Cologne and perfume

[Diamondback]

Does good ol' Hoppe's No. 9 (possibly with a twist of high-octane fuels) count?lol

 

[DanielCoffey]

I like my Penhaligons Blenheim Bouquet - it has a lovely lime/juniper "G&T" smell. My wife has settled on the Penhaligons English Fern which smells like a walk in an English woodland - woody and green.

 

[HepKitty]

I like my Penhaligons Blenheim Bouquet - it has a lovely lime/juniper "G&T" smell. My wife has settled on the Penhaligons English Fern which smells like a walk in an English woodland - woody and green.

the woody and green one sounds nice

 

[vintage68]

I've used Aqua Di Parma for years. Same stuff worn by Cary Grant and Humphrey Bogart.

 

[HepKitty]

I've used Aqua Di Parma for years. Same stuff worn by Cary Grant and Humphrey Bogart.

Never heard of it. What's it like?

 

[Adcurium]

I've used Aqua Di Parma for years. Same stuff worn by Cary Grant and Humphrey Bogart.

I thought both of these men were Creed Men? At least that's what I told my wife when she asked why I spent soo much on cologne...

 

[HepKitty]

I thought both of these men were Creed Men? At least that's what I told my wife when she asked why I spent soo much on cologne...

Tell your wife that cheap cologne smells... well... cheap. And that expensive cologne really is worth the extra money. I don't know what it is but there is something ikky about cheap perfumes

 

[Tomasso]

Tell your wife that cheap cologne smells... well... cheap. And that expensive cologne really is worth the extra money.

True, but there's expensive and then there's Creed.

 

[Tomasso]

I thought both of these men were Creed Men?

Both were known to wear Creed but they probably wore other scents as well, as do I.

 

[Steveb1]

Polo
Old Spice
and Kenneth Cole Black

are my current one's...

 

[Mr Vim]

I recently started using Burberry's Brit, very nice, not too strong.

 

[filfoster]

A rose is a rose

NO ONE in our headquarters office wears cologne and survives the water cooler assassination. There are only a few brave enough to and they are ridiculed. I honestly don't know why-it's not overpowering but just not accepted.

Wearing cologne was a perfectly normal thing to do when I grew up in the '50's/'60's. Somehow, it has changed.

 

[CopperNY]

daily: Pinaud Clubman Bay Rum aftershave. the classic.

date night/going out/special occasions: "Satyr" by Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs. smells like having sex in the woods, or so the ladies tell my wife.... very sensitive to personal chemistry though.

 

[HepKitty]

NO ONE in our headquarters office wears cologne and survives the water cooler assassination. There are only a few brave enough to and they are ridiculed. I honestly don't know why-it's not overpowering but just not accepted.

Wearing cologne was a perfectly normal thing to do when I grew up in the '50's/'60's. Somehow, it has changed.

One of the problems with newer perfumes is the "sensitizing" chemicals they contain, which give a lot of people headaches, even if they're not too heavy or overdone. Never mind that the perfumes are too strong or some ditzes don't know not to bathe in them. Problem that I have with most new perfumes, headaches and nosebleeds aside, is that they don't smell good at all. I know this will sound strange but they smell empty to me. They have no depth or layers.

 

[*SeaStar*]

might not be vintage

but I love Victoria's Secret, Sexy Little Things and Very sexy Now

 

[HepKitty]

I can't go to VS anymore because of their perfumes. the stench is overwhelming for me

 

[Miss sofia]

I agree, there is nothing more off-putting than too much scent on either sex, or shops and department stores that reek to the high heavens, an olfactory assault if you like - hideous! I am currently trying to train my son in the art of subtle application of cologne, rather than stepping out smelling like a tarts boudoir! I'm not winning sadly. :eusa_doh:

 

[HepKitty]

I agree, there is nothing more off-putting than too much scent on either sex, or shops and department stores that reek to the high heavens, an olfactory assault if you like - hideous! I am currently trying to train my son in the art of subtle application of cologne, rather than stepping out smelling like a tarts boudoir! I'm not winning sadly. :eusa_doh:

have his friends tease him about it. he might listen then lol

 

[Miss sofia]

They're all just as bad if not worse!! Perhaps i'll wave him off later when he goes out with my gas mask on, he might get the hint then!

 

[HepKitty]

Hmmm. I don't suppose that telling him that he's wearing enough cologne to choke an elephant would help either, would it? What would he do if girls told him that? Everyone knows that teenagers don't bother listening to their parents, they only listen to their friends.