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The Top 25 Perfumes Of The 21st Century... So Far

Here we go... a list of the Top 25 best perfumes of the century so far. -- Are your favourites here?

As 2024 came to an end, many of you asked if I’d compile a rundown of the best perfumes of the decade so far. I found the idea appealing — as you know, I do love a list — but then it occurred to me that 2025 marks an even more significant milestone. So, in my tireless and unashamed pursuit of geekery, I decided to go one better and try to put together a list of the best perfumes released since…

The Top 25 Perfumes Of The 21st Century... So Far

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Roberto Greco, Sans titre, 2021

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Maggie Maurer photographed by Roberto Greco for Mirror Mirror Magazine

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Roberto Greco Oeilleres

Nose: Marc-Antoine Corticchiato

notes: chamomile, eucalyptus, lavender, broom; hay, cumin, pollen, mushroom; musk, styrax

Oeilleres has a wonderfully sharp, herbal-dry opening. The chamomile + lavender have a nice tea-sachet feeling, and the whole thing is tingly and buzzy and earthy. The eucalyptus gives a sweet-sharp camphoraceous aura around the “outside”.

A few minutes in, the cumin stage is a warm, subtly rusty aura, not very skanky. I definitely get a dense, dusty-yellow pollen-and-dried-grass effect. It all blends together seamlessly into one hazy hum, a true "skin scent" or extension of your being.

Oeilleres is a lot like classic 70s chypres like Mystere and Aromatics Elixir, but without the high contrast. No black oakmoss or smoky incense; no rose; just the subtle middle notes of dry herbs and cumin and musks, in shades of golden brown and rust. I like this strategy of “zooming in” on one subsection of a classic perfume: it's monochromatic in a wearable, modern way, but richly complex in texture.

Of course, Oeilleres is catnip for me — I have a special place in my heart for chamomile, and I’m obsessed with bitter-herbal and musky scents in general. Might be worth buying a bottle someday.

Easily unisex; wearable for anyone with a yen for the autumnal or earthy.

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INFRINGE, APR 2020 | MEANWHILE AT... OLIVIER SCHAWALDER x ROBERTO GRECO

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Maggie Maurer by Roberto Greco

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Nicole Atieno by Roberto Greco for Vogue Portugal, March 2020

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