I know for a fact that many of us absolutely loved the smell of nail polish growing up. Children don’t really care about the aesthetics of having colored nails; they just enjoy the bright colours and the smell. The only reason they slather it on their nails is that that’s how they see the adults use it. Otherwise, the varnish would be slathered on everything from their faces to the carpet.
Well, I have news for you. Some fragrance companies naturally attempted to capitalise on this element of nostalgia and created some perfumes with a prominent nail polish note. These companies target grown-ups with their musks and sweet florals while relying on the element of wearable nostalgia. Let’s take a look at those perfumes.
1. BORNTOSTANDOUT Angels’ Powder
| Highlights | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | BORNTOSTANDOUT |
| Best for | Unisex |
| Fragrance Family | Amber Vanilla |
| Notes | Top: Nail Polish, Sugar, and Pink Pepper Middle: Cotton Candy, Raspberry, and Vanilla Sugar Base: Heliotrope, White Musk, and Guaiac Wood |
| Release year | 2024 |
| Projection | Moderate |
| Perfumer | Anne-Sophie Behaghel |
BORNTOSTANDOUT created a fragrance composed by someone romanticising childhood as a grown-up. Angel’s Powder smells like what you would falsely imagine your childhood to smell like as an adult. It is sweet, fun, a child’sdream of sugar and bright red nail polish.
2. Frankly Whoa
| Highlights | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | Frankly |
| Best for | Unisex |
| Fragrance Family | Floral Woody Musk |
| Notes | Top: Nail Polish, Grapefruit, and Ambrette Middle: Pineapple, Jasmine, and Sandalwood Base: Guaiac Wood, Atlas Cedar, and Ambergris |
| Release year | 2025 |
| Projection | Moderate |
| Perfumer | Frankly |
Frankly’s Whoa is inspired by summer’s hot sticky delirium. Imagine summer in the 90’s, a little fan, and a child playing with nail polish. This is what this perfume smells like. The wood floors of your childhood home, the jasmine tree your mother tends to in your backyard, and the smell of love and childhood dreams everywhere.
3. Devertere Promise Her The Moon
| Highlights | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | Devertere |
| Best for | Unisex |
| Fragrance Family | Fruity |
| Notes | Top: Nail Polish, Plastic, Ylang-Ylang, Orange Peel, Galbanum, and Lemon Middle: Pitahaya, Pear, Jasmine Sambac, Fig Milk, Basil, and Caoutchouc Base: Vanilla, Tuberose, Sugar, Musk, and Oud |
| Release year | 2025 |
| Projection | Moderate |
| Perfumer | Vincent Ricord |
Devertere’s Promise Her The Moon combines the nostalgic scent of nail polish with a blend of fruity, floral, and gourmand notes. It aims to capture the multifaceted nature of dreams and aspirations, blending the synthetic with the natural. This unisex fragrance reads like a fairy tale of nail polish, vanilla, pitahaya, and plastic.
4. FAAN Demure Melody
| Highlights | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | FAAN |
| Best for | Women |
| Fragrance Family | Floral |
| Notes | Top: Pink Pepper, Nail Polish, and Sugar Middle: Cotton Candy, Vanilla Sugar, and Raspberry Base: Guaiac Wood, Heliotrope, and White Musk |
| Release year | 2024 |
| Projection | Moderate |
| Perfumer | FAAN |
FAAN’s Demure Melody is like stepping into a candy store with your mother after a manicure appointment. The blend of sweet and synthetic notes creates a playful, comforting aroma reminiscent of carefree childhood days. It is both feminine and nostalgic, bottling your heart’s desires of sweet memories and innocent delights.
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