7 Best Solid Perfumes for On-the-Go Application

Whether I’m dashing out to a day of meetings, sprinting to the school run or getting my head down at home for an entire day of writing, I never forget to apply a fragrance. In fact, I don’t feel ready for the day until I’ve spritzed on one of the best perfumes from my collection. Yet, as someone that writes about the most popular fragrances and trending scents—and has amassed a pretty sizeable stash of compliment-worthy perfumes in my decade working in the beauty industry—it was only recently that I tried a solid perfume for the first time.

Admittedly, it was the launch of Dior’s “jelly” perfumes—three chic, solid fragrances in the Miss Dior scents—that piqued my interest in the category. So when I asked fellow beauty editors whether the buzz around the launch was just TikTok hype, I was surprised to learn that many of them already used and loved solid perfumes.

Freelance beauty journalist Tori Crowther explained that she uses them when she’s out and about and spraying on a perfume wouldn’t be appropriate. “There’s nothing worse than strong perfume in close quarters so I try to avoid it wherever possible,” explains Crowther. And makeup artist Mira Parmar swears by them for travel and for boosting the staying power of her favourite spray perfumes. “You can layer them up with your usual fragrance and then you’re on for an absolute winner as they really stay on the skin, but even worn on their own they’re brilliant,” says Parmar.