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Which masculine or unisex fragrances ladies do you wear?

post #1 of 34
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I have been on a journey of self discovery into the realm of feminine and unisex frags and I was wondering which masculine or unisex frags you ladies like to wear. Do you wear them in public or just for your private pleasure?
post #2 of 34
I wear some men's fragrances at home and out (with exception of the Uomo as it is really potent and a bit harsh IMO).

Chanel - Egoiste
YSL - Uomo
Christian Lacriox - Tumulte
Annick Goutal - Eau de Sud ( though I think it's unisex?)
AG- Mandragore (unisex)
YSL- Opium for men (and Opium for women which I think is good for men too.)
Caswell Massey- Tricorn and no. 6
Yves Rocher- Blue Cedar (I think this is unisex?)
Guerlain - Vetiver and Frozen Vetiver (samples at the moment but my intention is to get a bottle eventually.)
fresh- Sandalwood Vert
Guerlain - Coriolan
Diptyque - Tam Dao (unisex)
Jo Malone - Lime Basil & Mandarin cologne (unisex)
Kiehl's - Musk edt (unisex) (wish every man in the world would wear this stuff!)
Clarins - Eau Dynamisante (unisex)
post #3 of 34
I wear them in public.

Some favourites:
Chanel Égoïste (my first and an old signature)
Annick Goutal Eau du Fier, Sables and Vétiver (my favourite vetiver!)
Caron Pour un Homme and Yatagan
Creed Vintage Tabaróme
MPG Ambre Précieux and Santal Noble
Thierry Mugler A*Men
post #4 of 34
Oh, my, Gardens, too many to count, but here are some (many of these are considered unisex, but it's all perception anyway. ) I wear them whenever I want. No reservations about this at all.

Coriolan, also
Aramis
Cuir Pleine Fleur
Arquiste Aleksandr
1740 Marquis de Sade
Derby
Habit Rouge (EDT and EDP)
Guerlain Vetiver
ELdO Tom of Finland
ELdO Delicious Closet Queen
Bleu de Chanel
Piver Cuir de Russie
Back to Black
Guerlain Arsene Lupin Dandy
Boucheron Pour Homme EDP
Santos de Cartier
Floris No. 89
D.R. Harris Mayfair
Taylor of Old Bond Street Original No. 74
Mark Birley Charles Street
Tom Ford Tuscan Leather
Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille
Tom Ford Neroli Portofino
Hermes Equipage
Terre d'Hermes parfum
Knize Ten
SL Cuir Mauresque
SL Vitriol d'Oiellet
Caron Troisieme Homme
Caron Pour Un Homme
L'Occitane Eau des Baux
VC&A Tsar
VC&A Midnight In Paris EDP
Ralph Lauren Safari Pour Homme
Grey Flannel
Narciso Rodriguez for Him
Canali Black Diamond
Rosine Rose d'Homme
SL Sarrasins
SL Chergui
post #5 of 34
Long list for me.

Creed
Bois du Portugal
Original Santal
Santal Imperial
Royal Delight
Green Valley

Caron
Pour Homme
3rd Homme

Chanel
Pour Monsieur
Egoiste

Parfums de Nicholai
New York
Baladin

YSL
Opium Homme
M7

Dior
Homme

MPG
Blu Gris Iris
Eau d'Iles
Santal Noble

Guerlain
Mouchoir de Monsieur
Jicky

Serge Lutens, I class all of his as unisex

There are many more. But to be honest I don't even think of fragrances as male unisex anymore. I just if I love it buy it.
post #6 of 34
Trumper's Eucris, wherever, but mainly at home (I don't go out much). I like it in very hot weather.
post #7 of 34
Among my favorites:

Chanel Egoiste
Knize Ten
Eau des Baux
PdN New York
PdN Vie de Chateau
Tom Ford Noir
Tom Ford Velvet Gardenia
Tom Ford Urban Musk
YSL M7
HdP Ambre 114
Bulgari Black
Trumpers Sandalwood
Kiehl's Musk (never really thought of that as unisex, but I guess it is)
SL Fumerie Turque
SL Cuir Mauresque
SL Muscs Koublai Khan
SL Tubereuse Criminelle
FM Musc Ravageur
ELd'O Tom of Finland
ELd'O Je Suis Un Homme
Miller Harris Fleurs de Sel

I'm sure there are others, but I can't recall at the moment. And for me, all fragrances are fair game for any occasion, in public or private.
post #8 of 34
I have worn Eau Sauvage, Dior Homme, Terre d'Hermes,
Eau Noire and Pi in my time. I do not wear them regularly
except Eau Sauvage in the summer.
post #9 of 34
I wear many, but several on a very regular basis.

Dior Homme is in my top 5, and I wear it often.
Chanel Egoiste is also wear often
Heeley Cuir Pleine Fleur is a new acquisition, and I wear it to work regularly
M. Micallef Gaiac is a love of mine

I have too many unisex to list, but I wear them wherever and whenever I want. I probably prefer them to most feminines.
post #10 of 34
"Woody Spicy" is my favorite category and many men's scents fall into this group. I wear woody/spicy/smokey men's scents about 75% of the time in the fall and winter. In the spring and summer, I wear unisex and lighter men's fragrances about 40% of the time.

I wear many of the ones listed above. Here are some additional ones I wear:

JPG - Gaultier 2
Rochas - Rochas Man
Thierry Mugler - A*Men Pure Havane
Lalique - Encre Noire
Givenchy - Pi and Play Intense
Dsquared - He Wood Rocky Mountain Wood and He Wood Silver Wind Wood

I know I'll get many more ideas about new ones to try from the lists given here!
post #11 of 34
With a couple of exceptions, I don't really know which of my fragrances are marketed to men or otherwise "categorized" as masculine. I just don't pay attention to that. If I like something, I wear it. Period. The majority of my fragrances are probably considered unisex, but I would venture to say that my fragrance preferences probably cant masculine rather than feminine. Or at least toward "big" fragrances.

I also don't put any limitations on myself in terms of where I wear my fragrances although I may use fewer sprays when working in the office.

That said, here are some that probably fall on the masculine side of the fragrance spectrum:

Arquiste Aleksandr
TFPC Amber Absolute
AG Ambre Fetiche
PdE Ambre Russe
Lutens Ambre Sultan
Parfumerie Generale Aomassai
Lutens Arabie
Slumberhouse Baque
Lutens Chergui
Kerosene Copper Skies
Lutens Cuir Mauresque
Lutens Fumerie Turque
Lutens Gris Clair
Halston Z-14 (definitely marketed to the men)
Slumberhouse Jeke
Tauer L'Air du Desert Marocain
L'Artisan L'Eau du Navigateur
AG Myrrhe Ardente
Mazzolari Patchouly
FM Musc Ravageur
Lutens Muscs Koublai Khan
Huitieme Art Myrrhiad
Satellite Padparadscha
Frapin Speakeasy
TFPC Tobacco Vanille
Sonoma Scent Studio Winter Woods
post #12 of 34
Another lover of Chanel's Egoiste. Simply stunning.

Also: Eau Savage, Stetson, A*Men, Lonestar Memories, Bulgari Black, Spicebomb.

And, yes, I wear them in public.
post #13 of 34
Some of my favorites include

Creed Santal Imperial
Chanel Egoiste
Guerlain Habit Rouge and Heritage
Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel
Hermes Rocabar
Michael Kors Michael for Men
Boucheron Jaipur Homme
Rochas Man
Caron Pour un Homme
Annick Goutal Sables
Penhaligon's Endymion
Coty Wild Woods for Men

I wear them as I do all my scents, wherever and whenever the mood strikes.
post #14 of 34
I have worn Fahrenheit by Dior, Maharadjah by PdN, and the CDG incense series. Also, I used to really like Old Spice so I would pour it in the rinse cycle when washing my clothes. I don't do that any more because 1) it doesn't smell as good to me nowadays, and 2) I don't want fragrance from my clothes to interfere with the scent on my skin (unless I spray the scent on my clothes, too).
post #15 of 34
L Artisan Timbuktu i wore it the most last winter

Parfums de Nicolai Pour un Homme
Amouage Homage

and favourite of all Montale Cuir d Arabia
post #16 of 34
Habit Rouge (EDP and extrait), and now that I've tried Bois du Portugal I'll probably do that too.
post #17 of 34
My GF is quite partial to:

Aventus
GIT
Original Santal
Bois du Portugal
MUSC RAVEGAUR!!!
Reflection Man

There is more but I'm to tired to list them all lol
post #18 of 34
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Originally Posted by lily-woods View Post

"Woody Spicy" is my favorite category and many men's scents fall into this group.

This is me, as well. And it is one of the reasons I thought I just didn't like perfume. I was just trying the wrong ones. I've sampled a ton of scents *marketed* for men, but the only ones I've loved enough to actually BUY a bottle are

1. Montana Parfum d'Homme (make that 4 bottles, including one vintage)
2. Aramis Havana (in the original bottle, although I gave it away not long ago. )
3. Anucci (which ironically is a FLORAL marketed for men)
post #19 of 34
La Nuit de L'Homme is my fave in this category. Bought a bottle just for me when I first tried it. I do wear it in public.
post #20 of 34
Bvlgari black
SL Chergui and Un bois vanille
FM Musc Ravageur
TF tobacco vanille

I tend towards the sweet end of scents.
post #21 of 34
I think about 50% of my fragrances are male releases, actually. I wear them out anytime I like, but one time when I tried out Fahrenheit and didn't have time to shower for a school board meeting, I felt pretty weird about it.

My current favorite masculine frags are:
Prada Amber pH
Gucci II pH
Bvlgari pH
Dior Homme
Bvlgari Aqva

I don't have a problem wearing either of those anywhere and anytime I like, and Prada Amber pH has kind of become my signature scent as of late. The only time anyone has suspected that it's a masculine was when a friend commented "someone smells good in here" and wasn't sure if it was me or a mutual male friend.
post #22 of 34
I generally prefer unisex and slightly masculine fragrances over overtly feminine ones. I'm also new to collecting, so I don't have many. I've worn Sycomore almost every day for the last six months or so (at home, in public, anywhere), with great success.
post #23 of 34
My three favourites are classified as unisex: Annick Goutal Ambre Fetiche, Diptyque Volutes and L'Artisan Tea for Two. I could imagine a man wearing T42 but I've no idea how the other two would smell on a guy. I have never smelled them on anyone else so I just feel they are "mine".
post #24 of 34
i really love woody, smoky, spicy fragrances as well, so i'm fond of many men's scents that have already been listed. recently i've been wearing my sample of timbuktu and am thinking about getting an fb...
post #25 of 34
For fall and winter, Some of my favorite scents to wear are considered masculine or unisex:
Mechant Loupe by Artisan Parfumeur
Muscs Kublai Kahn, Arabie and Borneo 1834 by Serge Lutens
Gaultier2 by Jean Paul Gaultier
L'air du Desert Marocain by Andy Tauer

For cooler spring and summer days I like
Terre d' Hermes and Vetiver Tonka by Hermes
Fleur du Male by JPG

My boyfriend's signiture scent, Endymion by Penhaligon, is the only male scent I don't wear outside, but it isn't because I would be ashamed or find it weird, but more that I associate it so strongly with him.
post #26 of 34
I used to wear 4711 occasionally when I was a teenager but don't really like it now.

The only men's fragrance I wear is Givenchy - Pi.

I am going to sample Spicebomb the next time I get to a bigger city. I like the magazine strip.
post #27 of 34
For masculine scents I've used Dior Homme, Givenchy Pi, Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel. As for unisex scents, too many to mention. Favorites though are By Kilian Back to Black and Hermes Ambre Narguile and many others.
post #28 of 34
M7, Yatagan, SL: Chergui, Borneo 1834, Cuir Mauresque, Arabie, Douce Amere, Bvlgari Black, cdg Avignon, pde Ambre Russe (top winter fave), Hermes Bel Ami. I don't consider any of the above strictly "masculine or feminine", just beautiful.
post #29 of 34
I didn't know which of my fragrances were masculine or unisex - I don't really distinguish. Some fragrances smell 'masculine' to me though, no matter what they are marketed as.

I was surprised when I went through my wardrobe. I have a lot of unisex scents but not many masculine. I always thought I leaned toward masculine (read non-floral) fragrances, but that's not really true.

Of the masculine, my favorites are Idole de Lubin, New York, Spezie, Kolnisch Juchten, Bursch, AbdesSalaam's Muschio di Quercia and Villoresi's Uomo.

My wardrobe is filled with unisex fragrances. Of those which fall down on the masculine side, my primary ones are Musc Koublai Khan, Piper Nigrum, Splash Forte, Monocle Scent One: Hinoki, Czech & Speake's No. 88, Cuir Maresque, Cedre and Atelier D'Artiste.

I have lots of unisex and a few masculine that feel very gender neutral to me.
post #30 of 34
Clarins Eau Dynamisante
Bulgari Black
Van Cleef & Arpels Midnight in Paris
Ormonde Jayne Man

I wear them out & about.
post #31 of 34
Hermes Un Jardin Sur Le Nil, Un Jardin en Méditerranée, Voyage d'Hermes, Terre de Hermes
Bvlgari Black
Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan, Five O'Clock Au Gingembre, Fille en Aiguilles
Comme des Garçons Kyoto and Avignon
L'Artisan Dzongkha and Timbuktu
Tom Ford Black Orchid

A very bland list, but I've only just started my collection.
post #32 of 34
It's not a male fragrance but I find Coco Noir Chanel, that I love and use, very masculine in the drydown.
post #33 of 34
I love citrus, spice and wood which means 'masculines' are always interesting to me. I wear them as the mood strikes me, although if they're at all animalic I save them for private use, as I would for any 'feminine' scent with animalic notes.

If I've been wearing masculines for a period I often then go through a period of wearing sillage bomb feminines.

Anyway some favourite masculines: Terre D'Hermes parfum, Concentre D'Orange Verte, Monsieur Balmain, Timbuktu, Ambre Sultan, Gris Clair, Creed Original Vetiver, YSL pour homme, Boucheron pour homme, Jo Malone Amber and Lavender. As for Chergui to me it's a feminine with a capital 'F'.

There's a whole bunch of other masculines I'm interested in trying, but this is where I am right now.
post #34 of 34
My wife loves to wear Lolita Lempicka Au Masculin which other women have mentioned enjoying as well.
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