27 “Masculine” Scents That Throw Binary Fragrance Into Question
I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again: I’m a total perfume snob. I like my perfumes to be personal and individual to me. Each one of my bottles holds a special place in my heart. While one bottle might be my reach-for whenever I need a confidence boost, another might act as my ultimate comfort blanket or a mood-boosting scent. Given my pickiness, my collection is surprisingly vast. I probably own over 50 bottles of perfume, each one equally as loved as the next.
But that’s not to say that my tastes are limiting. You see, I truly do loathe traditional crowd-pleasers. I appreciate that they smell nice, but for me, the very purpose of a perfume is to stop someone in their tracks and pique interest. By their nature, crowd-pleasers do not do this. Their muted floral, fruity and fresh notes just, sort of, politely float around a room, smelling nice but totally inoffensive. And I don’t necessarily want my scents to be inoffensive.
I want people to smell whatever it is I’m wearing and think about how interesting and different it is. I want some people to fall head over heels for it and others to be on the fence. And sadly, women’s fragrances just don’t embody that sense of intrigue anymore. Instead, perfume houses are keen to rinse the lucrative women’s fragrance market for all it’s worth and release one fail-safe crowd-pleaser after another.
Because of this, I’ve been reaching for men’s fragrances more often than I have women’s in recent years. And no, I’m not talking about the loosely named unisex types. I’m talking about fragrances specifically labeled for men. You see, while so many brands are cashing in on the idea of unisex scents, they also know that the main purchasers of such scents are female. While heady, woody scents heavily appeal to women, sweet and floral scents don’t seem to do so well amongst men.
So as a result of this quest to expand my scent horizons, my men’s fragrance collection is now actually quite impressive. And other beauty editors are in agreement. We’re choosing scents that we love the smell of regardless of the gender that they are marketed too. Ahead, I asked fellow beauty journalists to share the best “men’s” fragrances that they love to wear. Keep scrolling to discover all of the traditionally masculine perfumes we can’t get enough of—from zesty, fresh spritzes to deep, woody parfums.
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