2026 Fragrance Guide: How to Choose the Perfect Cologne For You

About this video

Centeno teaches how to properly buy fragrances by first covering fragrance types and their characteristic notes, then explaining concentration levels and how fragrances develop over time. He provides guidance on testing fragrances in-store, purchasing strategies across different retail channels, and warns against counterfeits and clones. Centeno concludes by discussing subjective aspects of fragrance selection and emphasizing that buyers should trust their own judgment.

Key takeaways

• Centeno identifies major fragrance categories—aquatics, florals, orientals, leather, gourmands, chypres, fougeres, citrus, and woods—each with distinctive notes and characteristics suitable for different preferences
• Centeno recommends testing only one or two fragrances at a time in-store, waiting 30 minutes to an hour between tests to reset your nose, and wearing tested fragrances for hours to evaluate how they develop across top, middle, and base notes
• Centeno advises buying from reputable in-store retailers like Ulta, Sephora, Nordstrom, or directly from manufacturers to avoid counterfeits, and cautions against deals that seem too good to be true on platforms like Wish or unverified Amazon sellers
• Centeno argues that most designer fragrances are well-made and crowd-pleasing, that fragrance preference is entirely subjective, and that buyers should educate themselves rather than rely on sales staff who often lack fragrance knowledge
• Centeno recommends using Scentbird’s subscription service to sample fragrances before committing to full purchases, allowing customers to test 8ml samples over a month before deciding whether to buy

Episode details: published October 1, 2022 · 256K views · 23:10 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style advice summarized here is Antonio Centeno’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are his, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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