Wicked For Good: How Scent Reveals our Darkest Desires

Scent can be a powerful, mysterious and alluring tool to subtly signal to the world who you are on the inside. Perfumes bring out our deepest desires and emotions. A beautiful person can sit quietly, but their fragrance reveals a deeper, more sensual, ulterior motive. To learn more about the duplicity of perfumery, read and meet the new perfumes made for the second Wicked Film, read “Wicked For Good: How Scent Reveals our Darkest Desires.“

Perfume and Emotion

We are told by many perfume makers that scent will make us sexier, stronger, and more appealing, yet they also suggest the way a perfume will make us feel. Happy, powerful, or even romantic and sensitive, but what about scents that are about being good or even bad?

Two new fragrances deal with exactly this; nothing is ever as straightforward as good and bad, there is always much in between.

New Movie 2025

‘Wicked: For Good’, also known as ‘Wicked: Part Two’, is a 2025 American Musical Fantasy Film. Ahead of the film’s release, Ariana Grande has launched two new Eau de Parfums, and it is now evident that scent can, in fact, be Good or even Wicked. 

Top Notes

The two scents – Glinda Bubbly Pink and Elphaba Enchanted capture the duality in every single one of us. Glinda’s perfume captures the seeming essence of innocence and goodness. It opens with juicy Nectarine, Apple and Pink Pepper, with middle notes of Peony and Tulip, akin to a breath of air on a warm spring afternoon. With a base of Sandalwood, Musk, and Cedarwood, this scent is Glinda in a bottle; clean, sweet and slight.

Elphaba Wicked Movie

The Elphaba Enchanted fragrance is more layered and complex, opening with crisp and fresh Green Apple, Plum and Freesia, followed by an indulgent and mysterious heart of Cacao, Vanilla and Moon Flower and a green and enchanting base of Oud and Oak Moss. The darker twin of the two, it starts out sweet, developing a more mature, sensual twist.

Elphaba’s character is deeply misunderstood, seen as bad, but truly good on the inside. Both good and evil have dimensions. Every one of us, has a little bit of both. It’s all about which one you choose to embody.

Perfume for Women

The design of the bottles remains minimalistic, while perfectly encapsulating the essence of the characters – Glinda’s bottle is pink, decorated with a crown, and Elphaba’s dark green, tall and slick.  

Christmas Perfume

Whether you are team Glinda or team Elphaba this Christmas, whether you are Naughty or Nice, this perfume duo perfectly encapsulates how looks can be deceiving. 

A light, refreshing perfume like Glinda’s is perfect for the daytime – put together, charming and pleasant. But when it’s time to let your Wicked side shine, Elphaba’s perfume will layer perfectly on top, adding a deeper, sultry twist to your feminine mystique.

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Cent Magazine. London. Luxury Mindset