Cologne

[Pringle]

Thinking about buying some, but not sure. I've read that it's a great accessory. I've also read to avoid it all together and just stay clean and showered up and that's fine.

I used to wear Acqua di Gio (sp?), but I'm worried that that I might be growing out of that at age 30-ish.

Any thoughts and experiences to share?

 

[Flying Headbutt]

That's actually the stuff I use, the rare times I ever use it. (At my rate, the bottle will run out in about a thousand years) Women I date seem to like it, so I don't mess with it.

 

[wicked]

Don't laugh: Victoria Secret's Very Sexy for Him.

It's currently batting 1.000.

 

[Pringle]

That's actually the stuff I use, the rare times I ever use it. (At my rate, the bottle will run out in about a thousand years) Women I date seem to like it, so I don't mess with it.

Interesting. I wasn't sure. I like how it smells, but I'm no good at judging. I would probably splash on Drakkar or Axe if I didn't know better! I'm sophisticated in other areas, but my nose is a horrible guide.

 

[bydesign77]

Wicked,

Do they still make that? I used to wear it and never bothered getting any more.

I'd like to start wearing it again.

As for the original question, it's important you try the cologne on yourself first because it won't smell the same as it does in the bottle or on someone else.

Grey flannel is a good heavy scent. And I like hugo boss as well.

 

[JackReacher]

Usher's cologne is good.

Did I say that out loud?

 

[wicked]

Do they still make that? I used to wear it and never bothered getting any more.

Yep. And you can even <a href="http://www.victoriassecret.com/ss/Satellite?ProductID=1265407257763&c=Page&cid=1295527772982&pagename=vsdWrapper">buy it online</a> so you don't have to walk out of VS with a pink bag.

They also have <a href="http://www.victoriassecret.com/ss/Satellite?ProductID=1265407252431&c=Page&cid=1295527772982&pagename=vsdWrapper">another variation</a> that's proven to be a winner.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Brooks Brothers Royall Manadarin is top notch.

 

[Boom_70]

Cologne just screams out a lack of social consciousness.
Most high end designer fragrances are petrochemical based. You are basically mainlining chemicals and ruining the environment in the process.

Consider not wearing cologne as part of you personal sustainability plan.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

Easy does it on the Axe Body Spray. You smell like the interior of a 1985 Mustang.

 

[User 1019]

Don't laugh: Victoria Secret's Very Sexy for Him.

It's currently batting 1.000.

How much did that set you back?









The hooker. Not the cologne.

 

[User 1019]

Easy does it on the Axe Body Spray. You smell like the interior of a 1985 Mustang.

Man, I used a ton of that and Febreeze last year.

 

[Boomer7]

You've got to visit the Kolner Dom, a magnificent, soaring cathedral, and don't miss the local beer, kolsch, which is served in thin glasses that look a little like test tubes.

That's my take on the subject.

 

[Mira]

My hubby wears Acqua Di Gio. It rocks. Good stuff. I really like Jo Malone, based out of London. They make a wide range of colognes that are mixable and unisex.

 

[The Big Ragu]

According to my girlfriend, cologne is the cheap stuff. I am not sure why. But it is.

It doesn't matter, because I will never wear a perfume. And when I smell a man wearing perfume, it gives me a headache.

My girlfriend is European. She has given up trying to make me European. I just make fun of the things she suggests. She once told me I need a fragrance (pronounced frahgrahnce with her accent). I said no way. Things like that have become a running joke. When a man dresses the way she tries to dress me, or wears perfume, I tell her he's either gay or European. Take your pick. She tells me I am an unsophisticated American. But I am an unsophisticated American in comfy jeans and a ratty t-shirt and a baseball cap and no perfume when Sunday comes around. And I don't see how that can be bad.

The baseball cap -- which I really don't wear a lot of -- symbolizes everything about horrible American male fashion sense for her.

We were in Paris last year and she pointed out this guy she thought was good looking. The first thing I saw was the woman's scarf he was wearing. He was a good-looking guy, with longish hair, a European-cut suit. ... and a women's scarf.

And I am the one who is unsophisticated.

 

[wicked]

How much did that set you back?









The hooker. Not the cologne.

Funny guy. Let me know when your standup act returns to Vegas.

 

[Mira]

Martin Kaymer was wearing a scarf in the Accenture match-play golf event last weekend. Looked silly. Though it was cold in Tucson, so I'm sure he got good use out of it.

 

[mustangj17]

I still wear Acqua Di because the girls in college called in "Sex in a bottle".

I also like this new dolce and gabana for men and Lacoste.

 

[NickMordo]

I like Davidoff's Cool Water

 

[Webster]

My hubby wears Acqua Di Gio. It rocks. Good stuff. I really like Jo Malone, based out of London. They make a wide range of colognes that are mixable and unisex.

Jo Malone ain't cheap. A friend of ours who works a lot in London ended up giving my wife a bottle of perfume as a birthday present 10 years ago. That's been a very expensive habit ever since.

I am true to my Brooklyn roots and always go with the cologne. The one I have used for the past 15 or so years is Sung Homme. Not that expensive and smells great.