4 Scents for 4 Types of Men

There is a story behind every man. Whether he is an artist, a reader, an adventurer, or the sensual type, you will find a scent for yourself (or the man in your life) in one of our four male archetypes, modeled around our bestselling men's fragrances.

Which one describes you (or the man in your life) best?

1725: The Romantic

An adventurer, intellectual, spy, musician, diplomat and writer, Giacomo Casanova was a magnetic man of many hats. His savvy was his currency. 1725 eau de parfum is reminiscent of the enterprising Casanova, a man who’s name would epitomize irresistible charisma, wonderment and respect for centuries to come. Spray 1725 and you too can become the charming polymath, the savvy Renaissance man with the many hats. 1725 is a composition of the many of Casanova: bold yet smooth, unmistakable yet discreet, known yet ambiguous. A mélange of bergamot- and grapefruit-spiked citrus duel with licorice’s soothing sweetness. A crystalline lavender tonic is slowly obscured by muddled star anise—the purple flower’s aromatic sillage is made more intimate, less predictable, by that celestial spice. The intoxicating duet keeps you close, makes you stay. Sweet powdery almond settles into a cushion of amber woods; the intimate aura of the Renaissance man in his prime. A zesty, modern, and seductive creation, 1725 will provoke an olfactory lust and wonderment in all who smell it. 

1899: The Intellectual

In the July heat of 1899, the great American novelist Ernest Hemingway was born. But Hemingway’s expanse was beyond what is typically considered “American.” He would live to see many countries, wars, women, and bars—and he would live to write even more words. 1899 is a sophisticated ode to virility, storytelling, and a stiff drink. With hard edges surrounding a sensitive, nuanced interior, 1899 is Ernest Hemingway in a bottle. 1899 is a crisp fragrance for the insatiable, yet discerning wanderer. Opening notes of Black Pepper and Juniper crystallize in a suave floral heart of Orange Blossom and Iris. A crescendo of Cinnamon heats up the opening blend of cold spices and together they stick around like burrs nestled in soft paperwhite petals. 1899 is war and peace, violence and love; it is Hemingway—a man with heart and soul as bottomless as his drink. Finally, a radiant, boozy Vanilla hooks a smoky, Javanese Vetiver. A deep descent into a golden aged rum accord: the drunken Caribbean finale, the Papa Doble in Hemingway’s hand—just as he would have wanted it. 1899 is yours to imbibe and enjoy.

1828: The Adventurer

Dubbed the literary father of science fiction, Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828 in Nantes, France. It was there in Nantes, a port city, that Jules first became fascinated with travel, adventure, and exploration on the sea, urgently seeking whatever was just beyond the horizon. With an exciting Hesperide sparkle, 1828 echoes Verne’s aquatic adventures with spices from faraway lands and the precious woods of stories on your night table. 1828 is the scent of Jules Verne, of a treasure chest of precious Wooden adventures filled with exotic Spices from faraway lands stowed on a boat sailing uncharted seas. At its core lies innovation of the unknown, vetiver spindles intertwine with ascending tendrils of incense smoke—a momentary catch and then release—alongside planks of coarse-grained Cedarwood dappled with small, resinous Pine cones. The aromas of fiery Indonesian Nutmeg grounds and Black Peppercorns are carried in wafts of sea breeze, expanding in the heart of the ship, between wood and sea—a sea of velour-like Eucalyptus enveloping the acute citric refreshment of Grapefruit and Tangerine. A scent with the same crushing magnetism of the ocean’s waves, frothy white foam that slowly dissolves into inky azurite waters, waves that will carry you to horizons unknown.

1740: The Seducer

The Marquis de Sade, unflinchingly decadent, depraved, and resolute, was no fictitious character. Indeed we have distilled his legacy and spirit in 1740 eau de parfum, however this is just the beginning of understanding this licentious character. Read now, smell later—the rest is to be discovered on your skin.  1740 opens with a boozy note of Davana, quickly lit up by a spritz of Bergamot and Coriander — a sparkle in the eye of the Marquis. The opening darkens, leans into shadow-panes of Labdanum and Benzoin, under wisps of Tar and Patchouli; cold ashes of Elemi play with Vanilla beans on the floor; the smoothness of ambery resins creeps towards burning shrubs of Immortelle — a sweet, animalic skin. Sybaritic, sensual and profoundly compelling, 1740 invites desire and resists authority. Unless, of course… you are the authority. 1740 taps into the deepest, darkest, most luscious alcoves of your mind.