whats your favorite mens cologen

speedfreak75
speedfreak75 Posts: 81 Member
edited August 2016 in Chit-Chat
I want to try some new colognes but i'm striking out so far. Whats everyone's favorite?
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  • JessicaJS23
    JessicaJS23 Posts: 1,863 Member
    Burberry Touch for men ... Makes me weak! Actually anything made by Burberry for men. Lacoste never disappoints either .
  • brianbgboy
    brianbgboy Posts: 393 Member
    I wear burberry touch, polo red and the new lacoste is pretty good too.
  • melmelw03
    melmelw03 Posts: 5,332 Member
    edited August 2016
    Acqua Di Gio gets me every time.
  • brywill32606
    brywill32606 Posts: 49 Member
    Victoria Secret Platinum for men.
  • speedfreak75
    speedfreak75 Posts: 81 Member
    i usually wear acqua di gio but i want something new I just picked up a bottle of Sauvage and invictus and so far not loving either one.
  • brianbgboy
    brianbgboy Posts: 393 Member
    both of those are a bit lack luster to me too. im in management so I wear cologne daily and buy it weekly lol. the new lacoste is real good. ive got a lot of compliments on that one this week...
  • liftinggoddess1
    liftinggoddess1 Posts: 305 Member
    Bleu by Chanel
  • Caporegiem
    Caporegiem Posts: 4,297 Member
    melmelw03 wrote: »
    Acqua Di Gio gets me every time.

    This is probably my favorite, I've tried several different ones over the years but always go back to it.
  • JessicaJS23
    JessicaJS23 Posts: 1,863 Member
    Acqua di gio just takes me back too far. I don't like the scent memory of my HS days.

    Armani code is :heart: too
  • Caporegiem
    Caporegiem Posts: 4,297 Member
    Tried that one too it's good stuff. I have some solid cologne called Bravado by Alfred Lane that smells great but it doesn't last very long. If I can find something similar in a bottled cologne I'd never buy anything else.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    My current colognes are Jimmy Choo Man, Polo Red, D&G light blue, and Prada.
  • Thisnameischosen_
    Thisnameischosen_ Posts: 619 Member
    Hugo Boss 'boss bottled'.
    *swoon!*
  • melmelw03
    melmelw03 Posts: 5,332 Member
    Acqua di gio just takes me back too far. I don't like the scent memory of my HS days.

    Armani code is :heart: too

    Oh gosh every time I smell Cool Water I think of high school. The boys bathed in it.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    I had a buddy who bathed in aqua de gio and he smoked cigs constantly. I can't detach the two smells from each other. If someone is wearing it, I automatically smell smoke with it.
  • liftinggoddess1
    liftinggoddess1 Posts: 305 Member
    Creed is also nice
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  • melmelw03
    melmelw03 Posts: 5,332 Member
    Hornsby wrote: »
    I had a buddy who bathed in aqua de gio and he smoked cigs constantly. I can't detach the two smells from each other. If someone is wearing it, I automatically smell smoke with it.

    Damn that would kill it for me.
  • MsAmandaNJ
    MsAmandaNJ Posts: 1,248 Member
    I liked CK One years ago - do they even make that anymore? I like my husband's deodorant - Old Spice Fresh.
  • JessicaJS23
    JessicaJS23 Posts: 1,863 Member
    Acqua di gio just takes me back too far. I don't like the scent memory of my HS days.

    Armani code is :heart: too

    Yes I love Armani Code :blush:

    When I worked at Dillard's I was showing it to this lady who was basically salivating at the smell. She said her husband refused to wear cologne so I jokingly said "buy it for the pool boy" so she said "ohhhhh I do have a yard man"and bought it right then lmao.

    Cool water does bring back that time too.. And sunflowers! Remember that?

  • melmelw03
    melmelw03 Posts: 5,332 Member
    Acqua di gio just takes me back too far. I don't like the scent memory of my HS days.

    Armani code is :heart: too

    Yes I love Armani Code :blush:

    When I worked at Dillard's I was showing it to this lady who was basically salivating at the smell. She said her husband refused to wear cologne so I jokingly said "buy it for the pool boy" so she said "ohhhhh I do have a yard man"and bought it right then lmao.

    Cool water does bring back that time too.. And sunflowers! Remember that?

    Gross Sunflowers! I wore CK one, now I can't stand the smell. And all the girls wore that Bath and Body Works spray. Cucumber Melon scented anything now makes me want to hurl! Oh the 90's!
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  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Hai Karate

    ftmfw
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    i usually wear acqua di gio but i want something new I just picked up a bottle of Sauvage and invictus and so far not loving either one.

    Really?

    I kinda like Sauvage....

    *shrug
  • JessicaJS23
    JessicaJS23 Posts: 1,863 Member
    melmelw03 wrote: »
    Acqua di gio just takes me back too far. I don't like the scent memory of my HS days.

    Armani code is :heart: too

    Yes I love Armani Code :blush:

    When I worked at Dillard's I was showing it to this lady who was basically salivating at the smell. She said her husband refused to wear cologne so I jokingly said "buy it for the pool boy" so she said "ohhhhh I do have a yard man"and bought it right then lmao.

    Cool water does bring back that time too.. And sunflowers! Remember that?

    Gross Sunflowers! I wore CK one, now I can't stand the smell. And all the girls wore that Bath and Body Works spray. Cucumber Melon scented anything now makes me want to hurl! Oh the 90's!

    My mom wouldn't let me wear scented ish. She was crazy. Thank god that back in the day Pantene had the strongest scent ever lol. My favorite favorite perfume now is Viva La Juicy and Chanel Chance :blush:
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  • vingogly
    vingogly Posts: 1,785 Member
    I started investigating fragrances some years ago when I tried to figure out what cologne I owned in the 70s that had cedar and lime notes. Never found it, but learned a lot in the process. My recommendation is read reviews, try samples, go to department stores and try what's there, and figure out what you like. Good sites for reading about fragrances are fragrantica.com and basenotes.com; for decants (samples), surrendertochance.com, luckyscents.com and theperfumedcourt.com. There are indie perfumers as well as more mainstream perfumers.

    My favorite warm weather scents include: Guerlain Vetiver, Creed Baie de Genievre, L'Artisan Fou d'Absinthe, Tauer L'air du Desert Marocain, Comme des Garcons Laurel, Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel. For colder weather, Guerlain Derby, Creed Orange Spice, Creed Bois du Portugal, Knize Ten, several Serge Lutens export fragrances. But these are just my personal favorites after going through literally hundreds of samples over a period of years, yours will probably end up different (I tend to favor older "classic" scents). Some of the above are affordable (Grey Flannel can be found for $10 a bottle), some are obscenely expensive (I've seen Guerlain Derby listed for over $300).

    Good houses I'd suggest for more adventurous younger guys are Comme des Garcons, slumberhouse, some of the Creeds (like Green Irish Tweed). I like quite a few of the Serge Lutens offerings, you might check those too. You can find a lot of these at higher-end department stores -- as well as purchasing decants from the above mentioned sites.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    vingogly wrote: »
    I started investigating fragrances some years ago when I tried to figure out what cologne I owned in the 70s that had cedar and lime notes. Never found it, but learned a lot in the process. My recommendation is read reviews, try samples, go to department stores and try what's there, and figure out what you like. Good sites for reading about fragrances are fragrantica.com and basenotes.com; for decants (samples), surrendertochance.com, luckyscents.com and theperfumedcourt.com. There are indie perfumers as well as more mainstream perfumers.

    My favorite warm weather scents include: Guerlain Vetiver, Creed Baie de Genievre, L'Artisan Fou d'Absinthe, Tauer L'air du Desert Marocain, Comme des Garcons Laurel, Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel. For colder weather, Guerlain Derby, Creed Orange Spice, Creed Bois du Portugal, Knize Ten, several Serge Lutens export fragrances. But these are just my personal favorites after going through literally hundreds of samples over a period of years, yours will probably end up different (I tend to favor older "classic" scents). Some of the above are affordable (Grey Flannel can be found for $10 a bottle), some are obscenely expensive (I've seen Guerlain Derby listed for over $300).

    Good houses I'd suggest for more adventurous younger guys are Comme des Garcons, slumberhouse, some of the Creeds (like Green Irish Tweed). I like quite a few of the Serge Lutens offerings, you might check those too. You can find a lot of these at higher-end department stores -- as well as purchasing decants from the above mentioned sites.


    Wait.

    Over $300 a bottle ??

    Get this,

    When in college, I was flat azz broke and I would just wear Coppertone suntan lotion.

    It was cheap and smelled like the beach and Summer vacation.

    Chicks would dig it because it brought back good memories.
    I mean seriously, who doesn't like the beach when you're 19 years old?

    ... did I mention that it was cheap?
  • melmelw03
    melmelw03 Posts: 5,332 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    vingogly wrote: »
    I started investigating fragrances some years ago when I tried to figure out what cologne I owned in the 70s that had cedar and lime notes. Never found it, but learned a lot in the process. My recommendation is read reviews, try samples, go to department stores and try what's there, and figure out what you like. Good sites for reading about fragrances are fragrantica.com and basenotes.com; for decants (samples), surrendertochance.com, luckyscents.com and theperfumedcourt.com. There are indie perfumers as well as more mainstream perfumers.

    My favorite warm weather scents include: Guerlain Vetiver, Creed Baie de Genievre, L'Artisan Fou d'Absinthe, Tauer L'air du Desert Marocain, Comme des Garcons Laurel, Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel. For colder weather, Guerlain Derby, Creed Orange Spice, Creed Bois du Portugal, Knize Ten, several Serge Lutens export fragrances. But these are just my personal favorites after going through literally hundreds of samples over a period of years, yours will probably end up different (I tend to favor older "classic" scents). Some of the above are affordable (Grey Flannel can be found for $10 a bottle), some are obscenely expensive (I've seen Guerlain Derby listed for over $300).

    Good houses I'd suggest for more adventurous younger guys are Comme des Garcons, slumberhouse, some of the Creeds (like Green Irish Tweed). I like quite a few of the Serge Lutens offerings, you might check those too. You can find a lot of these at higher-end department stores -- as well as purchasing decants from the above mentioned sites.


    Wait.

    Over $300 a bottle ??

    Get this,

    When in college, I was flat azz broke and I would just wear Coppertone suntan lotion.

    It was cheap and smelled like the beach and Summer vacation.

    Chicks would dig it because it brought back good memories.
    I mean seriously, who doesn't like the beach when you're 19 years old?

    ... did I mention that it was cheap?

    I'm a fan of clean laundry smell. Gain Apple Mango Tango is amazing smelling.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    melmelw03 wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    vingogly wrote: »
    I started investigating fragrances some years ago when I tried to figure out what cologne I owned in the 70s that had cedar and lime notes. Never found it, but learned a lot in the process. My recommendation is read reviews, try samples, go to department stores and try what's there, and figure out what you like. Good sites for reading about fragrances are fragrantica.com and basenotes.com; for decants (samples), surrendertochance.com, luckyscents.com and theperfumedcourt.com. There are indie perfumers as well as more mainstream perfumers.

    My favorite warm weather scents include: Guerlain Vetiver, Creed Baie de Genievre, L'Artisan Fou d'Absinthe, Tauer L'air du Desert Marocain, Comme des Garcons Laurel, Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel. For colder weather, Guerlain Derby, Creed Orange Spice, Creed Bois du Portugal, Knize Ten, several Serge Lutens export fragrances. But these are just my personal favorites after going through literally hundreds of samples over a period of years, yours will probably end up different (I tend to favor older "classic" scents). Some of the above are affordable (Grey Flannel can be found for $10 a bottle), some are obscenely expensive (I've seen Guerlain Derby listed for over $300).

    Good houses I'd suggest for more adventurous younger guys are Comme des Garcons, slumberhouse, some of the Creeds (like Green Irish Tweed). I like quite a few of the Serge Lutens offerings, you might check those too. You can find a lot of these at higher-end department stores -- as well as purchasing decants from the above mentioned sites.


    Wait.

    Over $300 a bottle ??

    Get this,

    When in college, I was flat azz broke and I would just wear Coppertone suntan lotion.

    It was cheap and smelled like the beach and Summer vacation.

    Chicks would dig it because it brought back good memories.
    I mean seriously, who doesn't like the beach when you're 19 years old?

    ... did I mention that it was cheap?

    I'm a fan of clean laundry smell. Gain Apple Mango Tango is amazing smelling.

    guess what I just put on my grocery list?

    I'll be slapping a lil' Gain on my wrists tomorrow morning.....