These Fragrances Make Us Feel Like the Main Character

When you romanticize your life, the little things start to stand out. Romanticizing as if you’re the main character of your favorite show, book or simply of your own story is one of the easiest tricks to enjoy the minor moments. Social media has tips on romanticizing your life with everything from playlists to morning routines. One of our favorite ways to feel like we’re the main character is to smell like one. The moment we spritz on a bold, confident and alluring perfume, we find it easier to embody the energy and confidence that main character fragrances give us. These are the must-try scents that make us feel like the main character.

The Best Main Character Fragrances

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Glossier You Rêve ($78)

The original Glossier You, the brand’s first scent, was already a super personal fragrance that helped you smell like you but better. The brand’s new skin scent enhancer kicks it up a notch with notes of plum butter, toasted almond, iris and sandalwood. “It wears close to the skin and true to you, never overpowering your unique scent—because you are the final ingredient,” says Glossier.

• BUY ON GLOSSIER – $78
• BUY ON SEPHORA – $78

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Etat Libre D’Orange You or Someone Like You ($105)

This collaboration with author Chandler Burr is named after her novel. The female main character in the book wears this scent, which was made to embody the women of Los Angeles. “My fictional Anne wears it; so presumably so do thousands of other women. It represents her only in the way all such choices represent us. What it will be to you is for you to decide, obviously,” says Burr.

• BUY ON AMAZON – $105
• BUY ON REVOLVE – $105

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Henry Rose Windows Down ($120)

Driving with the right song, sun shining and the windows down is one of the fastest ways to feel like a main character. If you can’t get behind the wheel immediately, spritz this mix of grapefruit, honeyed neroli and Earl Grey tea to recreate the feeling.

• BUY ON NORDSTROM – $120
• BUY ON CREDO BEAUTY – $120

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Future Society Solar Canopy ($98)

Main characters tend to be unique and have a distinct scent to match. Future Society created perfumes out of extinct scents. For example, Solar Canopy features the extinct Hibiscadelphus wilderianus, a flower from Hawaii last recorded in 1912. This scent will make you stand out in any crowd.

• BUY ON NORDSTROM – $98
• BUY ON FUTURE SOCIETY – $98

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Ellis Brooklyn Dear Sky ($115)

This ode to the American West is perfect for all the girls looking for open spaces to stake their claim in life and “the wild souls that seem to light and blaze their own paths.” The perfume is named for creator Bee Shapiro’s second daughter, Sky, who she calls her “bold one.”

• BUY ON ELLIS BROOKLYN – $115
• BUY ON SEPHORA – $115

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Noyz Unmute ($85)

A main character doesn’t stay muted for long, if at all, making this perfume from Noyz a perfect match. It’s vanilla reimagined with some added dimensions to make it its own.

• BUY ON NOYZ – $85
• BUY ON ULTA – $85

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Phlur Not Your Baby ($99)

The main character is so much more than just a love interest, and this perfume makes sure that’s clear from the second you smell it. It’s a spicy, sexy, unapologetic and head-turning scent that’ll get anyone into the main character headspace.

• BUY ON AMAZON – $99
• BUY ON REVOLVE – $99

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D.S. & Durga Notorious Oud ($210)

Oud is one of those scents that immediately screams, “Pay attention to me. I am the main character.” It’s one of the most notorious, complexly mysterious and expensive ingredients in the perfume world. If that description feels fitting for you, you’ll love this powerful perfume.

• BUY ON D.S. & DURGA – $210
• BUY ON NEIMAN MARCUS – $210