The 15 Best-Smelling Conditioners That Are So Good They Could Replace Your Perfume

• Why We Love It: makes hair soft and more manageable
• Notes: jasmine

Everything about this conditioner is lavish—from the regal blue shade of its weighty aluminum bottle to the creamy (but not too heavy) texture of the conditioner itself. And let’s not forget the primary reason it made this list: the bliss-inducing scent, which comes courtesy of Jasmine flower extract. The sweet floral scent is intense in the shower and leaves your strands smelling equally fragrant when you step out.

• Why We Love It: replenishes moisture
• Notes: blueberry extract

As our resident curly hair expert, Chelsea Candelario says, “a styling routine [for curly, coily or natural hair] should always start with a good leave-in conditioner.” Her go-to for years? This moisturizing pick that she describes as smelling like a delicious blueberry pie. “When my hair starts to soak up all the moisture from a wash, I apply this leave-in conditioner to replenish my locks and keep them tangle-free,” she adds.

• Why We Love It: has smoothing ingredients for porous hair
• Notes: jasmine, gardenia

Fellow Jasmine (and floral) lovers will want to take note of this nourishing conditioner from Vegamour. And if right about now you’re wondering how to choose between this and the Ranavat conditioner that also smells like a sweet bouquet, we’d say go with this one if you have thick, porous hair that’s prone to puffing up or frizzing. This one has a slightly heavier texture and features an ingredient called Kamartin, which is the brand's vegan silk alternative to keratin and silicone that helps seal in moisture.

• Why We Love It: has a lightweight, pleasant scent, keeps blonde hair from getting too brassy
• Notes: chamomile

Our commerce editor, Olivia Kappler, swears by this conditioning spray for keeping her blonde hair looking and smelling fresh. “It has such a nice, light scent that isn't overwhelming. It’s deeply floral, but again, not too potent, and it’ll have you constantly sniffing your hair until your next wash day,” she shares. “The fact that it also tones my hair, while moisturizing and protecting it from heat makes it a must-have for my fellow blondies.”

• Why We Love It: lightweight formula doesn’t weigh down hair
• Notes: lemon, jasmine, white musk

The last thing you want is a product that further weighs your hair down and causes even more build-up on your scalp. Thankfully, the featherweight formula of this Ouai conditioner nourishes even the finest strands using biotin, keratin and chia seed oil. Plus, the scent—a blend of lemon, jasmine and white musk—smells like a dream.

• Why We Love It: smells refreshing, protects against heat damage
• Notes: citronellol, citrus

Another top contender that Kappler recommends? This classic leave-in conditioning spray from It’s a 10 that she credits for keeping her perpetually highlighted hair from turning into straw. As for the scent, she says it reminds of her when she was a kid, and her mom would spray detangler in her hair after a bath. “Remember how your hair would smell like a tropical island and make the brush glide through any knots without snagging? This leave-in conditioner does that—and so much more. While I love the nostalgia I feel whenever I spritz this in my hair, it’s really the results that keep me coming back for more,” she says.

• Why We Love It: has keratin to strengthen hair and UV filters to keep color from fading
• Notes: Italian bergamot, white peach, cedarwood

Beloved for good reason, this decadent conditioner (and longtime stylist favorite) is a go-to for keeping your colored strands bright and shiny. Formulated with smoothing plant extracts and strengthening keratin, it keeps your hair cuticles intact, so your color doesn’t leach out as quickly. Add to that protective UV filters and it’s exactly what we need to bide time between salon appointments. And we’d be remiss if we didn’t remind you of that signature Oribe scent—a blend of bright Italian bergamot, white peach and cedarwood—that makes your hair smell like a million bucks.

• Why We Love It: helps with detangling, provides good slip, has a fruity scent
• Notes: N/A but described at sweet and fruity

For 4C hair, our associate editor Nakeisha Campbell recommends this leave-in conditioner from 4C Only. “I love that a little goes a long way and that it doesn't weigh my hair down. It also provides decent slip (which helps me detangle), and the scent is sweet and fruity. It honestly smells good enough to eat,” she raves. Formulated with slippery elm and squalene, not only does it hydrate your curls, but it also adds softness and shine.

• Why We Love It: infused with coconut water to moisturize dry hair, smells like vacation
• Notes: tropical citrus, fresh melon

Yearning for a tropical escape these days? Us too. And though it’s not quite the same as actually being on a remote island somewhere, the dreamy scent of this conditioner allows us to pretend—if even for a few minutes. Made with a blend of aloe vera juice and infused with pure coconut water, the creamy formula quenches dry strands, while filling our showers with that sweet, sweet scent of paradise.

• Why We Love It: has a rich formula for thick, coarse hair
• Notes: vanilla

Innersense Organic Beauty's Hydrating Cream Conditioner is a richly emollient conditioner that’s best suited for thicker, coarser hair. Loaded with certified organic rice, quinoa and flax seed to strengthen strands and shea butter and coconut to tackle dryness and frizz, it also has a mild vanilla scent that’s owed entirely to essential oils (and no synthetic ingredients).

• Why We Love It: budget friendly, has a coconutty scent that lasts for days
• Notes: coconut, vanilla, white florals

Hands up if you have fond memories of using Herbal Essences as a teen. Well, this drugstore classic is back and better than ever with the same addictively fragrant formulas we know and love. This particular conditioner smells of coconut, vanilla and tropical flowers that make us feel like we’re on a faraway island (and not in our cluttered bathroom). Coconut milk is the star ingredient in the formula and it’s what makes our hair softer, shinier and easier to style altogether whenever we use this.

• Why we love it: deeply nourishes dry, damaged locks
• Notes: honey, apricot and mandarin

We're already big fans of Gisou's hair oil, so we had to try their conditioner. Spoiler alert: It didn't let us down. The honey-infused formula hydrates dry strands with argan oil and smooths over damaged ends with their "keramatch" technology, which is a hydrolyzed pea protein. Most importantly, the scent is delicately sweet like—you guessed it—honey.

• Why We Love It: adds volume and texture
• Notes: N/A but described as "fresh like the ocean"

The lightweight conditioner adds a little texture to your hair to coax out those coveted beach waves as it dries. Sea fennel and kelp moisturize and detangle while a mineral blend adds a boost of volume and bend.

• Why We Love It: reduces frizz and split ends
• Notes: pistachio, salted caramel

IYKYK: Sol de Janeiro is beloved for their signature Cheirosa 62 fragrance (which features heavenly notes of pistachio and salted caramel). But you might not have known about their haircare offerings since the brand started off as a body care line with their famous Bum Bum cream. The brand's conditioner is just as packed with nourishing ingredients like Brazil nut, coconut oil, cupuaçu butter, and buriti fruit oil to smooth frizz and boost shine in dull strands.

• Why We Love It: adds body and shine
• Notes: juniper berry extract

This conditioner delivers both body and shine to your strands, thanks to glycerin, panthenol, and juniper berry extract which work together to maintain the optimal oil balance of the scalp and add moisture to the hair without weighing it down.