Esquire India's Guide To Best Perfumes To Wear To Work

The office is a strange place to make a statement with your fragrance. On a date night, sure. But a bad choice in perfumes at work can be a nightmare. It is as bad as not wearing a perfume on a sweaty grubby 9 to 5 day.

The best office perfumes are not the ones that fill the room before you even walk in. Like bad investment plans, they can become repellents. A great work fragrance balances freshness, sophistication and longevity. Picking the right perfume that you can use as an everyday office perfume calls for a long test-drive of sniffing scents to check their notes, wearability and of course, shelf appeal.

Whether you're heading for a meeting, going for creative brainstorm session or simply looking to avoid presence of hectic travel to work on a daily basis, here are the some of the best office-friendly perfumes to wear to work :

₹24100

An iconic Amber woody niche fragrance by Annick Goutal, Sables is a tribute to the founder's husband during their holidays in Corsica and is widely considered by fragrance experts to be the gold standard for immortelle-based perfumes.

₹23,200 (50 ml)

An ultra-sexy interpretation of the classic Tom Ford parfum, Tuscan Leather captures the primal, animalistic scent of leather and its smooth voluptuous qualities. A modern classic, the addition of olibanum, night blooming jasmine, and black suede gives it a distinctive, modern spin that is raw yet refined, sensual yet sophisticated.

₹ 13,800

A classic perfume that should be on a fragrance shelf, Blu de Chanel is an ode to masculine freedom expressed in an aromatic-woody fragrance with a captivating trail. A timeless scent housed in a bottle of deep and mysterious blue.

₹9225 (80 ml)

A scent deeply engrained in Middle Eastern culture, oud makes a rich addition to Chopard's Oud Malaki eau de parfum. Combining smoky and warm notes with punchy grapefruit and soft lavender, the perfume is rounded with spice for a mysteriously sultry scent.

₹8,200 (100ml)

The Most Wanted Eau de Parfum by Azzaro is perfect blend of Fougère Ambery woody accord that is addictive and leaves a magnetic trail when you walk by. With its intoxicating creamy woody incense, the perfume will make you feel rich and warm.