Guide to the perfect cologne for a night out, the boardroom or the bedroom, smelling great, feeling hot or super cool.
Your scent or range of colognes you use says a lot about you and what you want people to know about you. Your signature scent needs to be able to be associated with you. There is much information on fragrances and colognes, but we’ve broken it down into two easy pointers.
Successful Notes
When people talk about colognes, they will always start with notes. What are these? These notes are the layers of the cologne; there are top, heart and base notes. The top notes are the first you smell or the strongest, which then fade and allow the heart notes to equalise and combined the top and base notes. The base notes are the longest lasting and become the most noticeable; these are the lingering perfumes.
All In The Family
The family of scents cover the basic fresh, floral, oriental and woody. In the colder months, oriental or woody scents work well. In the warmer months fresh and floral work with the Sun. We’ve broken the top fragrances from each family into these categories for you below.
Your signature scent can be used year-round but sometimes utilise a colder/warmer months sub-scent to ensure your signature fragrance is continually associated with you.
The fresh scents category cover clean, bright fragrances with a dominant herb, citrus or aquatic scent. Fresh scents are dominant in men's fragrances and commonly combined with spicy notes to create a more full-bodied fragrance with aromatic or tart notes or blended with zesty or fruity scents.
The floral scents category for men's fragrances has a popular rose, violet, orange blossom or jasmine note with a familiar perfume of freshly cut flowers or a powdery shade to them.
The oriental fragrance category is the sexy and exotic scents. Think of nutmeg, jasmine or musk, herbs and resin notes. Lavish and aromatic, these notes are usually moderated with amber or sweet notes. These are punch, exotic and sensual.
The woody scent category carries incense-like fragrances like sandalwood and patchouli and cedar. Warm notes are commonly blended and incorporate some fresh notes like citrus or floral. Woody notes are coniferous or woody and bitter.
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