Fragrance Trends 2026
2026 is officially the year of comfort, taste, and quiet luxury. These scents don’t shout, they invite you closer. Think creamy skin notes, pantry-luxe gourmands, freshly bitten fruits, café cravings, and soft woods that feel luxurious from the very first spritz.
If you’re hunting for 2026 fragrance trends or niche perfumes to try, consider this your Edulge cheat sheet, complete with bottles you can shop now.
Lactonic Perfumes: The Grown-Up “Milk” Trend
Creamy, cosy, and seriously chic, lactonic fragrances are all about intimacy and understated elegance. Picture milk, rice milk, whipped cream and soft musks - quietly addictive, not overly sugary or loud.
Look for: Milk accords, whipped cream, iris, lavender, white musk
Try on Edulge:
Lac.ton.ic Eau de Parfum – Scentologia, £168
Pink Milk Extrait de Parfum – Lorenzo Pazzaglia, £135
The Way You Kiss Me – Devertere, £105
Snack-Core Gourmand: Sweet, but Pantry-Luxe
Gourmands in 2026 are refined and savoury ingredient led. Think toasted, creamy, quietly addictive notes: sesame, rice, warm, toasted grains and nuts, with a soft salty edge for modern sophistication.
Look for: sesame, rice, salt, nutty notes
Try on Edulge:
White Rice Eau de Parfum – d’Annam, £130
Seductive Cedrat – Liquides Imaginaires, £170
Delicious Rice Milk Extrait de Parfum – Federico Cantelli, £81
Fruit with Bite: Hyper-Real & Juicy
Fruity fragrances are turning brighter, sharper, and more realistic. No more generic sweetness, think freshly squeezed citrus, vibrant passionfruit, juicy plum, fresh mango, and creamy banana, all lifted by tart red fruits.
Look for: Tropical fruits, Grapefruit, Banana, Red fruits
Try on Edulge:
Sweet Banana by Federico Cantelli, £81
Passion Island by Mes Bisous, £238
Café Crush: Your Favourite Coffee Shop, Bottled
Coffee-inspired fragrances are cosy, craveable, and surprisingly elegant. Think espresso, steamed milk, cacao, hojicha, matcha and roasted notes, as if you are settling into your favourite café, but the story does not stop at coffee alone. Embrace tea-inspired fragrances, where steamed leaves, creamy lattes, and softly bitter infusions add a calming, refined warmth of their own.
Look for: coffee, hojicha, cacao, tea, roasted notes.
Try on Edulge:
Vietnamese Coffee – d’Annam, £130
London Fog – House of Brandt, £184
Soft Power Woods: Quiet, Intimate Luxury
Woody fragrances in 2026 are smooth, close-to-skin, and effortlessly elegant. Think creamy sandalwood, refined oud, soft musks, the kind of scent that makes people lean in and ask, “What are you wearing?”
Look for: Woods, white musk, cashmere, intimate oud.
Try on Edulge:
Sur Mon 31 – Maison Eau de Couture, £70
The Perfume Wardrobe Era: One Signature is Out
Forget hunting for one “forever scent.” 2026 is about building a perfume wardrobe. Sampling first is the best way to discover your niche favourites and experiment with layering.
Try Edulge Pick & Mix Six:
Choose 6 samples from the full range for £38
Each 2ml sample comes in Edulge’s signature discovery box
Perfect for testing, layering, and curating your scent rotation
Create your Pick & Mix Six here
From lactonic skin scents to snack-core gourmands, 2026 fragrances are all about smelling delicious, polished, and unmistakably niche.
