The 12 most sought-after Christmas perfumes for men

Good perfumes may seem invisible, but they never go unnoticed. They are capable of leaving a trace and an indelible mark on anyone's olfactory memory. They awaken the sense of smell so automatically that, after identifying this or that smell, they evoke memories of people, experiences or specific places in a matter of seconds. In short, good perfumes also denote something among those who wear them and among those who opt for one or the other when making a gift as personal as, almost always, successful. Can't they become the perfect toy for a man with the excuse of Christmas?

Getting it is easy. Because, unlike spring or summer perfumes, winter always invites you to opt for more concentrated, more intense aromas whose notes permeate all those garments made with thick fibers. The coldest season of the year —and with the excuse of gifts for the night of the Kings— calls for warmer perfumes whose compositions are made with ingredients such as musk, amber or incense. Resins, spices or green notes with which to achieve greater fixation on the skin... as well as permanence and durability for longer.

The olfactory codes of the season have led us to stress test some of the most sought-after perfumes by men. The freezing has wanted them to become, automatically, our 12 particular Ice Kings. Fragrances with a cold soul, but with a warm heart with which to sing a Gametronian “Winter is coming…”. Below you will find a selection that contains everything: from woody nuances to smoky notes, passing through all those spicy chords that marry so well with the coldest season of the year. The time has come for you to climb to the top to crown your winter style with the perfume it deserves.

1. Soleil Brulant by Tom Ford

The opening of pink pepper, bergamot or tangerine are just the prelude to everything that hides the warm heart of a perfume whose ingredients will leave you cold. On the skin, it is like a masterful recipe with which it will be impossible for you to go unnoticed: honey, amber, olibanum incense and orange blossom. Four notes that are like the song of The Thousand and One Nights, but brought to the present. To the contemporaneity of a winter that deserves more fragrances like this one where gold and warmth perfectly sum up the olfactory feeling of a fragrance with a lot of personality.

2. Prada Luna Rossa Ocean

Long live the classic perfumes that are always unable to renew themselves with new versions that arrive to conquer the sense of smell even of those who feel identified with the same fragrance. Would you dare to be unfaithful to your perfume of a lifetime? If you are one of those who usually exude some essence of Prada, Luna Rossa Ocean can become your new favorites list. Lily, saffron and a refreshing cocktail of citrus make their way into a fragrance that also gives off a halo of freshness thanks to lavender and sage. An oceanic dive to the depths of Antarctica itself, the place where your nose will navigate when you try it.

3. Mumbai Noise by Byredo

Bombay and Mumbai are the same thing, the same paradise. An Eden in which colors and scents are a faithful photocopy of a city whose cultural and spiritual heritage is concentrated in Byredo's latest creation. Tonka bean, agarwood, coffee, amber, leather, sandalwood. We could go on, but we invite you to make this sensory journey yourself through all those chords that come out with just a spray of this enveloping, warm perfume. Its intoxicating power and its permanence on the skin are just two of the characteristics of a fragrance capable of shattering the olfactory convictions of those who are faithful to a single perfume in winter.

4. Phantom by Paco Rabanne

It should stay that way, cryogenized, because this perfume with the appearance of a robot and the soul of an alien is just that: an extraordinary fragrance. Its creators have used neuroscience to select notes and ingredients that stimulate sensuality, well-being and energy. Thanks to an algorithm, they have managed to quantify the emotional benefits that one or another aroma brings and how they influence the feelings of some men between 18 and 35 years of age. In addition to lavender, vetiver, vanilla or apple, Phantom also contains styrelyl acetate, a vintage molecule that activates the feeling of alertness. Ready to show up at a cocktail bar with a fragrance from another planet?

5. Oud For Happiness by Initio

They say that oud rebalances energy levels while relaxing the body and mind. Bring out your most holistic side and perfume yourself with a fragrance that will make you feel a total sense of well-being. It may seem like a shaman thing, but since the firm they have worked hard to get the authentic perfume of happiness. They have used freshly cut narcotic herbs to introduce them into their masterful recipe and achieve an energizing and uninhibited result. Calm and relax courtesy of ginger or Virginia cedar combined with warm notes of musk, liquorice or vanilla. For this reason, the references to the tree of life that appears carved on its bottle could not be missing either: sacred geometry for a very spiritual, different and groundbreaking aroma.

6. Gucci Guilty Pour Homme by Gucci

The time has come to rediscover a classic. A fragrance with 10 years of history that returns wanting to make its own in the men's bag this winter. His formulation was a revolution in his day and, even today, his recipe remains innovative thanks to the use of white flowers. Some ingredients that are traditionally used in feminine perfumes. Here is this Gucci eau de toilette for men that promises to give you great joy this season. Let yourself be intoxicated by orange blossom, leather, lavender, pink pepper, Italian lemon or cedar wood and discover why it is still so modern a decade after its birth.

7. Moncler Pour Homme by Moncler

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We have put the alpine smell. And the thing is not for less because, what could we expect from a leading brand in coats to practice sports on snow? Moncler lands with a new fragrance in which all those scents typical of mountain places fit. Vetiver, cedar, amber, green pine and sage. Thus, and in that order, we are ready to make an olfactory excursion through a leafy mountain full of all these species. All those that fit in a warm, magnetic perfume whose bottle is quite a claim for those who want their perfume to be quite a claim. Like all those silver stripes that surround it and that are a tribute to their iconic down jackets.

8. Le Male by Jean Paul Gaultier

He is a sailor, he is 27 years old and has an enviable longshoreman's torso. Le Male, the classic by Jean Paul Gaultier, remains unscathed and faithful to its essence since its birth; back in 1995. Lavender, mint, cardamom, sandalwood and cedar are just some of the ingredients of an aromatic composition as masterful as it is acclaimed by so many men. Perhaps they also have to do with the notes of cinnamon, orange blossom or vanilla that have made this fragrance add that touch of warmth and sweetness to the coldest winters. A bust with pectorals and abs of steel that, fortunately, resists aging. That's why we show it to you like this: cold, cold. For you to get rid of (and get rid of) every time you decide to use it.

9. Dior Sauvage Elixir

Rock, night, wolves and the Moon have been the four elements that Maison Dior has used to create this new version of a classic. Grapefruit, cinnamon or nutmeg make up the top notes of a perfume with which it will be impossible for you to go unnoticed. It is forceful, because there are also ingredients such as liquorice, vetiver or patchouli: three types of wood that make up this kind of liquor that will intoxicate whoever decides to smell the same way that Johnny Depp smells, the man who puts a face on it again to this new masculine best-seller of the firm. Sophistication, magic and brilliance. Everything that perfume should have to brighten up your winter days and nights.

10. Fusion d'Issey Extreme by Issey Miyake

This is an olfactory journey into the deep sea, the extreme cold of deep ocean currents seasoned with the heat of all those countless dormant volcanoes. This is Fusion d'Issey Extrême: a powerful contrast between ice and fire that appear reflected in spices or amber; the most characteristic note of all Issey Miyake fragrances.Bergamot and mint as icy nuances against volcanic woods such as sandalwood and patchouli. It is impossible not to fall into the temptation of a perfume that results from the subtle mix between cold and heat and that is born as a result of a great concern: knowing what the power of volcanoes should smell like... in its underwater and aquatic dimension . The time has come to break the ice and change your perfume.

11. And Yves Saint Laurent Le Parfum

Hot and addictive. Don't be surprised if you are repeatedly asked what perfume you use. And Le Parfum is the refined version of the firm's classic eau de toilette. A fragrance in which chords such as lavender, apple, geranium, cedar or incense converge. Notes that will add a warm touch to any of the clothing combinations you decide to use. If you are determined to change your perfume and are looking for one with a clear winter aroma, remember that this one has a lot of fixation on the skin. And don't forget, of course, to apply it at strategic points to enhance its ingredients: on the pulses. That is, to the left and right of the neck and on both wrists.

12. Bvlgari Man Terrae Esence by Bvlgari

We have already arrived. With this fragrance we crown our particular 12 peaks and we do it through a perfume that pays tribute to the fertility and wealth that nature offers. A fragrance with a warm, woody and earthy heart, capable of conquering any olfactory peak. Citron, Calamansi, orris root and vetiver and notes of styrax. They look like ingredients from another world and they are not. All are born from the depths of the earth: the place that inspires the latest creation by Bvlgari Man. Masculinity in abundance thanks to a perfume with unprecedented notes that lead us, inevitably, to discover what a Mediterranean forest smells like in the first hours of the morning. morning of an autumn or winter day.

Photos: Nuria Serrano • Styling, editing and text: Juanjo Madrigal