettes of balletic trees display themselves to great effect; comforters, flannels, pashminas and fuzzy socks resurface for the season. Soups, stews, all manner of baked dishes are irresistibly appealing. MAMA WANTS SKANK! Not just ANY skank, thank you very much; we crave the classiest, headiest, most decadent perfumes which will cosset us and deliver that Scandinavian hygge we lust after. If I can’t have the Northern Lights or an ice palace, I’ll have to settle for perfume. Again. Embarrassment of choice. Let’s explore two perfumes which fill the bill nicely: Dawn Spencer Hurwitz’s ferally elegant FOXY(2017) and Roja Parfums Fetish Parfum Pour Homme (2012).

DSH Perfumes FOXY: She’s my second skin for winter perfumes. Or pelt, if you prefer. Dawn has crammed every animalic she could put her pretty nose upon for a realistic portrayal of the red fox combined with a boozy, whiskey/apple effect and a good snootful of spice and resin. There’s leather, too; mustn’t leave THAT out. I don’t know if I’d rather curl up in my lair and snooze or dance in the snow, chasing critters which only I (and that owl up there in those branches peering down at me) perceive lurking beneath the frosted snowy crust. Notes: African stone tincture, apple whiskey, ginger snap accord, peach skin accord, white cognac, ambergris, brown oakmoss, castoreum, costus, cumin, fossilized amber resin, French beeswax, labdanum, leather, mitti, sable fur accord, benzoin, white oak, carnation, grandiflorum jasmine, Juhi jasmine absolute, liatrix, Spanish orange flower absolute, orris, spice notes, white thyme

Roja Fetish Pour Homme Parfum: Since it’s my fantasy, I get to call the shots. I’m lolling about inside a vintage Bentley adorned in a sable lap robe, a silver engraved flask, fine company (if that’s what they’re calling it these days)…and no other garnishment. Oooh, that smooth leather interior, the well-maintained seasoned luxury car aroma, a waft of petrol and my sleek deft-fingered paramour… How could one possibly feel the cold under such circumstances??? Oh, I neglected to mention – I WAS wearing a Venetian mask. Well, ONE of us was. Notes: lemon, bergamot, lime, neroli, jasmin de Grasse, violet, fig, cardamom, elemi, pink pepper, patchouli, oakmoss, vetiver, benzoin, vanilla, labdanum, leather, ambergris, musk –Senior Editor,  Ida Meister

Sandra Cunningham©

Tonatto Profumi Palosanto is a lovely woody, cosseting scent based on the milky, anisic scent of palo santo, or holy wood. None of my winter perfumes work better for me as both sophisticated scent and gentle restorative. This has been a hard few months, and I have been wearing Palo Santo before I do battle with stressful events. It is instantly comforting, giving the illusion of heat as it opens. Creative director and nose Diletta Tonatto marries the wood's characteristic licorice savor with milky, roasty scents that conjure the nursery with her line's characteristic elegance. The result is a fragrance that moves with ease from dressy party to bedtime with a good book. When you feel in need of some gentle beauty on a wintery grey day, Palo Santo will warm even the most tired heart. –Lauryn Beer, Senior Editor

Alphonse Mucha Winter

When the overheated dry house-air of winter desiccates my skin and overwhelms my spirit, I am compelled to open a window of freshness and feel a breath of springtime and choose unlikely winter perfumes such as Parfums Dusita Melodie de L'Amour Extrait de ParfumPissara Umavijani's  award winning 2016 beauty  that begins with a bouquet of cool, white flowers – pristine, elegant and uncluttered, reflecting the poetry of the perfumer's father: "My feeling for you is like a flower blooming in an empty room.” – Montri Umavijani. Parfums Dusita Melodie de L'Amour slowly ripens into an understated, not quite full blown, dewy gardenia supported by woody crisp cedar shavings. The smooth, sensuous heart of Parfums Dusita Melodie de L'Amour remains sleek and fluid for several hours before settling into a luxurious musky peach, glazed with honeyed broom and sparkling with scattered petals of muguet and jasmine. Notes: Gardenia, tuberose, white flowers, wild honey, cedarwood oil, musk, peach, Italian broom, lily of the valley and Indian jasmine.

Olympic Orchids Salamanca was created by perfumer Ellen Covey in 2012, inspired by her visit to the ancient Spanish university town of Salamanca, located between Madrid and the Portuguese border. Salamanca is a perfume designed to take the chill off the coldest winter day with suggestions of oiled leather, the scent of fecund earth, summer grass and wildflowers. Olympic Orchids Salamanca opens with a sweet and smoky accord, a bit like fire fueled with high clay content paper. As Ellen Covey's evocative Salamanca develops, attar of mitti reproduces the effect of water evaporating from wet stones. After a couple of hours, the smoke and steam clear away, revealing a midsummer meadow thick with hay, dotted with dusty immortelle and sweetened by honeyed mimosa. Notes: French hay absolute, tonka, mitti, vetiver, immortelle absolute, African helichrysum oil, labdanum absolute, opoponax, leather and yellow mimosa absolute.  Gail Gross – Senior Editor

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Nishane Munegu is one of my favorite winter perfumes. Wearing Nishane Munegu feels like being safe indoors in December while the snow is piling up outside. Imagine being curled up with a clove-studded orange pomander hanging somewhere near. A cedar wood box of scarves and mittens is on a bench in the front hall with leather ice skates lined up next to it. Mulled wine is warming on the stove. The vaguely churchy smell of the advent wreath candles is in the air. Munegu is warm, dry and spicy with lovely floral notes ghosting in the background that round it out beautifully. It’s the epitome of winter perfumes in just one bottle.-Marianne Butler, Sr. Contributor

Picasso Seated Woman with a Fan 

Herein lies the ‘Rub’ as Hamlet was known to say, I am bathed in almost Solsticical sunshine, heat and cicadas reverberating and I transport myself at Editors behest, back to a misty Paris with the threat of snow in a leaden sky to delve deeply into the layers of artic air and reset my compass to all points North. ‘Others have seen what is and asked why, I have seen what could be and asked why not’ Pablo Picasso.  A quote that speaks in voluminous tone of the residing of Winter as it entombs the Life in frozen coils, in these words the breath of Hope. Risen from the tumultuous genius of Pablo Picasso, in turn the explorer of the extrovert and introvert, no stranger to the ebb and tides of the year mirrored in self. Tiffany Jeans of Auckland based perfume house, Curionoir, gifts Pablo.  A lucid dance on skin, it bears witness to a promise of change, the only constant, and evidenced in the course of the river of Pablo’s life.Lemon, Frankincense, Freesia and Mimosa entrance and arrive to instantly cheer and with every scent, a footfall thaws beneath my tread. In time, the warmth exudes to continue the vow to dispel Wintry chills. Even in what we fear and retreat from are the seeds of the redemption. Cuban Tobacco Leaves, softly smoky and smouldering and Coriander light up an inner embering to see through the months of glacial stillness. Solace is enduring, a misty exhale of Vanilla and Tonka Beans painted on the palate of air around me, brushstrokes on canvas of Wintry Breath. Contributor- Danu Seith-Fyr

Fra Angelico Annunciation Gabriel Perugia Triptych 1437

Cold seems to be arrived all of a sudden after a quite mild fall here in Milan and these days the freezing air is calling for the snow. The colder it gets, the more I feel the voice of amber angels whispering to my heart with their warm breath. An amber angel that I missed so much so that recently I got another bottle is Mona di Orio Ambre from the collection Les Nombres d'Or. I love the way Mona shaped this golden angelic powder swirling around you far from the classic vanilla/labdanum accord but set it on Tolù balsam instead, an iconic raw material that's a key ingredient in classic ambers, and even in Shalimar. This makes amber gorgeously powdery, balsamic with addictive cinnamon hints that enhance the slightly medicinal-leathery facets of cedarwood, the second wing making this angel fly high. Just a whiff of ylang ylang feels like the healing caress of this good spirit protecting me from the hateful winter.-Ermano Picco, Editor

Winter has settled in for the long run. The weather radar maps all show storm fronts lined up for ever it seems; a veritable conga line of ick waiting to wallop us here in the Pacific Northwest! The wood-stove burns all day now, the soups are simmering on the stove, candles are lit, and perfume-wise I am of two minds. Do I want warm and comforting winter perfumes for inside or bracing and fresh for those moments I can get out the door and take a walk…..

Image by Robert H

For those times between storms when the sun deigns to peek through and the outside beckons, I reach for a perfume that surprised me as much as it may surprise you: Disney’s Frozen in a Bottle. Now before you shout “let it go” and run away, you should know that Frozen the fragrance was created by Geir Ness an extremely reputable Norwegian perfume company which is best known for their two eponymous perfumes; Laila For Women and Geir Ness For Men. Frozen the perfume is the scent of Norwegian winter air, crisp and bright, icy blue and absolutely lovely. It’s perfect for a walk in bracing temperatures and thin winter sun. It smells like snow-shoeing through northern woods, or skating on an icy pond. Trust me when I say it surprised the hell out of me. Notes: Lily-of-the-valley, rose, amber, wildflowers, lavender.

Robert H

When the weather outside is frightful, and warming  winter perfumes beckon like a cashmere sweater, nothing will do but sitting in the warm glow of the wood-stove wearing generous splashes of 4160Tuesdays Centrepiece Extrait, one of the truly great winter scents by London Perfumer Sarah McCartney. Centrepiece is one of the few perfumes that I start wearing in the autumn and continue right through to early spring. The epitome of dipped-in-honey-luxury-in-a-bottle, Centrepiece Extrait is a winter fragrance that wraps you in loving fragranced arms and doesn’t let go. Tropical florals lathered with unctuous honey with gourmand lashings all add up to a sublimely blended perfume. Opening the bottle and spritzing still take my breath away. Every single time. Notes: Honey, green tea, frangipani, musk, cedar, vanilla sorbet and chocolate.- Robert Herrmann, Senior Editor

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I actually love the cold weather and inhaling the brisk air that magically rids the city of nasty garbage aromas and exhaust fumes. Don’t like? Yellow snow. And black ice. Navigating NYC City streets in the dead of winter is a hazard and at night I prefer to stay indoors wafting my favorite winter perfumes that wrap me in their scented cocoon. Atelier des Ors Lune Feline opens as a lush spiced vanilla. Lest you think it’s another (yawn) vanilla gourmand, inhale the intoxicating aromas of green cardamom and cinnamon which unfold and surround me in an oriental puff of powder.  Enter the “feline”; something wild and animalic prowls silently on its golden amber paws before the musky balsamic dry down. Sultry, sensual, Lune Feline is an exotic beauty, one of the winter perfumes I own that pulls me in and won't let me go. If you can only own one vanilla fragrance,Atelier des Ors Lune Feline would be it.Michelyn Camen, Editor-in-Chief

Disclosure: The 11 winter perfumes came from our personal collections or were sent for consideration; opinions are our own

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 For our Best Winter Perfumes Draw

Worldwide: With gratitude to our friends Murat and Mert at Nishane for 50 ml of Munego extrait

Worldwide: Thanks to our friends at Mona di Orio for 75 ml of Ambre

EU, USA and Canada:  Grazie Diletta Tonatto for 100 ml of Palosanto

Worldwide: From the evergiving Dawn Spencer Hurwitz we have a 10 ml pulsepoint roller pen of Foxy (not shown)

UK and USA only: Thanks to Sarah McCartney of 4160 Tuesdays we have a 50 ml bottle of Centerpiece

Curionoir Pablo Danu Seith- Fyr© 

Worldwide: From the very generous Tiffany Jeans of Curionoir we have a 4ml bottle of Pablo

Worldwide: Thank you to Ellen Covey for 5 ml of Salamanca or 30 ml if you are in the USA

Worldwide: Merci tres chere Pissara for 50 ml Extrait of Melodie d’ Amour

EU, USA and Canada: Merci tres cher Jean Phillipe Clermont for 100 ml of Atelier des Ors Lune Feline

To be eligible for the best Winter Perfumes 2018, you must be a registered reader (register here) or your comment will not count). Please leave a comment with how you feel about cold weather– like it or loathe it,  your favorites from Best Winter Perfumes list and WHY, your choices from the 9 offered should you win and where you live. Draw closes 12/24/2018

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103 comments

  • Thank you for the great list! I live in USA and like, from what I’ve read, Atelier des Ors Lune Feline and Nishane Munego extrait.

    The winter perfumes I liked so far are Jovoy Incident Diplomatique and Le Labo Noir 29.

  • I live in the US and HATE the cold! I’m not familiar with any of these fragrances, but would love to win one of them, no matter which one! My favorite winter notes are leather, Amber, and patchouli.

  • Iuno Feronia says:

    Thanks for the list and the shopping inspiration.My favourite winter notes are sandalwood, amber, vanilla, rose. my choice would be (I live in the EU):
    Munego extrait
    Palosanto
    Mona di Orio Ambra
    Melodie d’ Amour
    Atelier des Ors Lune Feline

  • Monica Beaton says:

    Being in Australia, I confess to missing the snow and cold desperately at this time of year. I’ve forgotten icy roads, scraping windshields, and frozen eyelashes. I have been wanting to sample Lune Feline Atelier des Ors – a spicy amber winter warmer – for some time now, but am not eligible for that one. I would be more than thrilled with Nishane Munego extrait, Mona di Orio Ambre, or Dusita Melodie d’ Amour. Thank you all for such a generous giveaway, and for a beautifully curated collection of wintry confections and reviews! All thoughtfully written, and accompanied by gorgeous photos and artwork. For those up north – stay warm, and to all – Happy Holidays!

  • I am always grateful for the change of seasons, it’s a sign of health for our planet – at least where I live.
    I adore cold, crisp days filled with chilly but clean air, especially combined with bright sun.
    I also love snow, but I acknowledge it can create many problems in the city.
    My three favorite choices from this amazing collaborative piece are:
    – Dusita Melodie d’Amour: I love the idea of selecting a lush white floral scent for winter, I’m all for unexpected choices every now and then! I know that on some gloomy, harshly cold days I crave for a touch of spring and sunshine in my perfume.
    – Atelier des Ors Lune Feline: if Michelyn describes it as THE one vanilla scent to have, I’m all for it! Spices, amber, musk AND sultriness… I look forward to trying it!
    – Nishane Munegu: its description as warm, dry and spicy makes it sound like the definition of an ideal winter scent, comforting and cosy.
    I live in France, and I’d be ecstatic to win ANY of the prizes offered to Europe (most notably, one of the three I mention above).
    Thank you for the fantastic draw, and choices!

  • I have a mixed relationship with winter. As Michelyn noted, it is not easy to navigate NY on foot during winter. However, I love the views from the window when it is snowing and the city is blanketed in white snow. Of the perfumes mentioned in the list, I am most intriqued by Tonatto Profumi Palosanto because i love the smells of wood like Palo Santo and this perfume has milky elements; Issey Feu made me fall in love with milky elements. My choices are:

    Dusita Melodie d’Amour
    Atelier des Ors Lune Feline
    Nishane Munego
    Mona Di Orio Ambre

    I am in US

  • middleagedandmixed says:

    I am okay with cold weather at least at the beginning of the season. I like to wear layers, bundle up in blankets, sit by a fireplace and sip warm beverages. However, after months of cold, rain and sometimes snow, I’m very happy to see spring blossoms, desperate even.
    4160Tuesdays Centrepiece Extrait sounds warm and inviting to me. Also, I’m just perhaps a bit biased as I think Sarah is extremely talented and if I could, I would buy every fragrance she puts out. I am equally interested in Atelier des Ors Lune Feline. I have yet to try any from this house but see their beautiful gold flecked bottles seemingly daily in my social media feed. Spiced vanilla with cardamom and cinnamon sounds heavenly to me especially in the winter months. Should I win, I would choose the following:
    Atelier des Ors Lune Feline
    Mona di Orio for 75 ml of Ambre
    Dusita Melodie d’ Amour
    4160 Tuesdays 50 ml bottle of Centerpiece
    I would honestly be excited to win any of the above mentioned fragrances.
    Happy holidays from Seattle!

  • BostonScentGuy says:

    Thank you for this article and draw! I love the change of the seasons on all the blogs when these compilation lists go out. I am definitely more at peace with winter living in Boston the past several years, and my favorite scents tend to play better with the cold.

    I appreciated this list for learning some new stuff. I have my evergreen and expected winter favorites–Shalimar, Chergui, and the thick unctuous like–but as Gail describes, a burst of freshness in the winter (I like the chilly-fresh Tubereuse Criminelle) can be a breath of fresh air. I’m very intrigued by how Munego was describe, as the dry woodiness meets spiciness sounds delightful. Centerpiece is also one I’ve never heard of, and the description sounds so extravagant and appropros for the celebratory season. Palosanto was also described beautiful–the sound of milky-anisic-woody is right up my alley too. I was also fascinated to see Geir had another fragrance, even if it evokes Disney a bit too much! I do love their men’s scent.

    If I were to win, I’d be thrilled to have any of the following:
    Palosanto
    Munego
    Lune Feline
    Melodie L’Amour
    Salamanca

    I’m in the US.

  • I used to love winter when i was just a little child, a lot of playing in the snow and fun. But on these days i dont like it that much anymore, i love the summer and the heat. Winter is great only for fragrances purpose 🙂 I do enjoy Dior homme parfum, PDM Herod and Oajan, Montale Honey aoud in this cold days. I would love to win something on this giveaway and this is my order: Atelier des ors – Lune feline, Nishane – Munego, Mona di Orio – Ambre, Tonatto – Palosanto, Dusita – Melodie d’amour. Thanks for the draw, i am in the EU.

  • Symbian Pandora says:

    Not so wintry here in CT. so far. Waiting patiently because I love Winter!
    I usually wear anything I want, regardless of the season.
    Santi Burgas Palindrome II has been in my rotation as is Parfums Quartana Wolfsbane, DSH Become the Shaman, as of new House of Gray Bohemia and Olympic Orchids Tropic of Capricorn just purchased a couple of weeks ago.
    I would love anything on this list, but my top 2 would be Foxy and Fetish.
    Both because I CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT THE SKANK!!!
    Thanks to all for the perfume houses for their generosity.
    I am in the USA.

  • Yes, ultimately I’d really thrive in a land where spring and fall were the longest seasons, but I love winter too. The short nights and long days are just a good excuse to light more candles. I love to lounge in plush sweaters, reading a book or browsing the internet accompanied by my cats, a mug of bittersweet dark hot cocoa spiked with Chartreuse (sounds weird but I promise it’s delightful), and a wool blanket. And I love a magical snowfall when it works out, there’s nothing better than taking an evening walk after a fresh snowfall blankets the world with magic! Even if it doesn’t snow, I’d rather be wearing cute earmuffs and gloves to keep warm than to feel overexposed and sweaty in the dog days of summer. Plus, many of my favorite fragrances containing rich or smoky notes like resins, vanilla, woods, and animalics feel most at home when there’s a deep chill in the air.

    I haven’t tried anyone of the scents in the top list, but the ones that sounded most amazing based on the review were Dusita Melodie d’Amour (elegant, sensuous, uncluttered, sleek, fluid?! help me channel some of that divine floral energy please) Atelier des Ors Lune Feline (love the name, love the bottle, love cardamom, am now desperate to discover what Michelyn’s “if there can only be one” vanilla is like) and 4160 Tuesdays Centrepiece (creamy flowers and honey DO sound like pure comforting indulgence.)

    In order, my choices to win would be:

    Dusita Melodie d’Amour
    Atelier des Ors Lune Feline
    4160 Tuesdays Centerpiece
    Nishane Munegu
    Tonatto Palosanto
    Mona di Orio Ambre
    DSH Foxy

    I’m in the US, thanks for hosting this stellar draw! Happy Holidays!

  • Gabriel Garcia says:

    The American southwest offers, cozy winters, not too cold, so it’s the best time to explore outside, and that’s when a lot of the perfumes really shine with dry air it’s magical,
    The list is fabulous but I will be happy with lune and Salamanca.
    Las Vegas NV

  • Living in Montreal, I’m used to the cold but this year we have ice and rain .. my favorite winter fragrances are Pale Fire and Apoteker Tepe’s The Holy Mountain, DSH Firefly, Woodcut of Olympic Orchids and Cuir of Mona Di Orio
    My choices: Mona Di Orio Ambre, DSH Foxy, Salamanca of Olympic Orchids and Atelier des Ordres Lune Féline..Thanks for the draw

  • Richard Potter says:

    I love the cold weather, the crisp leaves, the smell of smoke drifting from chimneys, the bracing smell of winter woods, holiday spices. I love turning to dark, smoky, spicy fragrances, though I would never abandon my floral friends. I would love to win Melodie de L’Amour. Thank you for the draw. USA

  • I like winter. The air is crispy and my favorite cold weather fragrances keep me warm inside. If lucky, I would choose Lune Feline because it’s full of warm spices. Thanks for the opportunity to sniff! USA

  • Tony Graetzer says:

    I have been looking for a vanilla that isn’t too gourmand so feline lupine sounds great. My wife goes nuts over parfums Dusita anything so I would want the spring like melodie de l amour. I also admire Mona di Orio so ambre as well
    I live in the USA

  • Lillyhollowayblog says:

    I’m not a fan of cold weather. A few days of it is enough for me. I need warmth and sunshine. But I do have winter scents that I would truly miss wearing if not for the cold.
    I adore Centrepiece and would love a chance to replace my very diminished stock. US resident.
    4160 Tuesdays Centrepiece
    Ellen Covey Salamanca
    Tonatto Palosanto

  • Just Add Light says:

    Having grown up in central Europe and Canada, I absolutely love the cold weather (minus the wind of course). Powdered snow, icy lakes, brisk air, cloudless skies and roaring fireplaces (not to mention cuddly nights) are among my favourite conditions to carve out new memories. But what could be better than pairing cold weather with a warm and sweet fragrance? Top of the list – vanillas – i.e. Lune Feline by AdO – possibly one of the best sensual vanillas out there to date. Second, the deep patchouli and spicy orange smells of Munegu by Nishane – reminiscent of classic Christmas decor and orange flavoured baked goods wafting from the kitchen. Finally, who can forget the glossy jasmine and gardenia of Melodie d’Amour from Dusita – as close to the smell of snow white as you can get. Pristine, smooth and delicate as the skin pressing against that warm somebody next to the fireplace. All a delight to win and fabulous choices for the cold weather – ripe for creating new scent memories. Can’t wait! Canada.

  • LIke the cold. The only one I’ve smelled from the Best Winter Perfumes list is Salamanca so that’s why it’s my favorite. For the draw:

    Atelier des Ors Lune Feline
    Nishane Munegu
    Tonatto Palosanto

    USA

  • I grew up in the Midwest, on the Great Plains. We had astoundingly cold winters, but it was always my favorite season. The corn fields covered in snow, drifts as tall as the garage, a field of virgin snow waiting for bootprints. I still live in the U.S., but in a place that doesn’t get snow. I miss it terribly. I like the descriptions of many of the scents on the list, but the most entertaining is the review of Frozen in a Bottle. While it’s not in my wheelhouse, I’ll definitely check out the perfumer. I’d be interested in any of the scents, but in particular Munego, Foxy, Pablo, and Salamanca.

  • I love winter weather, but…but. I didn’t want to live in it, dig out my car in it, worry about which side of the street to park on in case it snowed overnight and the plows would be out early and plow you in. Growing up outside of Chicago, and going to college in Minnesota, I remember how lovely and sunny it would be when it was too cold to snow. But now I like to travel to the snow, from Seattle to the mountains.
    – PaloSanto – milky? I’m in – like fazalcheema, my love of le Feu d’Issey means that anything milky is on my list, along with palo santo, restorative, over the past challenging start to a new job, and just normal everyday challenges!
    – Nishane Munego -a clove studded pomander sits on my desk at work, a gift from a co-worker, with cedar, and mulled wine – I could stay inside and dry (Seattle rains) and not get too drunk
    – Salamanca – oiled leather and mimosa? Fecund earth (reminiscent of petrichor, perhaps?) would love a visit to a midsummer meadow, yes please!
    – Atelier des Ors Lune Feline – a perfect vanilla? Well, of course it is spiced, and I love cardamom, green or otherwise.
    – DSH Foxy – for the resin, boozy skank, and what is peach skin accord? African stone tincture? Must try!
    – Mona di Orio Ambre – balsamic vanilla, with cinnamon, cedarwood, all wrapped up in amber? I just want to curl up with it on my couch.
    – Pablo – another visit to another season, tobacco and coriander, vanilla and tonka, allowing me to stay at home
    – Melodie de l’Amour extrait – bouquet of cool flowers, with woody cedar, sounds light and cozy
    Centerpiece Extrait sounds lovely and cozy, but I’m just not that big on gourmands…maybe this would change my mind

  • I love being snuggled up in cold weather, fire lit and drinking something warm. We had 18 inches of snow here in NC just last week!

    I haven’t yet tried any of the fragrances mentioned, but I do love white florals in wintertime so I’ll say Dusita Melodie d’Amour. And as for which scents I’d be most delighted by for this drawing:

    Dusita Melodie d’Amour
    4160 Tuesdays Centrepiece
    DSH Foxy

    Many thanks for the chance!

  • Thanks for the review. You have a great list there. Winter is my favorite season, I love the cold! All of the fragrances sound amazing, and I would be thrilled to have any of them, but the top two I would love to try would be Nishane Munegu or Atelier Des Ors Lune Feline. I LOVE vanilla! I’m located in AL, USA. Thanks so much for the draw!

  • I liie winter and I do not have a problem with the cold weather. Snow comes as a bonus to me, but one thing I hate is the ice that sometimes is creating on the road. From this article, as a vanilla lover, even if I do not know it, I would pick Lune Feline if I were to win but also Melodie d”Amour. I am in EU. Thank you!

  • I love winter and especially the Christmas period as it is the time when my family reunites and we have the chance to be all together. I like cold weather but not Arctic-like weather.

    From the list as an amber fan, I would go with Mona’s Amber, but also Lune Feline for its’ vanilla. I am in Europe. Thanks!

  • I must have read this blog like three times, awesome literally description of the fragrances and all the feeling they convey. I live in south USA so winter is not as harsh as in the north, so I really love the season and even though I don’t like feeling cold, I love being cosy inside my home.
    From the fragrances listed I was most interested in 3
    -Lune Feline by Atelier des Ors because I just feel like vanilla I one of the most amazing notes for the winter, besides, Michelyn said is the one fragrance you should have and I trust our editor.
    -Palosanto because if the comforting feeling that it has in the writer, sometimes you need something to warm you up and relax you.
    -Salamanca because of the winter scent profile with a note of mimosa, really intrigued by how that would smell. Thanks

  • I am in Poland and there are no such cold winters as in the past, I miss snow the most during Christmas. In winter, I use dior fahrenheit and guerlain heritage. My favorite for the winter is Nishane Munego because of the spicy smell. Great for the opportunity to win such great perfumes.

  • I live in the UK and love the cold. I can wear soft, heavy fabrics, wrap blanket scarves around me, indulge in Christmas films. My favourite review was actually for Frozen. It sounds wonderful but I would never have tested it if I came across it. Now I will. I would like to win Palosanto or Munegu extrait.
    Merry Christmas x

  • What a great array of favorites all the writers and editors have shared. Thanks for compiling it!

    I love winter! It’s my favorite season.

    If I were lucky enough to win the generous draw my first choice of perfume would be Nishane’s Múnegu. The combination of leather and cedar is very interesting to me.

    If Múnegu is already spoken for my second choice would be Atelier des Ors Lune Feline. Michelyn’s description makes it sound irresistible: cardamom and vanilla with a balsamic dry-down. It’s right up my alley.

    I live in the US. Thank you CFB and perfume houses for this very generous draw.

  • Lovely list. I’m not very fond of cold, but i do miss the snows back home. During the colder months i mostly use Fille en Aiguilles and recently Ruby Wood by Exaltatum. I’m from Madrid, Spain. Thank you for this generous draw!

  • Winter is not my favorite weather- dry skin -wool socks and scarves- give me shorts and mocassins all year! I do love my winter coats and what a treat to smell remnants of the day before’s perfume on them…
    I do love this selection of favorite winter scents- my favorite being Dusita’s La Melodie de l’amour- there is something in Pissara’s creations that just Speak – no – shout – to me. Nishane ‘s Munegu sounds divine also… Thank you so much for this draw… I live in France.

  • Amy Leonhardt says:

    I love cold weather because (being from So. Cal) I don’t get much of it here. I loved all the descriptions of all these fragrances, but haven’t smelled any of them. Most interested in Palosanto (because I’m addicted to that note-it’s grounding but also refreshing), Munegu (because it really does sound like a mix of all the best winter smells), and Salamanca (because the mitti and oiled leather sound perfectly cozy together). Lune Feline with its spiced vanilla sounds comforting.
    US

  • Ivan.napoleon says:

    I love cold water and wear roses fragrances.
    My favourite winter notes are sandalwood, amber, vanilla, Rose.
    Id love to try any of these
    Miami Florida Thanks

  • What I like about winter time is that it gets dark very early and I like to go out in town with my special other to take long walks after work.

    From this article, my favourite would be Lune Feline as I am a lover of vanilla, but also Melodie d’Amour sounds really nice.

    I am in EU. Thank you!

  • As a photographer, winter is a great time to put my skils at work. I am new to perfumes and I do not have a favourite. Anything would do if I were to win. I am in EU. Thanks!

  • I love winter weather, I love the sky bruised and clear, the trine that the frost creates on the branches, I love the explosive sensation of the heat that bites us when we enter in a coffee bar after a walk in the mist and in the cold. all the fragrances listed sound great, but salamanca particularly impressed me with its smoky accords, for more hay and immortelle are among my favorite notes.
    My choices would be:
    Salamanca by Olympic Orchids
    Nishane Munegu
    Tonatto Palosanto
    Curionoir Pablo
    I live in EU
    Thanks!

  • I loathe the cold weather and am not really a winter person. All of these fragrances sound divine but I am especially drawn to Lune Feline because of Michelyn’s comment “if you only own one vanilla fragrance Lune Feline would be it”. When the weather gets cold I look for comfort in vanillas, milky notes and ambers. Therefore I would love to win-
    Lune Feline
    Palosanto
    Ambre

    thanks for the chance! USA

  • I love winter and all the heavy perfumes that work best with cold weather, Mona’s Vanilla and Nuit Noire being favourites.But sometimes during the day I also crave floral scents, so I would say florals for daytime and vanilla, amber, patchouli, chocolate for the evenings.
    My choices would be:
    Mona di Orio Amber
    Dusita Mélodie de l”Amour
    Lune Féline

    Thanks for the draw!I live in the EU (UK, so not for long…)

  • Lorie McMillin says:

    I love your seasonal right ups! I like the idea of winter more than winter itself. By late January I’m done and can’t wait for tulips! I have a bottle of Mona’s Amber which I think I’ll wear today! It’s divine and a sample is in my little travel kit for Paris next week! I would love any of these.
    – Salamanca
    – Atelier des Ors Lune Feline
    – DSH Foxy
    – Pablo
    – Melodie de l’Amour
    Thank you for the draw. I’m in the US.

  • Dear Everyone:),
    I have discovered this site a few weeks back, and I am rolling back in a frenzy to read all interesting reviews and articles. What a generous draw! I would like to participate if possible.
    Winter is my favourite season, especially if it is white. I love snow, and fir trees, and fragrant woodsmoke in this season. And getting back from shovelling or sledging with the kids and feel the warm welcome of a cinnamon-scented house. Pinesap and the smells of the apple shed. Earl Grey with gingerbread. Beeswax candles. Those are the best scents of winter.
    My favourites from Your list are Ambre, Palosanto, Melodie d’Amour and Lune Feline. I would be very happy with any of those:). Thank You and have a peaceful Holiday.
    K.

  • I love these list compilations as they are always so diverse and have good suggestions. My favorite winter scent is that of the forest–pine and wood–although I certainly don’t live anywhere near such smells! I also love amber scents. They are just too much in our hot summers but I adore them in winter. Spicy scents come alive in the cold too. I love elvanui’s list who is above me. Such nice scents! These are all great sounding scents but my favorites would be:
    Melodie de L’Amour by Dusita because all Dusita perfumes are love in a bottle
    Nishane Menugu- the description of church scents, advent wreaths and mulled wines have me sold
    The wooded notes of Palosanto sound lovely
    I love Ambers but have not tried this one by Monodi Orio, RIP, she was so gifted
    I’m intrigued that Pablo is from Auckland, a beautiful place I was lucky enough to visit this year
    But I must admit the one that has me the most curious is Frozen! (I know it’s not on the list).
    Thanks for all these winter suggestions. And thanks to the generous perfumer contributors. I am in USA. Merry Christmas to everyone at Cafleurebon!

  • I do not like cold weather, because it getting dark earlier. And because cold weather is “more expensive” because we have to use up many woods for the heating season, and other extra costs.
    But of course, like everyone, I also like winter perfumes. Those are warm, sweet and more intensive. Unfortunately, I have not tried any from the list, but those are sounds very nicely.
    If I will be as lucky to win, my choices:
    – 100 ml of Atelier des Ors Lune Feline
    – 50 ml Extrait of Melodie d’ Amour
    – 100 ml of Palosanto
    – 75 ml of Ambre
    – 50 ml of Munego extrait
    – 10 ml pulsepoint roller pen of Foxy
    – 5 ml of Salamanca
    – 4ml bottle of Pablo
    Thank you for the chance. Happy Christmas everyone!
    I live in Europe.

  • I love winters as I am able to wear loud perfumes. My favorite is Oud Satin Mood from MFK.

    Cheers from New York

  • These are great winter perfumes
    I like amber so Mona di Orio Amber would be mybfursr choice and I like florals too
    Dusita
    Salamanca sounds like a great leather
    And feline lupe a beautiful vanilla
    I live in Canada

  • LadyoftheOakenForest says:

    I love winter… when I don;t work. I work in a building on a hill, heavy snows/ice/sleet make it really difficult to get there, and the traffic in the city is just even more horrendous. Love the idea of it, and would love it even more if I had a house in the country with a fireplace 🙂
    When I read your blog, I realise how many perfume I have never heard of. i think my fav from the List would be Mona di Orio Ambre. Would love to get my nose on Dusita Melodie d’ Amour or Lune Feline. I am based in the UK.

  • Call me crazy but I like the cold weather. There’s no way that I could ever live in areas like Alaska but I enjoy every season and the change it brings. My favorite from Best Winter Perfumes list is Atelier des Ors Lune Feline. It doesn’t sound like your typical vanilla fragrance but more of a dark vanilla. It stands out to me and I think the musk and spices is the perfect complement to sweet vanilla. It sounds like Atelier des Ors Lune Felineis is blended perfectly and I’d love to win it. Arkansas

  • What a great list! I do love the winter, but not the grey sludge that comes with the snow… how it gets tracked into the car, the house, etc. I would love to try Palosanto because of the woody and milky notes together, Frozen in a Bottle (!) because it just sounds plain fun, and Centerpiece because it sounds delectable. If I happened to win, I would choose one of the following:
    Palosanto
    Centerpiece
    Lune Feline
    Ambre
    Thank you for the generous draw and wonderful list! I had only heard of a few of these (here of course) and am happy to have a few more to put on my “try” list. I’m in the USA.

  • I do not enjoy winter at all. Maybe it’s from growing up in southern CA and not really having winter. I’ve been in the pacific northwest for 27 years now and still dread it. I loved how Lauryn thinks that Palosanto will warm the most tired heart. Marianne’s description of Munego is so cozy! I like how Robert thinks Centerpiece can wrap you in loving fragranced arms from fall until spring. I would most love to win Centerpiece as I recently purchased my first bottle from 4160 Tuesdays and I’m curious to try more. I’d also be happy to win Munego or Palosanto. Thanks for the draw!! Stay warm everyone!! USA.

  • I’m not a fan of winter outdoor activities, but I do very much love being trapped indoors, snuggled in a warm throw in front of a fireplace with a good book. My favorites from this list, and also those which I would select should I win, are Centrepiece and Lune Feline. Centrepiece is a peaceful beauty, perfect for the Christmas season. Lune Feline is a fantastic winter scent, softly animalic and spicy while rocking the vanilla bean, and is one of my top five favorite frags of all time. I live in the US and thank you for this chance.

  • Since I live in the south and was born in New England I miss the change of seasons. The best vanilla ?Lune Feline sounds amazing so does Salamanca and Munego. USA Happy holidays

  • I do not like cold weather anymore. Aging? Living in southern California, when the temperature gets around 50 F., I’m cold. I would like to try the best vanilla fragrance, Lune Feline for it’s warmth and Centerpiece, then Anything from Dustia is amazing. Thankyou for the draw, Happy Holidays! Fun Article, I love everybody’s opinion on subjects.

  • I don’t mind cold weather. I sleep better and I enjoy bundling up with warm coats or under wool blankets. BUT, the past winter we had in PA was ARCTIC COLD and I hated it! If it stays in the 30’s, I can tolerate it. But when it’s in single digits for over a month, I just can’t handle it!

    I loved your article and the fragrance that really called to me was Nishane Munegu. I love the description of the notes – particularly clove and cedar. When it comes to winter, my favorite thing about it is to wear richer fragrances that include incense, spices and wood notes.

    I live in the USA.

  • I dislike cold temperatures. Hate them. Winters in Russia feel like winters in Winterfell: they seem to last forever. I used to live in Yaroslavl which is in the northwest of Russia, it’s an incredibly beautiful city with ancient cathedrals and nicest people but oh my god, if it isn’t cold there! It starts snowing on the 1st of October, then it’s – 14,8 °F for a couple months. No, thank you. Even in the south it’s still cold.

    Back to the fine things: I love Pissara’s creations and Melodie de l’amour is no exception. I admire its vintage vibe, its feel-good impression. Also, even though I strongly believe that Shalimar might be THE perfect vanilla, Lune Feline seems like a keeper.

    Thank you for the draw and merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate it.
    I’m in Russia. Should I win any of these, I’d be happy:
    Worldwide: Extrait of Melodie de l’amour
    Worldwide: Nishane 50 ml of Munego extrait
    Worldwide: 75 ml of Ambre
    Worldwide: Dawn Spencer Hurwitz a 10 ml pulsepoint roller pen of Foxy (not shown)

  • I like cold weather and winter time because of warm drinks, the possibility of snow,the excitement of the holidays. I’d love to try Lune Feline (sounds so yummy and warm) and Mona di Orio Ambre (love vanilla and labdanum combo).

    I live in Europe. Thanks for the draw and Happy Holidays!

  • Well Im from yukon canada and spend 4 months every year in alaska so I better love the cold 🙂 I actually do love winter the snow coated pines and the mountains blanketed with snow and the northern lights are breathtaking where I live ,plus animals are easy to spot lots of wolves and elk herds,massive moose all kinds of awesome animals. And being winter I get to break out those heavy winter fragrances ,myrrh, ambers ,tobacco, incenses…best time to enjoy perfumes.

    And my favourite from this list Roja Fetish Pour Homme Parfum 🙂 Its beautiful it just oozes class its the first roja ive tried a gift from my girlfriend so it is special to me.

    If I someone win this draw here are my pics in order:
    -Atelier des Ors Lune Feline
    -Melodie d’ Amour
    -Mona di Orio for 75 ml of Ambre
    -Nishane for 50 ml of Munego extrait
    -Palosanto

    Thanks for great article and for the generous giveaway and wish everyone a safe and happy holiday !!!

  • Living in the dry heat of the desert southwestern US, I relish any little bit of wintery weather we are bestowed. Knowing cooler winter weather is coming makes the summers a bit more tolerable. I so enjoyed each of the contributors reviews; Ida’s was particularly evocative. If I were to win, I would be thrilled to receive Atelier des Ors Lune Feline, Dusita’s Melodie d’Amour! Olympic Orchids’ Salamanca, 4160 Tuesdays’ Centerpiece, Mona di Orio Ambre, or Tonatto Palosanto. I think my favorites of the group would be Palosanto, as I have heard so much about the Palosanto tree and it’s wood here on Cafleurebon and am so curious about it. Also Mona di Orio Ambre because it sounds like such a beautiful amber perfume because of the ylang ylang and vanilla combination. I am in the US and would like to wish a happy New Year
    to all and a big thank you to the staff and contributors of Cafleurebon who offer us each day a glimpse into the new and vintage perfumes we are so curious about.

  • I usually like winter for a month and after that I am waiting for the spring. Unfortunately for me, the winder lasts at least 3 months; but at least I can wear my stronger perfumes. My favorite from Best Winter Perfumes list is Fetish PH. because I love leathers and love the perfume itself!
    I live in the EU and my choices are:
    Nishane Munego extrait
    Dusita Melodie d’ Amour
    Atelier des Ors Lune Feline

  • What an incredible list, and what a generous giveaway! Reading these lovely descriptions warm my heart in this cold Canadian winter. And I have to say… I will never get used to it. In fact, I moved from the East Coast to the West Coast for (slightly) warmer winters! My favorite winter notes are pine, sandalwood, cardamon, amber and smoky notes. On these cold winter days, I will always love Serge Lutens Fille en Aiguilles, Montale Oud Leather, and Enchanted Forest by Vagabond Prince. It reminds me of Christmas and happy times with my family. I haven’t tried any of the fragrances from your list other than 4160 Tuesdays by Sarah McCartney, which is magical and feels like being wrapped in a velour blanket. I love the beeswax notes especially! For the draw, I would be overjoyed to win any of them (top choice is Atelier des ours Lune Feline, or Melodie d’Amour, or Centerpiece.I live in Canada. Thanks so much and happy holidays!

  • Love your “best ofs!” Will be trying these beauties – just like the Fall list which did NOT disappoint! I do like how perfumes “show” in Winter weather – they always seem to smell so amazing in the chill. I know just what Gail Gross is talking about since I got out the sample of Dusita Melodie de L’Amour just this morning -for the same longing for spring! (Would be so awesome to have more than a sample). Never smelled Roja Fetish Pour Homme but if it sparks Ida’s fantasy – then I definitely need to!! Foxy & Salamanca I know are gorgeous, lush! Really, would be so fortunate to win any of these treasures, couldn’t eliminate even one – thank you for the very generous drawing! Melodie D’Amour, Atelier des Ors Lune Feline, Ambre, Munego, Palosanto, Centerpiece, Curionoir, Foxy, Salamanca In the US.

  • I absolutely love the colder weather months and the Holidays that come with them. Its a time of getting close with friends and family. 1. Tonatto Profumi Palosanto 2. Sarah McCartney of 4160 Tuesdays 3. Mona di Orio 4. Melodie d’ Amour 5. Atelier des Ors Lune Feline I live in the USA, CA. Happy Holidays!

  • doowtnehpets says:

    I used to enjoy winter a lot more when I was younger. Now that I’m older, I can’t wait til it warms back up. Out of all the fragrances listed, Tonatto Profumi Palosanto sounded the the best to me. The note breakdown sounds great. That’s be the one I’d like to win if I had the chance.

  • What a generous giveaway! My favorite winter fragrances at the moment are Creed’s Royal Oud (just smells like Christmas time to me, I love its masculine elegance, and my girlfriend loves it on me!), as well as Guerlain’s L’Homme Ideal EDT (I still have yet to try the EDP, but this one is so classy to me—the sweet and creamy, almost cherry-like almond is simply delightful on cold winter nights). I’m in Oregon!

  • It’s quite warm here in NJ
    And rained so it doesn’t feel like Xmas
    I commute everyday and dislike the yellow snow haha

    For me centerpiece, foxy Feline and Pali santo

  • Yana_Tommelise says:

    In Germany it is super windy and it is raining which makes the weather twice as unpleasant. I hate cold weather and could easily live in Australia. I am ALL I TO VANILLA and can just say that Centerpiece is truly stunning. Love it. Have 8 ml of it. Foxy is probably my favorite animalic scent. It is in my Top 10 fragrances for life list. Unbeatable, sexy, cozy. Actually I find Melodie dAmour is a summer scent but I accidentally sprayed it on me as I wanted to go out as it was snowing and it was beautiful. From this list I’d love to win Atelier des Ors Lune Feline because I heard great things about it and I love how it was described here. Another one I really want to try is Munego by Nishane. Love their line. I love cozy fragrances for winter with vanilla and animalic elements. I am in Germany

  • I LOVE COLD WEATHER! Probably because I’m from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, so we get boatloads of snow which makes for amazing cross country skiing and snowshoeing. In any case, they all sound wonderful. The one that I would like to wear the most is Salamanca (hay, vetiver, and leather notes? Sounds perfect for me!), though I would also like to win Foxy, as it would be a great gift for my little Foxy, she would love it I’m sure! Even the name is perfect for her!
    As I said, from Michigan, USA.

  • Thanks for this great article! I like the cold weather, it signals the forthcoming holidays, the time when most people are at their happiest- gift giving, carols, get togethers and smiling faces. I love everything on the Best Winter Perfumes list and would like to try any of them. Thanks for this opportunity.

    Nishane Munego – love the churchy, warm, dry, spicy floral notes
    Dusita Melodie de L’Amour – love the white floral elegance
    Atelier des Ors Lune Feline – love Michelyn’s description; ‘If you can only own one vanilla fragrance, Atelier des Ors Lune Feline would be it.’
    Mona di Orio Ambre – love the powdery, balsamic, medicinal leather notes
    Grazie Diletta Tonatto Palosanto – love the woody, milky, roasty scent
    4160 Tuesdays Centerpiece – love the tropical florals, honey, gourmand notes
    Curionoir Pablo – love the citrus, spicy, floral notes
    Ellen Covey Salamanca – love the oiled leather, grass and floral notes
    Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Foxy – love the boozy, spicy, resinous, leather notes

    – California, USA

  • From the article, the ones that I think I would enjoy are Melodie d’Amour and Mona’s Amber as they somehow got my attention and I see thrm as really interesting and different.

    What I like about winter is that I get to spend more time with the people I love.

    I am in EU and I would love to win either Ambre from Mona or Melodie d’Amour. Thank you!

  • Each perfume sounds perfect to me so many different smells I would be happy with all of them  but Munego by Nishane is my favorite. I live in the USA Winter is not my favorite season as I prefer spring but each sound really wonderful and I don’t think any are just winter

  • I live in Arizona so people wait year round for the winter and cool days to come. I love getting comfy in a nice sweater and having small fire to sit by in the evenings. I’ve visited some very cold snowy places and I’m not sure I could stand that kind of weather for to long, but it’s fun to experience that kind of freezing cold everyone and a while.
    That being said I love some cozy winter time fragrances. Fall and winter would definitely be my favorite seasons for wearing perfume. This is great list of fragrances and has a few houses I’ve been eyeing for a while now.
    Lune Feline(I really love this one)
    Munegu(I’m really intrested in trying something from Nishane)
    Ambre
    Melodie de L’Amour

  • I love the cold as long as I have a cozy fire to retreat to when I need to warm myself. I loved reading everyone’s best of winter choices. I would love Atelier des Ors Lune Feline,
    Centerpiece
    Melodie de L’Amour
    and or Munego.

  • Not a huge fan of cold weather. I come from a tropical place and much rather have summer weather than the freezing climate. Thanks from the USA

    1.Atelier des Ors Lune Feline
    2.4160 Tuesdays Centrepiece
    3. Melodie d’ Amour
    4.Nishane Munego
    5.Mona di Orio Ambre

  • As a die-hard skier i do love winter.From the first days of october i’m like “Let is snow asap” . Plus i do like deep and rich cold weather fragrances.My favorites from contributors list are :
    1) Roja Fetish Pour Homme Parfum – chosen by Ida Meister.Love the leather in this one.Also there is something lustful in this fragrance.
    2) Nishane Munegu chosen by Marianne Butler.Patchouli lover here and Munegu is spicy patchouli bomb
    3) Atelier des Ors Lune Feline chosen by Michelyn Camen . 10/10 fragrance – period ! Balsamic cinnamon vanilla on some cosmic level.I had a small sample from luckyscent.
    I’m not familiar with the others.Should I win, I would choose one of:

    1) Nishane Munegu
    2) Mona di Orio Ambre
    3) Centrepiece 4160 Tuesdays – sounds fantastic.
    4) Melodie de L’Amour Parfums Dusita – i’ve sampled 3 fragrances made by Pissara , and quality is top notch .
    5) Atelier des Ors Lune Feline – i need a full bottle of this beauty , but to be honest everybody does.
    Tnx for the opportunity and Happy Holidays .
    Back and forth between USA and Scotland (UK and EU) .1 week in
    US ->1 weeks in Scotland , and so on.Basically both USA and EU/UK at the same time.

  • I live in Nova Scotia, so coming to terms with winter is simply required.i own a bottle of Centrepiece and adore it in all but the hottest weather.
    The Atelier des Ors Feline sounds amazing, and would be my choice should I win
    I live in Canada. Thank you so much for the draw

  • Winter doesn’t bother me. I don’t let things I can’t control bother me. I actually like staying indoors. I always say I get my money’s worth on my apartment, my Netflix subscription, and I guess my tax money that goes to supply the public library. I tried Foxy for the first time last winter and I loved how warm and cozy it made me feel And I love the dry down in the blankets, a dry down that lingers forever.

    I would choose:
    1) Salamanca
    2) Munego
    3) Palosanto
    4) Lune Feline
    5) Melodie de L’Amour
    6) Mono di Orio Ambre

    I live in the USA.

  • I quite enjoy the winter, when it snows and it is a holiday season, but when it still snows in february and march, that is depressing. From all the reviews the most appealing was the review by Marianne Butler, Sr. Contributor about Munegu Nishane. Sounds just perfect!!!
    Thank you for such generous draw, I live in Latvia (EU), and I would be grateful to receive as a Christmas gift:
    – Munegu Nishane,
    – Lune Feline Atelier des Ors,
    – Salamanca Olympic Orchids,
    – Ambre Mona di Orio,
    – Pablo Curnoir,
    – Melodie de l’Amour Parfums Dusita,
    – Palosanto Tonatto,
    – Foxy DSH.
    Thank you and Happy Holidays!!

  • I’m starting to become a fan of winter fragrances. I feel they’re much more diverse compared to summer scents. My current favs for the winter right now are Dior Homme Parfum, Amouage Reflection Man, and Tom Ford Tuscan Leather.

    Thank you for the draw firstly. If I’m chosen I’d love any of:
    – Atelier Des Ors Lune Feline
    – Nishane Munegu
    – Mona di Orio Ambre

    I’m in Canada and thanks again!

  • I love winter although I am not a child. And I remember how I was looking forward to first snow- and I was amazed when I woke up and saw all in white. But Ia m wondering why I do not feel same now!!!
    I enjoyed Michelyn description of Atelier des Ors Lune Feline- I like soft touch of vanilla-ambery-musky-balsamic beauty.
    I would like to win:
    – 100 ml of Atelier des Ors Lune Feline
    – 50 ml Extrait of Melodie d’ Amour
    – 100 ml of Palosanto
    – 75 ml of Ambre
    – 50 ml of Munego extrait
    USA

  • I love the cold weather, since that typically means hiding out inside, with a warm beverage in the company of loved ones!

    I would love to win Munego, Ambre, Melodie d’Amour, or most of all, Atelier des Ors Lune Feline, which is my favorite pick from the list!

    Canada!

  • RaePerfumeSoul says:

    Winter has always been my favorite. There is something magic about the cold..and I believe it’s the Christmas and the celebration!!
    Sitting near a fire, reading a nice book with a hot chocolate… that’s what comfort is for me.

    In am in IPSWICH,UK.
    My picks:
    -100 ml of Atelier des Ors Lune Feline
    -50 ml Extrait of Melodie d’ Amour
    -50 ml of Munego extrait
    – 100 ml of Palosanto
    – 75 ml of Ambre

  • -Registered (and not going no place!) 😉
    -A slushy mix of like & loathe…I love the beauty of winter, (the snow, festive lights, wondrous ice formations) but hate the bone-chilling cold and dampness the season brings.
    -Favorites from list: MdO Ambre (it’s a Mona!), Salamanca (its awesome leathery growl), DSH Foxy (truly amazing boozy animalic) also Centerpiece (as I never tried any 4160 TUESDAYS to date).
    -Would love if I’m blest enough: ATELIER DES ORS Lune Feline (heard so much it sounds superb!),DUSITA Melodie d’Amour (this line intrigues me to no end), PALOSANTO (what a description!), LES NOMBRES D’OR-AMBRE (such a wonderful amber of a different color) & MUNEGU (one bottle for all winter? Gotta check this one OUT!).
    -I live in southwestern PA in the good old US of A!

    Thanks for the great suggestions and even more for the generous and bountiful yuletide draw!! Brightest of holiday blessings to one and all!

    GP xox

  • I live in a temperate climate ,so cold weather is a change that is associated with visiting family. I’d love Atelier des Ors Luen Feline, MdO’ Ambre,and Salamanca by Olympic Orchids. Thanks for the draw. I’m in the USA

  • I love the cold weather. It’s the best weather for me. My favorite is Nishane Munegu because it is…’warm, dry and spicy with lovely floral notes ghosting in the background that round it out beautifully’

    Choices: Merci tres cher Jean Phillipe Clermon
    Mona di Orio for 75 ml of Ambre
    Grazie Diletta Tonatto for 100 ml of Palosanto

    I live in California.

  • I am Aussie, so I would like to say I love the cold – but I know it is not anywhere near as extreme here than the Northern Hemisphere.

    I haven’t smelled a single scent on this list so I will chime in with my fave winter scents that I do have: Masque Milano Tango for its unique amberiness. Closely followed by ultimate Ambre Russe by Parfum d’Empire.

    I would love to win these in this order:
    Dusita Melodie di Amour
    Mona di Orio 75 ml of Ambre
    50 ml of Munego extrait
    DSH  10 ml pulsepoint roller pen of Foxy 
    Tiffany Jeans Pablo
    Ellen Covey Salamanca

    Thanks for the draw, I am in Melbourne Australia

  • Wirhout a doubt my favorite season is summer, but I like winter as well. I actually like the changes of the seasons. Best winter weather is clear, cold snowy and also curl up with a good movie or a good book.
    My wishlist:
    Dusita Melodie d’ Amour
    Atelier des Ors Lune Feline

    I live in EU. Thank you for this wonderful draw.

    Also happy Holidays!

  • Winter is my favorite season because it is the time I spend with family and friends around the holiday. The snow is beautiful but my commute is not. I really enjoyed your list as ther is something for everyone. My choices arre Ambre , Munego, Feline, palosanto, foxy, melodie d amour and Salamanca and centerpiece
    USA
    Happy holidays

  • I live in the netherlands and I love the cold, riding on my bike to work, smelling the cold in the air and love my scarfs because they smell great after different fragrances and in the evenings by the stove..love the smell of burned wood but I love the seaons I enjoy them all. I would like to try Salamaca and Munego and foxy.

  • I love winter too- I adore snow and when every thing is covered by snow white, cold layer with sparkling glitters! I prefer to leave my steps on virgin layer of snow.
    What a nice winter perfume choise!
    I rrspect Mona di Orio perfumes and find her Ambre beautiful.
    If I will lucky, I would like to win:
    -100 ml of Atelier des Ors Lune Feline
    -50 ml Extrait of Melodie d’ Amour
    -50 ml of Munego extrait
    – 100 ml of Palosanto
    – 75 ml of Mona di Orio Ambre
    From US

  • I’ve never gone through a whole season of winter wonderland, but for the most part of dry but cold winter that I live through i must say that it’s my favorite time of the year. The whole aura of the season is just so comforting. The cold, the holiday music, the festivities and endless good food. Everything about it brings joy to me. I also like the fact that i can wear my heavier fragrances without offending anybody anymore. Rolling out the ouds and the incenses and wearing them without worry!

    Oh how i wish SantaFleurebon would leave Nishane Munegu or Atelier des Ors in my sock this Christmas!!! I want me some spicy patchouli and heavy vanilla for the remainder of winter!! I promise i have been nice!!

    Thank you so much again guys for your continuous generosity! Christmas or not, you always keep on giving! Happy Holidays!

    Mahalo from Hawaii, US

  • Winter is my least favorite season. Having lived just outside of Cleveland Ohio my whole life, Winter means waking up some mornings to 3 feet of lake effect snow & feeling like driving may be a suicide mission. The only perks I can think of for winter are 1. Spending time with family for the holidays and 2. Breaking out the warmer, heavier & more cozy perfumes to brighten the days. The only perfume I’ve tried from the list is Lune Feline & it if gorgeous – love at first sniff & has been on my want list for some time. I was so glad to see some outside the box selections! Well done! The fragrances I would like a chance at winning are:
    1. Lune Feline
    2. Melodie d’Amour
    3. Centrepiece
    4. Ambre
    5. Palosanto
    Thanks for yet another awesome article & draw. Happy Holidays!

  • I love all seasons , but prefer winter.In this cold weather i can wear my opulent , full and long-lasting sweet , spicy , ambery and boozy fragrances at will … finally Lol
    From the 11 favorite winter fragrances chosen by Cafleurebon reviewers i’m familiar with just 2 – Munegu by Nishane , and Fetish Pour Homme by Roja Dove.Both high-quality fragrances from top notch houses i love.By the way i do wear Fan Your Flames by Nishane right now.
    I’d like to win :
    – Munegu by Nishane
    – Centrepiece by 4160 Tuesdays
    – Melodie de L’Amour by Parfums Dusita
    – Lune Feline by Atelier des Ors
    Thank you for the nice draw.
    Virginia USA or London UK at least 97/100 times.

  • I’m a bit new to the fragrance game, and to be honest I’ve never smelled any of the 11 winter perfumes from the editors and the contributors on Cafleurebon – guilty as charged! I know some of the fragrance brands , but have not smell any from the top 11 here. I do love winter and the cold weather + my husband is professional snowboarder too.Also I do like to wear my gormands and heavy projection fragrances as much as I can.If I happen to win I’d love to get Munegu extrait from Nishane , Atelier des Ora Lune Feline, Centerpiece from 4160 Tuesdays,Amber from Mona Di Orio,or Melodie d’ Amour from Pissarra . Happy holidays to all , and thank you for your generosity.USA and rarely Germany

  • Thank you for this draw. I get cold easier than getting hot but enjoy the winter. So far I’ve been enjoying Dior Homme Parfum and Bleu de Chanel. Some good fragrances listed here. I’d like to get a chance to win
    Munegu by Nishane
    4160 Tuesdays
    Atelier Des Ors
    Thanks. California

  • Hikmat Sher Afridi says:

    Climate change has deep impact on our weather and here in Pakistan winter is vanishing gradually. We are dying for winter season, rain & snowfall. Winter is the best season for me & I love it. I have lot of fragrances (niche, designer & natural/indie) suitable for wearing in winter, and also don’t care wearing them in hot season as well. hehehe
    The list provided in the article sounds great. Thanks for the generosity & opportunity. If I am lucky enough my choices are:
    1. Nishane Munego
    2. Melodie de L’Amour by Parfums Dusita
    3. Salamanca Olympic Orchids
    4. Mona di Orio Ambre
    Pakistan

  • It’s snowing right now and it’s great because it’s right before Christmas eve. I really enjoy it today!
    As for the list, although I haven’t tried most of them, I am sure they’re all lovely.
    Thanks for this incredible draw. I live in Eu and I would like to win:
    50 ml Extrait of Melodie d’ Amour
    100 ml of Atelier des Ors Lune Feline
    Nishane for 50 ml of Munego extrait
    Mona di Orio for 75 ml of Ambre
    Diletta Tonatto for 100 ml of Palosanto

  • Thank you for doing this, and Merry Christmas! I live in the US. I would love any of these fragrances as I haven’t tried any of them before:

    Nishane Munego – I love floral notes
    Dusita Melodie de L’Amour – I like white florals
    Atelier des Ors Lune Feline – still looking for the perfect vanilla for me!
    Mona di Orio Ambre – also still looking for “my” amber!
    Grazie Diletta Tonatto Palosanto – I love the scent of palo santo and this one sounds intriguing
    4160 Tuesdays Centerpiece – I haven’t yet tried any of 4160 Tuesdays, and am becoming obsessed with doing so.
    Curionoir Pablo – more floral notes, which I love
    Ellen Covey Salamanca – the combination of leather, grass and floral notes sounds amazing
    Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Foxy – I have been really impressed by other DSH scents but haven’t tried this one, it sounds so interesting

  • When the weather starts getting colder it is a wonderful time for me. It is the time that I get to start wearing my heavier, darker, sweeter fragrances, so I don’t have anything against cold weather. However, I hate bitter cold. I reside in Canada.

    1. Atelier des Ors. Lune feline
    2. Mona di Orio Ambre
    3. Dusita Melodie d’Amour
    4. Nishane Muneg5
    5. DSH Foxy
    6. Tonnato Palisant
    7. Curionoir Pablo
    8; Ellen Covey Salamanca

    I reside in Canada

  • I try to find something good in every season but winter is espacially difficult for me. I miss sunshine and girls in summer dresses. Usually winter is for me simply something I have to survive till warmer days come. In this time I’m looking for fragrances to lift my spirit. I love dry and spicy perfumes that in the frosty air start to literally shine and sparkle with colours giving extra shot of energy. I like also warm and boozy fragrances as antidepressants.
    I would like to win:
    Mona di Orio’s Amber. It is one of my favourite perfum houses and it would be great to „feel the voice of amber angels whispering to my heart with their warm breath”.
    Tonato Profumi Palo Santo to „warm even the most tired heart”
    Nishane Munegu to keep me safe indoors „while the snow is piling up outside”
    sultry sensual Lune Feline
    and Parfums Dusita Melodie d’Amour to feel a breath of springtime” in the middle of winter.
    I live in the UE. Thanks for the draw.

  • SF Bay Area cold weather I find tolerable. It makes me appreciate all the awesomeness of California. However, I hate the freezing your lungs, black molasses substance that covers the street ruining my pants and shoes, shoveling snow type of cold of New England. I love to get my nose on Fetish, however if I should win I would select in the following order:

    Atelier des Ors Lune Feline
    Grazie Diletta Tonatto Palosanto
    Nishane Munego
    4160 Tuesdays Centerpiece
    Ellen Covey Salamanca
    Dusita Melodie de L’Amour
    Curionoir Pablo
    Mona di Orio Ambre
    DSH Foxy

    Here in Calfornia Thanks

  • I’m not fond of cold weather and fortunately, here in the south of Spain we don’t get too much. But I do love my winter perfumes, such as Ambre Sultan, Civet, Âme Sauvage or Cuir Ottoman.
    I’d love to win
    1.Melodie de L’Amour ( which I’ve tested and loved)
    2. Salamanca (because I know that beautiful city very well)
    3. Munegu ( N7ishane is a wonderful house)
    4. Mona di Orio Ambre (amber is perfect in winter)
    5. Foxy (DSH makes such high quality fragrances)
    Thank you for this offer!