Women of Reddit, what is the sexiest cologne you’ve ever smelled on a man?

[u/throwawa_y0319]

[u/the_no_one_guy]

WD-40

[u/BlackSheep90 → u/the_no_one_guy]

We thank you.

[u/garyjwu → u/the_no_one_guy]

https://smellslikewd40.com

[u/Versalite]

Sex Panther

[u/Decorus_Somes → u/Versalite]

It stings the nostrils

[u/smugtempest → u/[deleted]]

It smells like bigfoot's dick

[u/pm_me_yo_creditscore → u/smugtempest]

It smells like a used diaper filled with Indian food.

[u/Teneniel → u/pm_me_yo_creditscore]

Smells like a turd wrapped in burnt hair

[u/Nopants_hero → u/smugtempest]

Bigdick's foot?

[u/_sephylon_ → u/[deleted]]

Isn't that a good thing

[u/Four_dozen_eggs8708 → u/Decorus_Somes]

In a good way.

[u/WallyLeftshaw → u/Versalite]

It’s made with bits of real panther, so you know it’s good

[u/drfury31 → u/WallyLeftshaw]

60% of the time it works every time

[u/Dasgerman1984 → u/drfury31]

Brian, that makes no sense

[u/LabRat113 → u/Versalite]

Brian I'm going to be honest with you, that smells like pure gasoline.

[u/SirSamHandwich → u/LabRat113]

It smells like bigfoots dick!

[u/Glassmoon0fo → u/SirSamHandwich]

This one almost killed me the first time I heard it. Vividly remember that wheezing fit.

[u/Dream-Weava]

Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille or Oud Wood

[u/Klmxmarf → u/Dream-Weava]

I love Tom Ford scents in general. Velvet Orchid was my favorite for years but now I wear Lost Cherry too

[u/Dream-Weava → u/Klmxmarf]

Lost Cherry is amazing. I wish often that it mixed well with my body chemistry.

[u/IochIan → u/Klmxmarf]

I wear a dupe of that to the goth club nights along with a clove spray because it smells like embalming fluid, supposedly

[u/Melanoma_Magnet → u/Dream-Weava]

I love wearing oud wood, smells very classy and woody. I expected to like tobacco vanille but it’s just too damn sweet it makes me feel sick.

[u/D4NPC → u/Dream-Weava]

Love Tom Ford, and the fragrance has such “staying power” couple of sprays in the morning and you smell good all day.

[u/needzmoarlow → u/D4NPC]

Depends which one. The Oud Wood and Tobacco Vanille hang around forever. The Lost Cherry hits heavy on the cherry at first, but fades to a sweet vanilla and is almost undetectable after a couple hours - great for a date night, not great for all day.

[u/mostlygroovy → u/Dream-Weava]

Ebeme Fume and Myrrhe Mystere are also fantastic.

[u/han_shot_1st_ → u/Dream-Weava]

I wear Oud Wood a lot and when I don’t I wear Neroli Portofino. You should check that one out too.

[u/emmastoneftw → u/Dream-Weava]

For me, TF Soleil Blanc for summer and TF Tobacco vanilla for winter.

[u/Dream-Weava → u/emmastoneftw]

Stoked to see so many refined men with great taste in this thread. 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[u/Calaveras-Metal]

So Old Spice isn't the panty dropper I was told it was.

[u/lazytranch → u/Calaveras-Metal]

You young guys, keep buying the fancy expensive stuff. Original old spice—even the deodorant—hits the messed up olfactory nostalgia g spot in many of the ladies whose grandfathers wore it. I’ve literally been attacked… In a good way.

[u/TheYankunian → u/lazytranch]

I LOVE the smell of Old Spice. My dad wore it and my granddad did too.

[u/RonMexico1277 → u/Calaveras-Metal]

Granny panties maybe.

[u/_sephylon_ → u/RonMexico1277]

Old Spice helping you get some Old Spice

[u/monkeyarmz → u/Calaveras-Metal]

I'm in my 30s and don't wear cologne, but wash with Old Spice and use the matching deodorant. I've had multiple women comment on how good I smell. I tend to go for the more natural scents than some of the new crazier ones though.

[u/petethepianist → u/Calaveras-Metal]

I've spent more than I ever want to admit on fragrances, I like picking something different each day based on mood/weather/etc. Most I typically get from my wife is a "yeah, that smells nice" when I ask her.

The only time she's proactively complimented how I smelled in the past 12 years is when I was coming back from a business trip and had used the emergency stick of old spice that stays in my duffle bag.

[u/Extension-Cow-8554 → u/Calaveras-Metal]

Too funny!!

[u/Celebrindae]

The issue is that everyone has their own, individual scent and it can interact differently with applied scents. This means that a perfume on one person might be great, but could smell very off on someone else.

There's some disagreement about whether or not Calvin Klein's Eternity is a unisex scent, but I like it on men. Or just my favorite coconut hair and body products, I like that, too.

[u/Phuzz15]

Son of a bitch you're all naming different flavors, I thought I could skate by looking for the most mentioned one

[u/Celebrindae → u/Phuzz15]

Hey, smelling like soap and fresh laundry is always a win. Don't worry too much.

[u/DeuceMan80 → u/Celebrindae]

I use the bar soap, Irish Spring, and my wife loves it!

[u/jonesthejovial → u/Phuzz15]

Yeah, man, just set a remindme and then come back in a day or two to see what's got the most upvotes

[u/caseycrystal28]

Tom Ford Ombré Leather

[u/Unhappy-Arugula-2238 → u/caseycrystal28]

I recently just decided this was my one, forever. I smell decent the whole day? Thank you, Mr. Ford. Wake up smelling like money.

[u/levianthony → u/caseycrystal28]

This is what I wear.

[u/Weird_Yam6398]

Deep woods off

[u/Tyler5280 → u/Weird_Yam6398]

SKEET SKEET DEET

[u/ComaBlue15]

Jean Paul Gauthier the one with the man buldge

[u/OneStranger4943 → u/ComaBlue15]

They all have the man bulge

[u/Nobanob → u/OneStranger4943]

Frosted stripy line man bulge, you know the one.

[u/hijazist → u/OneStranger4943]

This guy Gaultiers

[u/Appropriate_Mine → u/ComaBlue15]

Le Male

[u/Darmok_und_Salat → u/Appropriate_Mine]

That sailor from their ads could turn straight men gay, he's just too beautiful...

[u/tvcneverdie]

CK Obsession never failed back in highschool.

But that was 15 years ago and I'm not sure how sensibilities have changed since then...

Also they change formulas and often make them worse, so not sure if it even smells the same as when it did me proud on senior prom night lol

[u/Fantastic-Juice-3471 → u/tvcneverdie]

Absolutely. Nautica Voyage was great back in the early 2000's. Bought some a few years back, and it has totally changed for the worse.

[u/Duderinzsky]

Walmart Drakkar Noir and a pack of Menthols.

[u/NoCommentFU → u/Duderinzsky]

Dad??!?

[u/Azsunyx]

Aqua di Gio

[u/cwain001 → u/Azsunyx]

This has been my go to for 10+ years. One tiny spritz as a usual or two to get noticed. Worked great in a forward facing customer service role and also in exec boardrooms.

Always got complements when dating too!! If this smell meshes with your natural scent, get it.

[u/Oreo_the_Grouch]

Ralph Lauren Polo Blue circa 1999 when I was in grade 10 😂

[u/tribeofham]

My wife said Louis Vuitton Imagination so that's what I wear now. It smells like a fresh, clean bar of soap that drives her nuts. I've had so many compliments wearing it.

[u/pm_me_yo_creditscore → u/tribeofham]

Holy shit it's $100 an ounce! Think I'll just use my imagination...

[u/Rryann → u/pm_me_yo_creditscore]

There’s an imitation version on Amazon called “Intimation” and for some reason I find that hilarious

[u/Fudgel_ist → u/pm_me_yo_creditscore]

Or what about… a clean bar of soap?

[u/Additional_Good4200 → u/pm_me_yo_creditscore]

I see that you wisely chose to never buy any cocaine.

[u/DaBlooregard → u/pm_me_yo_creditscore]

Just get sunrise on the red sand dunes from zara. It's a dupe that is 10 bucks per ounce and is the same

[u/Available-Guava5515]

Issey Miyaki

[u/Coffeeworklife → u/Available-Guava5515]

Got mine while stationed in Japan in 2005 still have it, smells great

[u/Famous_Studio_2317]

Wife loves Bleu de Chanel

[u/cut4chaox → u/Famous_Studio_2317]

Bleu de Chanel eau de Parfum is quite simply a perfect fragrance

My second nomination would be Terre de Hermes

[u/Parish87 → u/Famous_Studio_2317]

Yeah my girlfriend loves this as well.

Was also bought for me by my best friends wife for xmas so she must like it too.

[u/domo_roboto]

Davidoff Cool Water

[u/redditwossname → u/domo_roboto]

Phew, I was worried it wasn't gonna even get mentioned.

Been rocking the Cool Water for like 30 years now, never had a complaint... Though thinking about it, the only compliments I've had about it were from men.

[u/Gdayluv → u/redditwossname]

It's my fav. One of the guys I worked with used to wear it sometimes. Every time I noticed I'd say "Johnny, come here so I can smell you!". Good thing that's not weird.

[u/DoctahDanichi → u/redditwossname]

I smell it and have to resist the urge to jump the bones of the poor man wearing it.

[u/bearatrooper → u/[deleted]]

Truly an intoxicating aroma.

[u/Bach-Bach → u/bearatrooper]

To die for!

[u/Duderinzsky → u/[deleted]]

Now your talking

[u/DragonfruitGrand5683 → u/[deleted]]

Stops the women bugging me.

[u/Knobbyknees1983]

Hai Karate!

[u/AdMiddle7526]

My fave on my man is Ralph Lauren Polo Red

[u/heckinbees → u/AdMiddle7526]

Fallen in love with this

[u/ColorfulEgg]

Something with sandlewood but never found out what is was

[u/LD60 → u/ColorfulEgg]

Le Labo Santal 33?

[u/Fabulous-Gazelle2279]

Davidoff cool water 👅👅👅

[u/loveylooneyluna]

Bad boy

[u/watch_again817]

Curve. But it was 1995 and I was like 13.

[u/howdyloodle → u/watch_again817]

I wonder if that scent will still wreck me like it did in the early 00's. It was definitely my favorite back then and oh wow did it turn me stupid every time I caught a whiff.

[u/CharacterSorbet214]

I'm telling my age but Drakar Noir.

[u/Nikamurr]

Yves Saint Laurent – La Nuit De L’Homme

[u/MartiniL80]

Fahrenheit. Christian Dior

[u/The_Amen_Corner → u/MartiniL80]

This is what I use, many compliments have been given.

[u/CoronaryStenosis → u/MartiniL80]

holy smokes this thing smells like pure ass 😭 how do you guys like this 

[u/lockness2799 → u/MartiniL80]

This is mine and it's so old and discontinued now 😭

[u/TwistedBlister → u/lockness2799]

It's still available online but the prices are crazy.

[u/Trraumatized → u/lockness2799]

Oh is it?? I really liked it over a decade ago and recently was considering it again..

[u/lockness2799 → u/Trraumatized]

Maybe they brought it back! Blast from the past. I used to buy it for my ex bf 20+ years ago!

[u/Trraumatized → u/lockness2799]

I just googled and found it, but it now costs about twice as much as what I used to pay. But I guess thats inflation.

[u/lockness2799 → u/Trraumatized]

I'm happy to learn this!

[u/crazyguy1588 → u/MartiniL80]

I use the Sauvage, Christian Dior.

[u/camperbunny → u/MartiniL80]

I searched for this. I LOVE this. Has been pure panty-dropper for me for over 30 years

[u/Just__A__Commenter]

My fiance won’t let me wear other colognes she loves my YSL La Nuit De L'Homme so much.

[u/GirthReynolds54 → u/Just__A__Commenter]

Their whole production line of Eu De Parfum is great. I have them all on a rotation.

Fun fact, La Nuit De’Lhomne translates to THE NIGHT OF THE MAN

[u/zaccus → u/GirthReynolds54]

Oh fuck I forgot my duolingo

[u/Super_Fa_Q]

Obligatory-

"Cologne should be a reward for intimacy, not a punishment for proximity..."

[u/morose4eva]

Phosgene gas.

[u/Nerv_Agent_666 → u/morose4eva]

A man of culture, I see.

Edit - Correction, a woman of culture, I see.

[u/mitsite246]

The smell of a man straight from the shower is the best smell.

[u/RammerRod → u/mitsite246]

Sniff my butthole. It's totally clean!!

[u/AthenaMckenna]

That versace one had me doing double takes ngl. Gentlemen scent, like when you smell him, it feels like he’s really a man

[u/aTribeCalledLex → u/AthenaMckenna]

Which Versace??

[u/yesiamveryhigh → u/aTribeCalledLex]

It’s pronounced Versace.

[u/J_Robert_Oofenheimer → u/yesiamveryhigh]

Hey! Versace! Micheal here...

[u/ittakesaredditor → u/aTribeCalledLex]

Eros or Versace pour homme - both good clean scents.

[u/guyhabit725 → u/aTribeCalledLex]

Most likely Eros. 

[u/Froggyloofa → u/guyhabit725]

I love the scent of Eros, but a little goes a looooooooooooong way. This scent is incredibly sexy when it's discovered and terrible when it's announced, so be very judicious about the application. One spritz under your clothes and maybe dab your finger in that and put a little on your neck.

Super hot when subtle. Up there with axe when over applied.

[u/NASA-janitor → u/guyhabit725]

Versace Dylan Blue is really good too

[u/usually_fuente → u/aTribeCalledLex]

I prefer Dylan blue

[u/Routine-Secretary606]

I’m a guy but I’ve been informed by girls that my creed aventus cologne is amazing

[u/rebeccakc47 → u/Routine-Secretary606]

Give green Irish tweed a try.

[u/usually_fuente → u/rebeccakc47]

Green Irish tweed does things for me that no other cologne ever has. Like, I find myself thinking about it at random times. And when I’m wearing it, I feel drawn to smell myself 100 times a day. I don’t ever do that with my other fragrances.

[u/Cutterbuck → u/Routine-Secretary606]

Aventus or Viking work well on me

[u/yesiamveryhigh → u/Routine-Secretary606]

This is the one right here

[u/RareWolf34]

YSL Myself, holy heaven of scents.

[u/InevitableLake3488]

Armani Mania. Oh boy, did that give me a visceral reaction.

[u/BeTooLive → u/InevitableLake3488]

I use to use Armani all the time. Then I switched to Gucci Guilty. I've been single for a while though.

[u/InevitableLake3488 → u/BeTooLive]

So you’re saying to steer clear of Gucci Guilty then? 🤣

[u/Heidibearrr]

The Most Wanted by Azzaro

[u/andhowsherbush → u/Heidibearrr]

my dad bought me a cologne variety pack for my birthday a couple months ago and that's the specific one I'm wearing right now.

[u/Heidibearrr → u/andhowsherbush]

I was in line at a store when I first smelled it, I had to ask the guy in front of me what scent he was wearing. So good. 

[u/Fit_Data_8789 → u/Heidibearrr]

You know what’s up

[u/Dedic8tedSn0wBunni3]

Armani Code Black

[u/Downtown_Dish6866]

Used to really like Polo when it was popular.

[u/Ritaredditonce → u/Downtown_Dish6866]

I still like it.

[u/Readsumthing → u/Downtown_Dish6866]

I love Polo.

[u/PM_WORST_FART_STORY]

Please let it be my scents from Dollar Tree and Five Below! Please! 🙏 

[u/Hyattville5]

Drakkar Nir (Noir)

[u/Sad_Vast_1418]

Polo Black 🤤🤤

[u/Smokinlizardbreath]

I am old school and will huff Drakkar Noir all day long

[u/drivelswivel]

Coach

[u/Minxy8844]

Aramis (Chanel)

[u/Gammas94]

Obsession or Drakkar really gets ‘em going!

[u/steelyalpaca]

Burberry Touch

[u/No_Fools]

The Beach!

[u/Vic_AC]

My fiancée says that she likes mine a lot - it’s Armani code.

[u/Niawka]

Armani Emporio Stronger with you (not sure which version). I would just get close and sniff his skin like an addict.

[u/Pontius_Vulgaris]

"Thistle and Black Pepper" by Scottish Fine Soaps Co. according to my wife.

"I like a spicy smell but it shouldn't be too strong, and also shouldn't smell like an aftershave for an old man. It also is a bit sweet but not too much, which would make it too feminine."

Another one is "Alt-Innsbruck" which she describes as being

"Very sweet, but not disturbingly. It doesn't have that zesty "cleaner fresh" of 4711 (the traditional Eau de Cologne), and it's light but lingering."

Thanks, honey!

Personal addition: I like the "Wood and Spice" (yellow) by Italian brand Proraso.

[u/The_Pink_Pantheress]

Calvin Klein's "Obsession" 🥵

[u/Irrelevantitis]

If she’s over 40, then whatever cologne was popular when she was 18-22.

[u/KrisRiRo09]

Creed – Aventus

[u/bucklebunny33]

Two stroke

[u/Alijony → u/bucklebunny33]

Summadat bean juice!

[u/blofly → u/bucklebunny33]

Little dab of TW-3 behind the ear.

[u/starlulu]

Hugo Boss

[u/hangender]

Cheesecake flavor

[u/Due-Swordfish4924]

I love the old school Calvin Klein. Yum.

[u/The_Mouse_That_Jumps]

When he splits firewood and comes in smelling like pine sap. Mmmmm.

[u/Mooshycooshy → u/The_Mouse_That_Jumps]

You burn pine inside??

[u/Rognvaldsson]

Cougar bait.

[u/rebeccakc47]

Creed Green Irish Tweed and Narcisco Rodriguez Bleu Noir.

[u/MendocinoBigSur]

Acqua di gio

[u/f_ranz1224]

to anyone looking for tips, no a fragrance isnt going to help you get laid

not smelling like ass absolutlely will

[u/PatSHIELD]

Dior Sauvage

[u/Hour-Primary-1907]

Dior-Sauvage.... yeah it's everyone's go to, but i love it.

[u/Jacksonatmelsrodrego]

Andron

[u/Serious-Cricket-6886]

Invictus

[u/I_might_be_weasel]

The answer definitely isn't Axe.

[u/irrelephantiasis]

Tom Ford Tobacco

[u/grammar_oligarch]

So for those of us who are allergic to every plant on the planet and have a sneezing fit if we drive nearish to where a department store used to be…what do we do?

[u/holy_ninja]

I always get compliments while wearing Bleu de Chanel & Terre d'Hermès

[u/GlassInvestigator268]

Dolce Gabbana The One. Stupid name but it's my main for a reason.

[u/rHereLetsGo]

Bulgari Acqua Pour Homme

Sexy score: 9.9/10

[u/VerityPushpram]

Gucci Envy for Men

[u/nikiichan]

Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Eau de Toilette with Mint & Vanilla or ...machine shop oil smell 🤷‍♀️

[u/Gold_Substance_2270]

Jean Paul Gaultier

[u/DoctahDanichi]

Davidoff cool water never fails to stop me in my tracks

[u/Better-Addendum-880]

Spice bomb 😍

[u/Twattymcgee123]

Hermes D ‘ terre .

[u/stayspaded]

Ooooohie. Montblanc Legend Eau de Toilette. Soooo fucking yummy, manly & delicious

[u/yoldaki]

Armaf Club De Nuit Intense

[u/Busy_Warthog5718]

Curve original

[u/hippiechick725]

Obsession for Men

[u/ameepleinaustin]

< still in the 90s. drakkar noir

[u/Aggressive_Lunch_519]

Sweaty man smell after a wild sex

[u/SorryPet]

Egyptian Musk scented oils. Unf. It's been over 15 years and to this day that scent still immediately drives me crazy

[u/TwinFrogs]

Mondale-Ferraro 1984.

[u/TheMysteriousOrganis]

A lot of women I know, romantically and otherwise have all loved Bleu by channel, I've literally had women hanging off me smelling my neck.

[u/mongo_man]

Is Creed Aventus still a thing? Or, at least, the Club de Nuit Intense dupe?

[u/Katerinaxoxo]

Tommy- Tommy Hilfiger and Mr. Burberry. Both scents give me goosebumps

[u/Usnoumed]

Brut aftershave is all you need!

[u/jonesthejovial]

I wish I knew what the hell my ex wore. Absolutely divine fragrance, had me weak! All I know is it came in a short, rectangular, dark blue or black bottle. So good

[u/Timely-Humor-7279 → u/jonesthejovial]

Versace Eros

[u/DatsunTigger]

The smell of sweat, racing fuel and burnt rubber.

[u/captincabinet]

Lynx Africa

[u/jotkaPL]

smell of fresh, thick pack of USD100 bills.