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The 7 best men’s fragrance gift sets – perfect presents for every guy this season from £30
It's really a gift for them and a gift for you, if you think about it!
Perfumes, aftershaves and colognes are such a fail-safe gift if you know the vibe of scent that your loved one likes. Personally, at this time of year I like to branch out and give an aftershave gift set rather than a single fragrance. For one, most of the time, it makes good financial sense (and I love to be savvy with money at the most expensive time of the year), because often the gift set costs the same or just slightly more that the individual fragrance and you get a free cream or mini to go with the fragrance. Then you get some gift sets that are discovery sets and you get to help your loved one figure out what their next signature scent will be. An honour.
So, here I have rounded up the 7 best gift sets I've come across for 2025, from super affordable picks to total splurges...
This cheeky-looking discovery set is so Brat-coded. If you haven't smelt a Discotheque fragrance, you are missing out. These unisex vegan scents are as sexy as they come. This set comes with mini vials of all seven of the brands scents so they can pick they fave before splurging on a full sized one which costs £120 each.
Woody notes are often the bread and butter of most masculine fragrances and here Liberty has curated a four-scent edit of complex and interesting woody scents. The Woody Fragrance Edit includes:
Ex Nihilo Outcast Blue Extrait de Parfum 7.5ml
Fugazzi Goudh Extrait de Parfum 8ml
Frederic Malle Musc Ravageur Eau de Parfum 7ml
Ode Ona Dawn Earth Eau de Parfum 8ml
It costs £90 for £140 worth of fragrance, so you're making a massive £50 saving here too.
Super spicy and sexy, if you like a warm scent on a guy, you have to get this set for your loved one. The brand describes it as "uncontainable masculine sensuality" so maybe not one for dad. The spiciness comes from cumin, cinnamon, and saffron and then it's capped with black pepper accord as the top note with cistus absolute at the base for lingering woodiness.
IMO these are the three most alluring, luxe scents from Le Labo and the ones I would gift to any fragrance-loving man. They are unisex (I wear all three as a warm, woody perfume lover) and this discovery set is great for allowing someone to decide what their vibe is before investing in the full sized scent. And then maybe you can have the other two... ?
Light Blue is a classic, so if you know a guy that wears it, then why not treat them to this set that includes a travel-sized bottle too? This is a summery fragrance with a top note of Sicilian lemon but warm, earthy patchouli at the base so would also make a good treat for a guy that you know is going on a beach holiday soon or even a sentimental treat for someone off on honeymoon in the new year.
It is a known fact that no bad-looking man has ever worn Hero since it's 2022 launch. The ambery, woody notes make men fitter, I swear, and the combo in this, packed with cedarwood at the base, is incredible. This set contains a Hero-scented deo stick too so they are guaranteed to smell divine.
Know a fella that orders Old Fashions and wishes they were born in a bygone era? This is undoubtedly the scent set for them. It's a part of the Killian liquors collection and it has a big hit of cedarwood at the base of the scent but the warmth and spiciness that runs through it is reminiscent of an expensive ageing whisky barrel.
Keeks Reid is the Beauty Director at Cosmopolitan UK. While she loves all things beauty, Keeks is a hair fanatic through and through. She started her career in beauty journalism in 2013 as editorial assistant at Blackhair and Hair magazines working her way to Acting Editor of Blackhair magazine at 23 years old. She spent much of her career working in trade hairdressing media at Hairdressers Journal, Salon International and the British Hairdressing Awards. Which is why she is a regular contributor to Cosmo's Curl Up franchise. Now, alongside her Cosmo work, she presents, creates content on social media and works with a range of beauty companies; from magazines and websites to beauty brands and salons.
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