Admit it: As a dude, the experience of shopping for cologne mostly sucks. For starters, the men’s cologne buying experience is resigned to a big department store like Macys where you’re treated to hairy eyeballs from a clerk who thinks you’re about to steal the tester bottle and an overwhelming olfactory experience. The other option: Sephora or some sort of international airport duty free shop, where it’s impossible to find a musk for less than $70 worth caring about.
On top of that annoying price tag, you now smell like an garish carnival barker in an 1920s Jazz Age novel.
Duke Cannon Supply Co. – American-made purveyor of bourbon soap and other fine grooming products for real men – is on a quest to change the cologne-buying experience. After manufacturing a successful line of soaps, beard balms, and dry cologne for years, Duke Cannon is stepping into the eau de parfum game in it’s own unique way: Duke Cannon Proper Cologne.
My Duke Cannon Proper Cologne Review
With six different scent profiles, Duke Cannon Proper Cologne is only $25 for a standard 1.7 FL OZ bottle and it comes in a packaging sleeve similar to a 12-year old single malt. You can’t beat that price for the complexity of the scents.
The colognes are crafted in small batches and subtle on the nose, with profiles that accent mossy and woodsy aromas, as well as clean petrichor on a lake shore. The scents are rich, warm, refreshing, and, most of all, real, transporting your olfactory system to all sorts of pleasant memories: A morning hike through a dewy forest, a soft leather couch in a dim library, a haberdashery on cigar night.
Duke Cannon colognes are suitable for every occasion, from a date night to a regular old day at the office to that work banquet where you’re in the spotlight raising a glass to give the toast. Throw a spritz on after a hike or a swim, when a perfect Saturday starts to transition into a perfect Saturday night.
Here are the six signature scents for Duke Cannon cologne, along with how to buy so you can try for yourself.
Duke Cannon Proper Cologne – SAWTOOTH
Profile: Woodsy, light, bright, and airy
Type: Eau de parfum (that means highest-quality fragrance)
Key Scent Components: Aromatic, Cedar, Amber
Duke Cannon Proper Cologne – GRANT
Profile: Musk, but on the lighter, brighter side
Type: Eau de parfum (that means highest-quality fragrance)
Key Scent Components: Warm Spice, Tonka, Sandalwood
Duke Cannon Proper Cologne – PRESCOTT
Profile: Woodsy, rich, with some green notes for balance
Type: Eau de parfum (that means highest-quality fragrance)
Key Scent Components: Citrus, Oakmoss, Tonka
Duke Cannon Proper Cologne – SENECA
Profile: Aquatic foundation with some rich earthy and woodsy notes
Type: Eau de parfum (that means highest-quality fragrance)
Key Scent Components: Bergamot, Neroli, Cashmere Woods
Duke Cannon Proper Cologne – HURON
Profile: Aquatic foundation that is light, bright, and airy
Type: Eau de parfume (that means highest quality fragrance)
Key Scent Components: Aquatic, Sandalwood, Vetiver
Duke Cannon Proper Cologne – RANDOLPH
Profile: Musk, rich and sophisticated
Type: Eau de parfum (that means highest-quality fragrance)
Key Scent Components: Bergamot, Lavender, Leather
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