Claudia Winkleman admits she ‘wants to smell like sex’ as the TV presenter reveals the ‘filthy’ perfume she wears

Claudia Winkleman admitted that she ‘wants to smell like sex’ as she revealed the ‘filthy’ perfume she wears to achieve her chosen scent. 

The TV presenter, 52, discussed the ‘only perfume she’ll ever wear’ while sharing her beauty secrets in a new interview on Wednesday. 

With notes of Cedarwood Essence, White Musk and Patchouli, the popular perfume prides itself on being an ‘intoxicating scent for the femme fatale.’

‘I only wear Yves Saint Laurent Opium EDP,’ Claudia told Grazia, ‘I always opt for the classic, old, brown bottle – it smells of pure filth.’ 

‘It’s the best smell. It’s musky and it’s dirty. I don’t want to smell girly. I don’t want to smell like I’ve just walked across a meadow.’ 

She added: ‘I don’t want any of that. I want to smell like sex.’

Sharing her Beauty secrets earlier this year, Claudia revealed she was forced to improvise when she ran out of fake tan while filming The Traitors at the remote Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands.

The presenter admitted she needed an emergency top-up after a week of filming the hit BBC reality show but was forced to use gravy instead. 

She revealed the only thing available in the local shops remotely similar to fake tan was ‘gravy granules’. 

Speaking on BBC1’s Would I Lie to You? she recalled: ‘I didn’t have my normal fake tan there because I was in the castle, so what I thought was, ‘Let’s just use something!’.

‘I don’t think I’m allowed to say a brand, but it was gravy granules.

‘I’d had a spray tan, but it was episode five – round table, you’re wearing tweed, but what else do you need? Gravy granules.

‘They came from a shop – there are shops there – and it’s really good. It really works.’

With notes of Cedarwood Essence, White Musk and Patchouli, the popular perfume prides itself on being an ‘intoxicating scent for the femme fatale (pictured in February)

‘I only wear Yves Saint Laurent Opium EDP,’ Claudia told Grazia , ‘I always opt for the classic, old, brown bottle – it smells of pure filth’

Claudia has previously admitted to using Bisto and tea bags as a tanning alternative when she was a student 30 years ago

However BBC viewers will surely be surprised that she has gone back to the cheap trick while filming the multi-million pound TV series. 

Claudia went on to joked that her fake tan is just one of two skills she has for TV, she added: ‘All I do is paint myself orange and read from an autocue.’