Do you wear cologne or perfume everyday?
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A common misconception is that body odour is because of a lack of bathing. While it can be because of a lack of cleanliness, very clean people can have also have body odour. And they won't be able to smell it themself.
That's why everyone should use an (unscented) deodorant. So now you know.
That's why everyone should use an (unscented) deodorant. So now you know.
One is favorite Cologne. one is about cologne and perfume and how often it is worn.
Hoppes #9 is the only scent I ever wear.
Actually, that isn't true as Right Guard usually has some type of scent. Recently the one I grabbed at the store was Irish Spring scented. Oh my word that was terrible! My eyes watered from the fumes. It was like my shirt was doused in benzene. It went into the trash after a single application.
Actually, that isn't true as Right Guard usually has some type of scent. Recently the one I grabbed at the store was Irish Spring scented. Oh my word that was terrible! My eyes watered from the fumes. It was like my shirt was doused in benzene. It went into the trash after a single application.
How your brain processes scent is really cool. It has the ability to act as a gate-keeper for certain smells. Once your brain has determined a particular scent isn't dangerous and won't lead to your death, it will mark is for a type of temporary anosmia and you'll effectively become nose-blind to it. Each of our own natural scent (which typically isn't unpleasant, just unique) often falls into that category. Anything we're around the smell of for extended periods of time often fall into this category.
It's important for those that wear fragrances that just because you can't smell it anymore, doesn't mean others can't. It's very easy to go nose-blind to fragrance you apply, especially if it's something you find pleasant. It's easy to trick yourself into re-applying because you think the scent has faded, when in reality it's only faded to your nose.
That's called sillage (see-azj). It's French for "wake", like a boat's wake.
Some fragrances have very little sillage and others have massive sillage. Also, the sillage of a fragrance may smell significantly different than smelling it directly, because not all compounds in the scent are prone to being left in the "wake".
OP mentioned Dior Sauvage. Sauvage leaves a very noticeable sillage.
It's interesting that so many have commented about using fragrances to cover offensive odors. That must be a generational or socio-economic thing. The only people I know who wear fragrances on the regular are highly-styled individuals. They're very conscious about how they present themselves, which very much is about cleanliness, personal style, and, for this discussion, scent.
You never want to be "the guy who always wears cologne" but you do want to be "the guy who always smells good". There is a difference and it often has more to do with how you present yourself as a whole than it does how you actually smell.
My college roommate was in the reserves and was sent to Haiti in the early 90s. When he got back he said it was like his brain had turned off his sense of smell as where he was stationed stank so bad with rotting garbage everywhere and dead animals bloating in the sun. It was years before it came back.
Hoppes #9 may not be that far out as a cologne.
Lots of people say Dior Fahrenheit smells like gasoline.
A small independent perfumer out of Portland called Imaginary Authors has a fragrance called The Cobra and the Canary. The "Cobra" in the name is for a Shelby Cobra and actually lists "asphalt" as a fragrance note.
https://imaginaryauthors.com/products/the-cobra-the-canary
Just today I was trying to "Zen into" the cantaloupes in order to pick a flavorful one (not easy). As I was fondling and sniffing the melons a lady wearing a gallon of perfume came over to the bin and wiped out my sense of smell.
Applying an odor can be as rude and inconsiderate as smoking a pipe or cigar in a small restaurant.
I too worked in "no scent" workplaces; every one.
Seems to me that many people believe you are supposed to smell cologne, eau de toilette, and perfume from several feet away. That's not really the case and constitutes user error. Only if you lean in closely you should get a faint whiff of what's someone wearing then that's the right amount. That's much closer than most guys will get to another guy. You should not be surrounded by a cloud of fragrance or trail fragrance like a cheap hooker. I can't stand smelling that on anyone. I use a small amount of Floris 89, an eau de toilette, only on the pulse points on my neck. Nobody can smell it unless they get closer than a foot. I must be doing something right because a lot of ladies enjoy close proximity to my neck. 
Any type of fragrance is not supposed to cover up body odor, we are not like the French in the 18th century, but rather the fragrance is supposed to enhance and compliment a person's body chemistry. Unless you find a fragrance that works with your body chemistry you'll fail and at worst just smell obnoxious.
What ecotourist said about scented and unscented deodorant is spot on. By the way, I shower at least three times a day, in the morning and at night plus after working out, surfing, etc. So I'm not a stinky swine trying to smell like unwashed feet slathered in patchouli.
Any type of fragrance is not supposed to cover up body odor, we are not like the French in the 18th century, but rather the fragrance is supposed to enhance and compliment a person's body chemistry. Unless you find a fragrance that works with your body chemistry you'll fail and at worst just smell obnoxious.What ecotourist said about scented and unscented deodorant is spot on. By the way, I shower at least three times a day, in the morning and at night plus after working out, surfing, etc. So I'm not a stinky swine trying to smell like unwashed feet slathered in patchouli.
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I must be doing something right because a lot of ladies enjoy close proximity to my neck.
That's a useful link for those who think they might learn something new.
https://www.artofmanliness.com/style/accessories/guide-to-fragrance/
https://www.artofmanliness.com/style/accessories/guide-to-fragrance/
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Bet you didn't know baseball players wear perfume!
https://www.sportscasting.com/forme...rom-using-womens-perfume-securing-82-million/
https://www.sportscasting.com/forme...rom-using-womens-perfume-securing-82-million/
David off CoolWater. Although, I started off the CK Contradiction
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