I have currently: YSL LNDL, Prada L’Homme, MFK Grand Soir, Mancera Instant Crush, Azzaro Most Wanted Parfum, Valentino BIR EDT, and Burberry Brit for him. I like them all a lot except the Valentino, will probably give that to my brother. Any recs based on my current collection? I feel I need a summer fragrance or a true gourmand, maybe an Acqua di Parma and Angels Share?
Recs for current collection?
I haven't tried all or even most of the Acqua di Parma collection, but of the summery/citrus ones I have tried, most had pretty poor performance. I'd suggest sampling (don't buy full bottles before sampling) the following that are citrusy and great for summer:
Nio is more green than citrus but also good for summer; great performance
Azzaro pour Homme Cologne Intense nice lime
"Emeer | Lattafa / لطافة"
For something marine/aquatic:
Aqva pour Homme Marine Eau de Toilette
For something fresh and fruity:
For something aquatic & woody:
I haven't tried all or even most of the Acqua di Parma collection, but of the summery/citrus ones I have tried, most had pretty poor performance. I'd suggest sampling (don't buy full bottles before sampling) the following that are citrusy and great for summer:
Nio is more green than citrus but also good for summer; great performance
Azzaro pour Homme Cologne Intense nice lime
"Emeer | Lattafa / لطافة"
For something marine/aquatic:
Aqva pour Homme Marine Eau de Toilette
For something fresh and fruity:
For something aquatic & woody:
Thanks man, this is a good list. Missoni Wave looks cheap enough to just blind buy it and then I’ll probably get a sample of the Terre d’Hermes
I haven't tried all or even most of the Acqua di Parma collection, but of the summery/citrus ones I have tried, most had pretty poor performance. I'd suggest sampling (don't buy full bottles before sampling)
Keep in mind that the ADP Colonia lines are Cologne concentrations and the Blue Mediterraneo line are EDTs. They're not designed to be long lasting. The signature of the sun line are EDPs.
ADP has started introducing several of their fragrances, such as Fico di Amalfi La Riserva,
Arancia di Capri La Riserva, and
Mirto di Panarea La Riserva as edps. Also look at
Buongiorno. They should give you longer performance. I get 6-8 hours of wear out of Buongiorno.

Omnipotato
One I think that @Smirky missed is Versace Man Eau Fraîche Eau de Toilette. Perfect mass-appealing dumb-reach summer scent in my opinion.
As for gourmands, I think Angels' Share Eau de Parfum is a fine choice. As long as you're sampling Kilians, I'd look into
Intoxicated,
Gold Knight and
Old Fashioned as well, all three are great gourmand frags, coffee/cardamom, honey, and whisky/wheat respectively.
I'd also recommend Noir Extreme Eau de Parfum and
L'Homme Idéal Parfum for other gourmand choices.
I haven't tried all or even most of the Acqua di Parma collection, but of the summery/citrus ones I have tried, most had pretty poor performance. I'd suggest sampling (don't buy full bottles before sampling)
Keep in mind that the ADP Colonia lines are Cologne concentrations and the Blue Mediterraneo line are EDTs. They're not designed to be long lasting. The signature of the sun line are EDPs.
ADP has started introducing several of their fragrances, such as Fico di Amalfi La Riserva,
Arancia di Capri La Riserva, and
Mirto di Panarea La Riserva as edps. Also look at
Buongiorno. They should give you longer performance. I get 6-8 hours of wear out of Buongiorno.
Yeah I did notice the new Riservas, but aren’t they technically completely different scents than the EDTs?
One I think that @Smirky missed is Versace Man Eau Fraîche Eau de Toilette. Perfect mass-appealing dumb-reach summer scent in my opinion.
As for gourmands, I think Angels' Share Eau de Parfum is a fine choice. As long as you're sampling Kilians, I'd look into
Intoxicated,
Gold Knight and
Old Fashioned as well, all three are great gourmand frags, coffee/cardamom, honey, and whisky/wheat respectively.
I'd also recommend Noir Extreme Eau de Parfum and
L'Homme Idéal Parfum for other gourmand choices.
I’ll look into Eau Fraiche, didn’t see that one at Sephora when I went to test last weekend. I’ve heard good things about it though. What about French Riviera by Mancera by the way?
I’ve smelled Intoxicated, not a big fan of coffee notes but it did smell good, still preferred Angels Share though. I’ll have to sample Old Fashioned.
L’homme Idéal EDP is on my wish list, how does the Parfum compare?
I haven't tried all or even most of the Acqua di Parma collection, but of the summery/citrus ones I have tried, most had pretty poor performance. I'd suggest sampling (don't buy full bottles before sampling)
Keep in mind that the ADP Colonia lines are Cologne concentrations and the Blue Mediterraneo line are EDTs. They're not designed to be long lasting. The signature of the sun line are EDPs.
ADP has started introducing several of their fragrances, such as Fico di Amalfi La Riserva,
Arancia di Capri La Riserva, and
Mirto di Panarea La Riserva as edps. Also look at
Buongiorno. They should give you longer performance. I get 6-8 hours of wear out of Buongiorno.
Yeah I did notice the new Riservas, but aren’t they technically completely different scents than the EDTs?
ADP has described them as intense versions of the EDPs. Simply put they changed the concentrations. As such, there's slight differences from the EDTs, but that's what happens with flankers. I've tried two of them. I think they're worth sampling. But, I also enjoy ADP having a number of their fragrances in my collection.

Omnipotato
What about French Riviera by Mancera by the way?
Wasn’t a huge fan. Smells like hairspray/sunscreen, and not in a good way.


Uno que creo que @Smirky eché de menos es Versace Man Eau Fraîche Eau de Toilette. En mi opinión, el aroma perfecto para el verano de alcance tonto y atractivo para las masas.
En cuanto a los gourmets, creo que Angels' Share Eau de Parfum es una buena elección. Mientras estés probando Kilians, buscaría
Intoxicated, "Caballero de Oro | Kilian" y
Old Fashioned también, los tres son excelentes fragmentos gourmand, café / cardamomo, miel y whisky / trigo respectivamente.
También recomendaría Noir Extreme Eau de Parfum y
L'Homme Idéal Parfum para otras opciones gourmand.
Voy a mirar a Eau Fraiche, no lo vi en Sephora cuando fui a probar el fin de semana pasado. Sin embargo, he escuchado cosas buenas al respecto. ¿Qué pasa con la Riviera Francesa de Mancera, por cierto?
He olido Intoxicated, no soy un gran fanático de las notas de café, pero olía bien, aunque todavía prefería Angels Share. Tendré que probar Old Fashioned.
L'homme Idéal EDP está en mi lista de deseos, ¿cómo se compara el Parfum?
Si te gusta Intoxicated, prueba A Men de Mugler, es muy similar (en mi opinión) y mucho más barato. Y ya que mencioné Mugler, si quieres aromas gourmand en la misma línea, hay algunos para elegir (Pure Tonka, Pure Havane, Pure Coffee, Pure Malt, etc.).

Mitchcraft
Some gourmand i would suggest are
"Khamrah / خمرة | Lattafa / لطافة"
Hard Candy (2023) or its Elixir
Hard Candy Élixir
Or something that says production has stopped but actually is still available is
A house that specialises in gourmand is Maison Tahité with the likes of
Vicious Cacao but I warn you if you are on a diet this can be dangerousness as it is so real smelling it will have you craving some very high calorie dessert 😁
great summer fragrances
If you can find it Acqua di Giò Profumo Parfum
Or people say though I have not tried it so can’t confirm that this is it’s replacement
Another I like a lot of theirs is
"Hawas for Him | Rasasi / الرصاصي"
Someone mentioned Versace Man Eau Fraîche Eau de Toilette
Another in that area could be Light Blue pour Homme Eau Intense
There are then something a bit tropical
People have been talking about "Island | Khadlaj / خدلج" being a stronger juicier version of Le Beau Le Parfum but at a cheaper price but that you will need to macerate it (spray a few times and leave it a while and it will become better, same actually goes for "Khamrah / خمرة | Lattafa / لطافة" the longer you have it the better it gets)
Speaking of gourmands - I really don't like them BUT the following, although probably not a gourmand, is a really good leather-chocolate-vanilla that's not overly sweet and not overly chocolate (you won't smell like you jumped in a vat of cocoa). Performance is great. IMO, niche quality, masculine, for very cheap with a kitschy bottle. Most would probably say it's better for cooler weather. I disagree, but that's me.
Nose on that one is Alberto Morillas. Another one of his is:
Personally, can't stand it, but a lot of guys like it. Very sweet, smell of pound cake batter.