For the new season, don’t just change what clothes you wear – opt for a hardier fragrance as the weather begins to chill
1. Yohji Homme
If your
sartorial tastes are a tad avant-garde, then look for a scent that
reflects this. Yohji Yamamoto’s signature fragrance is a mixture of rum,
cardamom and coffee, offering up a spicy and sophisticated concoction.
This
fragrance has a real air of exclusivity about it. It takes as its inspiration
the bespoke tailoring service that the label also offers. With a top note of
lavender and a base of patchouli, at its heart is balancing nutmeg which adds
texture.
Comme des
Garçons’ fragrance packs a punch to the nose with a base note of gunpowder and
vetiver mixed with, as the name suggests, lots of green: green tea, green
pepper, jungle and palm leaves.
£45.60 for 50ml, Comme des Garcons,escentual.com
Czech
& Speake is world renowned and Vetiver Vert is one of its best. That
vetiver is a ubiquitous ingredient of many male fragrances is common knowledge;
but here it is lifted by top notes of bergamot and mandarin.
£85 for 100ml, Czech & Speake,czechandspeake.com
You
wouldn’t normally associate rose oil with a male scent but it’s become
increasing popular over the past few years – something to do with how the rose
reacts with male skin makes it smell less feminine. Here, Taif rose is the base
note that is balanced by fragrant cedar wood.
This
luxurious fragrance has been specially created to celebrate the opening of the
first Tom Ford store in London. It’s a mixture of exclusive oud oil and musk,
creating a scent that plays with the senses.
This is
the latest fragrance from the Prada stable. The heart of the scent is amber
mixed with hot black pepper and zesty bergamot. Thrown into the mix are
vanilla, juniper and labdanum. It’s a veritable melting pot of flavours which,
surprisingly, work well together.
If you
could bottle the essence of fashion it might very well smell like this – a
collaboration between the famous fragrance company Byredo and the equally
famous fashion photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. It takes
as its inspiration one of the duo’s photographs taken in 1996 combining
juniper, black amber, leather and patchouli.
Oud oil
is probably one of the most valued in the perfume world –not for nothing is it
also known as “liquid gold”. Thankfully, a little of this stuff goes a long
way, here providing the base note for the new Dolce & Gabbana fragrance.
Heady incense also has its part to play.
Vetiver
is a very familiar ingredient of men’s fragrances due to the way it retains its
aroma over long periods of time. When used as a base, it anchors the mid and
top notes. Here, though, the scent has been flooded with vetiver, making it
refreshing and crisp.
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