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contentious · 09-20-2009, 12:24 PM

Thanks for all the advice MSD. I have found my preferences for a "night" scent, but I want to get your advice for an "all day" scent to try.

From reading your posts and sampling some fragrances I found some great colognes for night time- I like John Varvtos by John Varvatos, Kiton Black, D&G The One (in that order of preference). I think I like these because they have those prominent woody and spicy notes, but still smell very clean to me. The dry-down on all of these seems to smell great on my skin (about 1hr in to wearing Kiton Black it loses the intrusive spiciness and fades to this sweet smokey awesomeness.) I also liked Yves Saint Laurent's L'Homme; and secretly liked Gaultier Le Male, but don't want it to be my "everyday" wear scent. I don't think I'm a big fan of floral scents. Intense Euphoria and Joop just smelled wrong to me. I also don't like extremely sweet scents.

Since all of these are pretty dark and sensual, I want to find a cologne that's a little less overtly "sexy" for daytime wear. My style during the day is business casual, and in a typical day I could be meeting with important people ranging from local politicians to law enforcement. My style after-hours is unique and I like to try unusual stuff like combining formal or trendy clothing with military surplus. I'm 24.

So the criteria for the daytime scent would be :
1) Appropriate for work and meetings (i.e. can't offend anybody.)
2) Somewhat unique- I like attention and being noticed! (i.e. not Aqua de Gio)
3) Differentiates itself from my nighttime cologne preferences. (John V. or Kiton Black)
4) Affordable. I want to pick up a bottle online for under $50. (I know this rules out some of your favorites by Creed.)
5) Something cool. I think I'm turning into a genuine "cologne enthusiast" as weird as that sounds, and want something that's "good for my (future) cologne collection."
6) A scent that will smell good on my skin type. (Average not too dry or oily. Plus whatever you can infer from my preferences of nighttime scents.)

Thanks again. I'll definitely try out anything you could recommend.

PS Do you have a blog or something where we can read more of your reviews?

09-20-2009, 12:24 PM	#235 (permalink)
contentious Upright	Thanks for all the advice MSD. I have found my preferences for a "night" scent, but I want to get your advice for an "all day" scent to try. From reading your posts and sampling some fragrances I found some great colognes for night time- I like John Varvtos by John Varvatos, Kiton Black, D&G The One (in that order of preference). I think I like these because they have those prominent woody and spicy notes, but still smell very clean to me. The dry-down on all of these seems to smell great on my skin (about 1hr in to wearing Kiton Black it loses the intrusive spiciness and fades to this sweet smokey awesomeness.) I also liked Yves Saint Laurent's L'Homme; and secretly liked Gaultier Le Male, but don't want it to be my "everyday" wear scent. I don't think I'm a big fan of floral scents. Intense Euphoria and Joop just smelled wrong to me. I also don't like extremely sweet scents. Since all of these are pretty dark and sensual, I want to find a cologne that's a little less overtly "sexy" for daytime wear. My style during the day is business casual, and in a typical day I could be meeting with important people ranging from local politicians to law enforcement. My style after-hours is unique and I like to try unusual stuff like combining formal or trendy clothing with military surplus. I'm 24. So the criteria for the daytime scent would be : 1) Appropriate for work and meetings (i.e. can't offend anybody.) 2) Somewhat unique- I like attention and being noticed! (i.e. not Aqua de Gio) 3) Differentiates itself from my nighttime cologne preferences. (John V. or Kiton Black) 4) Affordable. I want to pick up a bottle online for under $50. (I know this rules out some of your favorites by Creed.) 5) Something cool. I think I'm turning into a genuine "cologne enthusiast" as weird as that sounds, and want something that's "good for my (future) cologne collection." 6) A scent that will smell good on my skin type. (Average not too dry or oily. Plus whatever you can infer from my preferences of nighttime scents.) Thanks again. I'll definitely try out anything you could recommend. PS Do you have a blog or something where we can read more of your reviews?