http://froogle.google.com/froogl...lr=&sa=N&
tab=wf
Genius, it is called Froogle.
On the topic of sexy scents, though, I cannot help. Mainly if a guy does not reek in a bad way (be it cologne or BO or otherwise) I do not mind. However, there is something to be said for fancy flavors; I just don't know of any off the top of my head (especially their names; telling you "whatever my friend Alex from high school wore" is meaningless except if someone in a crowd has it I get immediately sentimental).
I'm not a lady-type person, but here's what I know: it shouldn't be "flowery," "musky" is overrated, too little is better than too much (both in intensity of fragrance as well as applied quantity).
not so much in the aftershave dept, but i know the cologne type product that my man uses to drive me up the wall (in the good way) is Hugo Boss. i think it's in a blue bottle. just an idea.
I like Hugo Boss, too. I don't know how to explain it, but my favorite dude-scent has to have a peppery bite in it. I have no idea if you have access to Aveda products (I just found out they're international!) but they make some great smelling stuff for boys' faces. Stay away from 'musk' - it'll make you smell like the 80's. And not the Ghostbusters kind of 80's. More like the Red Dawn sort of 80's.
i heart hugo boss in ways that you cannot imagine. and i think it would suit you well jon
(confession: i heart it SO MUCH that i carry a trial size of it around with me in my satchel. its like crack.) its very warm and cozy and clean boy smelling
i also really like davidoff cool water deep. its much lighter ... almost like, uhm...celery? not that bland, but very crisp and cool like that...does that make sense? its also a very unique smell, i dont smell it often.
AAAAAAAANNNDDD i like things with patchouli in it. i dont like hippie small per se, but i like the way it mixes with other things, to give it a little bit of a bite.
really, though, the greatest smell ever is fresh out of shower with deorderant.
so, jsut take about 10 showers a day and you will be a chick.magnet.
http://www.sephora.com/browse/
pr...tegoryId=S33333
cool water deep.
have you eever been to sephora? they have all the fragrance smells listed as "notes" so you can know what youre smelling and then compare. too bad we dont have smell-o-vision on our computers.
(just regular cool water is pretty good too...)
goddammitt!
i put the wrong smell, i got them mixed up.
THIS IS THE ONE I LIKE MORE:
http://www.sephora.com/browse/
pr...tegoryId=S33333
im done.
fin.
I think the thought of sexy boy smells has frazzled miss_elise. Three posts in a row is impressive!
Not a lady, or female even, BUT...I don't use cologne, I just use nevea ,or navea or whatever, aftershave balm. It really does help with the painfull after shaving burning feel. I don't think it has much sent though. I have heard the ladies swoon over Hugo Boss before though, so, there is probably truth in that.
thought i'd weigh in....i am 100% head over heels with natural man smell. cologne and scents on purpose remind me of guidos that wear gold chains. i say shower and some deo is all you need (and to be honest, i don't even think deo is that important. phermones, people, phermones)
These are all good thoughts!
- I never use cologne. It's too much. Who wants to broadcast a smell all over a whole damn room? A little extra tiny dab of aftershave is best for me; the idea is that nobody smells it unless they're really close, like maybe hugging distance.
- I will give this Hugo Boss stuff and the Davidoff a whiff next time I'm somewhere I can do that. I'll confess here and now that I've never liked the Cool Water ad campaign, though.
- Thanks! Keep 'em coming, why not. /zoidberg
You use aftershave? I had no idea.
I just avoid shaving for as long as I can before I get looks at work. This minimizes my need for aftershave. I don't wear anything other than deodorant (and any smells coming from my hair stuff). So, no advice as to what to use, but I don't think most people need any.
yeah, the adds are stupid, but the smell is nice, unless they changed the ingredients.
i fell in love with the boy in france who pierced my ears because of that smell. in fact, i loved it so much that i went back and got pierced again.
behold, the power of boy smells.
yes, there is nothing greater in the world than a good smelling man. whatever he is wearing or not wearing...
well, first of all, do NOT get John-Paul Gautier's "le male". That is probably the most gay scent ever made. Seriously, I've gone to gay clubs where that odor just seems to be pouring off of everything.
Cool Water may not be that gay, but it's definitely in the closet. If it had some designer name attached to it, it would be walking the streets of the castro calling you "fabulous".
Hugo Boss sounds like a promising lead. Aveda is over-priced for the quality of most of their stuff. One brand that is VERY hot for guys with style and money right now is Zirh. They make an aftershave lotion in both scented (which im not a huge fan of, but its smart and very subtle) AND unscented. Also, unlike most "smells like your cologne" aftershaves, that stuff actually does an excellent job of soothing and conditioning your skin without being greasy, or having that alcoholic burn.
I'm not sure if they sell this in the department stores anymore, but I have a wee little bottle of Candies for Men because I like it so much. I...I don't know how you would go about finding aftershave in this scent, but lever2000 soap smells pretty snazzy.
I think Bvlgari's "Por Homme" smells crawl-up-the-walls (or crawl-up-the-boy?) good. I don't know if they have aftershave, though. Try Sephora? At Sephora you will increase your chances of cute girls looking to help you pick out aftershave...
But I thought men sweat smells the best ... hehe ... ok ... maybe that's why my hubby is an army man. Hehehe.
i use equal parts rubbing alcohol, black coffee, and orange juice for aftershave.
Most aftershave stuff tends to stop giving off a smell a short time after applying them. I use a Nivea moisturizer that seems to work pretty well for soothing pain, etc. It has a smell but it's usually gone before I leave the house.
I don't use a cologne, but this Hugo Boss seems quite intriguing. It seems to have a magnetic power, at least to a few women on here. That can't be all that bad.
i too use a nivea aftershave, but it's the unscented one. I've never found an after shave that i really liked the smell of.
As far as cologne I can tell you with much certainty that a large portion of the teenagers I am around every day use cool water or the deep variety - even my little brother. Personally I use either Dior Fahrenheit or D&G Masculine, depending on mood. Fahrenheit reminds me of melons and bonfires for some reason.
The trick to not reeking of cologne is simple: only one shpritz, before you put on a shirt. Any more than that and you are asking to stink.
Also, there is a scent made by Ermangildo Zegna (i think it's the namesake one) that will practically guarantee you some form of action. I seen it.
All this talk of Sephora is making me remember when I was walking around Shadyside with Jon once and he was going on and on about how much that store creeps him out.
NOW LOOK AT YOU!
then again, it may have been someone else, but I have this feeling like it was you Jon.
I always think less of a dude who's cologne I can smell. I admit to not wearing cologne, aftershave (all splashing it on my beard) or even deodorant. Girls tend to like the smell of my hair though, which smells like dime store conditioner and safeway brandé Herbal Essences knock-off. I think the real key is the bar soap that you use.
Different smells will appeal to different people. However, regarding three of the suggestions recently, I must advise against:
-jon, do not grow a beard and rely on long flowing hair and bar soap to attract women. it may work for some people, but i just don't see it with you.
-teenagers? gay as an 11 dollar bill. ever see the ads for that davidoff stuff? only gay men and women dig wet naked men with nice bodies.
-D&G? yes, it's fuckin hot, but it's hot because it's a gay necessity the way the A&F catalogue once was.
-i only mention this coz i know you hate the thought of anyone questioning your sexual orientation.
finally... a positive suggestion. check out The Art of Shaving .. they have a few stores of their own and are carried at some high end department stores. it's really hot among the professional crowd here in NYC. excellent shave quality, and it makes you feel like you just got a professional olde-worlde shave, without smelling like and olde mann or olde
fuck that was a long post, i apologize profusely. dont mean to clog your board.
- Sephora may well have creeped me out in the distant past (probably because of the strangely ominous-sounding name and store facade, which I'd never seen prior to Shadyside -- it looked like a place you might go to buy vaguely illegal alien-produced substances that might turn you into a monster), but now I know that it is probably the ideal place for me to go if I want to buy things that will make me smell good.
- I am pretty sure nobody really questions my sexual orientation.
- MONSTERS
I am pretty sure nobody really questions my sexual orientation.
Not anymore. Not after that wild night we shared last Tuesday! How come you never called me?
Look, I was hoping I wouldn't have to tell you this, but that thing you wanted to do with the bathdub duck and the onions was kind of awkward and I don't really want to think about it -- or what the neighbors' car looked like afterward -- again. Like, ever.
PURPLE FROWN
Now I might be old-fashioned here, but Cool Water was definitely a favorite of mine, but I have to say that there's absolutely nothing wrong with Old Spice - in fact, I know plenty of women out there who still get sweaty thighs over the scent (apologies for the description, but I find it pretty amusing). Can't go wrong with the classics, I figure. As long as whatever you get doesn't make you smell like you bathed in it, then it's all good. Subtle is always best.
man, if my shaving stuff "is VERY hot for guys with style and money right now" then there are going to be a bunch of jerks walking around smelling like me.
i hate that.
don't use zirh, jon. it sucks. yeah. sucks. don't you ever use it.
I have found that the ladies like PS - Paul Sabastian. I was in a diner with a friend and the waitress came over and sat next to me raving about the PS I was wearing. She said that she wished her boyfriend smelled as good with it on as me. THAT IS KEY What smells good on me may not smell good on you. A black friend I worked with smelled great w/PocoB on. I bought it and it smelled like sweet alcohol on me. Gave it away to a white friend and he smelled great with it.
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