19 Long-Lasting Fragrances That’ll Make You Smell Great All Day—and All Night

Quercia, one of Robb Report’s 2025 Grooming Awards winners, won us over because of how transportive it is. It’s named after a massive tree that stood at a Medici family home, Villa di Castello, and is rich with woody notes such as oak and patchouli, accented with lavender and vetiver. Like the others on this list, it has impressive longevity, and makes a perfect partner when you have a black-tie event.

This is one of Robb Report lifestyle director Justin Fenner’s current favorite fragrances. It’s named after its titular ingredient, cedar, but steps away from traditional cedar scents with a creamier interpretation that blends the wood with amber, vanilla, sandalwood, roses, and thyme. But don’t let the ingredient list fool you. This one is masculine, and a consistent compliment-getter to boot.

The most concentrated take on beloved Sauvage, this “Elixir” would be a major commodity in the spice-fueled world of Dune. Licorice meets cinnamon, cardamom, and nutmeg, resulting in an extremely sexy, spellbinding, and muscled-up potion. Call it Sauvage on steroids, a wonderfully heady, spicy-woody expression. While it’s got some seriously universal appeal, Sauvage Elixir might feel too forward at work, so save it for after hours, when it can really work its alluring, libidinous magic.

This best-smeller is a punched-up version of the Y eau de toilette (which has been spun into every level of concentration available). Of everything on this list, Y Le Parfum might also be the most uplifting and “signature scent” ready, given its perennial zeal and perfectly balanced blend of tonka, lavender, cedarwood, and sweet apple. But even with signature options, keep a light touch: A little still goes a long way with this cost-effective pick.

This masterpiece might be the best gourmand scent in the game; we often joke that fragrances in this class are “so good you want to drink them,” but this one is dangerously tempting. Its cognac, cinnamon, vanilla, and praline notes are perfectly balanced. While many vanilla-forward scents polarize, this one magnetizes, and although it’s an EDP, it vibrates well into the wee hours of the night.

And speaking of terrific vanilla expressions, Carlisle gives us this sunny but smoky spin, which puts other EDPs to shame with its pronounced sillage and endurance. It’s best for the back half of the year, when you want a fragrance to punctuate a dressed-up sweater and wool trousers, or those nights when you want to smell confident and gentlemanly. Carlisle has an air of mystery, but it invites questions—none too shy about its sultry, approachable masculinity.

Everyone loves a leather fragrance when the time is right, which explains Tom Ford Ombré Leather’s enduring popularity. This higher-dosed Parfum expression has an ozonic radiance and a powdery push from both violet and orris (it leans masculine, sophisticated, and sexy). It’s great to spritz on a tote, a work bag, your winter gloves—while it lingers on your skin for a day or more, it’ll project subtly from these everyday carries in a way that both soothes and excites you around the clock.

Rose and tobacco go toe-to-toe in Checkmate, and the winner of this chess match is… you. You can practically hear the Champagne bottle go pop with that first spritz, which continues as it casts an effervescent radius. An undercurrent of bourbon contrasts with the prominent rosiness, enough that it pulls everything into unisex territory. It’ll make you smell approachable and open-minded, like an old soul with great taste.

The name Portrait of a Lady might suggest that this is a women’s perfume, but it’s a perfectly unisex expression of mind-calming rose, ethereal musk, rousing patchouli, and spicy clove. If you’re a man wearing this, the come-hither effect it’ll have on your +1 will be near instant. If you’re a woman wearing this, the what-are-you-wearings will pour in. And while it is sensual and sophisticated, we like it more for intimate at-home affairs, even if you’re spending a quiet night in with wine and a book. Its endurance will get you through the bottle, and cover to cover.

Perfumehead is the industry’s much-buzzed-about new kid on the block, having launched in 2023 with seven supercharged extraits. Each one is a love letter to Los Angeles or pop culture, and the nose behind the label—Daniel Patrick Giles—says they’re all olfactive screenplays. If that’s so, then you’ll love the smoky and velvety Cosmic Cowboy, which recalls the Sunset Strip in the 1970s. It has a resinous and spicy first act, which establishes the scene with galbanum, cinnamon bark, and orris butter. Then, an inciting incident (let’s call it whiskey and tobacco leaf) propels the plot forward, until amber, cacao, suede, and musk carry us to the end (which is many many many hours after application).

A gourmand gem, Sweet Taboo is a tasteful medley of vanilla, tonka bean, cacao, coffee, cardamom, and cinnamon. It has a seductive expression with some serious endurance—a couple of quick pumps of this scent will smell great for hours on end. And you may just enjoy its resinous, musky base notes as much as its delicious-smelling top notes.

While Creed’s fan-favorite Aventus would be an obvious pick here, we have to award Royal Oud the coveted spot on our roster. It is woody most of all: oud, cedar, and sandalwood give this one its regal structure, while musk, resin, pink berries, and lemon give it heart and levity. Royal Oud is a mature scent, one that suggests wisdom and perspective in the wearer. It’s a heavy crown to wear, in the best (and longest-lasting) way possible.

Byredo’s Night Veils Reine de Nuit does what so many male-targeted extraits refuse to do: It focuses on levity and sweetness. Most focus on virility and power, and rightfully, given that the wearer wants strength and longevity. But there’s often a lightness missing, too, which highlights many women’s extraits. Byredo’s summons musk, amber and incense, but it also centers on refreshing midnight rose, and imagines how that delicate scent unfolds after dark. In any other formulation, it might smell too sweet, but in Byredo’s care, a rose is an olfactive weapon.

Speaking of sultry after-hours roses, Dead of Night combines Damask rose with oud, balsam, amber, vanilla, and musk. This perfume house is as niche-luxury as it gets, with renowned nose Christophe Laudamiel in the lab, legendary supermodel Helena Christensen consulting and globetrotting expert sourcer Elizabeth Gaynes as founder and CEO. This one feels handcrafted by Eros and Aphrodite—alas, the Strangelove team is merely (super)human.

The fine folks at Maison Francis Kurkdjian Paris have done us a favor by offering a selection of their best EDPs in a richer, higher-grade extrait formula. Our favorite (and the internet’s) is Baccarat Rouge 540 in parfum form. Here is a warming blanket of a scent, made of Egyptian jasmine, musk, Ambroxan, saffron and Moroccan bitter almond. It deserves consideration as your new signature scent—for day or night wear, though in the summer it may feel slightly too warm. But consider too that you might recall the scent on a jacket collar many months after it was first applied.

Imagined as a love letter from a woman to her soulmate Gustav in 1910s Berlin, Lieber Gustav 14 is perfect for the hard-working man in a suit. It softens his edges a bit, with fresh lavender and black tea—but not so soft that those leather and sandalwood notes don’t pronounce themselves, too. Lieber Gustav 14 works as hard as its wearer, as anyone close to Krigler’s highly concentrated assortment knows all too well. Many people love to collect the brand’s storied scents, which are also easy to accumulate at the finest hotel boutiques as you traverse the U.S., Germany, Austria, and France.

If you want your cologne to arouse curiosity in those who encounter you, you should meet Enigma Pour Homme. It cloaks you in mystery with its spicy and sultry notes—cognac, pepper, ginger, vanilla, and tobacco. This one lasts all day (or all night, when it is best worn), and it warms up winter evenings. Roja’s reputation for ingredient sourcing is unmatched in the perfume world, and it shows in Enigma best of all.

Never were the words “a little goes a long way” more true. This is Amouage’s extrait expression of its beloved Interlude EDP. That “53” in the name stands for the jaw-dropping 53 percent perfume concentration. Its notes tell an alluring story: leather, smoke, resin, amber, oud, patchouli, frankincense… and it won’t fade from anyone’s memory after they encounter you, much like it won’t soon fade from your own skin.

Nishane’s best extrait announces you as approachable and enduring, rather than trying to cast a love spell like so many other pure parfums. A refreshing roster of notes also makes it a daytime standout amongst any night-crawling extrait roster. Pineapple, grapefruit, bergamot, and moss give it sweet, crisp, and earthy green notes, while cedar and patchouli round out its woody cyphre-ness. It’s a perfect match for the startup executive who wants to make an uplifting (albeit strong) impression.