3 Sweet Perfumes You Need To Try

Choose a sweet perfume by what you want beside the sugar. Prada Candy EDP combines caramel, musk and benzoin. KAYALI Vanilla | 28 adds brown sugar, tonka, amber woods and patchouli to its vanilla theme. Original YSL Black Opium EDP pairs vanilla with coffee and white flowers.

If you already have a vanilla perfume, comparing Candy and Black Opium is a useful way to decide whether you prefer powdery caramel or a coffee-floral direction. If vanilla is what you came for, begin with Vanilla | 28 and pay attention to its brown sugar and woody notes as well.

Prada Candy Eau de Parfum: caramel, musk and benzoin

Prada Candy highlights a caramel accord, white musk and benzoin resin. Choose it for the combination of sweetness, powder and resin, especially if fruit isn’t what you want in a gourmand perfume.

A wearer who enjoyed Candy described soft powder, smoked caramel and balsamic benzoin. Another found little caramel and a powdery smell that became reminiscent of baby wipes on skin. Check whether the musk gives you the softness you want alongside the caramel.

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KAYALI Vanilla | 28: brown sugar and woody vanilla

KAYALI’s Vanilla | 28 combines vanilla orchid and jasmine with vanilla, tonka, brown sugar, amber woods, musk and patchouli. Start here for a brown-sugar vanilla with woody and floral company, rather than looking for the caramel-musk balance of Candy.

One wearer enjoyed caramelized brown sugar, vanilla and warm amber, describing a sweetened patchouli effect rather than frosting. Another wanted vanilla but found brown sugar more prominent and didn’t enjoy the result. That is the useful question when sampling: do you like the whole brown-sugar-and-woods blend, as well as the vanilla?

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YSL Black Opium Eau de Parfum: vanilla with coffee and flowers

YSL describes original Black Opium EDP through coffee, white flowers and vanilla. It is the one to compare if flowers and a roasted accent sound more appealing than caramel or brown sugar.

A wearer who loves the original gets more vanilla than coffee, with a latte-like impression. Another enjoys sweet vanilla and flowers with a softer roasted background than expected. Try this for that combination; for a coffee-first search, compare the other directions in our coffee perfume guide.

Choose the original Eau de Parfum when following these descriptions. Le Parfum, Extreme and Over Red have their own compositions.

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For a narrower sweet theme, see candy perfumes, marshmallow perfumes or vanilla perfumes. If you would prefer fruit to caramel or coffee, the fruity perfume list compares mango, berries and fig.