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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 Riesling
You'll love: Serge Lutens Parfums Dent de Lait, $230 (3.4 oz.) Buy Now

Why: Austrian Riesling is the ideal counterpoint to spicy cuisines like Thai, says Copeland. So, if you love Riesling, sniff out a sweet fragrance with a tinge of these exotic flavors. Dent de Lait -- which translates to "milk tooth" -- has notes of almond milk, coconut, white musk and frankincense.

Pair it with: Weingut Hirsch Zobinger Gaisberg Riesling, $30; 2016 Donnhoff Tonschiefer Riesling Trocken, $25

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If Your Favorite Wine Is Cabernet
You'll love: Clive Christian Noble VIII Magnolia Parfum, $550 (1.6 oz.) Buy Now

Why: This elegant floral perfume has a profile much like a classic California cab. "Clove and cinnamon with cassis sounds like a great match for high-end Napa cabernet," Copeland says. Those spices, plus magnolia and rose, are at the perfume's heart; its fruity top notes (mandarin orange and bergamot, in addition to cassis) are balanced by earthy sandalwood and moss at the base.

Pair it with: Jonata The Paring Red Blend, $25

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If Your Favorite Wine Is Merlot
You'll love: Kat Von D Sinner Eau de Parfum, $85 (3.4 oz.) Buy Now

Why: If your favorite way to unwind is with a glass of Merlot, you'll be into a perfume that's similarly plummy, Copeland says. Spicy, seductive Sinner opens with notes of Mirabelle plum and mandarin orange with middle notes of white flowers and base notes of vanilla and musk.

Pair it with: The Prisoner Wine Company Thorn Merlot, $30; One Hope California Merlot, $20

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If Your Favorite Wine Is Viognier
You'll love: Michael Kors Sexy Ruby Eau de Parfum, $112 (3.4 oz.) Buy Now

Why: "Apricots, jasmine and vanilla make me think of Viognier, a very sexy grape," says Copeland. These fruit and floral notes are also in Sexy Ruby, the youthful new addition to the Michael Kors Sexy collection. It's got a heart of rose petal and jasmine sambac, fruity top notes and cashmere woods at the base.

Pair it with: Susana Balbo Crios Torrontés, $13

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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

BY KATIE MCCARTHY | SEP 13, 2017 | SHARES
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