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This perfectly walks the line between spicy freshness and vanilla warmth, and smells so good your father will want to drink it. (Don’t let him.)
$86, available at Saks.com
A whiff of leaves underlined by lit gunpowder, which makes for a great scent and, now that we think about it, probably a great scotch, too.
$135, available at Comme-des-garcons-parfum.com
This will make your dad smell like he felled trees all day with one of those $300 paint-dipped as, then went home to shotgun a microbrew.
$110, available at Cbihateperfume.com
Even if pops doesn’t summer on the Cape, this fresh and briny scent will make everyone think he does.
$65, available at Tommy.com
Does your dad go behind the velvet rope at the hottest clubs? Hobnob with the rich and famous? Of course he doesn’t. But this woods-y, citrus-y blend will allow him to feel like it, even if he’s just at Denny’s with mom.
$65, available at Macys.com
You’ve put off getting a gift because you don’t want to get him another too-wide tie. Bad news: you’ve nearly run out of time. Good news: any of these five worthwhile fragrances will impress your dad with their scents (and will help with his post-lawn mowing funk all summer long).
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