When it comes to the women of the Royal family, there’s little that regal fans don’t know about them. From their favourite, must-have products to their beauty rules they’ll never break, there’s little left to discover about the famous family. Except, perhaps, how they smell.
While knowledge about their lives pre-royalty or their prince and princess offspring is plentiful, not much else is known about something just as personal to them, like their signature scent.
Of course, perfume is not visible in the same way makeup is, but when it comes to fragrances, it is undeniably memorable.
The perfect spritz can whisk one back to a monumental life moment, such as a royal wedding, or connect one to a moment in time they wish to hold dear, the birth of a royal baby.
Thankfully, royal women—from Princess Diana to Kate Middleton—have been quite open with their perfume of choice. And the best bit? Their favourite fragrances are available for non-princesses to purchase too.
Below, we’ve rounded up the must-have perfumes that the Royal women couldn’t live without.
Queen Elizabeth II
Apparently, Queen Elizabeth II opts for a fragrance by Guerlain, called ‘L’Heure Bleue’. Created in 1912, the spicy scent has notes of florals and citrus with a powdery dry down. It is thought that Her Majesty chose the perfume to wear on for her wedding day to Prince Phillip in November 1947, and it’s remained close to her heart—and her wrists—since then.
L’Heure Bleue by Guerlain, $129.95 at Perfume Clearance Centre.
Princess Diana
When it came to Princess Diana’s wedding to Prince Charles in 1981, Lady Di opted for a soft, white floral scent. The late Princess of Wales chose to wear Houbiquant’s Quelques Fleurs, which sports a fragrant blend of tuberose, jasmine, lily of the valley, and rose. According to Diana’s makeup artist, Mary Greenwell, Penhaligon’s Bluebell Eau de Toilette was yet another fragrance favoured by the Princess. As for this scent, it was a “citrus floral with notes of lily of the valley, rose, jasmine and a touch of clove.”
Bluebell Eau de Toilette perfume by Penhaligon, $111.95 at Amazon.
Kate Middleton
As for Kate Middleton, Clarence House confirmed that when she wed Prince William in 2011, the Duchess of Cambridge wore ‘White Gardenia Petals’ by Illuminum. After her wedding perfume was announced, the small brand behind the soft, floral scent achieved overnight success, with reports that the scent sold out within minutes of the discovering Kate’s love for it. However, the Duchess also reportedly loves a spritz of Dior’s ‘Dune’, thanks to its warm, summery scent with notes of lily, bergamot, vanilla and sandalwood.
Dune by Dior, $177.95 at Amazon.
Meghan Markle
When it comes to the newest royal, Meghan Markle is apparently a huge fan of perfumes. According to The Express, she owns not one, but three signature scents.
“Fragrance is my favourite thing. So much so that if I leave the house and I don’t put any on, I’ll turn around and go back home,” she said. “I alternate between a few scents. I love Oribe Côte d’Azur Eau de Parfum and both the Wild Bluebell and Wood Sage & Sea Salt Colognes by Jo Malone.”
Wild Bluebell Cologne by Jo Malone, $212 at MYER.
Grace Kelly
During her wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956, Grace Kelly famously wore a fragrance called ‘Fleurissimo’ from Creed—a royal favourite since 1780—that was commissioned by her soon-to-be husband as a wedding gift for her. The aristocratic scent dries down into notes of tuberose, violet, iris, and Bulgarian rose.
Fleurissimo by Creed, $369 at Adore Beauty.
Marie Antoinette
In 2011, French fragrance house Lubin uncovered a formula for the fragrance that the fashion house had made for the Queen prior to her death in 1793. As a result, they created a reincarnation of the perfume with a mix of rose, jasmine, cinnamon, incense, and sandalwood, calling it Black Jade.
Black Jade by Lubin, $299 at MYER.
Princess Caroline of Monaco
Passion by Annick Goutal, $153.95 at Cosmetics Now.
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