Perfume/Cologne: Aye or Nay?

[Scheherazade]

Discuss!


PS: The poll is anonymous.

[qimissung]

I like perfume and cologne, although, actually, I rarely wear it. I like tuberose and yang ylang; I like a citrusy scent. A favorite is Acqua did Gioia by Armani. I think I'll wear some today.

[Iain Sparrow]

Neither.
I prefer the subtle scent of some body washes... Dove almond cream with hibiscus is fine.
To be honest, my favorite smell is pumpkin pie. A woman need do nothing more than smell like pumpkin pie, fresh from the oven.

[papayahed]

I like cologne and perfume but rarely wear it. I buy it but always forget to put it on. On guys I like subtle cologne, aftershave even.

[Sancho]

Dang, Scher, you're going all cacian on us with this thread.

I ain't choicey in this matter, whatever floats your boat, so long as it's not a quarter's worth of cheap perfume.

I rarely wear cologne, but oddly enough, just last week I went to a wedding, something I usually avoid, and I wore a suit, something I hardly ever do, and I splashed on a woody-smelling concoction. Whoo-ee! I've gotta admit, I felt pretty dapper. Somebody just sent me pictures of the wedding though and I wish I would've found some sort of hair treatment to mash down all the cow licks.

[Scheherazade]

Somebody just sent me pictures of the wedding though and I wish I would've found some sort of hair treatment to mash down all the cow licks.Hey, maybe my next thread can be about just that... Hair treatments!

PS: We also demand some evidence of aforementioned dapperness.

[Sancho]

Well, there is photographic evidence and it proves that all dapperness was fully ensconced in my mind.

As for hair treatments - "I don't want Fop. I'm a Dapper-Dan man."

[prendrelemick]

Having no social life, (or hair) I don't usually bother, and anyway cow**** is 100% natural.


When old ladies walk past the farm, their perfume lingers for ages. What is that stuff?

[Lokasenna]

A quick blast of deoderant in the morning is all for me - usually whichever brand was on offer at the supermarket when I bought it.

I also agree with Prendrelemick - some of the stuff people wear is like nerve gas. It's choking for days after they've been by.

[tailor STATELY]

I have allergies to both, but appreciate the subtle parfum of a lady.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[Emil Miller]

I remember a time when any man caught wearing scent was considered to be a bit woofy.
I don't mind women wearing it, providing it doesn't smell like that stuff that kills 99% of household germs.

[Helga]

I rarely wear any perfume, I own some sort of aqua spray but never remember to use it. My citrus deodorant is the only scented thing I use. I think people tend to use to much perfume as someone before me mentioned, you can smell it long after they are gone and that is just bad.

[OrphanPip]

I didn't use to use it much, only for dates and such, but living in the tropics if I don't use it regularly I won't make it through a day without smelling like a locker room. I'm not choosy about what I use though.

[Lokasenna]

My poor old dad, in a moment of bleary post-wake-up confusion this morning, by mistake went for my mum's hairspray can instead of his deoderant. I can report that, by way of scientific interest, that it's not an adequete substitute.

[The Comedian]

Bah! Not much of fan of the stuff. Deodorant, sure. But a splash or spritz of scent never seemed that necessary. Personally I don't own the stuff. I experimented with cologne in college (who didn't really), but I found that the ladies always preferred the ultra-cheap "Aqua Velva" aftershave to any more expensive scent that I tried. Regarding the ladies, I don't mind perfume, but I think of it sort of like make up -- too much or a constant reliance on it and I start to wonder: what sort of ugly are they hiding. . . . :-)

[Whifflingpin]

Nay, nay & thrice nay! Clean is the best deodorant and a smile is better than perfume.