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Bobossboy, when you go to buy perfume put it on and then go away for about half an hour before you decide. Smells really change depending on the kind of skin you have and what smells lovely in the bottle might smell horrible on you after it's been on for a while. The other thing I know about buying scent is that you should only smell about four in any one go. After that your nose stops being able to distinguish between them.
Good advice from Lula; if I wasn't so sick from sleeplessness and an empty stomach from my neighbor's party (see Headsick and Rage thread), I'd have said this myself. Anyhow, further to her comments, I'd like to give some additional advice. True, cologne OOB (Out Of the Bottle) will smell differently than when it's applied to your own skin. Once applied, it will merge with your own particular scent, subtly changing and mutating. That's why some perfumes/colognes smell better on others than on yourself - or vice versa. Also, bear in mind that cologne is like a story, there is a beginning, a middle, and an end. The beginning is the Top Note, the first rush of scent notes that reach our senses; the Heart Note is the middle, the other notes that ground the cologne and come into play after the first top notes have faded; and finally there is the Base or End Note, the final bits of the cologne that finish it off and linger after the top and heart notes have come and gone. Thus, a scent that starts out nice can change and become unpleasant on you as the day wears on. Alternatively, it can go the other way; a cologne that didn't start off so good can become wonderful.
As for sampling colognes, most good stores will have a small can of coffee beans. You are suppose to smell the coffee in between smelling the colognes. The coffee refreshs your nose, so to speak, and will clear it for the next scent.
Still really interested in any specific recommendations, although, although after Lula's skin scent comments (a little detail I'd forgotten all about), more out of curiosity than anything else.
Ok, I personally like Dolce and Gabbana Men; it's a very, very, very sexy scent and turns many a head. It's masculine (of course), and rugged, yet still refined. Quite nice, indeed. Davidoff's Cool Water for Men is also good. It's cool, citrusy, and refreshing. Davidoff's Good Life Men is even better, being a tad sweetish (not too much, so no worries there), citrusy, and is more refined and elegant. I second the Jean Paul Gauthier recommendation. And Victoria Secret's Very Sexy for Men is good too. I haven't smelled it myself, but I hear good things about Burberry's Burberry Brit for Men.
I still have some of the Rose/Leather scent you put together for me, Pooky. I just adore it.
Ah yes, that was a good one, wasn't it? The rose is nice, the leather is naughty. Best of both worlds there. |
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