The year is 1952 and Marilyn Monroe has just set hearts aflutter with her bedtime routine. Her go-to hack for looking—and feeling—like a million bucks every morning? Wearing nothing but five drops of Chanel N°5 Eau de Parfum to bed. While the late moviestar set sales for the perfume skyrocketing, netizens have been digging up her interview again to excavate its wellness benefits. The result is a new wave of fragrance savants advocating bedtime perfumes for the dreamiest snooze of your life.
Upon examining the notion more closely, there is clearly merit to the idea. For starters, there is the wellness aspect of fragrance to be considered. Certain calming scents have been gaining favour in recent times for promoting feelings of tranquility and relaxation—all of which can help you get a restful night of sleep. While certain fragrance notes can resuscitate your senses and make you feel alert and awake, others can lull your senses into a cozy state of slumber. Imagine the soothing notes of lavender, chamomile, sandalwood, bergamot and ylang-ylang.
And then, there is the intimacy of the act of wearing perfume to bed. If you happen to sleep solo each night, the act of spritzing on a mood-lifting scent for no one else but yourself elevates it to one of the highest acts of self-love. If you are ready to find the best perfumes to wear to bed, take your pick from our round-up below:
L'Occitane White Lavender EDT
How about the crisp scent of freshly laundered linen to wash the day away and get you ready for bedtime? If you are in the quest for a women’s perfume that will have you cosying up under the covers, consider this soothing scent that champions lavender, bergamot and sandalwood in a harmonious blend.
The Body Shop Vibrant Bergamot Fragrance Mist
If you are looking for something less heady than an eau de parfum, a few spritzes of this body mist will do the trick. Featuring a musky mix of mandarin and magnolia, this mist will have you waking up fresher than ever before.
Forest Essentials Sandalwood & Vetiver Body Mist
Drift off to a restful night with this tranquil concoction of sandalwood, vetiver and aloe vera. Beyond just scenting the skin, this mist also offers gentle hydration and nourishment. Two birds, one stone.
Marks & Spencer Mandarin & Ylang Ylang Eau De Toilette
When applying perfume at night, you’ll want a soothing scent that can envelope your senses as slumber takes over. The ylang ylang helps cut through stress and anxiety to leave you feeling calmer and well rested from the first spritz.
Gucci Flora Gorgeous Jasmine Eau De Parfum
When you are on the hunt for calming women’s perfumes for bedtime, you won’t want to sleep on the virtues of jasmine—see what we did there? The soothing flower plays the starring role in this floral fragrance blend from Gucci and is known for its ability to promote quality sleep at night.
DAVIDOFF Cool Water Sea Rose Eau De Toilette Spray
Jasmine doesn’t have the market covered on soothing florals for bedtime. Rose is known as a natural stress buster, ideal for its therapeutic benefits for promoting sleep. One whiff of this classic Davidoff scent, and you will agree.
Kayali Oudgasm Rose Oud 16 Eau De Parfum
Not big on overtly sweet scents? The woody undertones of oud serve as the perfect accompaniment for the notes of Bulgarian rose, vanilla and cashmere wood in this feminine, long-lasting scent.
