We pride ourselves on our selection of fragrances and perfumes. If you’re looking for something specific, you’ll probably find it on our site. Our discount men’s colognes include many of the top selling brands. You can order any these brands below conveniently from our website and save a significant percentage off the regular retail price. Of course, every cologne we stock is the real deal. We never sell knockoffs or imitations. Here we introduce five of our top sellers and their unique characteristics to help you make your decision when you’re looking for the scent that’s right for you.

Gucci Guilty Platinum Edition By Gucci For Men
This cologne was released to the public in 2016. It continues to be a bestseller for Gucci because of its woody aroma. When you first apply this cologne, you’ll probably notice the lemon and lavender first as these are the top notes of this brand. As you go about your day, the woody notes dominate leaving you with the calming scents of cedar and patchouli. Gucci Guilty Platinum Edition promotes an energizing and uplifting sensation, which will leave you feeling cheerful and ready to tackle the day.

Gucci Guilty Platinum Edition By Gucci For Men is available at a significantly reduced price. You’ll save 36% of the retail price when you purchase a 3-ounce bottle from Awesome Perfumes.

Terre d’Hermes Cologne By Hermes For Men
Available for purchase since 2006, this cologne for men is still popular today. This scent has a sensual aroma that is perfect for making memories together. The fragrance itself includes many different notes that combine the masculine feel with a touch of sweetness. For example, you’ll notice pepper and citrus, which provide a fresh scent when first applied. Underneath these notes you’ll find cedar and patchouli, which give this cologne woody tones and an earthy essence. This scent will get a man noticed, whether they’re trying to make an impression in the office, on the golf course, or on a date.

Terre d’Hermes Cologne By Hermes For Men can be purchased at Awesome Perfumes for a greatly reduced price. A bottle including 3.3 ounces is available for a 43% discount.

Essential By Lacoste For Men
This fragrance was introduced in 2005, but it is still popular more than a decade later. You’ll notice a fruity and citrusy smell at first, but it also includes typically masculine notes, such as sandalwood and patchouli. Other top notes include tangerine, tomato leaf, and bergamot. Essential by Lacoste has a sweet undertone instead of a sharp citrus scent. This makes this cologne a perfect choice for casual use while you go about your favorite activities.

You can find Essential By Lacoste For Men at Awesome Perfumes for a steep discount. We offer this brand for more than 50% off the original retail price.

Michael Kors By Michael Kors For Men
This new fragrance from Michael Kors includes woody-oriental aromas. Instead of using citrus or patchouli, this scent is considered a hybrid. While patchouli is still found in the base notes, this cologne also includes sandalwood, sleek woods, and musk. Other ingredients are black pepper, thyme, bergamot, and coriander. You can also recognize sage and suede, which give this cologne an urban, sophisticated touch. This makes it a perfect gift for the man in your life. This fragrance can be your go-to for casual outings, but you can also wear it on a regular day at the office.

Michael Kors By Michael Kors For Men is available at Awesome Perfumes for 44% off the regular retail price. The 4-ounce bottle is in stock and ready to ship.

Polo Red Intense By Ralph Lauren For Men
This fragrance includes some rather unusual notes that make it indispensable for your collection. For example, the middle notes include ginger and coffee, while you’ll find leather and red cedar in the base notes. The woody spicy fragrance has rather masculine appeal even though it also includes lemon and grapefruit scents in the top notes. The unique combination of fragrances gives this cologne a memorable aroma that can really shine at dinner dates or casual events. Even though it was released in 2015, Polo Red Intense is still a freshening and clean scent that is greatly appreciated by the wearer and anyone in their presence.

At Awesome Perfumes, we stock Polo Red Intense By Ralph Lauren For Men. It’s ready to ship, and you can save 31% off the retail price by ordering it directly from our website.

At Awesome Perfumes, we proudly carry J’Adore By Christian Dior For Women. This signature scent has been one of the top selling brands for women for almost two decades. It may have something to do with the fact that this scent is actually visible. If you pay close attention, you’ll notice golden shimmers on the skin after applying a light mist. Below we’ll invite you to learn discover more about this popular perfume by Christian Dior.

The Creators
Great perfumes are the ones that are still popular more than a decade after they are first launched. But beautiful scents don’t create themselves. It takes thousands of hours to combine scents in a way that is pleasing now and later. Not only is it necessary to include the right notes with the perfume, but it’s important to release them in a way for the wearer to notice them one at a time. Some scents linger longer than others, and the fragrance creators are responsible for that, too. J’Adore By Christian Dior was created by perfumers François Demachy and Calice Asancheyev-Becker.

The Packaging
The great thing about perfume is that it already comes in noteworthy packaging that is aesthetically appealing. While the bottle is made of glass to properly contain the scent, the shape and coloring of the perfume is part of the marketing effort. J’Adore by Christian Dior comes in an amphora, which is inspired by Greek traditions. While an amphora traditionally has two handles, this perfume bottle has a rounded top instead. The bottle has a wide base and rounds out a bit along the middle. The long, slender neck of it is gold-colored, which matches the print on the packaging. The bottle and box are elegantly designed, which is quite appropriate for this particular fragrance.

The Fragrance
This modern fragrance didn’t become popular because of the bottle it comes in. Instead, it’s the scent that has women reaching for it on every occasion. This perfume is very feminine with floral and fruity scents domineering. The fragrance itself is broken up in top notes, middle notes, and base notes, which we’ll discuss next.

• Top Notes
  When you first test a new perfume, you’ll notice the top notes right away. The fragrance makers release these scents to excite you and draw you in. J’Adore by Christian Dior includes magnolia, melon, peach, pear, mandarin orange, and bergamot in the top notes. These are predominantly fruity scents, but also include some mild flowery scents with the magnolia. The mandarin orange is added to give it a little extra aroma without being overwhelmingly spicy.
• Middle Notes
  J’Adore by Christian Dior includes tuberose, plum, violet, orchid, jasmine, freesia, Lily-of-the-Valley, and rose in the middle notes or heart notes. These scents are noticeable within the first several hours of wearing the perfume. Incidentally, these are also the scents that you’ll remember later and associate with the perfume. J’Adore by Christian Dior consists of predominantly floral smells in the heart notes. These notes give the perfume its very feminine and sweet scent.
• Base Notes
  J’Adore by Christian Dior includes some hearty base scents that keep you grounded. You may notice musk, vanilla, cedar, and blackberry. Even the base notes include fruity scents, which will leave you feeling fresh all day long. Cedar and musk are notes that stay in the background and round out the perfume by giving you a calming, lingering scent.

When to Wear It
J’Adore by Christian Dior for Women has become an instant classic since it was released almost two decades ago. This glamorous perfume has an irresistible scent. The fragrance is long lasting, which is perfect for wearing all day long. It can be applied under the arms or on your neck for best results. The sweet smell will stay with you wherever you go and draw others in. This perfume is perfect as a signature scent. Your significant other will think of you when they notice the smell since the olfactory sense plays an important role in making memories.

How to Buy J’Adore by Christian Dior Online
At Awesome Perfumes, we only sell authentic brands at heavily discounted prices. You can order J’Adore by Christian Dior for Women conveniently from our website. We offer this brand in a 1-ounce bottle. It is always in stock and ready to ship. If you’re looking for a gift for the woman in your life, she’ll appreciate this beautiful surprise and the uniquely feminine scent that lasts for hours. This perfume comes in an attractive amphora-like bottle.

Scented oils are not new. In fact, even ancient civilizations have used fragrances to improve their body smell and attract others to them. But why do we go through the hassle of finding the perfect scent to wear? It’s actually quite complicated. Perfumes include scents that make us happy for various reasons, but you may also choose to wear a certain brand because it was recommended by someone you like or admire. Of course, which scent you wear is part of what makes you unique.

Perfumes Makes Us Happy

Perfumes are powerful. Many scents include one or several pheromones, which have been shown to stimulate sexual appetite – although so far they only seem to work on men. Naturally, when women wear a perfume that is appealing to a potential partner, it makes them feel good about themselves, too. Of course, these scents are fleeting, which is why a woman may reapply her favorite scent after she excuses herself during dinner.

Scent is strongly linked to your memory. In fact, you may recall certain events when you notice the same fragrance again. For example, many women are reminded of their own mother when they smell a specific perfume. Oftentimes, it would be put on for a specific occasion, such as going on a date. Children could get a whiff of the scent when their mother says goodbye and this scent may stay with them for a lifetime.

Perfume can also remind us of other scents that we love. For example, it may smell like a favorite fruit, such as strawberry or raspberry. Of course, men’s cologne can also become a memorable scent. Maybe a partner’s favorite sweater smells like the cologne they use every day.

Another reason why fragrances inspire happiness is that wearing a new scent can transport you somewhere else. When you don’t smell like you do every day, you can pretend to be someone else or somewhere else. Whether you’re dreaming of escaping to a tropical island or a fun evening in the city, a new scent can make you feel like a new person much like new clothes can transform anyone from the outside.

Perfumes Promote Individuality

When you wear a certain type of perfume, you’re asserting your individuality. Considering there are thousands of different brands to choose from, the one you choose may say a lot about who you are as a person. Most people have more than one favorite brand, too. You may choose several different brands and use each of them for different occasions. For example, you probably have a scent you wear every day to work, but then there’s the brand that you only put on for date night or other special occasions.

Your tastes can change overtime, too. Whether someone surprised you with a new scent or you got a tester perfume you really liked – there’s always the option to select a different perfume to use. Besides, perfumes have a long lifespan, which is why it’s fine to have several different bottles ready to use when you want them.

Fragrances Inspire

While our noses aren’t as powerful as a dog’s nose, we do perceive much of the world we live in through our sense of smell. In a way, trying out a new fragrance can be a little like putting on sunglasses or rose-colored glasses for a day. It can help you see the world differently – even just for a little bit. Naturally, perfumes can make you feel inspired to try something new.

If you admire certain celebrities, you might like to try their cologne. You could also admire the perfume one of your friends wears and give it a try yourself. Sometimes, we got a recommendation for a new scent, and you were excited to try it out. Lastly, you could have sampled it from a magazine or other ad and liked it enough to try it. It’s not always the fragrance itself, but the way it is packaged that seems enticing. It could be the name of the brand or the image on the bottle.

It Marks a Special Occasion

While many people wear deodorant on a daily basis, not everyone uses perfumes every day. Brand name fragrances are often viewed the same way as a fancy cocktail dress or a new designer purse. Perfumes are partly an accessory that is necessary to complete the perfect outfit. It’s really no wonder that we associate perfumes with good things, because many of those days that require perfumes are fun to remember – whether that’ s a dance, a first date, or a wedding.

At Awesome Perfumes, we pride ourselves in offering a great selection of the best perfumes and colognes – all available at significantly reduced prices. With new scents coming out every year, it takes time and passion to stay on top of the trends. One of the things we do to provide you with the best selection is attending relevant tradeshows. Additionally, we listen to our customers and go to great lengths to procure the brands they like. But don’t take our word for it – take a look to see what our customers have to say about us.

eTail West Tradeshow

We recently attended eTail West. This year, the annual tradeshow took place at the JW Marriott in Palm Springs, California. From February 26 to March 1, 2018, thousands of retailers displayed their wares and shared their new products. Over 1,200 retailers and 600 different retail companies attended eTail this year. All attendees had the opportunity to get in touch with online retailers as well as in-store merchants throughout the 4-day event.

While this tradeshow is open to the public, most attendees are serious about their business. More than half of all guests were directors or owners of the company. This provides wonderful networking opportunities for anyone who is interested in learning more and building new connections.

The event also featured 220 different speakers who are game changers in their respective corner of the retail industry. This conference wasn’t just designed to help companies source the best products of tomorrow, but it was also set up to educate business owners and giving them the tools to succeed. After all, every company is working to achieve a certain objective, and new tactics can make a big difference for a business of any size.

One of the focal points of the conference was the connection between online to offline businesses. Since Awesome Perfumes started as a store and expanded its business online, this is highly relevant for our customers, too. After all, it is our goal to provide excellent customer service in person to the people who visit our store. Additionally, we take pride in prioritizing our online orders and customer requests to ensure that online and offline visitors have an awesome experience when they shop with us.

How We Source New Perfumes and Colognes

Shopping for new fragrances is all about having a passion for the business. Danny, the founder and CEO of Awesome Perfumes, displays an unwavering commitment to the company. He takes the time to find the perfumes his customers are looking for. Occasionally, there will be a customer who requests a brand Awesome Perfumes doesn’t currently have in stock. It never hurts to ask for it, because the staff may be able to find what you’re looking for and add it to their inventory – just as this customer experienced firsthand.

When we look for new brands to stock in our inventory, we only accept name brands. At Awesome Perfumes, you’ll never find knock-off or no-name versions of the perfumes you love. And we offer these amazing products at a fraction of the original retail price. Whether you come by the store or shop on our site, you won’t be disappointed with the selection or the prices.

Customer Testimonials for Awesome Perfumes

We take great pride in our store and want our customers to keep coming back for more. Not only do we keep our facilities clean, but we also take care to stock a great selection of inventory for you to choose from. We have experienced employees who take the time to help you with your perfume selection. Every customer interaction is meaningful to us, and we want to help you get what you’re looking for when you visit the store.

While other retailers offer many of the same name brands that we carry, none of them can compete with our prices. Our customers are always surprised to see how much they can save when they buy from us. It’s certainly worth the extra trip to stop by the store. But you don’t have to live in El Cajon, California to take advantage of our discount offerings, because all the same great products for the same competitive pricing are available on our website. Our website is easy to navigate, but if you need any help with ordering, you can always contact us via phone or through our contact form.

When you buy perfume for yourself or someone else, your nose makes the decision on which one you like best. But did you know there’s real science behind creating the perfect scent? Perfume consists of many different ingredients, but it is diluted in a specific way to help you distinguish the different smells. The steps of creating a new perfume also involve many different players, including the fragrance houses and their affiliates.

Main Ingredients of Perfume
Even if you knew the ingredients list of your favorite perfume, you wouldn’t be able to replicate it exactly. That’s because the smells occur in certain ratios and are diluted to reach your noise in separate waves. But all perfumes use a mix of essential oils, aroma compounds, and solvents. The solvents typically include water and ethanol, which helps increase the intensity and longevity of the different scents.

Why Perfume Is Always Diluted
You may have noticed that perfume is always heavily diluted. Is that because the manufacturers are stingy with their fragrance oils? Not at all. In this case, the dilution has to do with how people perceive smells. If you added all the perfume smells together as perfume oil, you wouldn’t be able to distinguish between them. It’s a little bit like listening to an orchestra playing all the notes in the symphony at once. You can hear them, but you can’t really appreciate them separately.

To ensure that you can distinguish between the different smells, perfume manufacturers dilute the scents with alcohol. This way, when you notice a sweet smell, you can distinguish that you’re smelling mango and jasmine and cherry – instead of just smelling something generally sweet.

How Perfume Smells Are Noticed
Every perfume is made up of three different parts. It has a top note, a heart note, and a base note. These smells are all part of the perfume, but because of the composition, they’re not noticed at the same time. The lightest molecules evaporate first – the top notes. Later, the heart and base notes follow.

The top notes are the scents you notice within the first 15 minutes of applying the perfume. In many cases, these first notes include unusual, spicy, and even unpleasant odors. These are included to get you to be interested in the perfume, but the smells don’t linger long enough to offend your nose.

After 3 to 4 hours of wearing the perfume, you’ll notice the heart notes. This is the smell that you associate with your favorite perfume and remember when you use it again. For example, a floral perfume will have flowery smells in its heart notes.

Finally, the base notes become noticeable after 4 to 5 hours of applying the perfume. The base notes give the lighter scents some strength. The base includes musky, watery, mossy, and woody chemicals, which will linger for a while.

How Perfume Is Made
The process of creating perfume is not an easy one. It involves the seller of perfume, the fragrance house, and its affiliates. If a company wanted to launch a new perfume, they would first detail what they were looking for in a brief. The brief explains what the perfume should smell like and who it would appeal to. This brief gets sent to different fragrances houses that will each make a bid on creating the perfume.

The staff at the fragrance house starts off by making an ingredient list. But even once the perfumer knows what will go into the perfume, the work is far from over. The next step is mixing the smells in the different ratios. And remember, the perfumer also has to control which scents are released first and second by controlling the evaporation rates. There will probably be 10 to 100 of different version of the perfume in the beginning. These are evaluated by specialists at the fragrance house. It can take an experienced perfumer quite some time to create a new perfume that follows the specifications of the buyer.

Once the fragrance house decides on their top contenders, they send them to the perfume seller. The seller will decide which of the perfumes they like best. But they could also dismiss them entirely. As a last step, they may ask for modifications on the perfume, such as lowering a specific ingredient. Then the fragrance house with the best creation receives the contract for the perfume. But the perfume company still doesn’t know the specific formula for creating the new scent – only the staff at the fragrance house.