Top 20 Greatest Designer Fragrances of All Time - Men's Fragrance Review 

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Great Dan!!! Polo was my signature scent in 88 senior year in High School. I still LOVE this frag. even with the reformulation. I presently have in my collection.

These videos are my favourite types. Most iconic/most important lists are what I tend to look for. Great work, as always!

Great list. It goes to show how influential Dior and Chanel have been through the years.

Perfumer on Rive Gauche is the legendary Jacques Cavallier. Great list!

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Mega video mate 🙌🏼 loving the idea of non British subscribers figuring out what crumpet is 😂

love PR pour homme .

I had that Paco Rabanne in the early 90’s. My go to scent as a 20 year old after the ladies 😆

I long for 70's/ 80's pubs...intro nearly made me cry. Great list...would have included the 80's iconic Drakkar Noir, Brut Classic Reserve, Joop!, Aramis, CKOne. Lapidus Pour Homme a personal fave.

Excellent video,Your list is fantastic !. I think you could include in it any Guerlain, traditional scent,

Great video, some of them were my signature fragrances (Polo, Kouros and Le Male) for many years. I'll include Halston Z14, Drakkar Noir and Cool Water one for each decade.

Awesome list ! Kouros numero uno!

Really enjoyed this video

Rive Gauche . Tragically, only tried it once and that was a Fragrance Sample . Didnt get around to buying it and then it was discontinued ! Story of my life . Best perfume I have ever had on , in my ,fairly limited journey so far . I think Lomond by ES is similar ? Funny at the start of the video , Benny Hill esque .

Great list. Thanks.

Great review thought you may have included Obsession and definitely Aramis, made me want to dress up unfortunately there is nowhere to go😩....

Nice list and great video ❤

Dolce Gabana The One is up there with the best designer fragrances ever!

Dan great vid. BTW loved the intro, don’t knock a night out in Watford until you’ve tried it! Had many epic nights out there! Really good picks. I’ve trouble keeping up with all the different variations on those Givenchy Fragrances, you seem really knowledgeable on them, is worth doing a vid about them all?

Great 📹 and I enjoyed it and have a blessed 🌙

Thanks for this great review of some classic fragrances Dan. I'd argue that Armani Eau Pour Homme and Eternity for Men deserve a place in the top 20 greatest designer fragrances of all time. Paco Rabanne Pour Homme was widely regarded as a cool designer fragrance in the 1980s. Some people might dismiss it as a "grandad scent', but it has garnered lots of unsolicited compliments when I wear it - which is something I didn't expect. I prefer it to sweet synthetic bubble gum fragrances like One Million. It seems Jeremy Fragrance has finally realised that there's a whole world of beautiful fragrances just waiting to be discovered. He's recently reviewed Chanel Platinum Egoiste, Kouros and Fahrenheit. Hopefully, he'll review other classic fragrances instead of reviewing Dior Sauvage for the umpteenth time.

Fantastic video! Love it

Great! List and video. Maybe Aqua Di Parma Colonia and Issey Miyake L'eau D'Issey?

Great choices!

You nailed it. I would probably remove the Givenchy and Hermes. The missing one is obviously Drakkar Noir

Polo Green - one of my dad's fav colognes back in day... was way ahead of its time. Love most of the frags you listed, gunna list my favs of the bunch: Chanel Egoiste Dior Homme Acqua di Gio Dior Sauvage edt Dior Fahrenheit edt - one of my first frags from a reputable house (got it around age 17) D&G Pour Homme (1994) - loved it... perfect winter frag - another one of my firsts - gf at time got it for me

Missing ones IMHO are: Ysl M7, Gucci PH, VC&A PH, Zino by Davodoff and Ungaro pour L'Homme III, but it would be top 25, because all fragrances mentioned on the list definitely deserved to be there.

Kouros at the end was definitely the showstopper. Just listening to you made me swoon with pleasure. Lol! Expected Aramis to be on the list though...

Love anataeous . Really great stuff

Insense Is lovely . Nothing more to add .

Wonderful journey on the history of modern fragances. Perhaps missing Hugo Boss Bottle. Thanks!

Dan Great Content! I would be Interested in your top ten List for a modern gentleman.

Drakkar Noir and Boss seem like pretty big omissions here, no?

Paco RabannePour Homme is probably one of the best all time. The perfume is very good nowdays also.

Loved the fridge idea this really cracked me up hahaha

YSL Jazz , Giorgio Armani Eau Pour Homme Edt and Versace Versus Uomo , my late 80s early 90s clubbing fragrances

It would be interesting to see how everyone's list would both share similarities and have differences from your list , I'm sure many of us would have some shared choices as well as novel differences 🍀

I loved Kouros in the ‘80s - I have purchased it in recent years, very disappointing compared to the recollection. My favorite Hermès is Equipage - first got it free from Avianca in the ‘80s.

Guerlain Vetiver is an absolute MUST in this list. Take out the crappy Paco Rabanne Pour Homme. Are considering Guerlain a niche house? Also CK Obsession for that bucket of cat pee/civet Givenchy Gentleman EDT. Also Dolce&Gabbana The One in place of their flagship Pour Homme. Drakkar Noir in place of Kouros. "How to describe Dolce&Gabbana Pour Homme.....". Best way to start the answer to that is with a comparison to the similar Versace Dreamer and Burberry London.

The nose behind Rive Gauche is Jacques Cavallier... PS have you checked out fragrantica, it's revamped.

Cool intro 😎

I almost got the Givenchy Insense sample (same bottle, but miniature), but I didn't as it seemed more like a floral fragrance. Thank you for confirming it mate.

Great list!

Love this kind of content. Mr Smelly have a little look at TLTG'S review of Gravitas, really good!

I can think of 4 that you listed that would not be on my list before putting Drakkar Noir But I agree with the Chanel and Givenchy pics

which would be the fragrances for all seasons? thanks

Givenchy Gentleman. I love it and hate it at the same time 😂. The opening is beautiful but after 3 hours it gets, to my nose, 🤢. I do not know which component that is and it is only when I smell it for longer. When I spray on paper and leave it to smell after some time, no problem. But I cannot wear it.

I have the eau de Parfum of Paco Rabanne, its a pitty that its discontinued, because its amazing.

Great List! Actually Terre d'Hermes was released in 2006.

Great review! When full review on Loewe7 ? 🤔

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Great video, but to be honest i was surprised . Where are M7, Gucci Envey, Drakkar Noir, Trussardi Uomo 1983 ?

Drakkar Noir

Paco Rabanne Pour Homme was the first "grown up" cologne I got into in the late 70s, followed by Polo Green and YSL Pour Homme, which I adored. I would remove Kouros from your list as I find it far too overpowering and headache-inducing and replace it with YSL Pour Homme, which is still a classic but far more subtle than Kouros.

How is Black Orchid not on the list? A fragrance designed for women but more men gravitate towards it

Boss no6 and joop homme should of been on there I reckon. Great vid though!

Obsession, Calvin Klein. Polo Sport, Ralph Lauren. Havana, Aramis. 212 Sexy Men, Carolina Herrera.

You and I wore born the same year. I will be brutally honest: I detest 1 Million. As for the Dior's I'm not crazy about any of their fragrances except for Fahrenheit & some flankers but I freaking love violet leaf in any scent. I'd love a vintage bottle. I wore Acqua di Gio out and can't stand that one anymore lol. Egoïste I owned and loved. I also have Azzaro Pour Homme on hand because I love it- dad or grandad! No! And it is inexpensive too. I owned Le Male and the Fleur flanker. Great list Dan.

I have the formulation of Eau Sauvage which has the note of carnation. I sought it out because my Godfather wore it. Does anyone recall what year that was released? Slimmer bottle.

Very interesting list, only familiar with a few of them

I would add Bogart's no-frills

Wearing Azzaro Pour Homme right now

I always enjoy your perspectives on the kinds of fragrances which aren't necessarily associated with your style

Although there are a TON of OG scents that I would like to appear in the list, I do understand this list is also about *significance* which means sales, sales and sales. I can't argue too much with the list, but some notable arguments I see are: Chanel Allure Homme/Sport (groundbreaking back in the day...and still well received), Calvin Klein Eternity (I wouldn't include it...but it was huge back in its day), Dolce & Gabanna The One (massive popularity over the years) and, perhaps, something like a Oscar De La Renta for Men. Cheers!

Also. Every guy I knew was wearing Clinique Chemistry/Aramis 900 back in the day

What about Givenchy Insensé ultramarine?

I fancy a swift half in the Nelson now 🤔. Dan, you should think about starting an advertising agency 😂. Chanel Egoiste is a stunner. You've got some gorgeous picks.

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Givenchy very irresistible is also a classic. Discontinued sadly.

Cool water has to be there and ditch lanuit homme

Possibly the greatest scent for men ever made was Channel Pour Monsieur. It's near perfection in a bottle, but it's been shamefully labeled an "old man scent."

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3:00 I was 17 when that horrendous bubblegum bomb came out haha 😆 . The funny thing is the image you’ve put on making the statement of “I don’t own it cause I don’t like it at all but I certainly recognize its commercial success “

Kouros is evocative of a mediterranean brothel and, I love it.

Looks about right! Minus Sauvage of course 😠😠😠 🤬 Swap for Boss #6!

Cool

Kouros the best

Elohim rocks, but the Father i do not know

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Lol that Skol takes me back Dan the Skol brewery was local to me it was called Ind Coope then laterally changed to Carlsberg

Gucci Envy for sure should have been included. Polo Green,out.

Great list. If Polo Green smelled like the vintage, it would belong in this list. In its current formulation it is a wimpy shell of its former self so it doesn’t deserve to be in a top 200 any more. Even today, all these years later, I have never smelled anything that could hold a candle to the vintage Polo Green, man do I miss it. So glad Platinum Egoiste wasn’t in the list. That stuff is annoying as hell. Even on a tester, I will never understand the love, it’s just soooo nasty, it has this annoying, cloying bitterness to it. I shiver thinking about it 😂😂 Armaf Legesi is like PE on steroids. 🤮 If I only had to disagree with one, and it is loved universally, it’s Terre D’hermes. It is considered to be one of the best fragrances ever made for men, a pure masterpiece. ON ME, it’s pure garbage, a uninspiring, synthetic mess. It smells familiar to chemical solvents we used in the semiconductor business. Nothing natural about it. Another one I will never understand the love for it, but than I know it’s my chemistry. 🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮😂. I hear women like to wear it too. How the hell does one even consider it unisex? 😂

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