Fragrance Winter Holiday Gift Ideas For The Gentlemen In Your Life...

Hi everyone!

With just days to go until the festive holiday season really kicks off, are you still looking for a fragrance gift to buy for the gentlemen in your life?

Whether you need to buy for your best friend, your brother, your father, yourself, that special someone or all of the above, check out my guide to choosing the perfect fragrance for the gentlemen in your life...

For the sophisticated gentleman...

Aromatic

Roadster by Cartier (2008)


Roadster by Cartier is a stunning, fresh green fragrance that is primarily centered around a mint leaf note. The mint leaf note smells incredibly natural, and not at all toothpaste-like.
As this fragrance starts to drydown on skin, it gradually becomes woodier and richer as notes of patchouli and vetiver poke through, but a slight sweetness is retained with a hint of vanilla.

This fragrance is incredibly versatile. It's perfect for any season and any occasion.
It can be worn dressed down on a hot summers day, but it will also smell incredibly smart and sophisticated with a suit & tie.

Retail Price: £49.00 - £71.00

Woody

Uomo by Valentino (2014)

Uomo by Valentino is an incredibly rich gourmand-like fragrance centered around notes of hazelnut, chocolate and coffee. Fragrances described with food notes can often sound a bit feminine, but masculinity is given to this fragrance with woodsy notes, such as cedar and leather.

This fragrance smells incredibly sophisticated, and the wood notes give this fragrance a great deal of complexity and forbid it from ever becoming too sweet.

Retail Price: £46.00 - £82.00

For the mature gentleman...

Habit Rouge by Guerlain (1965 original) (2003 reformulation)

Originally billed as the men's counterpart to the incredibly popular 'Shalimar', Habit Rouge by Guerlain is the perfect fragrance for the more mature gentlemen in your life.

Habit Rouge opens with fresh citric notes of lemon, lime and orange, with hints of spice, then gradually dries down to a luxurious base of rose, leather and vanilla.(Please note: this is the Eau De Toilette version)

Retail Price: £45.00 - £63.00

For the daring gentleman...

M7 Oud Absolu by Yves Saint Laurent (2011)


Oud seems to be a polarising note in perfumery, people other love it or hate it, but the oud note featured as the focal point in M7 Oud Absolu by Yves Saint Laurent is incredibly sexy and likable.
The oud note in here is combined with fresh top notes of mandarin orange, sweet ambery notes of labdanum, and earthy notes of myrrh and patchouli. 


M7 Oud Absolu is an incredibly smooth take on oud. It's creamy, warm and leathery, not sharp and medicinal some of the oud fragrances on the market.

M7 Oud Absolu also works perfectly in the cold weather!

Retail Price: £60.00

That's it!

So there you have it, that was my fragrance gift recommendations for the gentleman in your life.

Thank you so much for reading this, and I hope this has been useful.

Have a wonderful holiday season,

Josh :-)

Disclaimer: the photographs used of Roadster by Cartier and M7 Oud Absolu are images taken by me of the bottles in my own personal fragrance collection. The images Valentino Uomo and Habit Rouge are promotional images (not owned by me) which I have used solely for the purpose of review. No copyright infringement intended.