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"Kitten" scents are fall's cutest fragrance trend

Even if you're not a regular perfume wearer, there are some universally beloved scents that are just good: fresh laundry, fancy hotel lobbies, newborn babies, and one our senior beauty writer, Karina Hoshikawa, discovered this past May: kittens. At the beginning of summer, she welcomed a new rescue fur baby into her home that genuinely smelled incredible: soft, barely there musk with a hint of sweet milk. And it turns out, she's not the only one who can't get enough. As luck would have it, "kitten" scents are shaping up to be the newest (and cutest) fragrance trend for fall. Ahead, seven purrfect picks to get in on the trend.


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Even if you're not a regular perfume wearer, there are some universally beloved scents that are just good: fresh laundry, fancy hotel lobbies, newborn babies, and one our senior beauty writer, Karina Hoshikawa, discovered this past May: kittens. At the beginning of summer, she welcomed a new rescue fur baby into her home that genuinely smelled incredible: soft, barely there musk with a hint of sweet milk. And it turns out, she's not the only one who can't get enough. As luck would have it, "kitten" scents are shaping up to be the newest (and cutest) fragrance trend for fall. Ahead, seven purrfect picks to get in on the trend.
 
 
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