The Art of Wearing Scents, According to Santino Rosales
Learn how the professional model and football player matches fragrances with the right occasions
Santino Rosales has an diverse perfume collection—a curated selection of fragrances fit for every event or occasion. He understands the art of using specific scents to his advantage, and he knows that developing one’s olfactory preferences is a deeply personal process.
VMAN Southeast Asia recently caught up with the professional football player and model to explore his current rotation of fragrances (and why he likes them).
Watch the full video below:
Below, learn more about Santino’s chosen scents and read his insights on how to make the most out of your fragrances:
Dedicate a bottle for date nights
For Santino, a sharp and elegant scent is the best way to show up and show out on date night. His choice? The YSL Tuxedo. Patchouli makes this masculine scent dark, woody, and earthy. A hint of spice completes the package.
Go light on the everyday scent
Santino’s daily go-to is on the softer, more powdery side. Gris Dior is a unisex scent that plays between woody and floral scents for a fuller fragrance.
Leather makes you look (and smell) better
Not only does good leather look great on a person—it’s also a sensational scent. In perfume, leather often gives off a tough, sensual, and opulent vibe.
It’s a scent that Tom Ford has masterfully combined with spicy and floral notes—patchouli, jasmine, vetiver, among others. And that’s why the TOM FORD Ombré Leather Eau de Parfum is on Santino’s rotation.
A touch of citrus can beat the heat
From the football field to the city, Santino’s no stranger to the relentless Southeast Asian heat. He combats that with Hermès Eau de Citron Noir, with opens with a fresh citrus scent that dries down toward notes of black tea, which he personally likes.
Never let go of your signature scent
Finding your signature scent is a personal journey. It involves surveying as many bottles as you can, understanding your personal preferences, seeing how certain scents react to your body chemistry, and more.
And sometimes, when you finally discover it, you can’t explain why you like it—you just simply do. And that’s how Santino feels toward the Valentino Uomo EDT.
It’s a woody and floral fragrance—a soft, masculine scent with vibrant myrtle liquor and Italian bergamot. Coffee, leather, and vanilla mix with hints of cardamom and black pepper for the center note. Conveying refined elegance, the fragrance finishes with iris notes and aromatic vetiver.
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Product photos courtesy YSL, Dior, Hermès, Tom Ford, Valentino
Banner photo credits:
Photography Dookie Ducay
Chief of Editorial Content Patrick Ty
Art direction Mike Miguel
Grooming Nix Institute of Beauty
On location Pioneer X Studios
