The grass is greener, the air is fresh, and the heavy, spiced fragrance you wore during winter has met its seasonal demise. While you shelf that woodsy fragrance for the season, I'm here to give you 10 of the best spring fragrances for men in 2024 that you should try.
With the new season upon us, it's a great time to take a look at new fragrance releases for the 2024 spring season as well as some classics that always work during the seasonal change.
In this list, I'll give you 6 of the best new spring fragrances for men in 2024 and 4 classics that will have you smelling fresher than spring itself.
1. Valentino Uomo Born In Roma Green Stravaganza
Valentino Uomo Born In Roma Green Stravaganza is an exceptional spring fragrance that encapsulates the essence of the season.
The scent opens with a burst of fresh, green notes, reminiscent of a blooming garden in Rome. It's followed by the invigorating scent of coffee and vetiver that gives this fragrance its dynamic energy.
Fragrance Highlights
Notes: Top note – Calabrian bergamot | Middle note – Coffee | Base note – vetiver
Why This One? Valentino Uomo Born In Roma Green Stravaganza is an audacious expression from Valentino that offers a strong, unique fragrance that your partner will love.
It smells unlike anything on the market and will truly set you apart during the spring season.
2. Narciso Rodriguez Vetiver Musc
Narciso Rodriguez Vetiver Musc is an exceptional choice for spring, capturing the essence of the season with its refreshing and invigorating blend of notes.
The fragrance opens with a burst of cardamon and a lightness that is bold. It is perfect for those who want to embrace the season with a scent that is both sophisticated and uplifting.
Fragrance Highlights
Notes: Top notes – Cardamon, cypress, and nutmeg | Middle notes – Musk, bourbon geranium, lavender, red algae, and frankincense | Base notes – vetiver, patchouli, and cedar
Why This One? Naricso Rodrigues Vetiver Musc is an exceptionally strong choice for the spring season as it offers depth and boldness while remaining lighter than most scents.
It has a minerality to it that makes this fragrance one of the most unique releases of 2024 so far. It is sure to be a standout in your collection and garner tons of compliments.
3. Hermes H24 Herbes Vives
Hermes H24 Herbes Vives is a new spring scent that captures the essence of urban rain showers. The fragrance opens with a burst of herbal notes met with the high-tech molecule Physcool®, which is a unique cooling agent that brings high-performing, long-lasting freshness to the scent.
This fragrance is perfect for those who want to embrace the season with a scent that is both uplifting and complex.
Fragrance Highlights
Notes: Top note – Herbal | Middle note – Pear | Base note – Physcool®
Why This One? Hermes H24 Herbes Vives is an exceptionally unique fragrance in that it combines the lightness of spring rain with the depth of a fresh bouquet of flowers.
You will get many compliments with this scent as women will love its herbal essence matched with contemporary manliness.
4. Jean Paul Gaultier Le Beau Paradise Garden
Jean Paul Gaultier Le Beau Paradise Garden is a complex and earthy scent that encapsulates the essence of a tropical paradise with the warmth of sandalwood.
With floral notes paired with complex ingredients, this scent is a standout as one of the best spring fragrances for men in 2024.
Fragrance Highlights
Notes: Top notes – Watery notes, green notes, mint, and ginger | Middle notes – Coconut, fig, and salt | Base notes – Sandalwood and tonka bean
Why This One? Jean Paul Gaultier Le Beau Paradise Garden offers a unique experience for lovers of woodsy scents as it intertwines these complex notes with radiant flowers and aromas that truly embody the spring season.
Like many scents from Jean Paul Gaultier, this one is sure to garner compliments left and right during the spring months.
5. Dior New Look 2024
Dior New Look 2024 is an olfactory reinvention of a legacy that dates back to 1947 with their Iconic Bar suit – a fashion statement that revolutionized fashion.
In the same breath of revolution, this fragrance brings that legacy back as a bold unisex scent that offers a creative approach that pushes the boundaries of traditional amber fragrances.
Fragrance Highlights
Notes: Top note – Aldehydes | Middle note – Frankincense | Base note – Amber
Why This One? Dior New Look 2024 offers a new take on a classic with strong, complex notes that allow for use during the spring months thanks to it's top and middle notes.
The bottom note of amber adds to its complexity yet still allows this fragrance to be light and airy for both men and women. This is truly a unique scent that will garner compliments abroad.
6. Burberry Hero Parfum
Burberry Hero Parfum was introduced as a 2024 extension of the already famous Hero line (spoiler alert, there's another one from the same line on this list, so stay tuned).
It offers bold, woodsy notes that are sure to impress. But why is this on the list for spring fragrances?
As the Hero line has excelled in being both light and dark wood-based scents, Hero Parfum shines by bringing the lightness out of cedarwood in the middle. This allows you to have a complex, deeper scent during the spring months.
Fragrance Highlights
Notes: Top note – Amyris | Middle note – Cedarwood | Base note – Cypriol oil
Why This One? Burberry Hero Parfum is a unique fragrance in that its notes may steer you towards wearing this in the fall or winter months, however this works exceptionally well as a date-night spring fragrance.
With it's deeper richness, this scent is the perfect fragrance for those nighttime date activities as it offers a richness that works with the season. Save this one for date nights or special occasions, specifically in the evenings.
The previous 6 fragrances were new introductions to the spring 2024 season, but let's not forget about some stellar classics that always work great in the change from winter to spring.
These next fragrances are standouts as some of the best spring fragrances for men and should be considered for wearing during this new 2024 season.
7. Burberry Hero
As I mentioned earlier, another member of the Burberry Hero line was on this list, and this one is the 2021 introduction.
This fragrance is truly an amazing spring fragrance that offers woodsy scents with a blast of fresh spice added to the mix. This is a great option for spring months for a more complex fragrance option that truly stands out.
Fragrance Highlights
Notes: Top note – Bergamot | Middle notes – Juniper and black pepper | Base notes – Atlas cedar, Virginian cedar, and Himalayan cedar
Why This One? Burberry Hero is truly one of the most unique spring fragrances for men as it combines deep wood notes with light and fresh aromatics that give this scent some serious style points for the season.
It smells unlike anything with a woodsy undertone and will truly set you apart during the spring season.
8. Dior Homme Sport
Dior Homme Sport 2021 is a truly unique fragrance as it combines the brightness of citrus and spice notes with the deep, sensual smells of wood and amber that give it its complexity.
This scent excels in the spring months thanks to its lemony freshness that's met with the deeper notes within it making it a perfect every wear in the changing months.
Fragrance Highlights
Notes: Top notes – Lemon, bergamot, and aldehydes | Middle notes – Pink pepper and elemi | Base notes – Woody notes, olibanum, and amber
Why This One? Dior Homme Sport 2021 is one of the best spring fragrances you can buy for its recognizability from the Homme Sport lineup.
This is a perfect fragrance to wear to the office. Or even just out and about during the spring months. It is a unique scent that is sure to get you compliments.
9. Parfums De Marley Galloway
Galloway is a 2014 release from the house of Parfums De Marley. It is a unisex citrus fragrance based on the name of a Scottish horse.
It features a complex aroma of citrus, iris, and amber. This gives the scent a stunning ability to be worn in all kinds of occasions in the warmer months.
Fragrance Highlights
Notes: Top notes – Citrus and pepper | Middle notes – Orange blossom and iris | Base notes – Musk and amber
Why This One? Parfums De Marley Galloway is a standout fragrance for the spring months thanks to its strong citrusy aromas.
This is the perfect all-rounder that also has enough strength to be worn on springtime date nights. It is special and unique and should always be in your spring rotation of colognes.
10. Paco Rabanne Invictus Platinum
Invictus Platinum is a standout modern fragrance. It combines the light freshness of citrus and mint, with the complexity of lavender and patchouli.
This makes for a wonderful springtime fragrance that gives you flexibility and masculine appeal.
Fragrance Highlights
Notes: Top notes – Absinthe and grapefruit | Middle notes – Mint and lavender | Base notes – Cypress and patchouli
Why This One? Invictus Platinum is the perfect spring scent that offers versatility and performance for the warmer weather.
With its fresh and uplifting scent, it combines the appeal of sexiness with the slightly floral undernotes that women love. This is a staple for spring months and is sure to garner compliments all day long.
So there you have it. Out with the old and in with the new season. These are the best spring fragrances for men that you should try in 2024.
If you're interested in other top fragrances, check out this article I wrote on the best men's colognes for 2024.
