What's Your Scent and What Does It Mean?

Dillinger

Guerrilla Ontologist
Joined
Sep 19, 2000
Posts
26,152
Guys, do you realize that women could be sizing you up by your scent? Female impressions of popular scents:

Old Spice: "Ick. He's a cheap-ass."

Patchouli or any hippie-dippie oil: "Awe, he's sensitive - or at least pretends to be."

Nautica: "This guy's cool but not trying too hard."

Obsession: "Who does he think he is, Fabio? He's an operator."

Davidoff Cool Water: "Emmmm... sexy."

Bulgari: "He reeks of money along wiht this pricey cologne that bears a shocking resemblance to the smell of Tanquery - but in a good way."

Not wearing any: "He has a girlfriend - so he doesn't need to try."

What cologne do you wear (if you're a guy) - and what cologne do you like guys to wear (if you like guys)? And what does it say about them?
 
I've always found Polo to be a very sexy scent. Recently I've found Grey Flannel to be pretty stimulating also.

I've never thought someone was cheap by the cologne they chose, but I still dislike Old Spice because it reminds me of my dad. :p
 
I like a man who wears nothing but the scent of his most recent shower!


I want to smell *him*
His natural scent!


A scent out of a bottle -even the nicest scent-masks his true essence..which is kinda frustrating to me..
 
I prefer no scent at all. It gives me a headache. I don't even like to wear perfume, but when I do, it's oil that smells softly of rain or sandalwood. So what does that mean when you prefer a guy to wear no scent at all?
 
Sometimes my husband has this nautral sent that turns me on so much. He thinks I am crazy. I think it is amazingly sexy. But, as for cologne I like Drakarr (sp?)
 
I don't like the smell of deodorants much, either, now that I think of it. I like unscented, because I want to smell his skin, not the accessories.
 
I dont know what it means but this is what I like:

I have allergies, so heady and floral perfumes bother me. I like Victoria Secrets "Vanilla Lace" and Calgon's "Hawaiin ginger" body spray.

On Men:

I absolutely love Ralph Lauren's "POLO" it just drives me wild...must have some kind of aphrodisiac in it with how it effects me.
I also like Drakkar (not sure who makes it), but also smells good.
 
I'm in the soap/shampooo/deodorant/clean smell category. Not a big fan of cologne on men.

For myself, I put scented massage/body oil (Aura Glow) on after I shower, so I don't usually wear anything else. If I use unscented oil, I spritz L'Occitane's Jasmine/Mandarine eau de toilette on my pulse points. Don't like heavy smells, and don't like to leave a trail of scent (a la Pepe Le Peu) wherever I go. Just enough so that if someone gets close to my skin, they can smell the scent. I like citrusy smells, and natural smells...vanilla, almond, jasmine...don't like patchoulli on myself, but it's nice on others.
 
I use Issey Miyake and Polo Sport pretty regularly.....sometimes go back to the old CK One if I get bored.
 
After shave balm, yes, but cologne? I haven't worn cologne since I was 16! When guys wear it they use too much.

But there's nothing like walking past or near a woman wearing a nice fragrance. Makes me feel dizzy.
 
I used to like Aspen on guys, but to much of a heavy cologne, or perfume gives me a headace, so now, my husband just smells like his shaving lotion. Unless we are going on, but he has to put it on very sparingly.

Gilly Bean

:p
 
I use Aspen or British Sterling.

But I also have Brut, Stetson, Tamerisk, Coty, and of all things... Old Spice up in the cupbord.

You see... Old Spice is the cologne version of fruit cake...

You always seem to get it on the holidays, and end up using it as a door stop...

...Or am I just weird?
 
Last edited:
I usually don't like Drakkar, but there's on guy in particular that wears it, and on him it drives me absolutely nuts. It doesn't smell on him like it does on any other guy, must be something with his body chemistry or something but OH MY GOD it makes me want to jump his bones if I stand within 3 feet of him.
 
onions, usually means I've ben to White Castle, other than that it's just gold old soap/water straight from the shower smell, oh, and vanilla shampoo for what hair I have left.
 
First choice is nonthing but soap and water, second is a LITTLE Stetson.

I work with two guys who each dump a bottle of something on themselves every morning. PUUUUU! I don't know what they use, but my eyes water if I get trapped in an office with them.
 
Givenchy

When I was in high school I was friends with a girl for like three years, just buddies, and then one night the moon was full and birds were singing and we ended up in a local park and kissed all night. One of those magical, perfect nights.

Anyway, I was nuzzling her neck, and I smelled her perfume, and, like, WOW. I asked her what she wore, and she said it was Ysatis. I said, huh? That's how it's spelled, I think, Ysatis, by Givenchy. It is the most amazing perfume on this earth. This girl and I never repeated our little kissing episode, but we would go to a party and she'd hold out her wrist and I'd smell her perfume and go, ahh...everyone thought I was nuts, but I didn't care.

In college one afternoon I was walking home from class and this girl crossed my path and she was wearing Ysatis. I smelled her and it was like a quart of hormones got dumped in my bloodstream. I followed her home. I flat-out stalked the girl. She never noticed me, but I stayed like 10 feet to her rear the 12 blocks or so to her dorm. Which was on the other side of campus from where I lived. She had me on a string.

Smells trigger memories more than any other sensory stimuli. Every so often, when I'm walking thru a department store, I'll stop at the perfume counter and get a sample card of Ysatis. I put it to my nose, take a sweet breath, and I'm back in high school, kissing this amazing, beautiful girl under the stars. Sigh...
 
I used to work at Eckerds, and when we stocked the perfume/cologne case we would smell them all.

Grey Flannel I believe it is called was ok in the bottle, but AMAZING when sprayed lightly on my male friend's neck.

Curve for men is also pretty amazing when used SPARINGLY and allowed time to react with the guy's body chemistry.

(Curve for women makes me retch)
 
Myself, I wear a scent produced by Victoria's Secret. It's called Love Spell. It's a fruity-clean concotion. I only wear the lotion and body spray. I am allergic to most perfumes when sprayed on my body. I like to smell it on other people...unless of course they drown themselves in it.

For men, I only really like 2 scents. Either Swiss Army ( a new favorite) or CK One (my all time favorite).
 
Back
Top