VERY OT: Men's cologne

Cyfiawnder · Post by **Cyfiawnder** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 7:13 pm

Can't go wrong with Polo Sport, Drakar Noire, and Nautica! Some of those AXE deoderant body sprays smell nice too and they're cheap!

Wandering_Whistler · Post by **Wandering_Whistler** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 9:18 am

I've always gotten pretty good results with Lagerfeld (though not the newer 'Lagerfeld Photo'..it smells awful!)

nickt · Post by **nickt** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 11:54 am

On 2002-12-08 10:44, Wombat wrote:
My favourite is very cheap and home made. It's called BO. Like the whistle of the same abbreviation its's very chiffy and works best when thoroughly warm.

I recall this is the all-time Aussie favourite - positively resplendent in the old rugby changing rooms if I recall. I fear though that our American members won't have the "BO" reference.

Redwolf - men (old and young) are not good at this sort of stuff. Women, however, are. I suggest you ask some young women - they'll quickly get you up to speed. I use "Fahrenheit" because it's the only one that smells okay on me (I'm told) - it also gets occasional positive comments from female friends so I'm sticking with it!

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burnsbyrne · Post by **burnsbyrne** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 12:01 pm

On 2002-12-08 19:23, johnz wrote:
My favorite is patchouli oil. That might be too distinctive though, a lot of people don't like it.I like anything that has an earthy, herbal smell, what I really want is to find something that smelled like cedar, then I could smell like a hamster.
Take care, Johnz

I thought that the only reason for patchouli was to cover the smell of marijuana smoke!

Mike

Stan · Post by **Stan** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 12:08 pm

Have to agree with Greg's choice of Lagerfeld. Cool Water also seems to be popular amongst my friends.

2nd Wind · Post by **2nd Wind** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 12:08 pm

On 2002-12-08 20:13, Cyfiawnder wrote:
Can't go wrong with Polo Sport, Drakar Noire, and Nautica! Some of those AXE deoderant body sprays smell nice too and they're cheap!

I couldn't have said it better. Besides the Polo Sport and Drakar Noire, & Nautica (which are all awesome)...My recommendation is Cool Water. When I was in High School (8 years ago) this was the smell that drove the girls wild. It still does to this day.

Do your nephew a favor and get him one of these 4 colognes mentioned here. If not, at least get him CK1, CKB, or the Tommy.

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 4:21 pm

On 2002-12-08 13:06, PhilO wrote:
OK, I'm switching to Aramis posthaste..

Philo

Oh Phil!....Oh, PhilO. . .you care!

Stan · Post by **Stan** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 4:22 pm

Edited to remove dupe.........

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ChrisLaughlin · Post by **ChrisLaughlin** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 4:34 pm

Hmmm... I think cologne and perfume are often quite nasty and offensive in general - forcing a strong, and often unpleasent (to many people) odor on those around you. It's a bit like smoking in a public space, except that it probably won't cause lung cancer for those around you, though it may make their eyes red and itchy, skin irritated, nose twitch, etc.

Regardless, if you're going to spend money on these seriously overpriced mixtures of alcohol and mostly toxic chemicals, the best you could is to NOT buy brands by Abercrombie & Fitch, Tommie Hilfiger, GAP, etc. Those stores, as popular as they may be, are well known exploiters of sweat-shop workers. I make a point not to shop there.

However, I will amost instantly fall hopelessly under the spell of any woman wearing jasmine oil... seriously, try me

Chris

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ChrisLaughlin · Post by **ChrisLaughlin** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 4:53 pm

On a more helpful note - it you ARE going to buy him cologne, this website - http://www.scentiments.com - has some very, very good prices (yes, it's totally legit).
Chris

Eldarion · Post by **Eldarion** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 10:28 pm

Hi Redwolf, it depends on what kind of smell your nephew likes of course. Normally I wouldn't recommend the heavy smelling stuff for younger people eg. Drakar Noir or Aramis. You can't go wrong with the following though:

Hugo Boss - HUGO (my favourite, fresh smelling, light)
Hugo Boss - Bottled (a little sweeter, slightly heavier and smells different)
Poco Rabane(sp?) - XXXL (one of my favourites, but tends to smell heavier as the day passes)
Calvin Klein - One (very palatable, pleasant, no one hates this)
Calvin Klein - Eternity (sweeter, less conventional smell, smells better on some than others)
Davidoff - Cool Water (very nice, slightly heavy, smells better on some than others)

The above are all pretty "in", fresh smelling and IMO more suitable for teens (I'm one I should know, right?). I would avoid brands like United Colors of Beneton and A&F for perfume because those tend to be very fruity in a fake way. Try to sample first of course!

Eld-who rarely uses perfume nowadays-arion

CraigMc · Post by **CraigMc** » Mon Dec 09, 2002 10:47 pm

My favorite is Hugo by Hugo Boss. It was pretty trendy a couple years ago. I also used to wear Davidoff Cool Water and Fahrenheit by Christian Dior. Abercrobie might be a good suggestion in that it's trendy enough...although I started stearing clear of them when they began putting out thong underwear for 7-14 year olds.

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 5:49 am

On 2002-12-09 12:54, nickt wrote:
On 2002-12-08 10:44, Wombat wrote:
My favourite is very cheap and home made. It's called BO. Like the whistle of the same abbreviation its's very chiffy and works best when thoroughly warm.
I recall this is the all-time Aussie favourite - positively resplendent in the old rugby changing rooms if I recall. I fear though that our American members won't have the "BO" reference.

Redwolf - men (old and young) are not good at this sort of stuff. Women, however, are. I suggest you ask some young women - they'll quickly get you up to speed. I use "Fahrenheit" because it's the only one that smells okay on me (I'm told) - it also gets occasional positive comments from female friends so I'm sticking with it!

I have to concur with Nick, men just don't have good enough noses for this sort of thing.

The problem is, whatever scent a man wears, it reacts with his production of Wombat-juice, so the same stuff smells different on different people. Plus, the same Wombat-juice smells different to different noses. All very complex and hormonal, just like a teenager.

I used to like Kouros, it always seemed to get the girls panting at University (at least, I hope it was the cologne).
Last couple of years I've been using Calvin Klein's Obsession, on the rare occasions when I bother to use scent at all.

You really need to take the young gent shopping and try different scents on him. Spray a small area, rub it to warm the smell, and take a good whiff. You'll soon run out of small areas to spray!

If all else fails, take a look at magazines like Loaded, FHM (do you have those over there?), etc, they'll be stuffed with ads for smells at this time of year (in fact you'd be hard put to it to find an article).

Jim_B1 · Post by **Jim_B1** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 5:54 am

My current favorites are Drakkar and Eternity. I'd also suggest having someone who does wear cologne show him how much to put on. Otherwise no matter what he gets, it's going to stink!

-Jim

CraigMc · Post by **CraigMc** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 7:18 am

On that link Chris had I found the cologne that my wife has been asking about for ever. It's Herrera for Men. She wanted to know what I wore when we first met and It wasn't any of the ones I mentioned earlier.

Cool thanks Chris.