See Now, Buy Now: Ranger Station’s High Horse Fragrance Is Your New Seasonal Scent

Best colognes for men to wear this summer.

When you get right down to it, the cologne or fragrance you wear for summer is quite a lot like the rotation of summer-friendly clothing you’ve got on hand, isn’t it?

There’s a sense of lightweight airiness, something a touch more breezy than what you might wear in the colder months — that goes for your scent of choice as well as your wardrobe, for the record. The best colognes for men these days offer distinction and refinement, and a memorable, lasting touch (provided you don’t overdo it, that is).

And a cologne from a company like Ranger Station could be the ideal way to make your foray into the world of the best fragrance for men.

Consider it a far cry from the classic scents worn by your father and grandfather — there’s a time and a place for those, but there’s also a way to make a scent all your own, even if you don’t consider yourself a ‘cologne guy’ by any means.

Leave it to the expert curation of scent expert and Ranger Station founder Steve Soderholm — I recently connected with Steve over at Maxim.com, and thought it was high time to give the brand another look as you sort out everything from your seasonal wardrobe to your grooming game.

And yes, my friends — Ranger Station can assuredly help, starting with Ranger Station High Horse.

There’s a sense of rugged, gritty, Americana appeal woven throughout the brand, which calls Nashville home and has collaborated with the likes of the Waylon Jennings Estate on some seriously badass yet nuanced fragrances, including candles, diffusers, car cologne and even lotions.

The excellent and personal favorite Ranger Station High Horse fits nicely in this realm for summer, with plentiful citrus notes playing nicely with cedarwood and musk, among others.

It’s unique, it’s memorable and it’s carefully crafted — and you can test out the brand in smaller sizes or a discovery set to figure out what exactly suits your fancy (or catches the attention of those closes to you, if you know what I mean). Don’t sleep on the breezy, summer-friendly leanings of Ranger Station High Horse — it might reward you with an entirely new level of confidence or at least, a new favorite signature scent.

The Thursday Buy: Upgrade Your Space with this Tasteful Ranger Station Candle This Season

In the same way that you put careful thought into your ensemble, the way you dress from the ground up with the best boots for men or the right Oxford shirt or pair of jeans, you can (and should!) put the same care and thought into your living space. That can be something as simple as opting in when it comes to a seasonal scent upgrade with one of the best candles for men, a move that makes your space all the more richly crafted, fragrant and even stylish.

And in my experience, there are few fragrance companies doing it better than Ranger Station, the Nashville-based fragrance house with an emphasis on scents that are at once rugged and refined, complete with collaborations with the likes of rising star Noah Kahan and other guitar-driven luminaries.

It’s an altogether wonderful approach that includes everything from candles to a line of excellent colognes, and selections like the Ranger Station Balsam Fir Candle can certainly bring a heck of a lot to your living room or den this season. A word to the wise: Don’t sleep on the company’s excellent lineup of colognes, with notes of leather, pine an even a whiskey-forward Old Fashioned fragrance on the menu.

What’s more, the Nashville-based company lives up to its rugged roots aplenty, with Ranger Station also offering a mighty useful fragrance quiz to expertly find and curate your signature scent.

The Ranger Station Balsam Fir Candle touches on seasonal classics in its scent notes, including balsam, pine sap and juniper, making for a truly elevated fragrance experience designed to make any room smell like a Christmas tree (or at least, it’ll have things smelling like the heart of the season itself, and that’s never a bad thing, is it?).

It doesn’t hurt that candle selections (and more!) from Ranger Station feature more than 30 hours of burn time, plus a hand-poured production process — and each Ranger Station candle comes complete with a stylish storage box and a crisp, often-playful logo on the side. To light up a candle from Ranger Station is a highly pleasing experience, one you should enjoy early and often this holiday season.