And you shouldn’t be able to smell someone’s cologne (or perfume for that matter), unless you are within a foot of them, perhaps closer. You may catch a faint smell if someone whisks by you, but your scent should not PRECEED or FOLLOW you by feet and yards! Apply sparingly to your pulse spots…both wrists, neck, behind each ear.
Anything more than that is unecessary and offensive. No matter the scent, too much always smells bad…you do not want to be the guy or girl people in the office talk about every time you walk away.
Cologne should be intimate…meaning you should only smell it if someone is very close and/or you should only be able to detect a faint, pleasant odor with your presence. Over application is a common faux paux. Don’t be that guy or girl. It’s a turn off.
i hate to break it to you but no one likes drakkar.
the two i’ve found most people like (on me anyway) are “very sexy: for him” by victoria secret (i know, who’d a thunk?) and “egoiste” by chanel.
though i do have to agree with what others have said about detergant and manliness. my room mate thinks the smell of clean laundry is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
i hate to break it to you but no one likes drakkar.
the two i’ve found most people like (on me anyway) are “very sexy: for him” by victoria secret (i know, who’d a thunk?) and “egoiste” by chanel.
though i do have to agree with what others have said about detergant and manliness. my room mate thinks the smell of clean laundry is the ultimate aphrodisiac.[/quote]
i hate to break it to you but no one likes drakkar.
the two i’ve found most people like (on me anyway) are “very sexy: for him” by victoria secret (i know, who’d a thunk?) and “egoiste” by chanel.
though i do have to agree with what others have said about detergant and manliness. my room mate thinks the smell of clean laundry is the ultimate aphrodisiac.[/quote]
I thought Drakkar was the bomb in high school.[/quote]
It’s what I wore in the late 80’s.
I don’t wear it anymore, but i’ve known women who still like it.
[quote]JLu wrote:
According to my psych prof they’ve done studies on scents vs arousal rate (by monitoring vaginal blood flow) and cologne is actually a turn-OFF for most women ie. it drys up the nether regions. According to current research, the ones that get the juices flowing are 1. licorice/cucumber 2(but very close to 1). baby powder and 3. lavender I believe. I’d be interested to know how true this is but there you go.[/quote]
I wasn’t actually kidding about the eau de man. There is a smell of a man, that is not BO, that is just heavenly. Not every man has it though, but it’s better than any cologne could possibly be.
There’s actually a guy at work who I wouldn’t find physically attractive at all normally but he smells like a combination of man with a light smell of fabric softener. I love it.[/quote]
Interestingly enough the same prof also mentioned that if you find someone attractive you’re more likely to think their “smell” is good (this includes bo as well as their “essence”). So your head tells you you’re not attracted to your coworker, but your biology says otherwise
[quote]ucallthatbass wrote:
Ralph Lauren double black, before this Agua Di Gio worked.[/quote]
Yup, I’m quoting my own post. Ralph Lauren DOUBLE Black (black bottle with black logo).
The regular black (black bottle with white logo) smells like baby powder and is sickly overpowering, the double black costs more for a reason.[/quote]
Smells like baby powder you say? Looks like I might have to test this theory out haha.
i hate to break it to you but no one likes drakkar.
the two i’ve found most people like (on me anyway) are “very sexy: for him” by victoria secret (i know, who’d a thunk?) and “egoiste” by chanel.
though i do have to agree with what others have said about detergant and manliness. my room mate thinks the smell of clean laundry is the ultimate aphrodisiac.[/quote]
I thought Drakkar was the bomb in high school.[/quote]
It’s what I wore in the late 80’s.
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Yeah, brings back memories of big hair, flat-tops/fades, spandex, and Z-Cavaricci.
I’ve had my girl tell me I smell awesome and had to inform her I wasn’t even wearing deodorant, much less cologne. She also seems to like my sent after I air dry after training.
Smells like this are so subjective, I wear what my girl likes.
i hate to break it to you but no one likes drakkar.
the two i’ve found most people like (on me anyway) are “very sexy: for him” by victoria secret (i know, who’d a thunk?) and “egoiste” by chanel.
though i do have to agree with what others have said about detergant and manliness. my room mate thinks the smell of clean laundry is the ultimate aphrodisiac.[/quote]
I thought Drakkar was the bomb in high school.[/quote]
It’s what I wore in the late 80’s.
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Yeah, brings back memories of big hair, flat-tops/fades, spandex, and Z-Cavaricci.[/quote]
I’m pretty sure I killed a small planet with all the hairspary I used…
i hate to break it to you but no one likes drakkar.
the two i’ve found most people like (on me anyway) are “very sexy: for him” by victoria secret (i know, who’d a thunk?) and “egoiste” by chanel.
though i do have to agree with what others have said about detergant and manliness. my room mate thinks the smell of clean laundry is the ultimate aphrodisiac.[/quote]
I thought Drakkar was the bomb in high school.[/quote]
It’s what I wore in the late 80’s.
[/quote]
Yeah, brings back memories of big hair, flat-tops/fades, spandex, and Z-Cavaricci.[/quote]
I’m pretty sure I killed a small planet with all the hairspary I used…
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Despite being what I’d term a butch but straight woman, I do love perfume. I am a perfume snob. You won’t find any celebrity scents in my cupboard - it’s all niche, artisan perfumes like Serge Lutens or Frederic Malle, or old classics like Mitsouko and Tabac Blond. Quite a few of the scents I wear are unisex.
On a man I like warm, sexy scents - musks, wood, leather, amber - but scent is very individual as it reacts with a person’s body chemistry. I can’t, for instance, wear Chanel scents of any kind - they just don’t smell good on me. Same thing with men - you need to try a few and find one that works for you.
I have a couple of Creeds which are also really good on men - one is Royal English Leather (formulated a couple of hundred years ago for a king, no less - and still smells fantastic now) and the other is Virgin Island Water, which is fresh and coconutty.
I love Serge Lutens - most are unisex but some are better on one gender than the other. I wear Ambre Sultan and the hard to acquire Muscs Koublai Khan, both of which are fantastic for men and women, but there are others that are better on men, such as Gris Clair (a subtle, masculine lavender-based scent).
There are some awesome Tom Ford Private Blend scents such as Tuscan Leather and Tobacco Vanille. Very expensive though.
Of the cheap and cheerful variety, I must admit I do like XS Black on a man, and also some of the Dunhill colognes. What I really hate is anything containing calone - a synthetic molecule that formed the basis for all those ghastly aquatic scents during the 90s. I like a man to smell warm, sexy and a bit dirty, not cool and just out of the shower.
i hate to break it to you but no one likes drakkar.
the two i’ve found most people like (on me anyway) are “very sexy: for him” by victoria secret (i know, who’d a thunk?) and “egoiste” by chanel.
though i do have to agree with what others have said about detergant and manliness. my room mate thinks the smell of clean laundry is the ultimate aphrodisiac.[/quote]
I thought Drakkar was the bomb in high school.[/quote]
It’s what I wore in the late 80’s.
[/quote]
Yeah, brings back memories of big hair, flat-tops/fades, spandex, and Z-Cavaricci.[/quote]
Hell yeah! I used to buy Z-Cavaricci and IOU sweatshirts from Chess King and Merry Go Round…
Watched “The Decline of Western Civilization - The Metal Years” on tv the other night.
