This one is a divisive topic, with many feeling it's a high-class Le Male clone that costs far too much for its performance, while others find its smooth, refined profile and barbershop freshness irresistible. Sample first, definitely. If you love the DNA, you just might love it.

Remedy revives the discontinued Viktor & Rolf Antidote, opening fresh-spicy with cardamom and mint before sinking into a cinnamon-and-woods heart. The original's peculiar, complex spicy-woody character reads simpler and flatter here, but it's a welcome budget revival of a hard-to-find oriental.