The Cologne Thread

[Eddie Teach]

I wear the smell of death.

[Viking]

I have never understood why men wear Cologne.

Sex?

[crazy canuck]

I have never understood why men wear Cologne.

Sex?

With what?

I would have thought that women would be attracted to men who dont need such a thing.  But I think Jacob's point is valid.  I dont know about the men who wear a more subtle scent because I cant smell it.  The guys who I do notice using it are definitely paying for sex.

[garbon]

I go for the cheaper end (virtually a neophyte as I used to be deathly allergic) and stick with D&G scents. Earlier this year I found out my uncle wears one of the same ones.

[dps]

I go with whatever somebody gives me for Christmas--I can usually count on enough people giving me giftsets then to last the whole year.

[The Brain]

I go for the cheaper end (virtually a neophyte as I used to be deathly allergic) and stick with D&G scents. Earlier this year I found out my uncle wears one of the same ones.

Did his wife mistake you and him in the dark and give you the ride of your life?

[Eddie Teach]

I go for the cheaper end (virtually a neophyte as I used to be deathly allergic) and stick with D&G scents. Earlier this year I found out my uncle wears one of the same ones.

Did his wife mistake you and him in the dark and give you the ride of your life?

That would be his aunt. 

[Capetan Mihali]

YSL rive gauche pour homme. 

It was picked out for me several years ago by a girlfriend who was into scents, and had a book rating them like wine and such.  It's not overpowering on the subway or something, but gives me and my clothes a distinctive smell.  And everybody's liked it to the point where I just use no-scent antiperspirant with a few dabs of cologne.

[Caliga]

So I just got back from Sephora.

I smelled a ton of stuff there, including some of the stuff people mentioned earlier.

Allure by Chanel: this smelled like a gayed-up version of Stetson to me.  Did not like.

YSL pour homme: the smell was ok, but really subtle.  I'm not the subtle type.

Tom Ford: they had three Tom Ford colognes there.  I liked Tom Ford for Men, disliked Tom Ford Noir (too spicy), but I LOVED Tom Ford Grey Vetiver.  I sprayed some of it on myself when the homo salesmen weren't hovering and it's 'aging' really well also.

I also liked Polo Red, and would say that one is my #2 choice.  Princesca made me try one called Pi by Givenchy that she liked, but it only smelled ok to me.

[Ed Anger]

Homo

[mongers]

Homo

No, I think plenty of gay people would also find it a bit odd; I think it's better to describe it as rather precious to be that into scent.   

[Caliga]

No, I think plenty of gay people would also find it a bit odd; I think it's better to describe it as rather precious to be that into scent.   

[garbon]

No, I think plenty of gay people would also find it a bit odd; I think it's better to describe it as rather precious to be that into scent.   

No idea. Not sure how going once to try several colognes means that you are "that into scent."

[Caliga]

Yeah, there were lots of other people there doing the same thing.

[Scipio]

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