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This Is Your Perfect Perfume, Based on Your Favorite Wine

Why your vino of choice tells you everything you need to know when you hit up the perfume counter
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If Your Favorite Wine Is Bordeaux
You'll love: Clean Warm Cashmere Eau de Parfum, $40 (30 mL) Buy Now

Why: Bordeaux from the Margaux region are characterized by notes of violets, potpourri and cedar wood. They're a little reminiscent of Clean Warm Cashmere, which smells of musk, cedar leaf and orris root. (Orris root and violet are similar notes, Copeland says.)

Pair it with: Chateau des Eyrins Margaux Monplaisir, $10

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If Your Favorite Wine Is Cava
You'll love: Molton Brown Coastal Cypress & Sea Fennel Eau de Toilette, $65 (1.7 oz.) Buy Now

Why: Sparkling wine is one of the most versatile for pairing with food, and Spanish sparkling wine often smacks of green notes and sea breeze, Copeland explains. Molton Brown's refreshing aquatic fragrance is versatile in its own way: a well-balanced, unisex fragrance with top notes of fig leaves and bergamot, woods and musk at the base and a heart of jasmine and violet leaves.

Pair it with: Codorniu Anna de Codorniu Cava Brut, $15

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If Your Favorite Wine Is Chenin Blanc
You'll love: Gucci Bloom Eau de Parfum, $124 (3.5 oz.) Buy Now

Why: South African chenin blancs are dry wines that teem with notes of beeswax and honey, Copeland explains. Bees also "go wild" for the aromas of honeysuckle and tuberose, she says -- and those flowers feature in this super-feminine new fragrance from Gucci. It's a classic white floral with notes of jasmine, orris root and Rangoon creeper.

Pair it with: Raats Family 2015 Old Vine Chenin Blanc, $25

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If Your Favorite Wine Is Sherry
You'll love: Malin+Goetz Dark Rum Eau de Parfum, $165 (3.4 oz.) Buy Now

Why: Sherry, a fortified wine, has a stronger alcohol content than most wine varietals and has "caramel, nut and resin notes," Copeland says. True sherry fans are drawn to rich, intense flavors and fragrances. Malin+Goetz's unisex fragrance has notes of rum, leather, amber and patchouli; it's a warm, lush and (natch) boozy gourmand.

Pair it with: Emilio Lustau Peninsula Palo Cortado Sherry, $25

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If Your Favorite Wine Is Nebbiolo
You'll love: Jo Malone English Oak & Redcurrant, $135 (3.4 oz.) Buy Now

Why: With rose and cassis, Jo Malone's romantic fragrance is reminiscent of a Langhe Nebbiolo, a full-bodied Italian wine, Copeland says. Ripe top notes of redcurrant berries and green mandarin gives way to a heart of rose and earthy base notes of roasted oak and musk.

Pair it with: Bruno Rocca Fralu Nebbiolo Langhe, $21

BY KATIE MCCARTHY | SEP 13, 2017 | SHARES
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