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Designer Sneakers for Men
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Dr. Squatch: Founder Jack Haldrup and What the Soap Is Made Of
Dr. Squatch started in 2013 when Jack Haldrup, dealing with psoriasis, found a cold-process soap at a farmers market that did not leave his skin tight or itchy the way commercial bars did. He began making his own bars in his garage on personal savings, and a Kickstarter campaign plus a run of viral videos grew the brand fast enough to land a Super Bowl ad in 2021. Here is the full bar soap lineup, plus the body wash, shampoo, cologne and deodorant it has grown into since.
Sauvage Dior: Every Concentration And What Comes Next
Sauvage Dior has grown from one 2015 Eau de Toilette into a full wardrobe of concentrations, shower products, skincare and gift sets. Dior's in-house perfumer François Demachy built the original around Calabrian bergamot and Ambroxan, and fragrance trade coverage consistently names it the best-selling men's fragrance in the world. Here is how the whole shelf breaks down, from the Parfum and Elixir to the shampoo, the serum and a few other Dior scents worth comparing it to.
Versace Cologne: Eros, Dylan Blue And What To Try Next
Versace Cologne really means two different fragrance families, the sweet mint-and-vanilla Eros from 2012 and the drier, Ambroxan-heavy Dylan Blue from 2016, both housed under the same Medusa-stamped cap. Eros Flame and a handful of Pour Homme and Eau Fraiche editions fill in the space between those two poles, while Euroitalia, the company that also makes fragrances for Missoni and Moschino, holds the license behind all of them. What follows breaks down every current bottle, plus the colognes worth trying if either scent already works for you.
YSL Myself Is Spelled MYSLF: Inside The Fragrance
YSL Myself is what most people type into a search bar, but the bottle itself spells the name MYSLF, no vowels, pressed into black lacquered glass. Three perfumers built it in 2023 around two Calabrian bergamots, Tunisian orange blossom and Indonesian patchouli, and the brand calls it its first masculine woody floral. Here is how that fragrance compares to the house's Y and L'Homme lines, and to a few other bottles worth smelling alongside it.
When Did JPG Elixir Come Out: The 2023 Le Male Parfum
JPG Elixir came out in 2023 as the parfum version of Le Male, warmer and heavier than the 1995 original. I put it with Elixir Absolu, the Le Beau line and the limited bottles, and say which to skip.
Versace Eau Fraiche: The Fresh Side Of Versace, Plus Aquatic Scents To Wear Next
Versace Eau Fraiche is the quiet lemon-and-cedar cologne from the house best known for Medusa gold. Here is how it sits beside Eros and Dylan Blue, which aquatic and citrus scents share its spirit, and the shower and shave care that keeps a fresh scent going. Start with the bottle and work outward to the shave balm.
Montblanc Explorer Extreme Parfum: Amber And Leather, And What To Wear Beside It
Montblanc Explorer Extreme is the brand's amber-and-leather parfum, a colder-weather version of the Explorer that started in 2019. Here is what is in the bottle, how it sits beside its Explorer and Legend siblings, and the leather, spicy and parfum-strength scents worth comparing. Start with the parfum and let the rest of the shelf argue with it.
Invictus Parfum vs Invictus Victory Elixir: How They Differ
Invictus Victory Absolu Elixir vs Invictus Parfum: how Rabanne's spicy-woods Elixir differs, plus rival elixirs from Dior, Gucci and Burberry.
Mont Blanc Explorer: The Woody Aromatic Daily Scent And Its Companions
Mont Blanc Explorer, as most people type it, is Montblanc's 2019 woody aromatic with bergamot, vetiver and leather. Here is what is in the bottle, who else does the same job from Burberry to Prada, and the vetiver and woody scents that fill out a small shelf. Start with the original and build a week of scents around it.
Eternity For Men By Calvin Klein: The Clean Lavender Fougère And Its Descendants
Eternity for Men is Calvin Klein's lavender-and-citrus aromatic fougère from the late 1980s, and it still smells like a clean shirt. Here is what is in the original, how its flankers and the CK line differ, and the lavender, office and shower staples that keep the same fresh idea going. Start with the bottle your father might have owned.
Paco Rabanne Phantom: Robot Bottle and Scents Like It
Paco Rabanne Phantom is a lemon, lavender and vanilla crowd-pleaser in a robot-shaped bottle, and the house behind it started by making dresses out of metal. Here is the Phantom range, the 1 Million family, and the sweet and spicy men's scents I would wear beside it. Start with the lavender ones.
Burberry Cologne, Built Around a Trio of Cedars
Burberry cologne started as a quiet idea about weatherproof cloth and grew into the Hero family, a woody line anchored by three kinds of cedar. Here is how the house got there, and how to pick between its five strengths, its Mr. Burberry cousin and the small sizes.
Spicebomb Extreme Smells Like Tobacco and Vanilla: Grenade Bottle
Does Spicebomb Extreme smell like tobacco? Yes: black pepper and lavender over warm tobacco and vanilla, plus warm bottles for cold weather.
Coach Cologne Starts With Suede and a Manhattan Loft
Coach cologne is a young category for a house that has been working leather in New York since 1941. This edit follows Coach for Men and Man Blue from the first spray to the travel sizes, then steps out to three other houses.
Acqua di Giò Profondo, Where Armani Takes the Sea Down a Few Fathoms
Acqua di Giò Profondo is the darker, saltier, more herbal turn on Armani's 1996 aquatic. This edit puts it beside its own family and a handful of other houses' takes on the sea.
Burberry Touch for Men and the Houses That Sit Around It
Burberry Touch for Men arrived in 2000 as a green, violet-leaf take on the classic cedar and vetiver cologne. This edit puts it beside the other Burberry men's scents and eight fragrances from other houses that share its clean, wearable temperament.
JPG Coconut Cologne: Le Beau, Tonka and What to Wear With It
JPG coconut fragrance is Le Beau by Jean Paul Gaultier. See its 3 versions, the coconut and tonka notes, and what to wear with it.
Spicebomb Night Vision: EDT vs EDP Explained
Spicebomb Night Vision is really two fragrances under one name, a green apple and cardamom eau de toilette and a darker incense eau de parfum. Here is how to choose between them, and which spicy, fresh and night-out scents I would wear beside it.
Jimmy Choo Cologne: Man, Aqua, Intense And The Colognes To Compare
Jimmy Choo cologne started in 2014 with Man, a fresh lavender fougère from a shoemaker with a London workshop past. Here is how I would choose between Man, Aqua, Intense, Parfum and Extreme, plus the designer colognes and shave basics to wear alongside them.
Prada Black: Luna Rossa Black and Amber Woody Colognes
Prada Black is Luna Rossa Black, the amber woody fragrance in the Prada Luna Rossa family, with a fresh patchouli in the heart. I test it beside Ocean and Carbon, then against amber, tonka and evening bottles from other houses.
Jack Black Lip Balm and the Dallas Founders Who Bet on Men's Skin
Jack Black lip balm is an SPF 25 Intense Therapy balm from a Dallas brand founded in 2000, sold in four flavors. I go through the flavors, the sets and the rest of the Jack Black lineup.
Armani Cologne, From a Pantelleria Summer to Stronger With You
Armani cologne splits into fresh marine, citrus-woody and warm, sweet scents. Here are sixteen for men, from the original Acqua di Giò to Code and every Stronger With You.
Moschino Toy Boy and Other Rose Colognes for Men
Moschino Toy Boy arrived in 2019 as Jeremy Scott's first men's fragrance for the house, and it sent a lot of people looking for rose that does not smell like a grandmother's garden. Here are the rose and pink pepper bottles, the woody ambers and the evening scents I would reach for, for yourself or for someone you shop for.