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Academia & Book Lover Fragrances
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items Escape into the atmosphere of a quiet old library with this collection of academia-inspired fragrances that evoke weathered books, crisp paper, polished wood, ink, leather-bound journals, black tea, cashmere, cedar, sandalwood, vanilla, and cozy read...
Before I tried this perfume, I wondered why anyone would want to smell like one of cinema's most iconic vampires," McLintock scoffs. "After all, 'undead' is not necessarily what I'm going for when it comes to my fragrance wardrobe. However, after try...
Nosferatu
This combines pepper, cedarwood, and sweet vanilla to smell exactly like a quiet, dusty study hall.
Whispers in the Library
If you're looking for a smart fall scent that doesn't break the bank, Dossier's Woody Sandalwood is where your search ends. Inspired by Le Labo's Santal 33, this gloriously musky scent evokes the warmth of a late October fire pit and the polished pow...
Woody Sandalwood
For a lighter take on the academia trend, I'd recommend Diptyque's L'Eau Papier Eau de Toilette. This airy musk scent plumes with blonde woods, steamed rice, and mimosa—a clean tribute to the ink-and-paper process of creation. This scent is one of my...
L'Eau Papier
Influenced by Gerard Way to get this, like I see others have been too! I've actually been wanting to buy a scent that reminded me of books recently, so I'm glad I stumbled upon this. It's really strange, I've never smelled anything like it. I mostly ...
Paperback - Demeter Fragrance Library
A modern, crisp mix of sandalwood and amber for a warm, woody feel
Book – Commodity
A rich blend of peach, plum, leather, and patchouli that evokes an antique library full of leather-bound books.
Bibliothèque
Notes: Heliotrope, Tobacco, Vetiver, Black Tea, Vegan Musk, Vanilla, Clove. I personally love it, it's so unique, deep, warm and cozy!
Dead Writers
Poesie has an entire dark academia collection, called Quill & Ink. You might like Headmaster (No. 2 pencil shavings, cherry pipe tobacco crumbs, scattered papers, suede elbow patches, a hint of faded cologne) or Yet to Be Written (a warm cup of c...
Poesie Perfume
Staying with the gothic theme is this spellbinding blue-violet number from Vyrao, a holistic perfumery known for its energetically charged elixirs. Witchy Woo is meant to expand creativity and inspire courage—its bone-deep notes of Moroccan orris, bl...
Witchy Woo - Vyrao
Inspired by Christian Dior's superstitions and secret lucky charms, Bois Talisman is the dark academia lover's dream fragrance. It combines the olfactory versions of Dior's and master perfumer Francis Kurkdjian's two good luck charms (wood and sugar ...
Bois Talisman:
If we bottled up the early days of fall, it would likely smell like Henry Rose's Dark is Night perfume. A harmonious blend of grass, vetiver, freesia, and patchouli twists together like the first breezy days of September; a farewell to sweltering sum...
Dark is Night - Henry Rose
There's nothing quite like Perfumehead's 1272 Coltrait. This scent, a scintillating blend between cologne and perfume extrait, celebrates the dichotomy of light, citrusy perfumes and smoky, wood colognes—and how, strangely, they work so well together...
1272 - Perfumehead
For a skin scent that skews oh so academic, consider Snif's Me. "Me is the epitome of wood mixed with fruits," says Kowalski. "Sandalwood and moss blend with a beautiful plum topnote creating an irresistible woody but close-to-skin scent that has a s...
Snif Me
One of the most recent additions to my collection, Purple Suede from Goldfield & Banks smells like a chic editor's new designer work bag. This leathery perfume concentrate is dashed with crispy Tasmanian lavender, amber, and oud (to name a few), ...
Purple Suede
For a bookish scent that will carry you into the colder winter months, consider Penhaligon's newest scent, The Cut. Inspired by the flora and fauna of wooded landscapes, this refined scent takes an elevated approach to the great outdoors—and feels es...
The Cut Penhaligon's
A very good patchouli perfume, but has a strong papyrus note, which reminds me of books.
Fancy nights
This evokes in me images of a musty library with old leather bound books
1740 Parfum
Honestly, this is a great dupe for Whispers in the Library. I’m not sure if my bottle of WITL was too old or I was scammed, but it didn’t last long at all (like, under 30 minutes). Top notes immediately disappeared and all that was left was a vaguely...
Novel
Heady is a great word to describe this deliciously woody fragrance from Comme des Garçons. Leaning more masculine, this winter-appropriate perfume packs a cedar and sandalwood punch and definitely exudes mysterious, well-read and hot. Although this f...
Wonderwood
Based on an invented 19th century American novelist named Phillip Sava who wrote about his teenage expeditions to the Pacific Northwest. It evokes the old growth forests and foggy mornings in that part of the country perfectly, shot through with unex...
CAPE HEARTACHE
The Quartier Latin, from which the perfume takes its name, is the student district, known for all-night cafes where artists and intellectuals fought and flirted and debated philosophy. This perfume is meant to smell like paper and ink, like scribblin...
Quartier Latin
This perfume — a rich, weird, androgynous scent with notes of absinthe, white flowers, cardamom, pink pepper, labdanum and leather — is memoir in a more old-fashioned sense, the recollections of someone fascinating who lived a long and weird life, wi...
Memoir Woman
A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream is the Shakespeare plays most likely to be performed at an outdoor festival where the audience brings picnic blankets and sits on the lawn and gently swats at mosquitoes all night, and the particular joy of this specific e...
A Midsummer Dream
Smells like musty old books (in an extremely /pos way), with a marshmallow sugary sweetness to it. Very cosy to me! It has a very slight touch of smoke to it too, evokes imagery of reading by candlelight with a cup of hot chocolate. Dries down woody,...
English Major
Masterpiece that I have fallen in love with. The ink note to me is not what makes this special.. The fact that it opens up sharp but in 2-3 minutes becomes this amazing creamy/milky vanilla with a hint of mystery leather (I smell leather) is just dre...
Muse
Fabrice Pellegrin (clearly a fellow bibliophile!) creates a perfect expression of the ink free-flowing from the sublime craftsmanship of Montblanc’s heritage fountain pens. The patchouli feels richly liquid, instead of the more earthy form it can tak...
Patchouli Ink EDP