Introducing the first annual Esquire Cologne Awards, featuring the coolest, most innovative, you-gotta-smell-this fragrances of the year.

Feminine colognes often feature fresh and sophisticated ... light perfume ideal for summer. Price: $500 on Chanel If you are ...

The opposite is true of bad colognes, too (if you’ve ever been stuck in the elevator with a colleague doused in Axe you know exactly what we mean), so it’s especially important to choose wisely.