15 Popular Affordable Fragrance Brands Priced $25 and Under

Buying and collecting fragrances can get expensive but it doesn’t have to be with these affordable fragrance brands. With so many different brands and scents out there, it can be difficult to find quality perfumes and body sprays at an affordable price point. I wanted to share a list of brands I grew to be a fan of or heard great things about with amazing smelling products that won’t hurt your wallet. In this post, I list prices, popular/best selling products, and my personal favorites.

Saltair

Created in 2022 with a mission to be inclusive of skin tones, body types, and genders while creating sustainable and affordable luxury skin care products for everyone. They offer fragrance mists along with bodycare, haircare, and deodorants in 9 great scents.

Prices start: $13

Popular scents:

• Santal Bloom – creamy sandalwood, rose, jasmine
• Pink Beach – coconut, almond blossom, vanilla,

i recommend: Golden Hour – radiant sunflower, juicy pineapple, fresh coconut

Where to buy: Saltair, Ulta, Target, Amazon

Frenshe

Launched in 2021, Ashley Tisdale started a wellness and fragrance brand that focuses on self-care through affordable, clean, mood-boosting scents. To align with the brand’s clean beauty philosophy, Frenshe’s fragrances are formulated with essential oils and free of sulfates, parabens, or phthalates. This line offers body mists, candles, and bath products in calming and everyday wearable scents.

Price start: $10

Popular scents:

• Cashmere Vanilla – vanilla, jasmine rice, warm amber, creamy musk
• Lavender Cloud – lavender, sage, coconut milk, purple iris
• Solar Fleur – bergamot, orange blossom, coconut orchids, sandalwood, musks

I recommend: Desert Rose – roses, woods, fruits

Where to buy: Target

Snif

Snif is dedicated to providing luxury, high-quality scents at affordable prices. They proudly use top-tier, ethically-sourced ingredients to produce clean, vegan, cruelty-free formulas. Snif offers a line of fragrance, mists, candles, and laundry products. 10ml mini fragrances are available for budget-conscious customers or those wanting to try out a scent before committing to a full size bottle.

Price start: $15

Popular scents:

• Me – orris, plum, peach skin, white moss, musks, sandalwood
• Vanilla Vice – ice cream accord, vanilla bean, jasmine sambac, amberwood, musk, orcanox
• Heal the Way – pistachio cream, davana, palo santo, vanilla absolute, musk, amber

I recommend: Extra Whip – cold aldehydes, icing sugar, whipped cream, vanilla, milky sandalwood, fluffy musk

Where to buy: Snif, Ulta

Phlur

Phlur is a clean brand that has a modern take on fragrance. Their scent line is inspired by personal memories and feelings. Phlur offers unique scents in mini fragrance mists and body mists that come at a great price.

Price start: $25

Popular scents: Vanilla Skin – pink pepper, pink apple, sugar crystals, lily, jasmine petals, cashmere wood, benzoin, vanilla, sandalwood, agarwood

I recommend: Moonstone – green apple, pineapple, black currant, lemon zest, mandarin orange, jasmine, geranium, sandalwood, vanilla, amber

Available: Phlur, Sephora, Nordstrom

Kitsch

Kitsch is known for their hair products and now have joined the fragrance community with their new hair perfumes that are affordable and for all hair types. They claim their hair perfumes have patented odor-eliminating technology that doesn’t just cover up smells but transforms odors into new, better-smelling compounds. This would be great to use after eating at restaurants with strong smells that stick on your hair and clothes, like Korean BBQ. Their sprays are also safe to use as a body spray and pillow spray.

Prices start: $20

Popular scents:

• Amber Shores – wild orchid, salt accord, kumquat, lemon Italy, black amber, driftwoods
• Warm Sugar – pink grapefruit, whipped cream, spun sugar, bergamot blossom, musk, vanilla, praline

I recommend: The hair perfumes are new so I haven’t had a chance to check them out yet.

Available: Kitsch, Ulta, Amazon

Sol De Janeiro

Known for their Brazilian Bum Bum Cream, Sol De Janeiro has gotten a ton of attention for their perfume mists in scents that remind you of island vacations or hot summer days by the water. Perfume mists come in Discovery Sets or individually starting at $25

Price start: $25

Popular scents:

• Cheirosa 62 Perfume Mist – pistachio, almond, heliotrope, jasmine petals, vanilla, salted caramel, sandalwood
• Cheirosa 59 Delicia Drench – velvet plum, sugared violet, vanilla orchid, whipped amber, sheer sandalwood, fresh vetiver

I recommend: Cheirosa 87 Rio Radiance – leite de coco, warm sand, solar tuberose, ylang ylang, creamy vanilla, amber essence

Available: Sol De Janeiro, Ulta, Sephora

Sand + Fog

Sand + Fog was founded by three women based in California with the vision of creating a home fragrance brand that is both affordable yet luxurious. They are best known for their candles, which are made of soy wax infused with essential oils, within their wide product line of home scents. They also sell personal care items including perfume oils, hand soaps, and bath products. Their perfume oils have been talked about in the budget fragrance community on social media and live up to their hype.

Price start: $10

Popular scents:

• Pistachio Dream – pistachio, nut, almond, marshmallow, sugar, rhum, vanilla brown sugar, cream
• Violet Sandalwood – sapodilla, bergamot, magnolia, violet, amberette, cedarwood, musk

I recommend: Vanilla Musk – icy sugar powder, coconut, anise, vanilla orchid, vanilla powder, amber, vanilla, musk

Where to buy: Sand + Fog, Amazon, Marshalls

Bath & Body Works

Bath & Body Works is our classic stop at the mall for an array of fragrances and body care and has been stealing our hearts since 1990. They are known for their seasonal collections and signature scent collections ranging from floral, fruity, gourmand, musky, and fresh options. They also frequently offer run sales and promotions to keep products affordable for their loyal customers.

Price start: $4

Popular scents:

• Japanese Cherry Blossom – Japanese cherry blossom, Asian pear, fresh mimosa petals, white jasmine, blushing sandalwood
• Warm Vanilla Sugar – intoxicating vanilla, white orchid, sparkling sugar, fresh jasmine, creamy sandalwood
• A Thousand Wishes – pink prosecco, sparkling quince, crystal peonies, gilded amber, amaretto creme

I recommend: Covered in Roses – ruby berries, sugared rosebuds, blush amber

Where to buy: Bath & Body Works

If you’re interested in reading more about Bath and Body Works, you can check out my posts:
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Zara Fragrances

Zara offers an impressive line of affordable and high-quality perfumes, known for their trendy, sophisticated, and sometimes designer-inspired scents. Seasonal collections and collaborations are released often as well as flankers of their classic perfumes. It’s suggested to grab these releases while they are available because they’re not guaranteed to stick around as new releases happen regularly. Popular collections include Zara Emotions by Jo Malone, Vibrant Cities, Zara Temptation, and the Nude Collection.

Price start: $10

Popular scents:

• Red Temptation – saffron, orange blossom, jasmine, praline, white amber, musk
• Ebony Wood – mocha flower, cedar
• Fields At Nightfall – praline, jasmine, sandalwood

I recommend:

• Apple Juice – kiwi, apple, grapefruit, jasmine, violet, rose, musk, sandalwood, cedar
• Pink Flambe – rose, jasmine, orchid, vanilla, woods, amber

Available: Zara

Fine’ry

Fine’ry produces perfumes inspired by iconic fragrance houses but at affordable prices. This brand wants to provide products accessible for everyone and help introduce the world of fine perfumery to a wider audience.

Price start: $9

Popular scents:

• Flower Bed – lush peony, green apple, wild bamboo leaf
• Sweet on the Outside – Madagascar vanilla, cacao wood, smoked vetiver
• The New Rouge – golden saffron, amber resin, sandalwood

I recommend: Pistachio Please – pistachio milk, fluffy vanilla, tonka bean

Available: Target, Amazon

If you’re interested in learning more about the Fine’ry brand and which designer fragrances inspired their collection, here’s my post: Fine’ry Fragrances: Discover Target’s Affordable Dupes for High-End Perfumes

MIX:BAR

MIX:BAR is an accessible luxury fragrance brand that offers clean, clean, cruelty-free perfumes and body mists. Scents can be worn alone or layered with others, which opens a world of scent combinations. You are given the opportunity to create your own signature scent.

Price start: $9

Popular scents:

• Vanilla Bourbon – bergamot, jasmine, apple blossom, Madagascar vanilla, sandalwood
• Cloud Musk – cardamom, iris, jasmine, cotton peony, tonka beans
• Whipped Almond – sweet milk, almond, iris, sandalwood

I recommend: Coconut Palm – coconut wood, vanilla, salty accord, incense, amber, musk milk

Available: MIX:BAR, Target

Le Monde Gourmand

Le Monde Gourmand is a trendy, playful brand with budget-friendly gourmand-inspired fragrances. The brand offers vegan, clean, and easy-to-wear everyday scents in mists, perfumes, and home fragrances.

Price start: $10

Popular scents:

• Crème Vanille – creamy apricot, jasmine petals, brown sugar, amber
• Chai Epice – violet fig, muguet musk, blonde woods
• Lait de Coco – bergamot, vanilla praline, creamy coconut

I recommend: The Matcha – green tea, freesia, amber

Available: Le Monde Gourmand, Amazon, Ulta, Nordstrom, Urban Outfitters, Marshalls

Good Chemistry

Another affordable brand committed to using clean, paraben-free, cruelty-free ingredients. Good Chemistry also uses recyclable packaging to support its mission to inspire good. Personal fragrances come in fun scents as perfumes, travel sprays, and body mists.

Price start: $13

Popular scents:

• Queen Bee EDP – black currant, peony, amber
• Sugar Berry EDP – freesia, raspberry, vanilla

I recommend: Coco Blush EDP – pineapple, coconut water, driftwood

Available: Good Chemistry, Target, Walmart, Whole Foods Market, CVS, Walgreens, Anthrolpologie, Sprouts Farmers Market

Pacifica

Inspired by a song lyric during it’s inception and its name also meaning “peaceful”, Pacifica is a beauty brand committed to the planet, animals, and people. Products contain ingredients that are vegan and cruelty-free across their line of skincare, haircare, body care, fragrance, and makeup.

Price start: $13

Popular scents:

• Dream Moon – fresh herbed pear, bergamot, pink rose, oat milk, sugared coconut, vanilla, sandalwood, patchouli musk
• Island Vanilla – lily of the valley, lime blossom, vanilla infusion, jasmine, vanilla orchid, sandalwood, vetiver, vanilla bean, sugar, cacao
• French Lilac – lilac, magnolia leaves, heliotrope, ylang ylang, hyacinth, nectarine

I recommend: I haven’t tried any products from this brand but look forward to checking them out.

Where to buy: Pacifica, Target

Lattafa

Lattafa Perfumes is a Dubai-based fragrance house renowned for blending traditional Middle Eastern perfumery with modern innovation. The brand’s name derives from the Arabic words “latif” (gentle) and “lateefa” (pleasant), reflecting its commitment to crafting refined and accessible luxury scents. Lattafa has grown in popularity on TikTok for its affordability and quality. There are a handful of Lattafa fragrances priced under $25 and wanted to make sure this beloved brand gets on this list.

Price start: $24

Popular scents:

• Quaed Al Fursan EDP – saffron, pineapple, jasmine, fir balsam, oud wood, cedarwood, amber
• Yara EDP – orchid, heliotrope, tangerine, gourmand accord, tropical fruits, vanilla, musk, sandalwood
• Eclaire EDP – caramel, milk, sugar, white flowers, honey, vanilla, praline, musk
• Angham – mandarin, ginger, pink pepper, praline, lavender, cacao, musk, amber, vanilla

I recommend: Yara Tous EDP – coconut, mango, passion fruit, jasmine, heliotrope, orangeblossom, cashmeran, vanilla, musk

Where to buy: Lattafa, Amazon

Have you tried any of these affordable fragrance brands? Comment below with your favorites.

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