The Best Aesop Fragrances, Ranked by Me, a Fragrance Obsessive

Key notes: black pepper, frankincense, sandalwood

Frankincense helps evoke a sense of calm, making it an ideal note in a fragrance. This spicy, woodsy scent is downright intoxicating. 

Key notes: citrus, basil grand vert

Tacit is a fragrance better experienced than described, but I'll do my best. It's citrusy, but a heaping amount of basil grand vert (a particularly fragrant variety of basil) gives it an herbaceous edge. 

Key notes: rose, bergamot, shiso, pink pepper, ylang-ylang, guaiac wood, jasmine, sandalwood, valerian grass, patchouli, myrrh, musk

Aesop isn't really known for floral fragrances—this is its first one. In a truly unique twist, this scent takes you through the life cycle of a rose, and green and woodsy undertones keep it interesting. 

Key notes: wood, spice, fresh florals, animalistic

How often do you see "animalistic" in perfume notes? In this perfume, a slight animalistic quality adds a raw edge that makes it just as colorful and exciting as Marrakech, the city it's inspired by. 

Key notes: herbs, spice

In case it's not obvious, the thing Aesop does best is creating fragrances that are hard to nail down. Karst is a perfect example of that—it smells kind of like a brisk day on the seaside with mineral, metallic, and herbaceous notes swirling in the air. 

Key notes: galbanum, iris, yuzu

This perfume is supposed to represent an urban wasteland being overtaken by greenery. Galbanum, a medicinal plant with a woodsy and balsamic scent, helps achieve this. 

Key notes: labdanum, ambrette, styrax

Thanks to labdanum, ambrette, and styrax, this fragrance's key notes, Miraceti is able to smell balsamic, ambery, woodsy, and animalic all at once.