Day 5
My mother and
sister were going to Oxford Street (London) to do some shopping, so I tagged along to try to get some samples of the
scents I mention some posts back which were:
Armani Acqua Di Gio
Armani Code (a.k.a black
code)
Davidoff Cool Water
Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male
Issey Miyake L'eau D'Issey Homme
Went into
House of Fraser, Debenhams and Selfridges - none had any samples, although I did use the sample bottles and applied
a spray of each and some other fragrances to all of my exposed skin.
The results:
Issey Miyake L'eau
D'Issey Homme - could smell it on the back of my right hand the day after and many hand washes later.
Jean
Paul Gaultier Le Male - The one I'll be getting even though it didn't lasted nearly as long as L'eau D'Issey. Le
Male on me just smells better.
Armani Acqua Di Gio - nice smell, but faded quickly and was gone after 2
hours
Armani Code (a.k.a black code) - nice smell, faded faster then Acqua Di Gio
Davidoff Cool Water
- OK but didn't last long
I have to say that it wasn't a completely fair test nor was it the ideal
testing conditions, which is why I will be ordering some samples. Having said that it did give me an idea of what
the scents were like on me.
Also I did try some Joop - the red stuff which smelt rancid when I first sprayed
it, it did get a bit better after a bit but not worth smelling let alone buying.
The SOE field
test:
I applied about 15" of SOE to my left hand which I rubed on to my right hand so that I could apply it
in to my wet hair before styling it with gel.
And 2 X 2" of SOE to side my neck - same location as in day
4.
Total SOE = 19"
Hits:
Possibly - didn't really pay attention; as we were having too much fun.
Then again I did smell like a very well used testing card.
Although there was this one cute attendant in her
early 20s at Debenhams who did start smiling and laughing after she offered a testing card to spray some of the
stuff I had in my hands at the time. I explained to her that I needed to smell what it was like on me, but couldn't
find anymore useable skin.
No testing on Sunday, but will be back to testing again on Monday (day 6).
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