From The Straits Times    |

When news broke today that intoxicating Irish actor Jamie Dornan would be taking over the reins (and handcuffs) from Charlie Hunnam to play the BDSM-bent billionaire Christian Grey in the film adaptation of the audacious bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey, we had a most fragrant flashback to Jamie’s beginnings as a Calvin Klein cologne model. Naturally, this got our wandering minds thinking about the scent-sational swains fronting fragrance campaigns… 

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If all goes well, 31-year-old Jamie will forever be remembered as the man who played Christian Grey. (#TeamFifty is trending on Twitter as we speak.) What future generations of fangirls may not remember is that the scruffy studmuffin jumpstarted his career by lounging about in his loincloth for CK Free in 2009. The leathery heart and provocative patchouli base of the scent is precisely how we want our modern, masculine man to smell like.

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sexiest-2_0.jpgJames Franco

We don’t get the Internet hate for our favourite hot nerd, we really don’t. (Jealous?) trolls like to point out his pseudo-intellectual leanings and somewhat effete mannerisms, but we think a New York University lecturer and Yale phD candidate who can sing, act and direct is more than man enough for us – especially if he’s also the face of Gucci’s posh Made to Measure cologne. We’re calling James and his Giant Peach (otherwise known as our reel-life boyfriend) Fragrant Franco from now on. 

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sexiest-3_0.jpgNoah Mills

Friends will know that Canadian boys with “cut” bods drive us absolutely crazy. Yes, we’ve been endlessly teased for our predilection for the country’s most infamous export (and no, we’re not talking maple syrup here), so we’ll reluctantly relinquish our Belieber pass and move on to more mature meat. Hello, Noah Mills! The regular D&G fixture has all of the swagger and sweaty abs of our erstwhile paramour – but best of all, no one can possibly accuse us of being a cougar with 30-year-old Noah! 

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sexiest-4_0.jpgRyan Reynolds

What did we say about our compulsive craving for Canadian chaps? Our cough, extensive research hasn’t unearthed any shirtless pictures of Ryan Reynolds for Hugo Boss Pour Homme, but here’s hoping that will change next year. Blake Lively and newly minted Mrs Reynolds, you’re one lucky, lucky girl.

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sexiest-5_0.jpgJared Leto

Oh, Jared. Those bedroom blue eyes belong on a glossy centrefold. Spread-eagled against a grimy wall in a gleaming biker jacket as Hugo Red’s poster bad-boy, Jared can take us on a ride to Mars any day – preferably lasting longer than 30 seconds, if you get our drift…

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