Five Female Fragrances From Fragrance Houses Men Can Easily Wear?

[speckmann0706]

There are a good amount of unisex fragrances that sometimes get lost to men wearing them based on gender advertisement. What are five female fragrances from each of your favorite houses or houses you have tried that men can pull off without being overly feminine no limit on list of houses list em!

[thrilledchilled]

Vintage Diors: Miss Dior, Dioressence

Apsarah by Pryn

[PStoller]

Any fragrance is unisex, depending on the tastes and body chemistry of the wearer. But certainly some vintage “feminine” frags like Caron Tabac Blond and Piguet Bandit are easy wears for macho guys. They’re certainly more butch than BR540.

[naw]

Chanel Chance and Chanel N19 are pretty easy to wear;

YSL libre is rather masculine,

[Kaern]

Bandit practically has balls

Turbulences by Louis Vuitton is an easy wear for a man

[Zizzy]

Not my favorite, but Armaf Club de Nuit Intense for women is very unisex.
Maya Njie Tropica is marketed in some places as purely feminine scent, but gosh I love it!

[Quarry]

Don't know that I can list 5 for multiple houses, but will contribute:

Marni by Marni.
My husband wears Stella Rose Absolute.
Along a similar rich floral vibe: Tom Ford Black Orchid.
I second Naw's Chanel No. 19 recommendation.
Lutens Feminite du Bois
YSL Opium

[Brooks Otterlake]

HERMÈS Eau des Merveilles and a number of its flankers. This has been my primary orange citrus scent for the past few years.

[Brooks Otterlake]

Also, the two masculine-leaning scents in the Shadescents collection, Velvet Teddy (dirty wild honey and tobacco) and My Heroine (pepper, graphite, tobacco, leather).

[daim]

Herba Fresca

[Kal1973]

Portrait of a Lady by FM
I second Chanel 19 .

[Nastka]

+1 Hermes Eau des Merveilles, and if you want a more 'masculine' take, try the Bleue flanker

Guerlain Shalimar EdT (the leather and citrus is more pronounced in the EdT, at least the vintage I have)
Guerlain's Aqua Allegoria range, pretty much all citrus based scents are good to go, same for Dior's Escale range
Dior Addict (smelled this on a man once, it was glorious)
Prada Candy Night (don't laugh, it's a dry gourmand)
Estee Lauder Modern Muse Nuit (great take on tonka and sandalwood, similar vibe to Bruno Acampora's Sandalo)
JhaG Lady Vengeance (comparably easier to wear than Portrait of a Lady in my opinion)
Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto Eau de Parfum (dusty gourmand in a leather jacket)

I'm not even going to go into all the 'Prive' lines by different houses and niche marketed purely as unisex since that is up to the wearer to decide whether it is liked or not.

But honestly, wear whatever you like as long as you're comfortable doing so.

[Trauerkraut]

Opium by Yves Saint Laurent
Le Dix by Balenciaga
Shalimar (EdT) by Guerlain +1
Portrait of a Lady by Malle
Coromandel by Chanel

[freewheelingvagabond]

Rather than what I wear, I'd suggest what others can try out -

Bottega Veneta
Azuree
L'Heure Bleue
Mitsouko
No 5 EdT

[hednic]

But honestly, wear whatever you like as long as you're comfortable doing so.

This.

[onethinline]

Based on what I myself own and enjoy, or would wear based on testing:

Chanel: No. 5, No. 5 Eau Premiere, No. 19, No 19. Poudree, Cristalle (EDT and EDP), Coco ... and pretty much the entire Exclusifs line
Guerlain: Mitsouko, Vol de Nuit, Jicky, Shalimar
Dior: Addict, Hypnotic Poison
Hermes: Eau Merveilles, Jour d’Hermes, Twilly
Mugler: Angel (and its many flankers), Angel Muse, Aura
Amouage: Interlude Woman, Lyric Woman, Epic Woman

[slpfrsly]

Any fragrance is unisex, depending on the tastes and body chemistry of the wearer. But certainly some vintage “feminine” frags like Caron Tabac Blond and Piguet Bandit are easy wears for macho guys. They’re certainly more butch than BR540.

I'd agree with the last part - BR540's success baffles me.

I would say the real litmus test for such selections would be whether non-basenotes/fragrance enthusiasts could 'easily wear' each female scent or not. In many cases, the answer is arguable or, even, no.

[crashtestbrummie]

I'd agree with the last part - BR540's success baffles me.

I would say the real litmus test for such selections would be whether non-basenotes/fragrance enthusiasts could 'easily wear' each female scent or not. In many cases, the answer is arguable or, even, no.

It would be interesting to see what their thoughts were if they smelt them all blind and were just asked for their opinions on the perfume. No mention of gender or even what you're trying to find out...

[FISS80]

Portrait of a Lady
Coromandel
Mitsuko
Black Orchid
Angel Muse

[dougczar]

A few that I own that I think are considered women's scents:

Chanel - Eau de Cologne
Philosophy - Pure Grace

[Avecesar]

Estée Lauder Knowing
Fendi Theorema for woman

[PStoller]

I would say the real litmus test for such selections would be whether non-basenotes/fragrance enthusiasts could 'easily wear' each female scent or not. In many cases, the answer is arguable or, even, no.

It would be interesting to see what their thoughts were if they smelt them all blind and were just asked for their opinions on the perfume. No mention of gender or even what you're trying to find out...

I read a study recently in which they did just that, and the test subjects generally showed no gender preference for scents. However, it was a small test, and I don't know what scents were tested. I'd be curious about a larger test—more subjects, more frags.

Guys who are totally into powerhouses and such may be less inclined to "cross over," but given what's marketed as masculine to a younger clientele these days, I wouldn't be at all surprised to find most guys can't tell the difference without the packaging. And women have never much cared.

[Ifti]

Aromatics Elixir
Youth Dew
Black Orchid

[slpfrsly]

It would be interesting to see what their thoughts were if they smelt them all blind and were just asked for their opinions on the perfume. No mention of gender or even what you're trying to find out...

Absolutely. I thought of that whn writing. I think, by and large, 90% of fragrances would put people off if they werent your mass market, fresh designer 'thing', so maybe it doesn't help...

[sjg3839]

Anything you enjoy!

[Darjeeling]

Tom Ford Black Orchid.

Black Orchid

Black Orchid

Dont listen to them. Black Orchid is suitable for neither men nor women

[purecaramel]

Anything you enjoy!

This .

However if pushed I would have to say Original Aramis Cologne or if you prefer Azurre, Early American Old Spice, Sycomore EDT, Dior Amber Nuit, Cabochard.

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Black Orchid works best on a woman. Same as high heels.

[Ken_Russell]

One more seconding of No. 19 as much as adding Escale a Portofino by Dior, Le Dix by Balenciaga, Versace Red Jeans, Yardely April Violets and not least Bvlgari Jasmin Noir (perhaps due to a basic principle comparable to Black Orchid, not just due to fairly similar naming and comparable style/release years but also belonging to these fascinating and almost intoxicating florals that can be unexpectedly unisex)

[CapriDog]

Creed Royal Princess Oud, smelled like a cross/offspring between Royal Oud and Jardin d’Amalfi. She was born a princess but destined to be king. LoL.

Most men don’t wear it because they are terrified of the name, neither do most women because it smells a bit masculine.