Your 5 Must Experience Colognes?

[totaldominasian]

What are your 5 colognes that you think most guys should try or at least have a decant of? As a newcomer, I've been poring through lists, but most seem to make seasonal lists then split them into designer or niche. What's your top 5 must experience colognes regardless of house or season?

[The_Cologneist]

Fahrenheit
Norne
Burberry London
Dior Homme & Dior Homme Intense
Encre Noire

[Kielecki]

Memoir
Jubilation
L`Air du Desert Marocain
Ambre Narguile
Fou d`Absinthe

[sjg3839]

Aventus
DHI
GiT
MI
MIP

[fit&frag'd]

Incredibly hard to bring it down to 5. I'll be leaving countless classics out, but, off the top of my head...

Creed Green Irish Tweed
Chanel Egoiste
L'Instant de Guerlain (EDT or EDP)
Dior Homme (EDT or EDP)
Gucci Pour Homme II

[catlettsl]

M7
Black Oud
Oud Wood
Green Irish Tweed
Fahrenheit
Eau Savuage PARFUM
Terre d'Hermes
Dior Vetiver
Montale Red Vetiver
Rive Gauche

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[hednic]

GIT
Egoiste
Black Aoud
Habit Rouge
Dior Homme

[Riley]

Black Aoud
Back to Black
Aventus
Mugler Cologne
Fahrenheit

Honourable mention: A*Men

Enjoy and welcome to Basenotes. Good luck on your fragrance journey

[docluv45]

Knize Ten
Guerlain Habit Rouge
Chanel pour Monsieur (not the Concentree!)
Idole de Lubin
Le 3e Homme de Caron
Pascal Morabito Or Black

[dougczar]

Aventus
Jubilation XXV
Acqua di Gio
Terre d'Hermes
Straight to Heaven

[NewHaarlem]

Chanel Egoiste (not Platinum)
Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme (vintage made in Italy with silver sticker label)
Dior Homme EDT
Creed Original Vetiver
Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille

[buzzley]

Eau Sauvage
Aramis
Kouros
Acqua di Gio
A*Men

That will give you a pretty good idea of the evolution of men's fragrances over the years, and all of them were ground breakers in the industry.

[colognejunkie2000]

Please see sig!!

[Buysblind]

What are your 5 colognes that you think most guys should try or at least have a decant of? As a newcomer, I've been poring through lists, but most seem to make seasonal lists then split them into designer or niche. What's your top 5 must experience colognes regardless of house or season?

Fahrenheit
Green Irish Tweed
Pure Malt
Rive Gauche
Terre D'Hermes


These are not necessarily my favorites, but ones I think every guy should at least try.

[change1]

See my signature below

[QWERTYOP]

Green Irish Tweed
Aventus
Straight to Heaven
A*Men
Fahrenheit

[Tony T]

aramis bermuda tonic gucci pour homme 360 red by perry ellis pure havane and pure malt

[noirdrakkar]

every man must experience aventus at least once in his life

[HDDP]

Depending on your budget & tastes

Designer:

Guerlain Habit Rouge
Guerlain Vetiver
Dior Fahrenheit
Dior Homme/Intense
Hermes Terre D'Hermes

Niche

Puredistance M
Guerlain Derby
Guerlain Habit Rouge extrait
Chanel Sycamore
A.Tauer L'AdDM

[drseid]

Portrait of a Lady
vintage Giorgio for Men
Terre d'Hermes
Patou pour Homme Prive
vintage Polo (green)

[Lovescully]

Mugler Cologne
YSL Rive Gauche Pour Homme
Serge Lutens' Chergui
YSL Kouros
Givenchy Insense

- - - Updated - - -

Mugler Cologne
YSL Rive Gauche Pour Homme
Serge Lutens' Chergui
YSL Kouros
Givenchy Insense

[Wit_Siamese]

Dzing! --really wierd
Ambre Narguile --apple pie with pipe tobacco
Peau d'espagne by SMN --rawest leather ever
Jubilation XXV --really majestic, I fell like royalty wearing it
Dark Aoud --darkest, driest perfume I ever tried

[CologneFan85]

YSL De Nuit
A men original
Burburry London
Polo double Black
Aventus

These are so basic lol but its the popular fragrances that are out there.

[Mr. Stinky]

GIT
Egoiste
Black Aoud
Habit Rouge
Dior Homme

Ok, something must be wrong with hednic. He's actually listing fumes we know.

[SirNosebleed]

Pascal Morabito Or Black
Aramis JHL
Aramis 900
Frederic Malle Portrait of a Lady
Guerlain Jicky EDT

[orochi7k]

Aventus
Git
Chanel edition Blanche
La nuite
Bleu

[Ete]

M7
Rive Gauche
Opium
Envy
Fahrenheit

[srellim1]

Zino
Memoir Man
Il Profumo Patchouli Noir
Amber Absolute/ Amber Sultan
Tobacco Vanille

No order

[staticx]

Fahrenheit
Gucci pH I & II
A*Men (& flankers..)
Narciso Rodriguez for Him
Bang

[FullCollapse]

1. Chanel Egoiste Cologne Concentree
2. Knize Ten
3. Route du Vetiver
4. Vintage Bel Ami
5. Vintage Givenchy Gentleman

Honorable Mentions:

1. Caron Pour un Homme
2. Halston Man Amber
3. Nejma Aoud 1
4. Yatagan
5. Santal Noble

[cacio]

Not necessarily my favorite 5, but touching on five different areas:

1. Knize Ten (for leathers)
2. Azzaro pour homme (for fougere)
3. Caron pour un homme (for lavender)
4. Egoiste (for woods)
5. Amouage Gold man (for florals)

cacio

[checker]

Gendarme
Tobacco Vanille
Aventus
Dior Homme Intense
Windsor

[PEARL]

Acqua di Parma Colonia
Creed Green Irish Tweed
Guerlain Derby
Pascal Morabito Or Black
YSL M7

[CaliDude]

For newcomers to the fragrance world, I would suggest the following must tries:

Tom Ford Noir de Noir
Creed Aventus
Creed Silver Mountain Water
Creed Millesime Imperial
Terre d'Hermes Parfum

[starshipvelcro]

Portrait of a Lady
La Myrrhe
Iris Silver Mist
Mona di Orio Oud
Vetiver Pour Elle

is what I'd say today

[Maque]

Terre d'Hermès
Dior Homme
Creed Green Irish Tweed
Guerlain Habit Rouge
Frédéric Malle Portrait of a Lady

[rmlj]

Eau Sauvage
Fahrenheit
Dior Homme
Chanel Pour Monsieur
Guerlain Vetiver

[JON RODGERS]

1.Chanel Egoiste.
2.Creed Green Irish Tweed.
3.YSL Rive Gauche PH.
4.Dior Eau Sauvage.
5.Serge Lutens Chergui.


Equally worthy -


Givenchy Insense.
Giorgio for Men.
Chanel Sycomore.
Guerlain Habit Rouge.
Caron 3rd Man.

[Le Grand Duc]

Welcome to Basenotes!

Égoïste (Cologne Concentrée)
Antaeus
Fahrenheit
Dior Homme Intense
Jaïpur Homme, EdP

[MJM_77]

These aren't my favorites but definitely should be tried:
1. GIT
2. Fahrenheit
3. Angel Men
4. Colonia
5. M7

[rbaker]

Egoïste, Eau d'Orange Verte, Selection Verte, Vintage Tabarome, Pure Havane.

[Diamondflame]

Among the best of its type:-

Ralph Lauren Polo (vintage)
Armani Aqua di Gio pour Homme
Dior Fahrenheit
Tom Ford Tuscan Leather
Montale Black Aoud

[rum]

1. Terre d' Hermes (woody)
2. GIT (fougere)
3. AdP Colonia (citrus)
4. Millesime Imperial (acquatic)
5. Amouage Epic Man (oriental)

[Nexus6]

Dior - Fahrenheit.
Chanel - Egoiste.
Mugler - A*Men.
YSL - Kouros.
Hermes - Terre d' Hermes.

[Joe C]

Serge Lutens - Ambre Sultan
Guerlain - Shalimar
Givenchy - Gentleman
Guerlain - Derby
Penhaligons - Hammam Bouquet

[Pegasus]

Pick any 5 from my signature.

[charger]

These are my "musts"

Fahrenheit
Rive Gauche PH
Terre d' Hermes
Guerlain Vetiver
Bulgari Black

For me these cover all occasions, seasons, moods, weather etc.

[pav]

Aventus
Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille
Dior Homme Intense
Montale Dark Oud
Amouage Jub XXV

[Wally Swoboda]

L'Instant de Guerlain Pour Homme EDT or EDP
Chanel Egoiste
Heritage Guerlain
Acqua di Parma Colonia
Azzaro Pour Homme

plus . . . Hermes Rocabar

[onethinline]

For range between them and depth within them:

Dior Fahrenheit
Azzaro pour Homme
Cartier Declaration
Dior Eau Sauvage
YSL M7

[GuitarMan]

Aventus
GIT
Terre d'Hermès
Sycomore
Allure Homme Sport Cologne Sport

[andym72]

Eau de Guerlain
Azzaro Pour Homme
Givenchy Vetiver
M7
Rochas Man

5 is too few, too restrictive. Here a list of descriptive phrases for fragrance that I've come up with in a couple of minutes. If you want to know your stuff, you've got to know what each of these, and more, smell like:

Citrus, Aquatic, Bitter/Botanical Green, Floral, Chypre, Leather, Mossy, Fougere, Soapy, Vetiver, Woody, Musky/Animalic, Resinous Oriental, Powdery Oriental, Fruity, Gourmand.

[cologne connoisseur]

Tom Ford Extreme for Men
YSL Rive Gauche PH
Acqua di Parma Colonia
Creed Green Irish Tweed
Guerlain Derby

[comfortablynumbbg]

1. Dior Homme Intense - for a "certain" type of crowd, this hits the holy grail spot. If they like smoldering, sexy, yet metrosexual scents this one might be the one. It certainly was the holy grail when I smelled it back in the day, and lots of wasted money later, it's still at the top spot for me. Untouchable.
2. Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille - the king of vanilla, as far as I am concerned, and this may end the search for the perfect vanilla fragrance (to me this renders things like Spirituese Double Vanille absolutely obsolete, no need to waste money on that). It's also one that shatters the standard longevity barriers....potent! Versatile too...Did I mention it performs excellently and cuts through cold, and also smells divine????
3. Creed Aventus - might be perfect if you are looking for a head turner that is not your typical Bleu de Chanel. Unique, stoic, intriguing, versatile. Smells incredible. Basically, this is one BOSS of a fragrance.
4. Dior Fahrenheit - looking for a unique, masculine, a bit weird yet absolutely relevant to this day and loved by most fragrance? Look no further. I'm a sweet tooth kind of guy, but tickles the right spot. Gasoline opening, leather and flowers....springtime vibe? Are you kidding? This has it all. Smells masculine, brooding, mysterious. I'm 22, ain't nobody in my age group rocking this. Wuthering Heights allusion....Heathcliff=Fahrenheit.
5. Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme - extremely versatile, strikes both the sexy and sophisticated, yet professional vibes perfectly. This can be a perfect signature scent, and it's also an all-seasoner. Mediterranean class and sex appeal in a bottle.

[andregooren]

I decided to go with one example from each family under the "masculine" umbrella. The choices below are, arguably, the best of their respective families and in many cases helped to define the family to which they belong.

A SURVEY OF MASCULINE FRAGRANCES
1. Pour Monsieur* Chanel (reference masculine chypre)
2. Jicky Guerlain (reference fougère)
3. Habit Rouge Guerlain (reference masculine oriental)
4. Knize Ten Knize (reference masculine leather)
5. Eau de Guerlain Guerlain (reference citrus)

* Make sure you grab the original (not available in the United States) and not the eau de toilette concentrée. The concentrée is nothing like the original.

[OctaVariuM]

In no particular order:

1. Green Irish Tweed by Creed- An obvious choice, but this one offers freshness, green tones, and endless versatility. Very good longevity and decent projection.

2. Aventus by Creed- Smoky pineapple and woods. Just lovely. Good longevity and projection.

3. Sova by Slumberhouse- Like gods gift to gourmand lovers. Hay, honey, tobacco, vanilla, maple, woods, etc. A truly great fragrance that lasts 18+ hours with one spray easily.

4. Memoir Man by Amouage- Incense, pepper, wormwood. This one is amazingly good, and in my mind better than some of the CdG's and others. Monster longevity (12+ hours) and good projection as well.

5. Millesime Imperial by Creed (yes another one)- This one is summer in a bottle. Watermelon, sea salt, musk, majesty. One of the best fragrances ever conceived.

It's a Creed dominated list, but it shows my preferences. GIT would be good for anytime, same with Aventus, and Sova is the lone gourmand (though I love gourmands), Memoir Man is the night out/incense/dark fragrance, and MI is my summer fragrance.

[Roper-Hall]

Old Spice
Jicky
Aramis
Chanel No.5 EdP.
Chanel Pour Monsieur

[Bigtruck260]

Aventus
Himalaya
Encre Noire
Guerlain Vetiver
Czech & Speake 88

[nfn1983]

Dior Homme Intense
Givenchy Xeryus Rouge
Terre d'Hermes
Pure Havane
Azzaro Pour Homme/YSL L'Homme ! cheating here, 6 frags!!!

[Gamma]

Amouage Jubilation XXV
By Kilian Straight to Heaven
Hermes Terre d'Hermes
Creed Millesime Imperial
Guerlain Jicky Parfum