The impressions of a scent are very subjective. Therefore, when compiling a list of the best men's perfume in 2025, the following factors were taken into account: availability, reviews, and variety.
Ultimately, choosing the best scent may require some experimentation, and the ones on this list are good options that have stood the test of time and hundreds of reviews. The selection includes both inexpensive and niche perfumes. They are all listed in no particular order.
10. DIOR Sauvage Eau de Toilette
- Family: fougere
- Top notes: a combination of citrusy bergamot aroma with spicy Chinese pepper
- Average notes: ambroxan, spicy-musky notes with a slight woody undertone
- Basic notes: cedar and cypress
Since its release in 2015, Dior Sauvage has become one of the most popular men's perfumes on the market. It is a demi-season, sexy and lingering fragrance that is associated with an elegant, self-confident man. It goes well with both a business suit and a leather jacket.
The Dior Sauvage line, created by perfumer François Demachy, is divided into three categories: perfume, eau de parfum, and eau de toilette. Of the three options, the eau de toilette scent is perhaps the most attractive - it is not too overwhelming, which is possible when applying fougere fragrances. The sillage can last for several hours and is at arm's length.
The only downside to such a popular scent is the lack of uniqueness - you'll likely run into other people using it.
9. Ralph Lauren Polo Sport Eau de Toilette
- Family: Fougere green
- Tall notes: aldehydes, wormwood, lavender, mandarin, mint, neroli, bergamot and lemon
- Notes hearts: cyclamen, ginger, seaweed, jasmine, rose, Brazilian herbs and geranium
- Base: notes of sandalwood, amber, musk, cedar wood
Ralph Lauren seems to have found the secret to creating scents that remain popular for decades.
Originally released in 1994, Polo Sport has a fresh scent with top notes of mint, citrus and bergamot and base notes of sandalwood and musk. The scent is light and not too overpowering, but still lasts throughout the day.
8. Toilet water NAUTICA Blue
- Family: glass water
- Top notes: pineapple, peach, bergamot
- Average notes: jasmine, water lily
- Basic notes: sandalwood, musk, white cedar
If you prefer aquatic scents, Nautica is a great choice; after all, the brand carries a marine theme in many of its products. The Blue bottle is shaped like a sail.
NAUTICA Blue is a light, fresh fragrance that is suitable for everyday wear in almost any setting. It is long-lasting – enough for the whole day – and can be smelled from afar. Such a positive, sea-like fragrance is very good for spring and summer, it is best suited for young and active men.
7. Gucci Guilty Pour Homme Black Eau de Toilette
- Family: woody fougere
- Upper note: coriander, lavender
- Note hearts: orange blossom, neroli
- Basic note: patchouli, cedar
At once modern and vintage, this perfume has the feel of a reinvented classic.
It opens with bright floral lavender and coriander, unfolds with a sweet note of orange blossom, and then finishes with sexy patchouli and cedar. It is long-lasting, lingering, but slightly heavy - more suitable for the autumn-winter season, when our sense of smell is so lacking pleasant smells.
6. CALVIN KLEIN Defy Eau de Toilette
- Family: eastern
- Top notes: bergamot, lavender
- Average notes: Haitian Vetiver
- Basic notes: amber
If you're a fan of fresh-smelling perfume, you're probably already familiar with Calvin Klein products. But Defy is a fresh take on the idea.
It starts with a blast of bergamot and lavender to really convey freshness, then opens up to warm amber with a hint of vetiver.
5. MONTBLANC Legend Eau de Toilette
- Family: glassware
- Top notes: citrusy bergamot, mountain lavender, tropical pineapple and lemon verbena
- Average notes: tonka bean and spicy sandalwood
- Basic notes: tea rose, spicy coumarin, blooming geranium, Canadian oak moss, sugary dried fruits and ripe red apple
This ultra-masculine scent makes you feel like a boss, whether you're heading to the office in your business suit or just chatting with colleagues remotely on Skype.
It has all the notes of a classic masculine scent - leather, wood, bergamot - and it all blends together to create the olfactory equivalent of respectability.
4. CLINIQUE Happy for Men cologne
- Family: fruity aromatic
- Top notes: orange, Indian mandarin, plum, blood grapefruit, apple, bergamot
- Average notes: freesia, jasmine, lily of the valley, rose
- Basic notes: mimosa, lily, magnolia, amber, musk
This is the best men's cologne of 2023 if you like a citrusy, sensual and gentle scent that is equally suitable for a business meeting, a walk and a date. The popularity of this perfume is evidenced by the fact that it came to the market at the very end of the 90s, and is still on sale.
CLINIQUE Happy for Men lasts up to 3 days on clothes and 24 hours on skin. This is a very good result for its price category.
3. GUESS 1981 Los Angeles Man Eau de Toilette
- Family: oriental fougere
- Top notes: pepper, plum, bergamot
- Notes hearts: mint, ginger
- Basic notes: tobacco, ambrox
This warm, slightly sweet scent was inspired by Los Angeles, a city whose landscape harmoniously combines mountains, deserts and beaches.
Notes of tobacco, mint, bergamot and ginger dominate Los Angeles Man, and this multifaceted scent leaves a pleasant trail behind the owner of the perfume. The aroma is suitable for both young and mature men, it is long-lasting - lasts on the skin all day - and, despite its budget price, reveals itself as an expensive perfume.
2. Toilet water ANTONIO BANDERAS Blue Seduction for Men
- Family: oriental
- Top notes: bergamot, black currant, mint, melon
- Notes hearts: cappuccino, nutmeg, cardamom, green apple, melon
- Basic notes: woody accord, amber
This men's perfume will appeal to those who do not like cloyingly sweet scents. Blue Seduction for Men is not sweet at all, it has a fresh, citrus-fruity mix.
The light, unobtrusive aroma is suitable for every day, but its durability leaves much to be desired, so it is advisable to take the bottle with you to refresh the scent during the day.
1. Eau de parfum Les Contes Magus
- Family: woody floral
- Top notes: grape
- Average notes: rose, violet, white cedar
- Basic notes: cashmere wood, leather
If you think rose perfumes are not suitable for men, then you have never met Les Contes Magus. There is nothing feminine about the rose scent present in it, especially when mixed with notes of cashmere wood, leather, violet and grape.
The result is distinctly masculine, smelling refined and noble – just as you would expect from a high-class fragrance.
What is the difference between perfume, eau de parfum and eau de toilette?
- Perfume has the highest concentration of fragrances. Eau de parfum has a slightly reduced concentration, and Eau de toilette is the least concentrated of the trio.
- If you prefer a more pronounced and persistent scent, eau de parfum is better. Otherwise, choose eau de toilette.
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