What Does Taylor Swift Smell Like? Exploring Her Signature Scents Through the Eras

What Does Taylor Swift Smell Like? Exploring Her Signature Scents Through the Eras

From her go-to fragrances today to dupes for her discontinued classics, here’s a look into Taylor Swift’s fragrance history.

Taylor Swift fans are known for unraveling even the most cryptic Easter eggs, but one question has intrigued Swifties for years: What does Taylor Swift actually smell like?

Let’s rewind to 2010, during Swift’s Speak Now era. While appearing on David Letterman’s show, he remarked that she smelled like “expensive wood.” Although the exact perfume remains a mystery, Swift has consistently favored warm and spicy scents.

One fragrance closely associated with her is Tom Ford’s Santal Blush, a woodsy blend of sandalwood, cinnamon, and ylang-ylang. Fans spotted the bottle in Swift’s Miss Americana Netflix documentary, and whispers from her Reputation secret sessions confirmed this as one of her favorites.

Another fragrance often tied to Swift is Tom Ford’s Tobacco Vanille, known for its smoky sweetness, and Viktor & Rolf’s Flowerbomb, which brings her love of warm scents into a more floral realm with jasmine, rose, and cattleya notes.

Taylor Swift’s Discontinued Perfumes

Before her love affair with Tom Ford, Swift released five perfumes with Elizabeth Arden between 2011 and 2014: Wonderstruck, Wonderstruck Enchanted, Taylor, Made of Starlight, and Incredible Things. Although all are now discontinued, fans still hunt for dupes and unopened bottles of these beloved scents.

Wonderstruck was Swift’s first fragrance, introduced in 2011 in a striking purple bottle. It’s a floral scent with top notes of raspberry, blackberry, and freesia, balanced by peach and sandalwood. The follow-up, Wonderstruck Enchanted, came in a deep burgundy bottle, adding vanilla to the mix for a sweeter, richer profile. Swift described Wonderstruck as capturing the thrill of first meetings, while Enchanted symbolized falling in love.

TikTok fragrance influencer Paul Fino recommends Lost in Ink by Oakcha as a dupe for Wonderstruck, while Night Illusion by Sunnamusk and Into the Night by Bath & Body Works capture the essence of Wonderstruck Enchanted.

Moving into her Red era, Swift launched her third fragrance, Taylor, in 2013. This sweet yet sophisticated scent blended floral and citrus notes with lychee, tangerine, and magnolia, underscored by woody base notes. Although it’s no longer available, Burberry for Women is often cited as a close match.

Made of Starlight, released in 2014, was a limited edition of Taylor with a lighter, fruitier scent featuring apricot, passionfruit, and mandarin leaves. For a similar vibe, For Her by Narciso Rodriguez offers a comparable fresh, citrusy aroma.

Swift’s final fragrance, Incredible Things, debuted in 2014 during her 1989 era. This mature blend of creamy musk, Madagascar vanilla, and white amber was a bold departure from her earlier romantic scents. For fans seeking a similar musky floral, Dossier’s Floral Sandalwood or Fairytale from Bath & Body Works are great alternatives.

While Swift’s fragrance preferences have evolved, from sweet florals to rich vanillas and woodsy musks, she’s always maintained a signature scent of success—and, of course, Santal Blush. And for those wondering, it’s been said that her rumored beau, Travis Kelce, smells just as good.