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).