Whether you’re between wash days or you have the type of locks that seem to attract every and any aroma under the sun, envelop your hair in a nourishing and luxuriously-scented veil of fragrance.
A hair perfume should be a treasured part of your hair care routine. These products are packed with high-quality ingredients that not only smell heavenly but will treat your strands to the benefits of nourishment and conditioning to leave it soft, radiant and healthy.
Whether you wear alone or layer up with a traditional eau de parfum, it can offer a way for you to get creative with your scent layering without it becoming overwhelming. They will also compliment the coordinating cologne, EDP or EDT beautifully, while ensuring that you are imbuing fragrance when you enter the room.
The trail of these scents will waft behind you and with every swish of the hair. These are head-turning aromas that will catch the attention of passers-by on the street or when you greet a loved one and they breathe in the power of your perfume mane.
To maximise the long-lasting nature of these fragrances, they are best applied after shampooing and conditioning where you should end the process with a rinse of cold water to fortify the capillary fibres. Spritz onto clean hair and you will get the benefits of a nose filled with delicious, sumptuous scent all day long.
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Byredo Gypsy Water Hair Perfume
The Byredo fragrance house has some of the most long-lasting and instantly recognisable scents on the market, but if you want to have the brand’s iconic Gypsy Water aroma eminating from head to toe, this hair perfume deserves a place in your out-out routine.
A few spritzes will give your locks the heady (pun intended) concoction of pine needle, sandalwood and lemon with a delicate vanilla and bergamot at the heart. It’s earthy, smokey yet citrusy, taking inspiration from forests, campfires and a warm cuppa.
Along with its scenting properties, it is packed with nourishing ingredients for your strands too to leave it silky-soft and shiny.
Buy now £55.00, Space NK
Jo Loves A Hair Mist
When Jo Malone founded her fragrance label Jo Loves, she took a very personal approach to the product roll-out. Each scent comes with a story from perfumery expert’s life and in an array of unique forms, from the Paintbrush gel, to this hair mist.
As anyone who catches a whiff of your hair will say, these scents are beautiful, dynamic and addictive - no doubt they’ll try catch another in the process. It comes in four vegan aromas; fresh citrusy grapefruit, warm summer-ready fig, spicy vetiver, and heady tuberose to suit all fragrance families.
The formulations are enriched with vitamin B5 to offer a boost of radiance and a hydration hit for your tresses.
Buy now £45.00, Cult Beauty
Sol de Janeiro Cheirosa '40 Hair & Body Fragrance Mist
You will likely be familiar with the Sol de Janeiro range from the brand’s cult Bum Bum Cream that has one of the most delicious scents of any product, well, ever. It’s a rich vanilla, salted caramel aroma that when applied all over the body is unmistakable and transports you away to warmer climes. This is not that fragrance.
For your hair misting needs, the brand has taken a lighter, more refreshing approach with the Cheirosa '40. It’s brimming with gourmand notes; curshed black amber plum and crème de cassis that form the sweet elements that are anchored by vanilla wood, jasmine bloom and musk to bring it deeper and make it a true treat for the senses.
It is designed to be worn all over the body, in clothes and of course, as a hair perfume where a little will go a long way. You really only need a couple of spritzes and the smell has all-day lasting power.
Buy now £19.00, FeelUnique
Jo Malone London English Pear and Freesia Hair Mist
The English Pear and Freesia cologne is one of the bestselling fragrances in the Jo Malone collection - and for good reason. It’s an alluring scent that is in equal parts light and fresh as it is warm and woody.
Pair the hair mist with the cologne to enhance the aroma further and bring layer and depth to your fragrance collection. The uplifting combination of King William Pear and Freesia are made deeper and richer with sensual and woody Patchouli.
The scent has been infused with conditioning ingredients like argan oil and Pro Vitamin B to help bring that glossy feel to your mane and increase manageability.
Buy now £38.00, lookfantastic
Diptyque Eau Rose Hair Mist
For a truly decadent addition to your fragrance journey, Diptyque should always be on your radar. The French label promise a sensorial experience with every spritz, whether its your eau de parfum or your hair mist.
This lightweight product has been created to nourish each and every strand where the inclusion of camellia oil will help reduce frizz and flyaways and leave you with sleek, tamed locks. It also brings the delicate aroma of rose that you’ll catch a whiff off with every swish of your locks. It’s a vibrant, dynamic and you’ll even find a hint of spicy undertones.
Apply onto clean hair - and wet hair - to enhance the staying power of the scent.
Buy now £45.00, Space NK
Gisou Honey Infused Hair Perfume
This multi-tasking formula from Gisou will scent, condition and boost shine with just a few sprays to the strands. The brand specialise in honey-based formulas and the hair perfume is no different.
The formula has Mirsalehi Honey, the brand’s signature ingredient, at its heart but it’s not a sickly sweet scent by any means or is it overwhelming. Instead it offers a light floral scent.
This key component gets to work fortifying the hair’s fibres and leaving an enviable sheen in its wake. Your locks will be able to make the most of the antioxidant, amino acid and vitamin-rich ingredient.
Buy now £34.00, Cult Beauty
Givenchy Irresistible Hair Mist
Givenchy has brought the floral-woody scent of its Irresistible fragrance into the realms of haircare with this lightweight mist. While bringing texture to your tresses, it will give you a noseful of your well-perfumed locks throughout the day with notes of sparkling pear, powedered rose and musky blond woods. You can beat that radiant finish either.
Buy now £38.50, lookfantastic
Larry King Hair Care Volumizing Hair Mist
This inclusion takes a slightly different approach from the rest of the hair perfumes on this list which predominantly have come from fragrance houses with nourishing ingredients thrown in. Legendary hair stylist Larry King begins with haircare and adds scent for good measure.
As the name suggests, this mist is designed to bring XXL volume to dry, dull and limpless locks. Apply the lightweight product to your roots for added va va voom and no stickiness included.
The formula is given the subtle scent of rosemary, pine needles, lavender, jasmine and violet - a spring-ready combination that will transport you to English meadows.
Buy now £29.00, Cult Beauty
YSL Libre Hair and Body Oil
This product also slightly veers away from the definition of a hair perfume as it is in fact an oil that can, and should, be lathered all over your hair and body to maximise the moisturising and conditioning properties.
The luxurious oil is as hydrating as it is beautifully-scented, and whether you choose to pair it with the fragrance of the same name or not, it will veil you in the vibrant notes of jasmine, Moroccan orange blossom flowers and lavender with the base of white musks and creamy vanilla extract. Fig fruit extract from YSL’s Ourika Community Gardens ensures that your skin and hair will be left glowy, soft and smooth.
Buy now £50.00, lookfantastic
