From smoky tobacco to rich spice to refreshing vetiver, these scents blend warmth and depth to capture the essence of the seasons we love to smell.
I have to leave the house around 6:45 every morning to avoid traffic and get to school on time. Last week, I received an email from my wife while I was at work. What kind of cologne do you wear? Ever since you kissed me goodbye, I can’t sleep again because it smells so good. And, gentlemen, that’s how you know it’s a scent that works for your skin.
I say “good for the skin” because not all fragrances have strong smells for all skin types. Tobacco, cypress, vanilla, citrus, these give my skin a wonderful scent. The strong cedar and oud scent makes me smell like a middle schooler wearing my brother’s aerosol deodorant.
With fall just around the corner (hopefully it’s cooler on the East Coast), it’s a good idea to incorporate a fall scent or two into not only your days at the office, but also your nights out on the town. . First, let’s review the scent gradation.
In terms of quality, performance (aka projection), and longevity…
- Eau de cologne: Balm oil with the lowest concentration (2-6%). You will have to reapply throughout the day.
- Eau de toilette: Perfume oil is enough (5-15%) to last all day, but you’ll need to spray it again before heading out into town.
- Eau de parfum: The highest concentration of perfume oil produced by most luxury fragrance companies (15-20%). This continues throughout the working day and continues into the evening. It also costs a lot of money.
- Pure perfume: Also known as extrat de parfum, it is the highest concentration you can buy (20-30%).
Click here to learn more about the difference between cologne and eau de toilette.
Following my “cry once” philosophy, when I buy fragrances I only buy eau de parfum. I think it’s better to have a few scents that last for years than to reapply and buy new ones over and over again.
Fall scents are all about warmth, earthiness, and texture. I recommend each of these, but please don’t It is recommended to buy blindly. Visit MicroPerfume, Scent Split, or any other website that sells samples and try the sample on your skin first. At the very least, go to a store that sells the scent you want to try, spray it on your wrist, walk around for an hour, and see how you like the drydown.
Introducing the scents recommended for this season.
This was my first expensive fragrance and I’m just about to finish my second bottle. The opening is warm with sweet vanilla and tonka bean. The drydown produces a heady tobacco flavor of cocoa, dried fruit, and sap.
This fragrance was actually designed with autumn in mind. The main note is vetiver, a type of grass. The earthy, almost peppery vetiver is surprisingly sharp, but rounded out with vanilla and cedar notes.
The scent is in the name, but it’s nothing like the pepper that was on last night’s dinner. There’s something magical about this scent. Black pepper, myrtle pepper, vetiver, cardamom, and cedarwood. Call me crazy, but this is the embodiment of earth, wind, and fire. Want to start small? Try it body wash;It’s outstanding.
Creed has been making perfumes in France for 265 years, and when you smell their perfume you’ll understand how they got this far (and why they charge so much) . There are literally too many fragrance notes to name here, so let’s just say this is an amber scent with peppery and floral notes. According to Creed, this fragrance was inspired by the stars in the night sky, and when you smell it, it somehow feels like it makes perfect sense.
When I first met Katie, The One was my signature fragrance. I wore the eau de toilette version and it lasted the entire workday. However, the EDP version is very affordable, so you might as well buy the best one. I don’t know how to describe this scent exactly. It smells like orange, sage, basil, and tobacco. I don’t have any further explanation, but it just smells really good.
Harlem Perfume Co., a division of Harlem Candle Co., is a relatively new player in the fragrance industry, but it’s doing something right. Langston is a writer’s perfume inspired by Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes. The scent of cinnamon, orange brandy, and sandalwood wafts through the air, singing of mahogany bookshelves and leather-bound magazines filled with thoughts printed with fountain pens. Oh, and the bottle looks great too.
Think tobacco vanilla with cinnamon and rum. Side Effect is a compliment. It’s like being asked by a stranger what the hell you’re wearing. Always try a sample first. Leather notes may feel warm on your skin, or they may make you feel uncomfortable.
I’ve heard that ombre nomade is the scent of royalty. Oud wood, raspberries, and incense combine to create the atmosphere of a journey through the desert. I haven’t yet found an oud that suits my skin, but luckily, when you order a bottle, Louis Vuitton sends you a small sampler along with it. So, if you find that the scent doesn’t suit your skin, you can return the full-sized, unopened bottle.
This is the cologne that Jay Gatsby would have worn. Sing parties with famous socialites, endless bottles of champagne, and black ties. Dandy starts with a whiskey on the rocks with touches of raspberry and bergamot (a type of orange). The base consists of oak, cedarwood and musk. It’s masculinity at its most fanciful.
While shopping with a friend last year, I tried this scent at Neimen Marcus, which is about two hours from my house. It was very tasty, but I couldn’t decide if my wife liked it or not. When I got home she said, Please tell them you bought it. ” I’ll get a bottle someday, but for now it’s the bottle I got away with. Giorgio Armani personally designed this fragrance to recreate the scent of the Italian church he attended as a boy. Somehow he was able to do it. Incense, vetiver, cedar, and cool pepper. In a word, it’s beautiful. Look at it.
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Source: Primer – www.primermagazine.com
