Winter Fragrances 2025

Winter 2025 offers fragrances that embrace darkness, warmth and a generous gourmand richness.
The season’s selected perfumes span boozy French elegance, Italian winter gourmandise and sophisticated German tobacco artistry – a collection made for long, cold evenings and festive winter moments.

Summary

• Winter 2025 is defined by dark gourmands, warm spices and polished woody accords.

• The season ranges from boozy French extravagance to masculine woody balance and daring Italian sensuality.

• All fragrances share a rich, warming presence ideal for cold nights and festive winter settings.

plume impression – royal bourbon

The French niche house Plume Impression is known for its refined, elegant expression, often hiding complexity beneath a sophisticated blend of fruits, green notes and subtle spices layered within floral accords.

But with their gourmand creation Royal Bourbon, they break their usual pattern and deliver something bolder: a boozy unisex fragrance where rum, caramel, sweet licorice and cinnamon evoke luxurious winter dinner parties. The elegance remains—now in a richer, more opulent form. Beautifully crafted down to the smallest detail.

fragrance du bois – lucius

Lucius, the latest blockbuster from Fragrance du Bois and inspired by the hero in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, is often marketed as aggressively masculine. In reality, it is a balanced and sophisticated men’s scent, where dark woody accords and pink pepper are lifted by crisp citrus notes and earthy vetiver.

This harmony is exactly what has made it such a success: a warm, versatile winter fragrance suitable both for the office and for dressed-up evenings. A perfume for someone who wants to feel confident without overwhelming the room.

QOT – an affair

The Swedish niche brand Question of Time (QOT) has quickly gained a following thanks to its expressive perfumes, each with a unique twist that offers something for many preferences.

For winter and the holiday season, their playful gourmand perfumes are especially recommended. The most versatile of them is “An Affair”—a balanced, embracing scent where rum and Italian panettone meet coffee and cardamom. Not too experimental, not too heavy—just a tasteful composition that works almost anywhere. A new December favourite.

birkholz – tobacco sense

The German brand Birkholz is known for fragrances with fresh, elegant and understated character, often rooted in a classic DNA. Yet the brand also creates deeper, fuller compositions, such as Tobacco Sense from their exclusive line—a refined tobacco fragrance featuring cashmere wood, incense and cardamom, all while maintaining a vintage thread of lavender and Caribbean bergamot.

Not inexpensive, but worth every cent for those who want to smell regal.

francesca bianchi – once upon a time

Italian perfumer Francesca Bianchi is known for powerful and sometimes divisive creations, but she has a loyal fanbase that admires her emotional depth and uncompromising artistic style. Her perfumes often draw on vivid memories from her own childhood.

Her latest creation, Once Upon a Time, is made for winter: a sweet, oriental gourmand built around cotton candy, animalic castoreum, candied almonds, musk and vanilla. Daring and not for everyone—but warm, vibrant and capable of brightening even the darkest winter mood.