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I am looking for some recommendations for aftershave/cologne to wear to work. Every time i go into a department store my sense of smell dies pretty much instantly, OR every fragrance i like, others don't. Currently i just wear various LYNX products (lol 
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Considering i am: 20, work in retail (mid - high end computer systems for home and business users), wear semi formal clothes and recently have been meeting with more respectable clients, what do you recommend?
)Considering i am: 20, work in retail (mid - high end computer systems for home and business users), wear semi formal clothes and recently have been meeting with more respectable clients, what do you recommend?
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That being said I haven't actually ever tried any other scents, so take my advice with some salt. Have you tried reading some online reviews? Alternately, go to a store with a female friend you trust and have her help you choose.
Really we can't tell you what to wear, all smells react differently to each persons skin.
Apply one to each of your forearms and let it sit there for 10 minutes, if it still smells nice then it's good, if not well it's bad (duh).
Also please don't smell too much, cologne should only be able to be detectable when people are close to you not when you are in a three feet radius of you.
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This is what i plan to do after collecting a list of recommendations from you guys/girls
So less is more, gotcha.
Here's a protip.
Don't spray it on skin.
Use LESS, and spray it on your hair or on your clothes.
It will soak in and last longer. Its the same principle as behind sweat. If sweat is allowed to dry in hair, it will smell. If its only on skin, it doesn't absorb as much and doesn't smell as strong.
As far as the nose dying in a department store issue goes-- I have the same problem when I go into a perfume aisle for an extended amount of time. However, I recently found out that most department stores carry around little canisters of coffee, which acts as a great smell neutralizer. If you can't distinguish perfume A from perfume B anymore, just ask the salesperson for their coffee beans and take a deep whiff; it'll bring back your sense of smell in a jiffy.
If you start to lose your sense of smell ask for their coffee beans. Almost any fragrance store or department should have a cup of coffee beans you can smell and that'll pretty much flush out all the other scents.
My top recommendations
- Issey Miyake - Very very popular and for good reason.
- Almost any of the Kenneth Cole's. I prefer KC-Reaction and original KC.
- Dolce and Gabbana Light Blue for men.
- Armani-code or Armani- Attitude
- Nautica Voyage
- Acqua di gio
- LaCoste Hotplay
- Ralph Lauren Romance
- Calvin Klein Truth
- Usher has a new scent, ask about it. It's really good, smells like RL Romance
- Polo Black
- Very Sexy for Him or VSfH-2 (at victorias secret)
If you're looking for fragrances for a lady then that gets a little trickier since there's generally more variety but there are some really good ones
- Light blue for Women is very popular
- Vera Wang Princess
- Juicy Couture
- Marc Jacobs
- Max Mara
- All the Ralph Laurens, especially Lauren Style.
- Original Essence
- Daisy
- Michael Kors Island and Original
- Some of the Escadas if they like really sweet smelling perfume, otherwise I wouldn't really recommend them.
I've been asking for them for my girl and since we've been doing our christmas shopping i've hit like 7 store and now don't have to buy any perfume since i have like 30 samples for her.(she is very indesicive)...
Tip:
Spray, Delay, Walk Away.
Spray into the air ahead of you, wait a second or two, then walk into the mist for full coverage and a less concentrated smell.
I also wear this and my friends of the female persuasion absolutely loved it. They'd get into my car after I had been driving and just burst out with "Oh my god you smell amazing! I'm going to force my boyfriend to wear whatever you have on." It's cheap but seems to have a lot of appeal.
*results may vary*
Here is what I do (as a girl).... If you don't have someone to take with you to the store, take a few of the common suggestions from this thread, say 4 or 5, spray on the back of each of your hands, on each wrist, and your inner elbow or neck or whatever.
Unless they smell like total crap, spray each of the 5 on a card as well. Put the card for your back of hands in the appropriate back pockets, the ones on your wrists in your front pockets and the fifth in your wallet or something.
Leave the store, wander around the mall for 30 minutes. Stop and smell the areas again and see if there is one that you still like. If so, take out the appropriate card and see what it smells like when it's not on your skin (your clothes will smell a bit like this) and go back to buy it unless the scent has completely disappeared or is really weak.
Alternatively, I highly recommend the small sample packs that can be pretty cost effective and let you try out a few things at a time.
For example:
http://www.amazon.com/Miniature-Cologne-Sampler-For-Him/dp/B00023EMUE
They can be more cost effective than you think. I got a Calvin Klein cologne one for a friend for just $25 last christmas, it had 6 different bottles in it and was in a fancy box.
Also, I am going to have to look into this Polo Black that is apparently so popular.
That's actually what I use, but Black is a better introduction to the scent.
I just use normal deodorant.
Because wearing cologne clearly suggests that the first thing I plan on doing is going to a dance club.
Not to mention every place in my state is now smoke free as of October.
edit: For the record, I use Pherlure. Forget that silly pheromone shit, but it smells amazing.
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Also even smoking half a pack a day girls still smell my Old Spice Classic (because I figure if I smell like Bruce Campbell, chicks will dig me, m i rite?). Colognes and bodysprays have very powerful scents, they'll cover up a lot of other smells rather nicely.
Curve - a little weak but smells nice
Abercrombie - Fierce - the best cologne imo.
Three generations of men in my family use this (me being the third). Some people might think it odd to smell like your grandfather, but if it isn't broke, why fix it?
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Gucci Envy is a good staple scent, as is Calvin Klein Eternity and Armani Code.
This can't be overstated. When wearing a scent, I try to only use enough that someone who physically touches me can smell it.
True that. I've been a fan of Ferrari Red and Ferrari Black ever since purchasing them in Italy last year (when in Rome, right?). I've been complimented on numerous occasions. It has a nice, masculine sort of scent that, when applied lightly, is very pleasing. When I wear it, I will occasionally catch a hint of it and remember "damn, I smell good." Good times.