You Soie Is Glossier’s Newest Perfume—and the Brand’s Freshest, Cleanest Scent Yet
Glossier You Soie Eau de Parfum
· CosmopolitanI’m itching for summer. My legs haven’t experienced the warmth of the sun in months, and my collection of glowy body oils is collecting dust. But it’s only April, which means the only dose of vitamin D I’m consistently getting is the capsule I take with breakfast (aside from the rogue warm days we’re having in NYC, but those are never guaranteed). So my methods of feeling like it’s full-throttle 80-degree weather include dousing myself in tropical perfumes. I thought the next one for my collection would be Glossier’s brand-new fragrance, You Soie. Turns out, it’s beachy in a whole new way. It’s also officially one of my favorite Glossier perfumes.
Soie, which means “silk” in French, is a creamy white floral perfume with a mix of jasmine, tiare flower, water, rice, and milk—and it smells just as fresh as it sounds. Keep reading for my full review and exactly how it smells:
Notes: Bergamot, jasmine, rice, milk, tiare, water, ambrox super
What does Glossier You Soie smell like?
Upon first spritz, I immediately pick up on jasmine and tiare flower, both of which smell fresh and bright, but not at all like the powdery florals you might be used to. Those white floral notes are enveloped by rice and milk, adding a lactonic and savory scent that’s really smooth and silky (a nod to its name). At the base, there’s ambroxan, the throughline in all of the Glossier You perfumes that gives it that slightly salty, skin-like quality. It
It’s beachy, but not how we’re used to. This doesn’t smell like sunscreen. There are no tropical coconut or banana notes. Instead, it’s an off-the-beaten-path cove in northern California: there’s salty air, waves are crashing behind you, everyone’s in crisp linens, maybe you picked up an ice cream to gnaw on in the sand. It’s an overcast day in early spring.
Beth Gillette for Cosmopolitan
Beth Gillette for Cosmopolitan
My Glossier You Soie review:
I worry that every summer perfume will smell like tropical sunscreen of my youth, but I had faith that Glossier would give me something unique. And I wasn’t wrong! This scent takes beachy in a different direction, something more airy and subdued. The milk and rice notes add a softness that’s not sweet. I’m so used to perfumes veering toward gourmand these days, using milk with vanilla and other sweet notes to cozy up a scent. But rice, combined with the O.G. DNA of Glossier You (aka ambroxan), adds a muskiness that completely pulls this out of sweet perfume territory.
While this could be immediately described as a floral perfume, it’s unlike any other floral scent I own. The florals here are creamy and solar, with absolutely zero dustiness. In fact, it smells a bit like clean laundry to me. If this came in laundry detergent, I’d stock up on a few bottles. Perhaps that’s the bergamot at the top coming in and adding the cool citrus clean smell. But the brightness there is really contrasted by all the lush florals and translucent, milky quality.
As much as I loooove this scent, I wish it lasted a bit longer on my skin. The original Glossier You, as well as Doux and Fleur, have fantastic staying power for me. I could spritz them on and still smell them on my skin hours later. Soie, though, seems to disappear within a few hours (or at least I go nose-blind to it and can’t smell it on myself). I asked my coworker if she could smell it on me around noon, and she said it was there, but faint.
But this toned-down fragrance seems legit perfect for people who aren’t into a strong scent. It’s a far cry from all the #beastmode perfumes on the market right now. Those scream; this whispers. Personally, I like a long-lasting perfume, so the longevity takes this down a notch for me. But I love how it smells so much that I’d carry around the travel size to reapply throughout the day (something that very few perfumes out there are good enough for me to do).
Final verdict:
Another hit from Glossier. I’m not even shocked! But this one really leans into its roots of being a skin scent. If you hate perfume, I think you’d like this. It’s truly the most subtle fragrance I’ve ever smelled, so much so that I have to practically shove my wrist into my nostrils to catch a whiff. But when I do smell it, it’s divine. It defies the logic of beachy scents and entirely reconstructs my ideas of what a “floral perfume” can be. I already know I’ll be wearing this a ton through spring and summer. It’s fresh and clean—perfect for cooling me down on ultra-hot days.
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Beth Gillette is the beauty editor at Cosmopolitan with more than seven years of experience researching, writing, and editing fragrance stories.
Beth Gillette is the beauty editor at Cosmopolitan, where she covers skincare, makeup, hair, nails, and more across digital and print. She can generally be found in bright eyeshadow furiously typing her latest feature or hemming and hawing about a new product you "have to try." Prior to Cosmopolitan, she wrote and edited beauty content as an Editor at The Everygirl for four years. Follow her on Instagram for makeup selfies and a new hair 'do every few months.