Beauty editors and fragrance experts highlight perfumes and body mists designed to promote comfort and relaxation before sleep.

ELLE.com beauty commerce editor Nerisha Penrose consulted fragrance experts to identify scents suitable for a nighttime routine. The recommendations focus on calming, comforting aromas that help differentiate between waking hours and sleep time. Experts suggest that choosing specific notes can enhance relaxation, with some products designed for application on skin, pillows, or bedding.

Recommended Bedtime Fragrances

The list of recommended scents includes DedCool’s Mochi Milk, which features notes of sweet rice milk, marshmallow, and peach nectar. Other selections include Dream, noted for its blend of gourmands and white florals, and Rare Beauty’s Find Comfort mist, which contains ashwagandha root extract. For those preferring gourmand scents, Let The Good Times Roll is highlighted for its caramel-like profile. Additional recommendations include Jo Malone fragrances for their notes of oak, grapefruit, and lavender, as well as Kayali’s marshmallow, coconut, and vanilla blend.

Expert Advice on Scent Selection

Jennifer Capuano, vice president of fragrance at Macy’s, suggests looking for notes like lavender, eucalyptus, neroli, and chamomile for their calming properties. Lush perfumer Emma Vincent recommends incorporating scented bath and shower products to help fragrance absorb into the skin for a longer-lasting effect. Vincent also notes that using a separate fragrance specifically for bedtime can help signal to the body that it is time to rest.