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    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,

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    I would go

    with Angel
    Coolwater
    Eternity
    Issey Mikai
    I was having nervous breakdowns.

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    Thanks for the help, I never

    heard of Angel. Sounds interesting

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    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.
    I was having nervous breakdowns.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 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,
    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

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    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.
    24 year old, good looking, white guy SOE+NPA works like a charm
    Chikara no results nice scent
    Pherlure cant wear it; strong scent headache
    AA314 good stuff
    NPA girls get frisky, stinks
    A7 almost as good as NPA
    SOE legit

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    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

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    Gucci Envy a winner, and

    inexpensive.

    DCW

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    Default Depends on your coloring and the season

    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.

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    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

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

    last all day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 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.

    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.

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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by 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







    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DCW
    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.
    Never argue with ignorant people! They pull you down to THEIR level, and then they BEAT YOU with experience. Who said that!? I don't know, but tis gold I tell'ya!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by MOBLEYC57
    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.
    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by DCW
    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.
    Never argue with ignorant people! They pull you down to THEIR level, and then they BEAT YOU with experience. Who said that!? I don't know, but tis gold I tell'ya!!

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    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!

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    About colognes, what about body

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by mwh820
    About colognes, what

    about body fragrances like axe. any responses for that with te or soe??
    Do a

    search.


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    Quote Originally Posted by MOBLEYC57
    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.

    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

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    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!

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    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

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