Should you change your perfume for autumn? We tried these affordable scents (cloned)
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Cooler weather can be the perfect excuse to refresh your fragrance collection, with warm vanilla, amber, woods and floral notes all offering different ways to make the switch into autumn.
If your summer fragrance is starting to feel a little too light for cooler mornings and darker evenings, autumn could be the perfect excuse to switch things up.
Fragrance experts recommend warmer notes such as vanilla, amber, sandalwood, musk and spices as the seasons change. But that doesn't mean you need to reach for an expensive perfume. We found Jawhara's Arabian-inspired fragrances, available at Boots, offer several autumn-friendly scent profiles at £14.99 for 100ml.
The collection includes five Eau de Parfums, with Oud Velvet the most intense option. It combines coriander and saffron with smoky oud, amber wood and cedarwood, finishing with creamy vanilla. If you're looking for something deeper and richer for autumn evenings, this is the one that caught our attention.
Prefer your fragrance a little softer? Sultan Rose keeps floral notes in the mix, pairing rose and powdery peony with saffron, Akigala wood and vanilla incense. It's a useful choice if you're not quite ready to leave summer's floral scents behind.
Then there's Sweet Dates, which takes a sweeter route with creamy vanilla and raspberry alongside date, patchouli, caramelised amber and cedarwood. Meanwhile, Amberwood Nomad focuses on woody and earthy notes, combining cardamom and myrrh with cedarwood, labdanum and a smooth ambery base.
If you want to make the transition gradually, Golden Nectar is arguably the easiest bridge between seasons. Its bergamot and pear opening leads into ylang-ylang, vanilla flower and tuberose, with musk and vetiver underneath.
There is no rule saying a particular perfume is only suitable for autumn. Fragrance is personal, and the best choice is ultimately the one you enjoy wearing. Still, richer notes can feel particularly appealing as temperatures drop, and this collection gives you several affordable ways to experiment.