I Own 400+ Fragrances - These are 7 I'll keep FOREVER

0:00 I own hundreds of fragrances. I've been collecting them for years. And today, I want to somehow choose seven that I just can't live without. These are the ones that I'll keep buying every time I run out, no matter how many other fragrances I have in my cabinet. I have so many fragrances in my collection that I was excited to buy, and then I go out, I buy it, I wear it once, and I never wear it again because I keep coming back to these seven. That's just the truth. If I had to clear out my entire fragrance shelf and keep only seven, which would break my heart because I'd love to pick more than seven, these are the seven that I would hold on to forever. Let's kick it off with summer in a bottle for me anyway. Tom Ford, Costa, Azora. Um, this has notes of driftwood, seaweed, lemon, cyprus, and oakwood. It's

0:46 citrusy. It's woody. Now, this is my go-to summer fragrance. I've worn it on a bunch of vacations to rooftop parties in New York City, in LA when I live there, to meetings when I just want to smell clean but also elevated. Right. Tom Ford to me always has that elevated scent. You always smell kind of expensive. Somehow he just really bottles up wealth and expensive and elevated all into his his fragrances. So Tom Ford has done an incredible job when it comes to his fragrances. And I actually have two Tom Ford fragrances in these seven. And for me, it's just one of the best fragrances ever made for the summertime, for springtime. It's like a golden hour cocktail of a fragrance for me. And you know, you can see that I put a pretty good dent on this fragrance. And to be honest with you, I don't really do that with a lot of my

1:32 fragrances because I have hundreds of them. So that's like it's impossible to go through fragrances when you have so many of them. So I really have to like it to even put this much of a dent in a fragrance like this. And this is my second bottle, by the way. So absolutely love this. I mean, I really love the packaging and I really love the scent. They did an incredible job. I can't live without this fragrance. I actually just started wearing this again now that it's a little bit warmer outside. So, I'm excited to be able to wear this again now that it's spring and summer time. The next fragrance is actually a newer fragrance that I picked up about a year and a half ago, and it will always remind me of a trip that I went to that um I just was a meaningful trip to me. I went to Dubai for New Year's in from 2023 to 2024. This is the harmonist hypnotizing fire. It doesn't get enough

2:18 attention, but it's magic. It's not one of the most popular scents, and to be honest, a lot of the fragrances that I chose today are very popular scents just because the fragrances are kind of grew up with the fragrances that really mean something to me are very popular. But it just it speaks to me. It's very strong. It's so crazy strong this fragrance. Like, I can't spray more than three sprays with this fragrance. It's that kind of fragrance. It's very intense. It's powerful. It's warm. It's spicy. It's a little sweet. It's very It can be very intimate if you don't spray a lot of it because it can also be very overwhelming if you spray yourself five times, for example. It has notes of pimento berries, Bulgarian rose, pachuli, vanilla, and praline. It's a great fragrance to wear on dates if you go very lighthanded. I'm telling you,

3:05 two to three sprays max. It's seductive without trying too hard. Definitely smells expensive. And to me, the bottle, the packaging, they just did an incredible job with this. I actually have a candle burning right now that is the harmonous hypnotizing fire candle. And I I love the way that it makes my house smell. So, not only is it a great fragrance for your body or going out, but also if you want to get the the candle, which it's a little pricey, but it's an incredible fragrance. And out of the seven, like I said, this is one of the few that not a lot of guys will be wearing. So, if you want something more unique, it's this one here. This next fragrance is just something that I I don't even wear that much anymore, but I can't live without it just because I have so many memories with this fragrance and it just means so much to me. It's the Aquiji Joe Georgia from Georgia Armani Profumo. So, this is one of the most versatile, reliable

3:51 fragrances that I've ever owned and I've repurchased this many times. Anytime I see that I'm getting low, I just go ahead and I I buy a new one. This one, the bottle is about half full at the moment. I haven't sprayed it in a while, so I feel like I should. It just smells so good. It smell like any guy can wear this fragrance to anything. Like literally anything. You could wear this to the gym. You could wear this on a date. You could wear this to a job interview. If you go light job interviews, you got to be careful. You could wear this to anything and it won't offend anyone. Aqua Joe in general, right? Like it's just mass appealing. Everyone will love it. But Proffumo, they somehow oneuped themselves with this one and I highly recommend it to any guy. It's an incredible fragrance. Uh, it's got notes of bergamont, incense, pachuli, and marine accord.

4:38 Now, imagine everything that you love about Aquade Joe, the original, because you know, let's be honest, it's one of the best selling fragrances of all time. If not, might be the best selling fragrance of all time. But it's deeper. It's more mature. It's more elegant. It's fresh, but like not like a like a childish fresh. It's a more serious, elevated fresh. Light enough for daytime, rich enough for nighttime. It's the Swiss Army knife of fragrances. It does everything. It covers all grounds. Talk about a signature scent, right? An actual signature scent that you can just wear anytime, anywhere. This is it right here. Next up, I kept thinking, you know, should I include this? But there's just no way I couldn't include this because if I had to throw everything else away from my cabinet in terms of fragrances, there's no way I could throw this away. This is a special, maybe the

5:24 most special fragrance in my cabinet. This is Forte series Protagonist. Now, of course, I had to include this one because I made it. But protagonist to me is so much more than a scent. It's a story, you know, that's why I called it protagonist. It's about stepping into that story with confidence. And yes, it's about to me my story, but to you, it's about your story. It's about your hero journey. It's about what you are doing to become the man that you were always destined to be, right? And I know maybe it sounds corny, but I just remember having long sessions with my my team at Forte discussing what what should we create when it comes to fragrances there. There's thousands of fragrances out there. Like it needs to be interesting. It needs to be cool. I want a good story. I want a good scent. And that's how Protagonist was born. It's for the guy who's ambitious, guy

6:10 who is centered, the guy who knows what he wants, what he can bring to the table. It's got notes of bergamont, cardamon, orange flour, geranium, vanilla, and amberwood. And it opens up with this fresh, clean, magnetic vibe. And it settles into like a warm, smooth bass and it oozes confidence. It smells like confidence. This is your, you know, I was talking about Proffumo and how this is a great signature scent. That's exactly what we wanted to do with Protagonist and we were able to do it. You can wear it year round, you can wear it on a date, you can wear it to the gym, you can wear it anywhere you want. And that's exactly what we did with this. And I'm so grateful that the Forte community and you guys agreed with that because I was really putting myself out there when I made this fragrance. It was it was scary. But obviously I can't get rid of this, you know, and and I this

6:56 isn't on the list antagonist, but you know, um obviously I wouldn't get rid of this either, but but I don't want to take up two spots on the list with forte fragrances, but antagonist is kind of the opposite of protagonist, right? If if this is the hero, this is the anti-hero. It's the dark mysterious rival. It's got saffron, black pepper, oud, tonka bean, and then a slight hint of passion fruit, which when I say that, people are like, "What? Passion fruit?" Trust trust me, it's insanely good. And this is one of those fragrances like hypnotizing fire that you cannot spray a lot of it because it punches you in the face. It's really powerful. So, that's all I'm going to say about Antagonist. An incredible fragrance and if you love it, you absolutely love it. This next fragrance, I got it last summer and I

7:43 think it came out last summer, too. I'm not sure, but I wore the out of this fragrance last summer. And you can bet your ass that I'm going to be doing the same thing this summer. This might be my top three fragrances for summertime um since I got it last year. This is Perfume Demali Perseus, and it's such a gem. This is bright, very vibrant. Even from the the bottle, you can you can tell, but it's still classy. It's fresh. It's young. It's very heavy on the grapefruit. So, the notes are grapefruit, bergamont, vetiviver, and amberress. It's basically spring, summer in a bottle. But you do have to like that citrusy, you know, that grapefruit vibe because it's pretty heavy on that. But man, what an incredible fragrance. Like perform the Molly, they make some

8:30 beautiful fragrances, but this one just really spoke to me. And you can't feel it there, but it's like it's it's getting empty, man. which for one year only, that's crazy. Typically, when I go on trips, I'll put um I'll I'll bring this if it's a summer trip. So, this is that tells you everything you need to know. This is an incredible incredible fragrance. Got energy. Um it gives me that confidence that I'm going to smell good even when on a hot summer like humid day. It's not going to just melt on my skin and which is really really important for a summer fragrance. Um, for example, this is another summer fragrance that does that. And this this one wasn't on the list, but Hermes H24 to me is one of those fragrances that maybe not as good as Percy is, but really really great fragrance. Doesn't make me feel like I'm melting in the summer. Very light,

9:15 inoffensive, and just just beautiful. So, another great choice here for you guys that are looking for a summer fragrance. The next fragrance that I have on the list is a fragrance that, you know, some people tend to on, some people absolutely live by and love, and I'm on that second category. I live by and I love my Creed Aventus. It was my first expensive bottle of fragrance. I actually got it as a gift for my 30th birthday from my friend Benjamin Seda based Zeus himself. And man, it, you know, I just remember being so happy when I opened this. It's just a classic. It's just a classic. And I was looking at my cabin and trying to decide which seven I wanted to go with. And I I couldn't get rid of this one. You know, I have it in this bottle. I have the 10year anniversary bottle, which is stunning as well. And you guys know that I work with Creed a lot. And to me, you

10:02 know, it's it's an amazing brand that makes incredible sense. Been doing it for a long time. I'm actually going to France with them next month. And honestly, that has nothing to do with why I picked this fragrance. It's just an absolutely beautiful fragrance, and it deserves this spot. It has notes of pineapple, birch, black currant, musk, and oak moss. It's iconic for a reason. You know, it it's it's masculine but not overpowering, right? It's bold, but not something that you're going to get tired of. The only problem with Creed is that it became too popular. And that actually is a trend with fragrances that are really good, right? What's the problem with Dior Savage? It's not that it's a bad fragrance. As a matter of fact, it's one of the best fragrances ever made. And that is the problem, right? Too many guys wear it. So, it's kind of like death by popularity when it comes to fragrances, right? Because too many guys

10:48 wearing it means that it's now generic, not special. You don't want to spray Creed on or Dior Savage smells incredible. But then you go talk to a girl and she's like, "Oh, you smell like my ex-boyfriend. Just shoot me now." You know, and unfortunately, um, when you become too popular, that's what happens when it comes to fragrances. However, you can't deny that these are incredible, incredible fragrances. And when I got this fragrance, like I said, I turned 30 and I was wear, you know, I my YouTube channel started to pick up and I was feeling really good. And I was wearing this to meetings. I was wearing it to dates. I was wearing it to go out and hang out with my friends to go to clubs. It was the first time that I like had some disposable income and I was enjoying life. And this will always bring back those memories. Always. You know, fragrances are like time machines.

11:33 Sometimes you smell it and it just brings you back. I have a fragrance Calvin Klein Eternity that I have in my cabinet that I never wear. But once in a while, I'll just open pull up the bottle, smell it, and just remember of me being in high school and wearing Calvin Klein Eternity, literally in high school in 8th grade. And you know, I'm never going to wear it, but I love it. I love smelling it and going back in time. back in time when I was a little kid with pimples and had no idea what I was doing with my life. Barely spoke English, was very skinny, you know, and was just having fun, just figuring out who I was. For this last fragrance, you know, I have I have three fragrances here in front of me. Uh I'm going to choose one just because I have to This

12:19 is how indecisive I am when it comes to this stuff because I have the fragrances here and I'm like, ah, let me pick like 10 and I'll choose the seven on the spot. And you know, these are two that I was really thinking about going with. I'm going to go with Ombre Leather. I think Bodour might be maybe even a technically a better fragrance. It's easier to wear, but Ombre Leather just has a special place in my heart. You guys know that I always recommend this fragrance. So, I don't want to sound like a broken record, but it's an incredible fragrance. If you like that leather, sweet leather scent, you know, it's not for everyone. It's not a people pleaser. It's not a mass appealing scent, but if you like this fragrance, it is an absolutely incredible fragrance. H just smelling it, just literally I got goosebumps smelling this. It's got notes of violet leaf, cedarwood, leather,

13:06 green tobacco. It's like this deep confidence that comes with wearing this scent. It's a little It's not overpowering, per se, because it has this like sweet undertone to the heavy leather. It's definitely not a summer fragrance, so it's for fall and winter. It's for date nights. I wouldn't wear this during the day. I would not wear this during the day. This is a nighttime fragrance. This is for the guy who maybe has already like three, four, five fragrances in his collection and then he picks this up. It's not like, oh, let me buy my first fragrance. Tom Ford Ombre Leather Pam. It's too strong for that. So, oh, it's it's just so good. I'm gonna have to wear this again very soon before it gets too hot to wear it. One thing I've learned about fragrances too is guys, you know, I'm choosing these seven fragrances for life. But there are

13:55 chapters of your life and you keep kind of you change the fragrances that you wear for each of those chapters like I did for Calvin Klein eternity when I was in high school. Like I was wearing Aquade Joe shortly after that. Like I was wearing um Perseus last summer. I'm probably not going to wear it for the next five summers, but for this chapter of my life, living in New York City, enjoying summertime in New York City, I'm going to remember this. Every time I smell this fragrance, I'm going to remember this chapter of my life. So, use that power that fragrances give you, which is this time machine. You know, bottle up this chapter of your life into a bottle. Put it into any of these fragrances that I mentioned. You know, put one summer of your life into these

14:41 fragrances. And it's just a it's just a beautiful thing. It's just amazing. This is to me the best thing about a fragrance is being able to bottle up a memory into one of these. So, if you want to see all of these fragrances, I've listed them all below. I would love to know what your favorite fragrances are right now. So, comment them below and I'll be going through the comments today. And I'll see you guys in the next video.