At the Opera House last Christmas, Jason Manford made his pantomime debut in the villainously camp role of Captain Hook alongside the likes of Britain's Got Talent finalist Ben Nickless and West End star Samara Casteallo.
03.10.2023 - 15:05 / ok.co.uk
With Christmas just around the corner (well, nearly), it's time to start thinking about gifting. At the very least, it's time to start thinking about items you want to add to your own list. If you always have a designer fragrance on your wish list – or if you know a loved one will always ask for one – now is a good time to pick up or decide on a bottle.
And if you need a little help finding the right spritz, Lookfantastic's new data on the most shopped perfumes of 2023 might help you narrow down the selection. If you're thinking that the spritz that's nabbed the top spot of that list is an expensive EDP, you're wrong.
The number one fragrance that's repeatedly made its way into our virtual shopping baskets is actually a £22 body spray from Sol de Janeiro. In fact, it even beat big names like YSL and Tom Ford.
If you're interested in knowing the full list, here are the five scents Lookfantastic shoppers loved this year... 1. Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Crush Cheirosa 62 Perfume Mist, £22 here Thanks to TikTok and the brand’s affordability compared to luxury scents, Sol de Janeiro 62 is Lookfantasic's best-selling fragrance of the year, with the brand itself making up a whopping 22% of the beauty retailer’s fragrance category sales.
The e-tailer also reports that demand for the body spray category is rapidly growing, with most of which is down to Sol de Janeiro fragrances. If you're keen to find the scent for you out of the brand's expansive mist offering, our OK! deputy style director has reviewed her favourites here. 2.
At the Opera House last Christmas, Jason Manford made his pantomime debut in the villainously camp role of Captain Hook alongside the likes of Britain's Got Talent finalist Ben Nickless and West End star Samara Casteallo.
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