When it comes to perfumes, most people already know what their favourite type of scent is, whether it’s sweet and gourmand, spicy and woody or earthy and musky. However, even once you’ve found your signature scent the chances are there are still hundreds of other people who wear the same perfume as you, which can make it feel less special.

Enter the single note , which adapts to your natural scent and creates a completely unique fragrance for every person who wears it. Intrigued by this premise, and as someone with an avid perfume collection, I decided to put Not a Perfume to the test to see if it really did smell different on other people.

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It’s been around for 15 years and sells one bottle every 70 seconds, but has really hit the mainstream this year. With several places calling it Gen Z’s favourite perfume thanks to its simple, minimalist and classically “clean girl” scent.

It’s made from a single element called Cetalox, which is usually used as a base note in more complex perfumes. However in it plays the lead role, and although it has its own distinct scent, this single note blends with your skin’s natural scent to produce a completely different fragrance on everyone.

On its own, it has musky, woody and ambery notes, which give you a fresh, clean “your skin but better” scent. also has the benefit of being allergen free, which means that anyone can wear it – even those with a fragrance sensitivity – and it can be worn by any gender.

Now, my testing pool was admittedly small, and I imagine if I tried it on 100 people there would be some who would smell very similar. But I tested out on several family members and friends and I have to say there were definitely subtle differences on each person.

To be clear, you’re not going to have it smell like marshmallows on one person and black pepper on another. You’ll all get a similar , but there are subtle note changes that come through.

On me, for example, it smelt more musky, with a combination of being the main scent. On my mum, however, it smelt more ambery with a deeper, heavier scent, whilst my friend found the woody notes came through more strongly, giving it a much earthier tone.

Whilst it’s not typically my usual go-to fragrance – I generally prefer sweet, gourmand type of perfumes – I did love the subtle cleanness of and it felt very sophisticated and effortless. It also had a great lasting power, that I could still smell hours later.

The only downside is that you can’t predict exactly how it’ll smell, which can be a gamble. However you can always pick up a smaller 8ml tester bottle for £25, which allows you to try out the scent for a while to make sure it’s something you love before committing to a larger bottle, which comes in either 50ml (£100) or 100ml (£130) sizes.

If you want a little more diversity in your single note scents, is also known for its one note perfumes and there’s a few different fragrances to choose from. Numbered from 01 to 05, there are also some combinations including 01 and mandarin, or 01 and black tea to choose from – and they’re currently on sale at Liberty of London.