The 13 Best Perfume Oils That Will Ensure You Smell Amazing

The world of women’s perfume is a big, wide one. There are so many categories to choose from, like gourmands, aquatics and citrus scents, to name a few. But an eau de parfum isn’t the only way to get your fragrance fix — perfume oils are another great option.
What is Perfume Oil?
“A perfume oil is a finished perfume, but it’s in an oil base instead of an alcohol base,” explains David Seth Moltz, founder and perfumer of D.S. & Durga. Most eau de parfums use alcohol as a base because it doesn’t have a scent and is easy to combine with other ingredients.  “When you use oil as a base, its cons are that usually most oils have a scent to them and don’t have as much of that blending action. So, sometimes the fragrance has to fight through the scent of fat and wax and the stuff that oil smells like. There are oils that are less smelly — like fractionated coconut oil, apricot and kernel — which are pretty good for dilutions.”
As far as the perks, the best perfume oils have plenty. “The positive of an oil fragrance is that it travels well because it’s not flammable,” Moltz

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