How MANY Colognes Does A Man NEED To Own [0:00:00]
The question is simple, how many fragrances should a man own? One? Two? Three?
Now, come on, let’s do this right. Three hundred.
So, what’s the perfect number? Gents, it depends on your wants and your needs. And
in today’s video, I’m going to break out how you can build a one, two, three, four,
or five-plus fragrance collection by following a few simple rules.
Are you ready? Let’s do this. [Music]
First up, we’ve got the one-fragrance man. You’re the guy that wants to keep it simple.
You don’t want to have a huge collection. You want this to be something you don’t
need to think about. This is going to be your go-to signature scent. You are confident every
time you put this on. And that’s what you need to make sure, whenever
you choose a fragrance, this needs to be something that you really love the smell. It shouldn’t
be in my opinion be a gift. Yes, maybe if it just happens, that gift is the one you
love. But, I do think if you’re going to choose one fragrance, you should spend the
time to find something that you actually like. Now, as you can see right here, I’ve got
Chanel’s Platinum Egoiste. I absolutely love this fragrance. If I had to choose one
scent I would go with, this would probably be in the top five. It’s versatile, it’s
going to be able to wear at work, you can wear this out. This could easily be any man’s
signature scent. Next up, we’ve got the modern masterpiece,
Creed Aventus. This is in the last few years, one of the most sought after. It’s also
relatively expensive. This is so many guys’ go-to fragrance. Not maybe a reason to stay
away from it if you want to be different. This is a great fragrance, incredibly versatile,
but, yeah, a bit pricy. And to be straight up, you don’t have to
spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on fragrances to get amazing quality, tons of
options out there. And if you don’t mind go with something that smells just like Creed
Aventus, you know basically a clone, check out Club de Nuit Intense. Or if you want a
fragrance that’s inspired by Creed Aventus, check out Pete & Pedro’s Rebel. Either of
these you can get for a fraction of the cost of Creed Aventus.
Maybe the pineapple in Creed though doesn’t float your boat or the metal over in Platinum
isn’t your thing. Well, check out the vetiver over in Terre d’Hermes. This is another
modern classic. This fragrance has been around for about a decade. I love this fragrance.
And this is something that believe it or not, women get crazy over.
So, when you’re choosing your first fragrance, really also think about what do you want and
believe me, there are some fragrances that the ladies just pick up on and this is one
of them. And if you’re watching this and saying,
“Antonio, come one. Make it simple for me. I want a go-to fragrance that can do anything.
Yeah, it’s not going to win awards, but it will occasionally get me compliments when
somebody gets close. I just simply want to smell good and not think about it.”
Then, you want to check out Burberry Touch or Coach for Men. This one a little bit sweeter,
this one a bit more aromatic. Both of these, classics. And what’s great about this, you
wear this, yeah, you don’t even have to think about it. You can wear them in any situation.
Now, guys, I know you’ve got an opinion, so I want to hear from you down in the comments.
How many fragrances do you own and which ones are your favorite? I want to hear from you
and I’m going to be responding, so get down there in the comments and let me know.
Now, if you’re willing to open up your collection to two fragrances, we now have more options.
Because instead of having to go for one fragrance that does everything, we can have two fragrances
that split the load. One way to break this up is hot weather and cold weather fragrances.
So, during hot weather, you want to go with something with a bit more citrus. Something
that’s going to be lighter, something when you put it on, it’s not going to overpower.
So, right here we’ve got Versace’s Man Eau Fraiche. Great fragrance, classic, you
can find it almost anywhere. And where would we go for cold weather? Well,
I’m going to bring in another Versace, Eros Flame. So, this is a flanker of Eros, which
a great clubbing fragrance. This one because they brought in a bit of apple and a little
bit of rose, I don’t know, I find it to be a great winter fragrance, fall fragrance.
And that’s the options that we have now. When it’s cooler when it’s colder, I can
bring in a fragrance like this. Bring in the flame or whenever it’s hot, bring in the
ice. Fire and ice, baby. Come on, George Martin, finish the book. Please.
Now, designer fragrances aren’t your thing, you want to go with something more niche,
something more unique, tons of options out there. So, if you haven’t seen Navitus Parfums.
My friend, Stephen at Redolessence, an amazing line and he’s got some great summer fragrances.
Right here, one of my favorites, Navus, very strong.
And for winter, check out Zaharoff Pour Homme. You guys know I’ve known George Zaharoff
for years, probably over a decade. And I just love what this guy does. This for me is a
perfect winter fragrance. It’s got a little bit of that incense. I grew up Catholic and
just going to church, that’s what this thing reminds me of. Absolute masterpiece right
here. Now, another option for the two-fragrance
guy is to have something for play, have something for work. Divide it that way. And the guy
that’s done this really well, Jeremy Fragrance. You’ve seen his fragrances, we’ve got
date and we have office. Pretty simple pretty easy to understand what these fragrances are
for. And I know a lot of people like give him a lot of crap about this. To me, it was
marketing genius. Why? Because he makes it really simple for
the guy just starting off exactly what these fragrances are for. Both of these by Alberto
Morillas. In case you’re not familiar, this guy an excellent high level perfumer for the
last multiple for like fifty years. This guy has put out just a lot of fragrances and these
are two great ones. Very strong, a lot of projection and he knew what people wanted
and that’s exactly what he delivered in the sweeter fragrance right here versus this
one, very office safe. [0:05:04]
Now, let’s talk about the three fragrance collection. This one is going to be simple
because we’re going to build off the last point. You want something for play, something
for those cool evenings. So, this will be the first fragrance you want
to add to your collection, either of these. We’ve got Paco Rabanne’s 1 Million Prive,
amazing fragrance. Or maybe Dolce & Gabbana’s The One. It got a little bit umbrage, just
a nice close, yeah, on that cool evening when you’ve got someone over, this is an amazing
fragrance. Now, the second fragrance as we mentioned
you want something safe, something you can wear in hot weather to the beach, something
that you can wear to the office and get compliments on, but not offend anyone. Dolce & Gabbana’s
K, a great option for the office. Acqua di Gio, this is a classic by Giorgio Armani.
This one right here, perfect on the hot weather day.
But now, with this third fragrance, we get to have fun. This is something you can wear
casually on the weekend you can wear it to the gym. Classical we have here, Chanel Allume
Homme Sport Extreme. And if that’s too common for you, you want
something unique something that nobody else is wearing with a cool almond note, check
out Guerlain’s Ideal Sport. Absolutely love this fragrance.
Now, if you’re going to go with four fragrances, congratulations. You can have a fragrance
for every season. So, right now, we’re in fall. A great option, Spice Bomb, sweet, strong.
This is a go-to for the fall. For winter, consider Burberry London for Men.
Absolutely love this one. My daughter smelt it the other day and she’s like, “This
smells just like a Christmas tree.” Yeah, it does. And believe me, on a guy, it smells
amazing. So many guys wear this and they have women get closed to them and they’re wearing
a sweater, they’re like, “Ooh, I just love this smell.” That’s a nice thing.
What about for spring? You want something with a little bit of a floral, at the same
time, something that’s fresh, clean. Check out Dunhill Icon Racing.
And nothing screams summer like the ocean, right? Bvlgari Aqva. This does an amazing
job capturing the smell of the ocean in a bottle.
Now, what if you want to build a five-fragrance collection? Well, guess what, gents? This
is where we get to have a lot of fun. So, first up, let’s talk about gourmands.
These are fragrances that have a food-like smell. People are drawn to them. They find
them irresistible especially the ladies. This one right here, a little bit of cherry, a
little bit of toffee. Great house by the way, I’ve talked about them. Navitus Parfums,
this is Absolutio, one of my favorites from the collection.
And if you like the smell of coffee, yeah, who doesn’t? You don’t want to spend a
lot on a fragrance, check out this one, Rochas Man. And if you like chocolate, check out
the classic Mugler’s A*Men, and the entire Mugler collection by the way.
So, right over here, we’ve got Pure Malt, another great one. We’ve got Pure Havane
if you like Cuban cigars. This one is pretty simple and one of my favorites, which not
many people talk about, Kryptomint. This one is like a chocolate mint cookie and my daughters
love this one on me. Now, let’s go in the complete opposite direction.
You want something that’s going to be a bit polarizing, something that’s over the
top. This is your chance to wear a fragrance that you wear it for you because you got to
like this. But, if you want something that, yes, smells
like gasoline, this is like you’re out cutting the grass, this is a manly masculine and very
strong. This is a in your face scent. And if you like that stuff, you want to check
out Dior’s Fahrenheit. And if that’s not enough for you, you want
a fragrance that’s going to put hair on your chest. Seriously, I’d spray this it
went from eight hairs to sixteen hairs in a matter of days, check out Kouros. This one
just, yeah, a masterpiece, very strong, very animalistic. And these are the kind of fragrances
that you can bring in once you start to build up your collection.
And you don’t have to go extreme, you don’t have to go ultra masculine. You can go with
a unisex fragrance. This one here, Black Orchid by Tom Ford, an amazing scent, very unique.
You won’t smell anything like this. And this is one of those mysterious fragrances.
I’m not going to say it works for every guy. But a guy that’s very comfortable with
who he is, if you pull this off, you can have the ladies coming in close and they’re going
to be wondering what is this because it smells so good on you and your chemistry.
And that’s where you have to have confidence because you know that even though some ladies
can pull this off, men that wear this, it just works with their body chemistry and it
gives a unique scent. A very interesting fragrance. Next up, let’s bring in a bit of pepper.
I like to have something that tickles the nose, at the same time is just unique. So,
F by Ferragamo. This is a classic, I’ve talked about it before. Another one is going
to be Bvlgari Man in Black. Not many people talk about or know about this fragrance. It’s
relatively inexpensive and it’s just a great little bit of a spice in it, but not overly
spicy. An amazing classic fragrances. And don’t forget about your citrus clean
versatile fragrances. These still should be in your collection especially if you’re
going for five. These are just the fragrance you default to especially on a hot day, at
the same time, you can go with something a bit challenging. Both of these, I like a little
bit more of a sour citrus with them. Right here, we’ve got the classic Issey
Miyake L'eau d'Issey Pour Homme, classic. It’s got the yuzu in it which gives it a
little bit of a sour. But, I would try relatively inexpensive fragrance. But, if you want to
spend a bit more, you want something that, yes, reminds you of New York or at least some
people of New York. So, you’ve got right here, this is Bond
No. 9 and this is the Scent of Peace. I love this fragrance. Some people have compared
it to Creed Aventus, but I think it’s very different, but still this could be easily
your signature scent or in a fragrance collection of five, it could be one of your go-tos your
default, the one that when you, yeah, you don’t want to think, you pull this out and
you wear it. And with that five-fragrance collection, you
can really kind of push your palate, you can bring in things maybe you know you like the
smell of wood or leather, but you didn’t know you would like it in a fragrance.
If that’s the case, check out Parfums De Marly Godolphin, amazing leather fragrance
or Oud Wood by Tom Ford. As the name implies, oud and wood, very simple, but when you smell
it, you’re either going to like it or you’re going to hate it. But, the great part is when
you got a five-fragrance collection, this is something you know it’s going to turn
some people off, but you wear it for yourself. Now, what about all the different types of
fragrances? Well, guys, I cover that in this video here. I break it out I make it really
easy to understand. So, if you want to understand leather fragrances, citrus fragrances, floral
fragrances, [cheaper?] fragrances, oriental, spicy, all that stuff aromatic, I’ve got
you covered in this video right here. And I make it simple to understand, so go
check it out. It’s the next video on the list and, yeah, I think you’ll enjoy it.
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