Chic is a crowd-pleasing, understated gem. It's not a beast, nor is it revolutionary, but this fresh, spicy woody scent is genuinely pleasant and remarkably versatile. A safe blind buy for an everyday grab that just smells, well, chic.

A budget take on Kenzo Jungle Homme. Strong Forest nails the bizarre, spicy nutmeg-and-cinnamon signature of the original, but the dupe pushes the hot spices louder while the cool powdery guaiac-and-benzoin depth that made Jungle so strange and addictive reads thinner and fades quicker.