Well. It's more the case I got onto these 10-15 years ago and liked them so much that I wear them all the time. If you can recommend similar scents I wouldn't mind. Happy to reach for the top shelf occasionally but want an everyday wear for now.
I am not absolutely sure what it is you want, if you want splashes that imitate the expensive(ish) EDT's on the market then these jump to mind.
Stirling Soap Co. - Sharp Dressed Man, Island Man, Executive Man, South Padre, Arkadia, Mountain Man, & Bergamot Lavender
Fine Accoutrements - American Blend, Fresh Vetiver, L'Orange Noir, Platinum
Detailed descriptions of the scents and what they imitate can be found via the links.
It is worth remembering that the EDT's you have mentioned are made by
highly skilled perfumers with years of experience and the very best of ingredients. Those two colognes no doubt went through hundreds if not thousands of iterations and refinements over 5 or 10 years prior to being released. A $25 splash is never going to compete with the complexity, nuance or purity of an EDT, or to be frank, come even close.
If you are looking for similar EDT's or such like I would recommend going into a David Jones store, or upmarket department store and trying 20 to 30 of the more readily available products on the market. It really is the only way to find your signature scent, a text based description on the internet is really of little use. You will find most decent department stores sell EDT and cologne in the $70 to $800 range or thereabouts, beyond that you move into specialised house brands which is a whole different ballpark, to try most of those you need to go to the flagship stores in the major cities. i.e. Channel, YSL, Ferragamo, etc,etc
Hope this helps somewhat, I am sure others can jump in with suggestions and or opinions
