Cologne Advise

[saldivar]

Well here

is my situation I live out in the middle of know where All we have next to us are target, Walmart and Sears, Just

looking for some cologne advise on what smells good since my selections is very limited. I ma planning to by some

online and would like to know what is a good scent that I cant go wrong with.

I am 23, Tall, Athletic

build,

[Lorenzo_91]

Scentiments.com
I would go

with Angel
Coolwater
Eternity
Issey Mikai :thumbsup:

[saldivar]

Thanks for the help, I never

heard of Angel. Sounds interesting

[Lorenzo_91]

Angel is the best, look it

up. The bottle cost 100 but you can get it cheaper on the net. You probably need to smell it somewhere first. If I

had to choose one that would be it. It truly turns heads.

[marcuccio88]

Well here is my situation I live out in the middle of know where All we have next to

us are target, Walmart and Sears, Just looking for some cologne advise on what smells good since my selections is

very limited. I ma planning to by some online and would like to know what is a good scent that I cant go wrong

with.

I am 23, Tall, Athletic build,


Buying via the web is your best bet if you are

remote. The only problem is not being able to smell the stuff first... There are websites that review cologne

(mentioned on this forum) and I find the ratings and advice to be useful. (The only one I dont get is Issey, which

I think smells too much like celery)
Sephora (if I can mention them) has a nice categorization system: e.g. mossy

woods, aromatic, water etc. It helped me figure out how to compare scents.
When you do get out to the city - bring

a pen. Go to a department store and spray cologne on those little cards - and write the names down on the card.

(Yes, you will feel like the biggest dork while you do this, but you will thank me later). Take the cards home and

you can sniff the "drydown" for days as you make your purchases online. Walmart offer those small bottles 0.5 oz.

which isnt a bad deal/amount since a decent sized bottle of cologne is about 1.6-1.7 oz. For cheap money you can

try a few out.
Cologne is like anything else you wear - try it on and see how it fits. Different colognes smell

good with different clothes/situations. Its nice to have something for everyday/work use and then have something

kick-a$$ for going out.
Peace and enjoy

[luxveritas]

One cheap cologne that I

think smells pretty good and is sold at walmart is mambo. Give it a sniff if you dont mind paying less than $50 a

bottle for something. I sometimes wear it, my brother started wearing it and I even found out that someone gave it

to my grandpa as a present. I guess you could pay a lot of money for something so you feel better about it. I'd

rather spend the money on mones.

[phersurf]

Angel is somewhat of a love/hate

type of fragrence!

Make sure you smell it before you buy it. It is very sweet with notes of chocolate,

coffee, vanilla. It makes you smell like a bakery.

I personelly like Hanae Mori HM that is also a coffee,

chocolate scent without being so cloyinglly sweet.


Here's a couple mainstream fragrences that are a

little formal, more for night wear,

Dolce Gabana
Dior Homme

Here's a couple of fresh, lighter

Summer daytime scents,

Halston Unbound
Lacoste Essential

[DCW]

Gucci Envy a winner, and

inexpensive.

DCW

[Whitehall]

A black guy and a pale Scandinavian should have different tastes in colognes. Likewise, summer and

winter should have different colognes.

Assuming you're a typical white guy (brown hair), Dolce Gabana for

evening and winter (warm, smokey leather) and Eau Savage for days and warm weather (lemony vetiver or

"green")

Should be able to find those most mass retailers. I always buy the minatures at $10 to $15

each.

Black guys might want something muskier.

[Pete]

Hi guys,

Any suggestions for a

cologne that I might be able to get away with in the frangrance free work environment? Something that is light

enough that someone might think it's just your shampoo, soap or moisturizing cream. But long lasting enought to

cover for hours. I'm not familiar with any of the products you guys mentioned above, I never wear cologne.

How

about essential oils? Do they work well for cover?

Pete

[InternationalPlayboy]

Hi

guys,

Any suggestions for a cologne that I might be able to get away with in the frangrance free work

environment? Something that is light enough that someone might think it's just your shampoo, soap or moisturizing

cream. But long lasting enought to cover for hours. I'm not familiar with any of the products you guys mentioned

above, I never wear cologne.

How about essential oils? Do they work well for cover?



Pete

Bulgari por Homme might be a good choice. It's really subtle, though It doesn't seem to

last all day.

[DCW]

A black guy and a

pale Scandinavian should have different tastes in colognes. Likewise, summer and winter should have different

colognes.

Assuming you're a typical white guy (brown hair), Dolce Gabana for evening and winter (warm,

smokey leather) and Eau Savage for days and warm weather (lemony vetiver or "green")

Should be able to find

those most mass retailers. I always buy the minatures at $10 to $15 each.

Black guys might want something

muskier.


Is there documented proof of this?
I think it's more a factor of body chemistry that

racial makeup.
Incidentally there are some blacks that have a lighter completion than Nicole Kidman (ok I’m

lying) but u get my point.

DCW

[Pete]

Bath and Body Works has these body

sprays on sale so I picked up a bottle of vanilla for $5. I've had girls comment about a vanilla scented skin

lotion I used in the past. They liked it, and I don't mind the smell. I just tell them it's my lotion. I hope

this body spray is strong enough to cover unscented SEO + NPA 7:3.

Pete

[tounge]

Bath and Body Works has

these body sprays on sale so I picked up a bottle of vanilla for $5. I've had girls comment about a vanilla

scented skin lotion I used in the past. They liked it, and I don't mind the smell. I just tell them it's my

lotion. I hope this body spray is strong enough to cover unscented SEO + NPA 7:3.

Pete








I use B&B lotions all the time in the winter to keep my skin moisturized. I use various

fragranced lotions, and get many compliments from women on my scent. However, I usually apply my daily cologne

choice that does not clash with the lotion scent. I've often times come up with some really unique scent combos.

[MOBLEYC57]

Is there documented

proof of this?
I think it's more a factor of body chemistry that racial makeup.
Incidentally there are some

blacks that have a lighter completion than Nicole Kidman (ok I’m lying) but u get my point.

DCW

I

haven't seen documented proof, but I have seen it documented, DCW. When I visited the West coast last year, I went

on a new colonge mission at these very expensive stores. The man that assisted me was gay, and he told me that men

of color do better with muskier & sweet scents. One other lady that assisted me said the same thing. Now, if they

learned that or is told to say that, I don't know. Two other stores didn't say anything about skin color. I've

also read it in a couple of articles that had to do with chosing cologne.

As with everything else, there are

exceptions.:run:

[DCW]

I haven't seen

documented proof, but I have seen it documented, DCW. When I visited the West coast last year, I went on a new

colonge mission at these very expensive stores. The man that assisted me was gay, and he told me that men of color

do better with muskier & sweet scents. One other lady that assisted me said the same thing. Now, if they learned

that or is told to say that, I don't know. Two other stores didn't say anything about skin color. I've also read

it in a couple of articles that had to do with chosing cologne.

As with everything else, there are

exceptions.:run:

Point taken, actually I wasn't really disputing the findings just trying to stir up

debate.
The is a store near my work place with a very knowledgeable sales clerk, I 'll ask her opinion

tomorrow.

DCW

[MOBLEYC57]

Point taken, actually

I wasn't really disputing the findings just trying to stir up debate.
The is a store near my work place with a

very knowledgeable sales clerk, I 'll ask her opinion tomorrow.

DCW

Do report her response. Oh, and

to add to that ... spicer scents goes with the list of muskier & sweeter scents.

[AdrenaIine]

I love my Essenza di Zegna...

not well known, and under appreciated. Try getting a sample of a few colognes and see which you like the best. I

recently got M7 Fresh - Which I definetly recommend, although it's hard to find. For the daytime in the summer I am

going to wear Kenneth Cole- Reactio - I got it as a gift, and I don't dislike the scent, but it's not my fave- but

the girls have said nothing but great things, so it works!

[mwh820]

About colognes, what about body

fragrances like axe. any responses for that with te or soe??:think:

[DCW]

About colognes, what

about body fragrances like axe. any responses for that with te or soe??:think:

Do a

search.


DCW

[DCW]

I haven't seen

documented proof, but I have seen it documented, DCW. When I visited the West coast last year, I went on a new

colonge mission at these very expensive stores. The man that assisted me was gay, and he told me that men of color

do better with muskier & sweet scents. One other lady that assisted me said the same thing. Now, if they learned

that or is told to say that, I don't know. Two other stores didn't say anything about skin color. I've also read

it in a couple of articles that had to do with chosing cologne.

As with everything else, there are

exceptions.:run:


Ok here is answer.

The sales clerk told me that BODY CHEMISTRY not SKIN

COLOR is the variable.
She say that Diet, taking Anti Biotics and other factor that affect your body chemistry

will determine your smell.

Your ethinc background in terms of the food you eat can but not
the color of

pigment.


DCW

[Whitehall]

As to matching colognes with

skin color, it's an art, not yet a science.

If you have other ideas, please feel free to try them

out.

However, I ain't wearing no stinking florals!

[Pete]

Wal-mart has small bottles (10 to

15ml) of some of the popular colognes that I've read about on this forum for around $10. I've bought a few to

try, but they all seemed to be very perfumy. I'm not much of a cologne wearer. I may wear them once in a while to

get feedback from my female friends.

Anyhow, I just bought Sandalwood in Jojoba oil to use as a cover scent. I

chose this preblended mix because it was much cheaper than 100% Sandalwood Essential Oil. And since I'm still

experimenting with small amounts of phero mixes, I'ts probobly better for now to use a diluted essential oil

blend.

I like the smell. It's not real perfumy and can only be smelled up close. I may eventually add a

citris note to it. It seems to cover NPA real well and for a long time. Or maybe I just can't smell the -none in

NPA that well.

Right now in my mixes I use 1 drop of the Sandalwood per drop of NPA. Currently I'm

experimenting to see if I need more Sandalwood or if I can get away with less. My mixes also contain unscented SOE,

but I'm not concerned about needing more Sandalwood to cover the unscented SOE. SOE smells to me like it's easily

covered.

My concern is though, is it bad to mix the alcohol based NPA with the thick oily Sandalwood? Does it

affect the effectiveness of the mones? Does anyone else have any essential oil suggestions?

Pete