GLASS rounds up a selection of our favourite recently released mens and gender-neutral, of course, fragrances to help you stand out from the olfractory crowd.
Jonathan Ward, Kansas
Jonathan Ward, Kansas
The celebrated candle maker – arguably the best one working in the UK – has launched his first fragrance Kansas. Inspired by the tornado in the Wizard of Oz with Ward seeing a parallel in how the pandemic has made us rethink our lives, Kansas deploys unusual pairings of notes to brilliant effect.
With bergamot amalfi, ylang ylang, jasmine absolut, a heart of fine haitian vetiver, rich davana oil, cedar incendiary and a resonant base of sandalwood mysore, tonka bean absolut and sheer musks.
£92(969 HKD), EDP, 30ml
Available from Jonathan Ward
Roja Parfums, Apex
Roja Parfums, Apex
This is magnificent. This handsome offering is housed in a triple hand-polished, weighty most impressive bottle. Created to unleash your innermost instincts and your primal connection to nature’s most powerful creatures, like the wolf and jaguar, Apex has formulated a scent with sophisticated leather notes with bergamot, lemon, mandarin, pineapple, leather patchouli and fir balsam.
£265 (2792 HKD), EDP, 100m
Early Modern, Life of the Party
Early Modern, Life of the Party
Made in Glasgow, Scotland by self-taught perfumer Clara Weale in small batches using her favourite materials, Life of the Party is subtle and intriguing and well worth investigating – with notes of Jasmine sambac, lemon, orange flower, cardamom and sandalwood.
£118 (1243 HKD), EDP 50ml
Available from Early Modern
Dior, Homme Sport
Dior, Homme Sport
“I reworked the signature freshness of Dior Homme Sport to pack the punch of a boxer’s uppercut. It’s a decidedly new composition, revisited with a notion of carefree elegance,” says Dior’s master perfumer, François Demachy of this radiant fresh woody splashable EDT.
£101 (1064 HKD), EDT, 125ml
Available from Dior
Montblanc, Legend Red
Montblanc, Legend Red
Created by leading noses Anne Flipo and Nicolas Beaulieu Legend Red explores the drama and power of the colour red. Legend Red is intense. Woody and fresh with notes of blood orange, grapefruit and cardamom, cedar, juniper berries and clary sage, mahogany, tonka bean and atlas cedar
£73 (769 HKD), EDP, 100ml
Available from the Perfume Shop
Tom Ford, Costa Azzurra Parfum
Tom Ford, Costa Azzurra Parfum
Perfectly blending the citrus of Italian lemons with the woods of Cypress and Oak and underscored by Labdanum and Amber, the latest launch from Tom Ford, Costa Azzurra Parfum, is distinguished and distinctive.
£150 (1580 HKD), EDP, 100ml
Available from Tom Ford
Cartier, Déclaration Haute Fraîcheur
Cartier, Déclaration Haute Fraîcheur
Presented in the classic Déclaration bottle, Haute Fraîcheur is bright and brisk – infused with wood notes and as fresh as its name suggests with citrus leaf, cardamom and cedar.
£87 (917 HKD), EDT, 100ml
Available from John Lewis
Acqua di Parma, Colonia C.L.U.B
Acqua di Parma, Colonia C.L.U.B
The name of this latest cologne in Acqua di Parma’s Colonia collection breaks down as C for Community, L for Life, U for Unique, B Bond and is named to celebrate shared real moments in time with accents of Sicilian lemon, petit grain, bergamot, Sicilian mandarin, mint, neroli, lavender, geranium, galbanol with Haitian vetiver, white musk, ambergris accord at the base.
Bracing citruses and sparkling pink pepper is warmed by white musk, ambergris accord at the base
£113 (1190 HKD), EDC, 100ml
Available at Acqua di Parma
by Caroline Simpson