Best Cologne For Men

My eyes can’t remember his face

My mind can’t remember his promises

However, my nose still remembers his smell.

Smell is the magical thing, for each person and each stage of your life, there is always a unique smell for you to trace them down and bring up memories. Have you ever experienced a breeze with a light lemon soap bar smell on a sunny summer afternoon?

Bringing you back to the sight of your first crush in high school or the jazzy music mixed with the spicy wooden smell that was your first night out in a live music bar on Valentines Day? Aftershave is very personal, mark your man with your choice of fragrance, it can build up the intimacy between you both.

Before we start this fragrant journey, here are some tips for choosing the best cologne for your man:

First of all, try to avoid a strong fragrance during summer time.

Secondly, unless your man is a real sweetheart, try to avoid sweet tones.

Thirdly, each aftershave has its own personality, the smell works best when it suits your man’s personality. But if you are not sure, try marine, soap and a sports scent first, with these three scents you won’t go far wrong.

Lastly, ask your man to use deodorant before putting on the Cologne.

For the beginners

CLEAN Eau de Parfum Spray

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CLEAN, implies the scent brings about clarity and ascent as pure as clean and warm as its name. Clean has created a simple pure scent. Wrap yourself up in a wool blanket on a winters day, in front of a warm fireplace or sit in the garden on a comfortable chair and let the sun gently warm your skin.

This unisex scent is neutral but slightly more feminine in nature with the hint of flowers and soft warm freshly washed cotton.

Notes:
Citrus, Watery Green Pear, Verbena, Floral Essences, Fruit Essences, Marine Essences, Jasmine, Orange Flower, Musk, Fougere, Amber.

Style:
This aftershave suits most men, it can be the boy-next-door or the mature and wise man. The sense makes you feel like you want to get close to him.

L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme

HERMÈS Terre d’Hermès

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Jean-Claude Ellena was inspired by the creation of the fragrance by the works of an author, Jean Giono. He described the fragrance as “Feeling the earth, lying on the ground, gazing at the sky.”

One of my favourite citrus aftershave scents on a man is the Hugo Boss Orange aftershave. The Terre d’Hermes is much less sweet than Hugo boss orange and instead creates a more earthy masculine citrus scent.

Notes:
Grapefruit, Orange, Gunflint, Flint, Peppers, Pink peppercorn, Geranium Leaves, Patchouli, Baies rose, Atlas cedarwood, Vetiver, Gum benzoin.

Style:
A journey imbued with strength and poetry. A little heavy, perfect fit for mature business men.

For advanced users

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We all love Tom Ford and the Mandarino Eau de Parfum is an aromatic subtle citrus scent. The aroma flows like a gentle breeze with a hint of wildflower, thyme and mint, as though they were blowing from a pretty countryside field.

Notes:
Jasmine, Orange Blossom, Grapefruit, Mint, Thyme.

Style:
Effervescent. Textured. Luminous.

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Beginners Guide to fragrances and Cologne

Cologne can also be referred to as aftershave, perfume, men’s fragrance and many other names.

Mens fragrances come in different categories:

Eau De Toilette (EDT ) –  Eau de toilette sprays have up to 15% perfume oil which has been dissolved in alcohol. Eau de Toilette is one of the most common men’s fragrances and the scent should last for at least a few hours and a good band might last several.

Eau de Cologne – We have referred to men’s fragrances in this article as Cologne because it is the original and most widely used term for men’s perfumes. If a perfume is sold as Eau De Cologne it is usually expected to have a more masculine scent and a lower concentration of perfume oils.

Eau De Parfum – Eau de parfum can be unisex and is most commonly used to describe women’s perfume. Men’s Eau de parfum usually has over 15% perfume oil and the stronger formula means that the scent should last much longer and potentially all day