Zara To Versace: 13 Perfumes Under INR 5,000 For Women To Buy

A classic that has never gone out of style, Cool Water Wave is a staple that needs to be on your dresser, if you love everything fresh, breezy, and aqua packed with summer-y florals. It’s light, subtle, and lingers just the right amount, plus it makes for a lovely day wear perfume too while being a perfect choice for summers. 

Scent: Floral and Fresh 

Top Notes: Bondi Beach Flower 

Middle Notes: Passion Fruit 

Base Notes: Salty Amber

Heavily inspired by NYC’s infectious energy and casual chic style, this one is a modern, classic fragrance that has a floral scent. It’s elegant, feminine, and light on the nose. Once applied it’s set to last a good 4-5  hours which is fair enough. Again, if you love everything floral, then go for this. Also, though this is above INR 5,000, Nykaa's offering a 15% discount, so go check it out!

Scent: Fruity 

Top Notes: Raspberry Leaf, Pear and Pink Pepper 

Middle Notes: Turkish Rose, Gardenia and Cyclamen

Base Notes: Suede, Musk, Cashmeran and Sandalwood.

Zara perfumes are well known, affordable, and pretty great too. The Gardenia EDP is a blend of everything intense, feminine, and modern. The notes are strong and sweet, but not overpowering, it’s suitable for all seasons because of the fresh hints of orange blossoms, vanilla, and citrus! This one is also a dupe for Yves Saint Laurent Womens S Black Opium , so if that’s not in your budget, then go for this one. It lasts long as well, so no need to carry it along in your bag for a respray! 

Scent: Citrus 

Notes: Orange blossom, coffee and vanilla.

The Versace crystals are timeless bottles of perfume that have been around for quite some time. We love the Bright Crystal for summer because it is a floral and fresh scent that’s mixed with a refreshing iciness blended with florals, presented in the iconic Versace packaging. 

Scent: Floral and Fruity

Top Notes: Yuzu, Pomegranate, and Ice

Middle Notes: Peony, Lotus, and Magnolia

Base Notes: Musk, Mahogany and Amber.

Perfect for the summers, this one is coconut-ty, floral, with vanilla. The perfume comes in the most adorable bottle, and honestly, we’d even buy it just for that. But on a practical note, it is is great if you’re not a fan of either intense florals or sweet smells because this is quite well balanced with nutty notes and it doesn't get sweeter as it wears off! 

Scent: Floral Oriental

Top Notes: Magnolia, Mandarin Orange and Neroli

Middles Notes: Coconut, Frangipani and Ylang-Ylang

Base Notes: Vanilla Absolute, Almond Milk and Sandalwood

An iconic fragrance that pretty much lives in our minds rent free, Bombshell Seduction is an eternal fragrance that’s perfect for all seasons, especially summers. The Eau de Parfum is the most concentrated version of this fragrance and definitely deserves a place on the dresser, especially if you love musky and aromatic fragrances with hints of tuberose and soft spice. It also makes for great daytime wear too. It is on discount on the Victoria's Secret website, so hurry up!

Scent: Floral Oriental 

Notes: White Peony, sage, and velvet musk.

LBB Tip: Check out our list of best Victoria's Secret mists here.

Guess Seductive is a floral fruity fragrance that’s sweet yet “dark” making it great for evenings. It gives off a warmth, and has an almost cooling effect which is appreciated especially for the summer because you obviously want to steer clear or intense woody/musky scents. It is also said that the longer you wear it the sweeter it gets with the vanilla becoming more prominent, which is good if you have  a long night ahead of you! It also claims to be long lasting with a longevity of 5 hours or so.

Scent: Oriental 

Top Notes: Pear, Bergamot and Black Currant

Middle Notes: Jasmine, African Orange flower and Orris Root

Base Notes: Vanille, Cashmere Wood and Olibanum

If you love powdery, floral, and sweet scents, then this one's for you. An eternal fragrance created almost 3 decades back, Burberry Weekend is still relevant which goes to prove how good it is! It was made keeping in mind a relaxing daytime fragrance which makes it great for the summers. It's usually always on discount during the sale so keep a tab before buying. 

Scent: Floral 

Top Notes: Mignonette, Mandarin Orange and Sage

Middle Notes: Nectarine, Blue Hyacinth, Peach Blossom, Rose Hip, iris, Red Cyclamen and Violet Root

Base Notes: Musk, Sandalwood and Cedar 

Nykaa has recently dropped a new line of six luxe-looking bold fragrances for women — Endless Nights. The one we're particularly excited about is the fragrance Dark Desire, which seems perfect for long, cold winter nights, or warm breezy summer nights with its strong floral amber scent. Since there's amber involved we're sure this will last through with minimal re-applying. 

Scent: Floral Amber 

Top Notes: Pink Pepper and Bergamot 

Middle Notes: Geranium and Jasmine 

Base Notes: Vanilla and Amber 

It's not a complicated scent, but it smells great to the core. With florals, fruits, spices, and ambery notes giving it a clean, sparkly, and lively feel, we are confident it will appeal to a wider audience. The fragrance opens with dewy, fresh lychee and freesia notes before transitioning to a warm base of amber, musk, and a spicy heart of magnolia, jasmine, ginger, and pepper. Finally, the peony hits you. It will be especially nice in spring and summer as it is light and has that citrusy, floral yet fresh and fruity appeal.

Scent: Chypre Floral

Top Notes:  Pear, Bergamot and Pink Pepper

Middle Notes: Rose and Jasmine

Base Notes: White Musk, Vanilla, Patchouli and Cedar

Only the real earthy fragrance enthusiasts can truly appreciate the charisma of this JML cologne. It's fresh (thanks to the sea salt) without being too obvious, just the right amount of earthy and woody because of the sage and smells like the air of (clean) seashore in a bottle, but only more sophisticated. Don't expect to hit it off with this one in your first encounter, this is the type of fragrance that subtly grows on you. And since it's simple, a little unique and fresh, it will be your perfect day scent for the summer.

Scent: Earthy Woody

Top Notes:  Ambrette Seeds

Middle Notes: Sea Salt

Base Notes: Sage

Kayali's Eau De Parfum will quickly become your go-to summer scent because it smells exactly like pistachio gelato. With edible notes like pistachio, voluptuous whipped cream, roasted hazelnut, sweet rum, fluffy marshmallow, and fizzy cotton candy, we're undeniably drawn to the idea of smelling like a walking dessert. With its gourmand scent trail, we recommend purchasing this only if you enjoy sugary scents with hints of nuttiness; otherwise, skip. 

Scent: Sweet Gourmand

Top Notes: Italian Bergamot, Pistachio Gelato, Hazelnut, Sweet Rum & Cardamom

Middle Notes: Geranium, White Peony, Muguet, Jasmine, Raspberry, White Peach & Pear

Base Notes: Whipped Cream, Marshmallows, Cotton Candy, Turkish Delight Accord, Cocoa, Cedarwood, Sandalwood & Tonka

CK One is probably the most popular EDT in the mid-ranged perfume space. Its loyalists consider it the best clean and contemporary scent on the market. Coming to the notes, there's mandarin orange, bergamot, cardamom, violet and the Orris root. Layered in further are notes of jasmine, lily-of-the-valley, amber, must, cedar and oakmoss. TBH, it is a safe summer perfume with that typical citrus aromatic fragrance profile most people would enjoy wearing.

Scent: Citrus Aromatic

Top Notes: Lemon, Green Notes, Bergamot, Mandarin Orange, Pineapple and Cardamom 

Middle Notes: Lily-of-the-Valley, Jasmine, Violet, Rose, Nutmeg, Orris Root and Freesia

Base Notes: Green Accord, Musk, Cedar, Sandalwood, Oakmoss, Green Tea and Amber

Check out more perfumes here. For floral perfume enthusiasts, checking out our list here is a must!