Best Candy Sweet Fragrances For Men With A Sweet Tooth

Candy sweet fragrances for men are easy to find. These colognes offer inviting sweetness and they’re very easy to wear. While not necessarily masculine, the fragrances are ready to be worn with various outfits.

1. Mancera Aoud Black Candy

Maybe the most candy-like men’s fragrance, it represents an asset to a gentleman’s collection through its quality and longevity.

It features grapefruit and bergamot in the top notes.

Patchouli, Rose, and amber are among its midnotes.

Vetiver, musk, sandalwood, and cedarwood are its base notes.

Dominated by rose and candy, this sweet floral fragrance is hard to match. Oud is a bit hard to find in it and the name choice of the cologne might have been more inspired. Licorice, rose, mint, amber, musk, and vanilla are well-blended here.

Highlights

• Unisex profile
• 8-hours longevity
• Made for winter wear

 

2. Yves Saint Laurent L’Homme Parfum Intense

Released in 2006, the candy sweet cologne for men includes bergamot, lemon, and black pepper in its opening.

Artemisia, orange blossom, and violet leaf are among its drydown notes.

Woody notes, ambergris, benzoin, suede, leather, and cedar are its base notes.

The fragrance smells like candy, however.

If you’ve ever tried a candy cane, this is what the fragrance is associated with the most.

Cherry adds to the sweetness in the opening.

But the fragrance is mostly sweet, backed by amber and woody notes and a bit of suede to add smoothness.

Highlights

• It smells like sugar cane and bubblegum
• Tobacco leather-like in the drydown
• Top 9-hours performance in the winter and fall

3. Annayake Pour Lui Annayake For Men

This delicious gourmand cotton-candy hazelnut release certainly reminds of childhood amusement parks.

It features mandarin orange, tea, apple, and bergamot in the opening.

Cotton flower, lotus, and bamboo are among its mid notes.

Cotton candy, hazelnut, and tonka are its base notes.

The main drawback of the fragrance is that its tea note is rather floral, but it’s not a full drawback as it also allows wearing the scent during the warm months of the year.

Highlights

• 6-hours longevity
• Hazelnut and cotton candy focus
• Typical Japanese DNA

 

4. Keneth Cole Reaction For Men

It’s now time to look towards warm weather scents, backed by a lightweight profile.

Reaction opens with melon, watermelon, green apple, bergamot, and lemon.

Patchouli and lily of the valley are among its mid notes.

Sandalwood and musk are its base notes.

Smelling like watermelon candy, it’s very versatile with a loose summer shirt. However, it can be cloying and you should only apply it with caution.

Highlights

• It lasts up to 5 hours
• A bit peppery in the opening
• It gathers compliments

5. Calvin Klein Reveal Men

This boozy cotton candy is a daring release from the house of Calving Klein. This mesmerizing release comes with pear, brandy, ginger, mastic of lentisque, and melon in the opening.

Similar to Halloween candy, it features rich midnotes such as suede, clary sage, agave, and a bit of salt.

Amber, vetiver, and tonka are its base notes.

The boozy cotton candy opening settles to a vanilla candle effect which is both the best during the wintertime when they cut through the cold air.

Highlights

• 8-hours projection
• Cotton candy opening
• Sticky-sweet booziness

6. Lattafa Raghba

This classic oriental is already enjoying good popularity. It features agarwood, musk, vanilla, sandalwood, sugar, and incense.

Often compared to vanilla candle perfumes, the sweet and resinous cologne is made only for those with a sweet tooth who also like intense oud.

While it has strong silage, the air around the wearer is mostly sweet and oud is mostly smelt by the wearer man.

Warm and spicy, the fragrance is not expensive. But it’s for everybody. The main issues those used to generic fragrances have with it is its strong oud and unusual sweetness which has a smoky vibe rather than an open candy cane scent.

Highlights

• Longevity up to 5 hours
• Not too commercial to be seen as a crowd-pleaser
• Surprisingly, it gets compliments

7. Diesel Only The Brave

With a good candy sweet profile, the scent is masculine which is hard to achieve as many in this class are rather feminine. Fruity in the opening, the fragrance maintains the sweet fruit drydown plus a bit of smokiness to make it a bit more complex.

Red apple and mandarin are its opening notes.

Sage and pepper are among its base notes.

Patchouli, benzoin, tobacco, and woodsy notes are its base accords.

The sweet apple-tobacco-smoky scent is perfect for cold weather or evening wear.

Highlights

• 8-hours longevity
• Limited 30-minutes silage
• It starts sweet and it drops to incense-smoky drydown

8. Diesel Fuel For Life

It’s not just about the artisanal look of the bottle that’s special in this fragrance. Its limited notes make it a simple sweet pleasure to enjoy through the year.

Anise and grapefruit are among its opening notes.

Lavender and raspberry are among its base notes.

Men can also enjoy its woodsy base notes mixed with heliotrope.

The anise-raspberry combination is what makes it smell like candy.

Highlights

• It smells like a sweet raspberry candy tart
• It lasts 6 hours
• One of the best Diesel fragrances for men

9. 212 Sexy Men Carolina Herrera For Men

This candy sweet fragrance for men has a sexy appeal, just as its name suggests. For the money, it’s not too synthetic either.

Greens, bergamot, and mandarin orange are among its opening accords.

Cardamom, florals, and pepper are among its base notes.

Oudy-vanilla, musk, and amber are its base accords.

With a dirty sweet cologne for men appeal, it certainly uses the oud note to stand out.

Highlights

• 6-hours longevity
• A dark smooth Le Male alternative
• Very sensual

Final considerations

The best candy cologne for men has a very sweet profile but which is also easy to wear as seen above. Even summertime fragrances in this niche can be easy to wear.

The biggest asset they have is their price. Sugar, cotton candy, and similar notes are very cheap to source. This then allows the final men’s candy cologne to be sold at a very affordable price.

If you haven’t tried one of these before, you should add them to your collection as a backup for the days you want a simple uplifting scent.

 

What smells like Candies For Men?

Candies for Men was an excellent fragrance appreciated by men who knew how to wear it. If you’re looking for a replacement for the sweet fragrance, you can try out Tim McGraw for Men.

Feel free to also check out my best cotton candy perfumes for women who love candyfloss.