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Nateeva: St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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Diptyque: 34 Boulevard Saint Germain Sold Perfume
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Kilian Paris: Sunkissed Goddess
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Sol de Janeiro: Brazilian Crush Cheirosa ‘68 Beija Flor
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Coco de Mer Fragrance: Discovery Set
If you’ve ever caught a whiff of jasmine at night and been instantly transported back to a tropical trip you know that scent can be a powerful memory trigger. There’s even scientific evidence that our sense of smell is more strongly connected to our brains than other senses.
Capitalize on this knowledge (and help create special travel memories) by packing perfume for your next trip. Wearing a new fragrance for a trip can help tie that scent to a location—so every time you smell it, you’ll be flooded with positive reminiscences.
Perfume is subject to the 3-1-1 liquids rule by airport security, so it’s important to bring a travel-sized vial. (You also don’t want to worry about a full-sized version breaking in your bag).
These are our favorite travel-sized perfumes to take on your next trip.
What could be a more perfect perfume to pack for a tropical vacation than Nateeva’s St. Vinecnet and the Grenadines? Inspired by the island's flora, the fragrance has notes of night-blooming jasmine, plumeria, orange flower, and violet leaf.
Find it on Scentbird, a site that specializes in travel-size perfumes. You can make one-time purchases of specific fragrances, or sign up for a subscription to get a 30-day supply of different scents sent to you each month, so you’ll have lots to choose from for your next trip.
Don’t want to worry about your travel-sized perfume shattering in your bag? Opt for a solid option, which you can rub on wherever you want to add scent. Diptyque’s solid perfume balm is a good choice—and if you’ve ever been to the brand’s store in Paris, you might recognize the signature scent.
Crafted with amber, patchouli, rose, cinnamon, blackcurrant, and floral notes, it’s the perfect pick for a sophisticated city trip.
The easiest way to transport yourself to a tropical beach vacation—a spritz of Sunkissed Goddess by Kilian. This fresh solar scent is designed to smell like your hottest tropical trips, so you can relive the memories all year long.
Sunkissed Goddess opens with a creamy accord of Tiare flower and the exotic zing of Ylang-Ylang, then drifts into warm coconut and vanilla before settling on a base of guaiac wood and labdanum. The 7.5 ml travel size is perfect for your carry-on.
Don’t limit your perfume to your skin—let your hair have some fun too. Sol de Janeiro’s Brazilian Crush Cheirosa mist was designed to be used on both hair and body (it won’t dry your hair out as regular perfumes might).
This fruity-floral scent was inspired by the sunny gardens of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil with notes of Brazilian jasmine, pink dragonfruit, and vanilla.
The Coco de Mer—a towering palm that grows the world’s largest and most suggestively shaped seed—is the unmistakable symbol of the Seychelles. You’ll catch its intoxicating scent as soon as you arrive on the islands, and even spot its distinctive silhouette stamped right in your passport.
Take this rare and intoxicating fragrance with you wherever you travel with Coco de Mer Fragrances' Discovery Set. This set captures the unmistakable aroma of the Seychelles, blending lush florals, ocean mist, and tropical wood into five distinctive travel-sized perfumes. Each scent evokes a different facet of the islands’ magic: the warmth of the sun on coral sand, the hush of palm forests, the mystery of dusk.
Harvested ethically from naturally fallen seeds under strict conservation rules, this Seychellois-owned brand donates a portion of every sale to Nature Seychelles to protect the palms’ fragile ecosystem. With fewer than 5,000 Coco de Mer trees on Earth and fewer than 50,000 bottles released annually, this discovery set offers an intimate way to experience one of the world’s rarest natural essences—no passport required.