With the drop of Taylor Swift’s latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, a new chapter has been added to the book of Eras. Taylor Swift started her career at the ripe age of 14, with “Tim McGraw” being her debut song, and boy has she come a long way since! Swift now has over 13 million albums sold and has numerous awards and achievements to her name, including being the top-selling digital artist in music history. But what really sets Taylor apart from many in the music industry is her ability to keep on developing and changing as an artist through her music, songwriting, and personal style.
Each of Taylor’s albums represents a different time, a different era, of her life. Therefore, each album has a distinct aesthetic. Those who had grown up with Taylor and her music were most likely going through those eras with her as well, for we were growing up and developing in our lives, too. Most of us are also in different stages of our lives, and we look back at previous albums and find that we might not have related to it back then, and find ourselves relating to it now on a whole new level.
We all know that every era is accompanied by its aesthetic. And for every aesthetic to be complete, you need a fragrance that compliments it perfectly. So whether you’re drowning in the blissful ignorance of Lover, surrounding yourself with flowers and pastels, or are in your sad girl era and crying as you listen to Evermore, we have just the right fragrance that would invite your sense of scent to complete your experience.
1. Taylor Swift (Debut)
Lanvin Eclat d’Arpege EDP
When Taylor Swift launched her career, she was a small fish in an enormous pond. Yet, she never failed to make an impression. Just like Taylor was back then, this fragrance is soft, delicate, and angelic.
A young Taylor was a breath of fresh air. She represented the future and created a headstart for the future generation of young female artists. This fragrance perfectly represents the innocence of youth and new beginnings. Summer is near, flowers are in bloom, and there’s nothing stopping you from spreading your wings and making your debut!
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| Highlights | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | Lanvin |
| Best for | Women |
| Notes | Top Notes: Green Lilac and Sicilian Lemon Leaves Middle Notes: Wisteria Blossom, Peach Blossom, and Red Peony Base Notes: Cedar of Lebanon, Musk, and Amber |
| Release year | 2002 |
| Longevity | About 7 hours |
| Projection | Moderate |
| Perfumer | Karine Dubreuil-Sereni |
2. Fearless
Mark Des Vince Fabulous EDP
If you’re in your Fearless era, you are starting to come into your own element. You have taken the leap and stepped out into the world. This was when Taylor began exploring her style and embracing her identity. Perhaps you are as well.
As you make that leap into this new and daring era of your life, you will need a new and daring scent to accompany you. Fabulous by Mark Des Vince would take you into bloom with its sweet, flowery notes. The sweetness of this scent is balanced out with notes of velvet, wood, and musk, adding a daring element to it.
| Highlights | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | Mark Des Vince |
| Best for | Women |
| Notes | Top Notes: Rose, Honeysuckle, and Tangerine Middle Notes: White Flowers, Jasmine, Tiara Flower, and Peony Base Notes: Velvet, Wood, and Musk |
| Release year | 2010 |
| Longevity | Over 8 hours |
| Projection | Strong |
| Perfumer | Faizal CP |
3. Speak Now
Lanvin Marry Me EDP
Speak Now is an album that Taylor Swift had entirely written by herself, all to prove to the naysayers that she is perfectly capable of writing her own songs. In Speak Now, she gave us hits like Mine, Mean, Enchanted, Back to December, and many more, including the title track Speak Now!
In Speak Now, Taylor crashes a wedding, gets charmed by a stranger she has just met, and gets back at the haters in a beautifully curated fairytale world filled with female rage and softness. Marry Me by Lanvin is a fragrance that embraces those aspects of being a young woman and will carry you straight into this fairy tale Swift created for herself and her fans.
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| Highlights | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | Lanvin |
| Best for | Women |
| Notes | Top notes: Bitter Orange, Peach, and Freesia Middle notes: Jasmine, Magnolia, and Rose Base notes: Musk, Virginia Cedar, and Amber |
| Release year | 2010 |
| Longevity | 7 hours |
| Projection | Moderate |
| Perfumer | Antoine Maisondieu |
4. Red
Tom Ford Cherry Smoke EDP
Of course, we picked the perfect fall scent for the ideal fall album (don’t worry, we pretend there are no happy songs on this album as well). Fall might have passed us by, but we remember it All Too Well. Now that it is spring and summer is at our doors, Everything Has Changed… but that won’t stop the Red girlies from putting on their knee socks and plaids, pretending that it’s still fall.
Cherry Smoke by Tom Ford goes perfectly well alongside those late-night drives as you blast all too well (Taylor’s Version, 10 Minutes Version, from The Vault, of course). Even if flowers are in bloom and everyone is enjoying spring, you can still live in your world where it is forever autumn.
| Highlights | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | Tom Ford |
| Best for | Unisex |
| Notes | Top notes: Sour Cherry and Saffron Middle notes: Leather, Olive, Chinese Osmanthus, and Apricot Base notes: Smoke, Woody Notes, and Cypriol Oil |
| Release year | 2022 |
| Longevity | 10 hours |
| Projection | Strong |
| Perfumer | Tom Ford |
5. 1989
Victor Hills Ecstatic Extrait De Parfum
Named after the year she was born, 1989 celebrates the freedom that comes with growing up while subtly highlighting its sadness. Sometimes, you just have to Shake It Off and live in the moment.
You’re enjoying your time in the sun, strolling through the big city with white sunglasses and an iconic red lip. All you need is a charming fragrance to accompany you. Ecstatic by Victor Hills is, well, as the name suggests, absolutely ecstatic. Allow yourself to live this high and let everyone around you know that you are living it just by having a whiff of your scent.
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| Highlights | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | Victor Hills |
| Best for | Unisex |
| Notes | Top notes: Nutmeg Flower, Lavender, Cedar, Chamomile, Mandarin Orange, Hawthorn, Bergamot, and Lemon Middle notes: Violet Leaf, Nutmeg, Cedar, Sandalwood, Honeysuckle, Carnation, Jasmine, and Lily-of-the-Valley Base notes: Leather, Vetiver, Musk, Amber, Patchouli, and Tonka Bean |
| Release year | 2020 |
| Longevity | 8 hours |
| Projection | Strong |
| Perfumer | Faizal CP |
6. Reputation
Valentino Donna Born In Roma Intense EDP
They tried to knock her down, but she had proven she was here to stay. With her lover by her side, she was unstoppable, and so are you. After a year of gossip and rumors spread around her, Taylor clapped back and said, “Look What You Made Me Do”!
With the intensity of dark fits and snakes galore, the old Taylor couldn’t come to the phone. Why? ‘Cause she’s dead. So is the old you. They might have tried to bury you, but you rose back from the ashes with ferocious intensity, like a phoenix. All you need to complete your comeback is an intense scent, and there is no scent that screams intensity like Donna Born in Rome by Valentino.
| Highlights | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | Valentino |
| Best for | Women |
| Notes | Top notes: Bourbon Vanilla and Amber Middle notes: Jasmine Base notes: Benzoin |
| Release year | 2023 |
| Longevity | 8 hours |
| Projection | Strong |
| Perfumer | Amandine Clerc-Marie and Honorine Blanc |
7. Lover
Elie Saab Girl Of Now Lovely EDP
It is a time to let yourself drown in dreams of love and desperation. If you are in your Lover Era, you have allowed yourself to ride a plane to a land of no return, a land of pastels and eternal happiness. In your heart, you know that this won’t last. A day will come when you won’t be able to walk Cornelia Street again, but you are clinging on to every moment of sweetness that a False God has promised you.
To help you stay in this sanctuary planet that Taylor had built with her lover for all desperate lovers, a sweet, fruity, floral, and dreamy fragrance like Girl of Now Lovely by Elie Saab will do the job for you. And years from now, whenever you take a whiff of this scent, you will be taken straight back to the Day Light of your Lover days.
| Highlights | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | Elie Saab |
| Best for | Women |
| Notes | Top notes: Mint, Pear, Mandarin Orange, Rosemary, Galbanum, and Black Currant Blossom Middle notes: Almond, Orange Blossom, Frangipani, Anise, and Rose Base notes: Tonka Bean, Patchouli, Amber, and Ambroxan |
| Release year | 2022 |
| Longevity | 7 hours |
| Projection | Moderate |
| Perfumer | Elie Saab |
8. Folklore and Evermore
De Lillis Aira EDP
Taylor Swift released the sister albums Folklore and Evermore 5 months apart in 2020 during lockdown. Both Folklore and Evermore give off cottage core and woodsy vibes. They portray a time in which you are excluding yourself from every narrative, putting your hair in a braid, and gallivanting through the woods.
As if it had been written in the stars for the Folklore and Evermore girlies and Aira De Lillis by Lillis to be a match, this fragrance was also released in 2020. This scent combines fruity, floral, and woody notes, making it the cottagecore perfume of your dreams. With just a spritz of this scent, you will speak to nature, and nature will speak right back to you.
| Highlights | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | De Lillis |
| Best for | Unisex |
| Notes | Top notes: Passionfruit, Strawberry, Pineapple, Tangerine, and grapefruit Middle notes: Vanilla Orchid, Peony, Red Berry, Lily, and Jasmine Base notes: Woody, Musk, and Oakmoss |
| Release year | 2020 |
| Longevity | 7 hours |
| Projection | Moderate |
| Perfumer | Faizal CP |
9. Midnights
Guerlain Patchouli Ardent EDP
Meet me at midnight…
For those nights when you have stayed up thinking back on various stages of your life, with a million “Question…?” on your mind, Midnights is the album for you. Midnight showcases numerous situations that Taylor had gone through throughout her career and personal life, each song is from a different stage that had passed or is still passing.
When You Are On Your Own, Kid, and your mind is a Labyrinth, a grounding, warm scent will help you clear that maze. Patchouli by Ardent perfectly reflects the heart of these long, sleepless nights. This fragrance will surely put every overthinker at ease.
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| Highlights | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | Guerlain |
| Best for | Unisex |
| Notes | Top notes: Fig, Pink Pepper, and Black Pepper Middle notes: Patchouli, Turkish Rose, and Cedar Base notes: Leather and Musk |
| Release year | 2020 |
| Longevity | 7 hours |
| Projection | Moderate |
| Perfumer | Thierry Wasser |
10. The Tortured Poets Department
Boucheron Santal De Kandy EDP
Last but not least, the latest Taylor Swift album, The Tortured Poets Department. While this album isn’t part of Taylor’s Eras tour since it was released after the tour had already started, we will not be excluding it from our list. An ode to poetry, this album needs a poetic fragrance to accompany it.
Santal De Kandy by Boucheron is just the right perfume to bring out the tortured poet in you. Channel your inner Taylor Swift with this scent, and bring out your pad and pen because who uses typewriters anyway?
| Highlights | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | Boucheron |
| Best for | Unisex |
| Notes | Top notes: Cardamom and Black Pepper Middle notes: Violet and Jasmine Base notes: Sandalwood and Cedar |
| Release year | 2018 |
| Longevity | 7 hours |
| Projection | Moderate |
| Perfumer | Boucheron |
There you go, Swifties, a list of fragrances for every era. So wherever you are in your life and whichever Taylor Swift era you relate to now, we have the fragrance that will carry you right through it.
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