F1 Fragrances Race Collection Review: Is This a Joke? Apparently Not

Last May, the Formula 1 race season went off with several hitches. Mainly, a newly acquired need to adhere to pandemic public safety standards, both ordinances, and moral compliance. But amid this unprecedented time, F1 announced something peculiar, and it went hardly noticed.

People’s concern over COVID-19 contributed to them missing the F1 Fragrances Race Collection announcement. And that’s sad for so many reasons, but most notably, that it sounded like an SNL skit title. 

But that’s what is odd here. The F1 Fragrances Race Collection isn’t parody or comedy at all. It’s an actual line of unisex perfumes. And it’s everything you’d expect to be, and everything you’d never guess it to be, all in one perfume line. We currently do not stock F1 Fragrance Race Collection samples, but if popularity increases, we may in the future. We don’t get a ton of request as it stands.

What Are F1 Fragrances Race Collection Perfumes?

Designer Parfums is the brand behind F1 Fragrances Race Collection Perfumes. This UK-based perfume business began back in 2002 under the foresight of an entrepreneur named Dilesh Mehta. 

Designer Parfums helps celebrities and brands launch fragrances. Designer Parfums co-creation is how the F1 Fragrances Race Collection came to market. 

I’m just telling you this for those who might assume some lackey wiped out Jimmie Johnson’s post-race helmet sweat and dripped it into a vial. Designer Parfumes assured an infusion of science, technology, and thoughtfulness into the fragrance line. 

The Formula 1 experience begins with the perfume bottles. For example, Designer Parfumes developed F1 perfume bottles using titanium. In addition, designer Ross Lovegrove created bottles that reflect a rather sleek F1 racing vision. 

“My thought behind the exoskeleton was on the one hand sustainability; to create something that hosts the fragrance bottle which can be replaced once used and re-inserted into the exoskeleton,” explained designer Ross Lovegrove.

“And the use of 3D print which is extremely efficient, without waste; only the forms needed are produced, much like an F1 car. On the other hand, it reminded me of the safety cell for the drivers, the monocoque, as it protects the fragrance bottle in a similar way.”

The bottles use reds and greens we commonly associate with stop and go in driving and racing. 

There is five luxury (luxury, according to F1 marketing) scents. As mentioned earlier, each F1 perfume is unisex, so guys and girls alike can experience the reckless speedy smell. 

What Do F1 Perfumes Smell Like?

Well, you probably guess that F1 Perfumes smell like the race experience. That’s the mental quandary we are all in when we consider these perfumes. 

You are right. F1 Perfumes smell in a way aimed at evoking those days hanging out at a race track. But, of course, most of us typically think of gasoline and oil fumes rising over the top of Formula One racing events. That’s fun while at the race track, but do we want to smell like it?

But this isn’t the case. For example, Overtake 320, one of the more popular F1 perfumes, deploys cinnamon and bergamot in its top notes. Neeeum White is all about juniper and pepper. Carbon Reign uses champaign and amber. 

In other words, Designer Parfumes avoided the use gasoline and helmet sweat in these fragrances.

Final Notes

In the end, when you buy F1 Perfumes, you’re just buying fragrances in super cool F1 style bottles. And that’s fun if you are a racing fan. But I’m not sure you’ll that first spritz will arouse that amazing time you had in 1996 at the F1 racing event you attended with pals. F1 perfumes are more novelty and they don’t smell bad. The bottles look cool on the shelves of the woman/man cave.