Having a sense of smell that comes and goes, I have to rely on the opinions of others. I know lots of the old favourites: Jazz, Kouros, etc. my husband and sons currently like Boss Orange, CK Be, Gucci Envy, Cerruti 1881, Burberry Sport, Joop Homme.
What are some of you favourites? Especially interested in some of the newer fragrances.
By the way, oo.com.au has good prices and free delivery at the moment. Ordered Bos Orange Thursday. Turned up yesterday.
What's your favourite men's fragrance?
kobrien456 on 17/12/2013 - 07:21
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Amazon is showing some in stock, but if you're paying $350 for 100ml and it's D&G…well.
Is there a coupon/deal for a discount?
I personally like woody fragrances, so Armani Aqua Di'Gio (Parfum and not Toilet) is my choice. DKNY Men is also great.
Aqua Di Gio is not even woody. If you really like woody fragances, Allure is the one.
Try the Ralph Lauren ones then, I got a small 4 pack of 1,2,3,4 from COTD a little while ago, great woody smells for each of them, plus my new GF loves the smell of them, so double winner
I have been using Armani Code for awhile now, the mrs can't get enough of it!
Christian Dior Farrenheit is also a good one IMO.
Settle Michael - too much information.
CDF Long time favArmani Code is my Fav. as well.
Versace pour homme
hehe seems a few people agree ;). it really is great, get compliments every time I wear it and cheap to, bought 50ml for $20 at Target a few months ago
Burberry Sport is listed, but that's a great spring/summer scent.
I'm also loving Angel*Men right now - it lasts so long and is really intense at first, but changes over the day. It lasts all day too.
Angel is interesting, it starts off too sickeningly sweet but keeps getting better.
it does last long!
Thanks guys! Keep em coming!
dior homme intense and lidge are popular.
http://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Guerlain/L-Instant-de-Gue…
http://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Dior/Dior-Homme-Intense-1…No one for Brut !
But seriously, Tommy H $40 at Chemist Warehouse.
My first true love was a Brut man.
Mmmmmm……memories.
Do tell …
He was a southern yank gentleman. Paid me so many compliments. Was so cheerful and optimistic. Looked like tom selleck ( this was over 25 years ago) we were so broke we would literally scour around the house for 25 cents each so we could buy an ice cream at 7/11.
What a carefree time.
Brut celini
I still Google h from time to time. He married a Brazilian woman who got very fat and lives in Bermuda.
Brazillian, Bermuda, Voluptuous - he's in heaven.
Does he still look like TS - or did he get fat too ?
No, I'd do him in a heartbeat, if I wasn't semi in love with this other guy. I think he has found religion though. The wife is definitely past the voluptuous stage and working on obese. Haha, he loved how she looked in her Brazilian bikini and married her two days later, without any premarital romping.
Snicker of mirth.
Brazil, Bermuda, current guy flying to other countries, an ex who you didn't like being a penny pincher… You're an ozbargain double agent! ;-p…
Tommy is a true classic. My new faveourite is CK Shock. Cherry, vanilla and tobacco notes among many more. My mate pinches a few squirts of it every time he comes over. Its like nothing ive ever smelt before.
Beckham Signature
Farenheight by Dior
Green Irish Tweed - Creed
Someone has some expensive taste! Where do you order your creed from?
Justin bieber
Previous marriage
1million Paco Rabanne da parfum very difficult to get
Not pour home which is avail everywhereVersace - The Dreamer. Issey Miyake - L'Eau D'Issey. Chemist Warehouse have great prices!
Joop!
Calvin Klein one
Jean Paul Gaultier - Le Male
Ralph Lauren Polo Blue
Armani Attitude. Bought in Hong Kong years ago, always have a bottle nearby,
Drakkar
Paco Rabanne Black Xs Men
Chevignon (also Best of Chevignon)http://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Chevignon/Chevignon-Brand…
Gotta be Aramis for me.
Hugo Boss only for me.
At the moment, I am using the Hugo Boss Bottled Night.Axe
My dads Old Spice - original
Armani Code
I thought perfume was for sheilas.
It is for sheilas. It helps guys get one when they no longer stink.
Burberry Brit
Current collection is:
Acqua Di Gio
Attitude for Men
Obsession for Men
Spicebomb
CK Free'Fcuk'.
It's just what's called…haha
Really nice. About $15-20 dollars.
So you're like 12 years old?
It's an acronym for French Connection UK
Wow. You're calling me 12, yet your first line was childish in itself.
I simply mentioned what it was called (fcuk), what i thought (really nice) and how much it is ($15)
You point me in the direction where I acted "12 years old"…huh?
I knew what it was called and what it stood for, as I obviously buy it. That went over your head, too.
You giggled at the fact that it sounds like a swear word. Correct me if I am wrong, but this is the behavior that a 12 year old exhibits.
Sandalwood, cedar, lavender and/or musk notes: drakkar noir, Jovan musk.
Chemist warehouse all the way.David off .'Cool water'- 25 $ my chemist.bought david Beckham b4 ,but now it's resting place is toilet now..
Another good one is YSL La Nuit De L' Homme
I really like Dolce & Gabbana 'The One' (the men's version), and "The One Gentleman'. I find it really hard to pick men's fragrances, to me they usually smell pretty ordinary in the bottle but much nicer once it's actually being worn.
The One is quite nice, picked it up at that Target sale.
Fahrenheit and Paco Rabanne (Green original).
Arm Pit XO
gucci guilty black is awesome
Prada
Jaipur by Boucheron
J'ai mange by Jamie Oliver, the hints of basil and cinnamon are incredible.
http://youtu.be/fNiD7M7xEfwToo hard to tell what you like.
I have
Versace Eros, Chanel Bleu, Joop Go, Boss Orange
Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille, TF Noir de Noir
Creed Millesime Imperial, Creed Virgin Island WaterSome others I'm getting soon
1 Million, Legend and Royal Oud.
Gorgeous scent for a man?
1, hands-down, Paul Sebastian…Mmmmmmmmmmmmm
close 2nd:
Intimately Beckham
Cheers!
Armani Mania
Haven't seen mentioned here yet… I was given Fierce by Abercrombie & Fitch. Never "smelled" anyone before with it.
The women love joop on men! Especially the original. But like all fragrances it depends on your skin whether it will suit you or not
Mature women? I think it's too strong and loud.
Yeah I always had women come up to me when I worked in a supermarket, they'd always say it drew them to me which in my mind is killer lol
Thought that only happens in Lynx commercial lol
Aventus creed
A*men by Thierry Mugler
Paco Robanne One MillionMy favourite review of Tabac from http://www.basenotes.net/fragrancereviews/fragrance/26121551
Well, it is the Opera ball—and I must say that as far as glamour goes, a white-tie affair such as this does rival anything the world has to offer. But what fragrance to wear? There's the confinement of a box to consider, and lots of dancing. The choice of fragrance is as important as the choice of attire, no doubt about that. Here is a secret you readers shall swear to me that will never be repeated, on basenotes or off, as it's terribly embarrassing. I would NEVER "tell." Since you've read this far, you should know that I welcome openly (and encourage!) any daring man's penchant for smelling like a make-up drawer, any independent woman wishing to waft a scent of motor oil. I'm a fair, and democratic sort, so I will divulge something to you. It goes this way. When I was leaving Europe last time, I flew in and out of Amsterdam Schipol. If you don't know already, this must be the most pleasant airport in Europe: It's gorgeous, fun, impeccably clean, and so well thought out that it's amazing more airports aren't built on this paradigm: It was my first time at Schipol. Previously, I had always avoided it, convinced as I was that the security would be mayhem due to drug-related complexities. Well, none of that: the security was flawless, and one kept one's sense of self-worth throughout—a miracle. Ah! The Pragmatic Dutch. They do have a winning way about them. Regardless, I got there four hours before my take off, and, Lo! came to find that I had precisely four hours to kill. Because everything went so smoothly, I barely noticed any of it. Instead, I had a scrumptious Dutch breakfast, and, full of calf's liver pate and cheese, went shopping. Later, I indulged in an amazingly fresh and delicious plate of smoked and raw fish along with some vodka, and shopped some more (result: I now have a beautiful Hermes watch that I love) Since I was quite drunk by my second shopping spree, and happy as a clam, I went into the spectacular Schipol perfumery, where, starry eyed, it became very quickly apparent that they would stock everything anyone could ever want, my prime motivation being that I had not bathed for four straight days—and knew I needed a good dousing of something in order that I not be thrown off the plane for olfactive security reasons! (The apartment in Amsterdam is a very rustic affair: about the size of my dressing room at home, with a "bathroom" consisting of a closet equipped with a Turkish toilet on the floor, and a shower head in the low ceiling above it—only in Amsterdam would this ingenious melting of bodily functions occur. Needless to say, when in Amsterdam, being a bath tub junkie, I do quite a bit of sponge bathing in the kitchen!!!!!) I hate showers—and only have big claw footed tubs at home—Personally, I think showers should be illegal At any rate—I was fully overwhelmed by choice —so It came to light that I was stumped: "What would be good to spray on liberally, without ending up smelling like a back-packing German tourist?" (that "eau de cologne" smell they always seem to have.) Everything I considered seemed too one way, or too the other. Knowing I was going to be on a plane for hours and hours, it was a delicate choice: As delicate as that which concerns the Opera Ball. I noticed already that all over Amsterdam, in all of the perfumeries, something I hadn't seen in years, nor was remotely familiar with, was everywhere—something typically I wouldn't even consider testing—in France it had largely disappeared and that I only remembered from my youth, thinking: "why would anyone want to smell like a "Tabac?" But here it was again in this perfumery, in all its glory—the hideously cheap "Tabac Original" with its white bottle and 70's brown box. I thought: Interesting. They're selling this, which, from my ultra snob French point of view, would be the choice of some beret-wearing "Papi" in a cafe standing at the zinc bar at 8:00am smoking a cigarette and drinking a glass of cheap red wine before going to work as a janitor. Out of sheer perversion, I had to give it a whiff. I stood there looking at the etalage thinking: do I even want to be seen smelling this??? (no joke) There I was, frozen at length—going: "I'm not sure I even want my fingers touching that bottle!" Finally, in a convulsion, I dared, and, looking both ways, furtively sprayed a mouillette…and then…Surprise! I was perfectly enchanted. Walking around the perfumery waving it under my nose, it just kept smelling better and better—Finally—emboldened by the experience, bravely, I walked over, picked up the bottle, and sprayed my wrists, to then turn immediately away and fairly run out of the store, lest someone were to have seen me do it, just as if I had stolen something. All I could think of was the very real prospect that I would be sick and scrubbing away at the basins of the loo in minutes, perhaps even throwing up: At best, breaking out in a scratchy, itchy red rash…Asked by a stewardess to sponge bathe before boarding; all manner of scenarios were whirling in my overly active imagination.
With 90 minutes left to kill, I went back to the bar and ordered another vodka. I had to drink half of it before bringing my wrist to my nose: "I can't believe I have this on my skin!" I thought. Granted, I was pretty drunk by the time I got around to muster the nerve to actually smell it on me, but when I did, I was immediately in love, and knew I had to go and buy it. It took me another vodka to summon the courage return to the shop on a mission, pick up a box, and walk to the check out lane, thinking: "Pray God they wrap it well so that nobody sees that I have bought "Tabac Original." For 16E, I got a 10oz bottle of "eau de cologne." Before leaving the perfumery, figuring at this point I had no dignity left to lose, I passed by the etalage again and sprayed it all over me: In my hair, in the lining of my jacket, on my jeans: With the abandon of a homeless, dirty wanton I covered myself in it, and ran out of the store. Then, the compliments started rolling in. At the very well thought out gate-specific security check, where the guards get somewhat "up close and personal," I was lucky enough to fall upon a very handsome one who, while patting me down, said: "You smell good!" I caught myself turning beat red, and could only manage a wan "Dankuwell." Two hours later air-borne and on the plane, an American lady, seated behind me, flagged me down as I returned to my seat. She looked at me and smiled, then said, in her twang, "Can I just tell you? You smell delicious!" (there was a twinkle in her eye when the word "delicious" sprang forth) Again, I could only turn red and say "Why, Thank you!" But this wasn't all. Being American, the lady was leaving no stone unturned. "What are you wearing?" To this somewhat invasive question—a delicate one considering I was wearing four days worth of skank and about 30ml of cheap-ass eau de cologne—I began to stammer. "Um….Well….You see I….Oh, now, what was it I put on this morning? You know….I think it was "Mouchoir de Monsieur." "Mooosh-war duh Mon-sheur? I've never heard of that!" "Oh, well, it's very hard to get. Only in Paris, you know!" "That figures! It smells great!" "Ehm……(more redness)….Thank you!" So, there you have it, my filthy secret never to be repeated: I think, for the Opera Ball this year, I shall wear "Tabac Original." This little weapons-grade concoction, the identity of which I would never admit publicly, has people regularly stopping me on the street. In social situations, women go crazy, bat their eyes, sniff my neck. Men, with eyes full of hatred, look enviously at me. Very simply put, It's magic. Surprised?tldr
It was worth it.
"With the abandon of a homeless, dirty wanton I covered myself in it, and ran out of the store."
Gold, I tell you.Definitely worth it. I now know you can put two of these - and get the longer version. Let's see if I've guessed right how it works—.
Edit: Yep!
Paragraphs. They're a good idea.
I wonder how many have bothered reading this whole thing. Should we have a poll for it ;)
Yes…come on, I thought it was funny - up there with the reviews of the bic biro on amazon.
My weekend and date-night cologne is usually Paco Robanne One Million, I love the smell of that and the ladies LOVE it. I tend to wear Aqua Di Gio at work but when it's just me and I'm not meeting anyone I tend to put on Cool Water (yep that $29 one from chemist warehouse). I like the smell but it just doesn't seem to last more than a few hours.
And if anyone is crazy enough to buy Joop…. ONE SPRAY PEOPLE, ONE SPRAY! If you put too much on it's extremely overpowering.
haha one spray into the air and walk through the mist.
I don't think I even get one hour out of Aqua Di Gio really watery fragrance for the price they charge. It does smell great though for the short time it does last
Love One Million as well, works well in winter
Same can be said for Paco Rabanne Black XS?
Cool water works best for me during spring but not strong enough during winter. Also, it generally lasts quite long on my skin.
Aqua by Bulgari
Eu D Body (BO)
I like whatever realfamilyman has goin' on.
So many to pick from…
Pricey: Creed Bois du Portugal
Mid Range: Burberry London
Cheap: Davidoff Cool Water (actually gets a lot of compliments)
Niche: Neil Morris CaféYes, when I use to work in a pharmacy I would go through all the perfumes when the store gets boring and I would find that out of all the (cheaper) male ones, Davidoff Cool Water was my favourite. Good choice for ~$40.
Chanel Egoiste or Bleu. You gets what you pays for.
Where is everyone buying creed? Is it worth it - I've read good things but it's just so much money and I don't have any local stores with testers. I don't mind spending $100-130 per bottle which lands in Chanel territory but Creed is still quite a bit more.
Get Paco Rabanne XS, smells like Creed Himalaya without the big price tag.
I buy most of my cologne(including Creed) from Strawberrynet, been using them ever since
so expensive there.
314 for 4oz os millesime imperial when i got it for 130 lol.
and royal oud 2.5oz is 335…its 299 in stores Christies/DJ's lol.
I can get that for 190.from where :o
BeautyEncounter.
Shipping is $40 from the states but it makes up for it in the price difference.Or if you have a friend who is an air hostess for emirates, you can get her to get things like Tom Ford from fifth av for $180 instead of $290 here.
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D&G BY cologne for men (very rare and expensive :( ), Minotaure, Jean Paul Gaultier - Le Male, CK be.
Currently looking for D&G BY which is by far the best i perfume I ever have.