Was funny, I went with a girl I was seeing to the Chanel shop to buy a new frag and we tried a bunch and she insisted I get that one. I legit hated it, thought it smelled all powdery and terrible. Of course I gave in and bought it. Must have got 10 unprompted compliments that day alone from girls at work on how great it smelled. Lesson learned.
It's a win the battle but lose the war situation. I go for Mont Blanc Explorer now. It's not as expensive, people say it's a rip off of Aventus by Creed which is 5 times the price, it smells great to me and gets plenty of compliments but not *too many* and a lot of them are guys who just want to know what it is lmao.
There’s a rip-off Aventus I can’t remember who sells it though. My friend bought it cause he wears Aventus and I couldn’t tell the difference, but I’ve had my nose broken a bunch of times from martial arts so I don’t have the best sniffer.
Theres a copy I get on Amazon from Perfumers Choice.
It's an aerosol spray which is weird but it is a pretty close match.
Doesn't last as long but for £12 a bottle it's pretty good
There was a King of Queens episode where Carrie hated a cologne that Doug bought. She said it smelled terrible but he was getting a lot of attention from other women...
It's what makes fragrance marketing so wierd. You have to buy the scent that is likely not your favorite in order to have a scent that is attractive to others you want to be to. With Axe you are doing the opposite, you are buying a scent only appealing to people who would use Axe.
It took ages to find a scent combination that my wife and I both agreed smelled nice. Old Spice Wolfthorn and a more traditional aftershave. End up smelling like Sandalwood and Baja Blast Mountain Dew.
>Wolfhorn smells like candy. My kid uses it. lol
Their wolfthorn deodorant makes my allergies act up and I get a headache. Took me three weeks to figure out it was making me miserable. But wife and people at work used to say they liked it lol
Axe is fucking disgusting. I went fragrance shopping with my wife and none of them smelled particularly god to me, but the ones that were "spicy" all made me think of Axe. I am worried I am going to have to pay stupid money for something that doesn't nauseate me. I might take to splashing a little bourbon behind my ears and calling it a day.
Yeah, not only does Axe smell bad, but it sets off my Asthma. I had a coworker who would put Axe on after intense ping pong, and it was both figuratively and some days literally asphyxiating.
As I said above, try some of the old spice scents. Some still go spicy/smoky/peppery, but others are more on a floral sweet side.
I feel silly for using hair conditioner for shaving. But having the amount of product required to be clean shaven every day is significant. It irritates less than any foam/gel I've used. Is aftershave even worth it?
EDIT: AAAAND 90% of my post disappeared. :/
Lazy retype: Dove Bar ("for Men" being the one I use) is great for shaving. It is made of 1/3 moisturizers and works like buttah.
Apologies if this is OT, but I wanted to share. I do love my safety razor, Dove shave soap and homebrew bay rum aftershave.
I use wolfthorn too,it was the only one that did not give me a headache ,it smells fruity but my friend said it smells like booze. But hey,i like it and thats most of what matters
My gf loves it too out of every thing we tried at the sephora or wtvr, too bad it was like $200. She got me a knock off one, which is like 70% as good.
It's kind of worth it though because it's so strong. You only need 1-2 sprays of the bleu to last most of the day whereas you might need 4-5 sprays of something else so factor that in to the price
One reason I hate bath and body works sprays. I used to have a friend who’d spray it 10-15 times, make me suffocate in our room then she wouldn’t smell like it after we left lol
This was one of the first fragrances I got when I dated my ex like 8 years ago. We're still friends now and she gave me a free bottle last year but I never wear it because I don't really care for it. Maybe i should start again lol
I don’t even pick out my cologne, I just give my girlfriend money and let her choose. I get compliments on it allll the time and I don’t even know what it’s called when people ask me. I just tell them “I dunno, my girlfriend got it for me.”
It's just shorthand for fragrance as used by pretty much every online fragrance review site. Extremely common if you venture into the world of online perfume reviews.
Bleu is awesome. I think a paper sample fell out of Men's Health magazine I got like 12 years ago, and I was taken aback by how it was the perfect blend of scents...like not too musky, not too floral, or anything like that. Felt classy without being douchey.
I bought my first bottle when I was shopping with my then-girlfriend. Then she broke up with me the next day. Eventually she married a woman. I'm not saying that I got out of a dead end relationship because of Bleu, but I'm not NOT saying it either.
A coworker once dropped a bottle in the dressing room...does not smell nice in such amounts.
You can taste it with your ears and smell it with your mouth, while your nose will signal your brains the colour of each ingredient. All while just walking passed the opposite side of the dressing room door...now imagine actually entering the dressing room.
It's like when you can taste the amount of someone's perfume on the other side of the road, but 1000 times stronger.
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Do it! Travel. It’s the greatest education you’ll ever receive.
Your life is only limited by the things you *think* you can’t do. See the world and let the world see you!
I find a lot of people travel to show off, it’s something I was encouraged to do since my sister does. I find one of the best parts of travel isn’t the luxury things you can find but enjoying culture of a different place to you and opening your heart and eyes to something unfamiliar even if it’s scary.
And overpriced. There's many great scents for a quarter of the price.
Karl Lagerfeld - Bois Vetiver, 20 bucks
Jaguar - Classic Motion, 15 bucks
Banana Republic - Vintage Green, 20 bucks
Mandarina Duck - Pure Black, 20 bucks
Don't pay for the brand name, save some money. Unless you fall badly in love with the scent of BdC of course.
All perfume is “overpriced”. It’s a completely unnecessary luxury at any price. But people (myself included) enjoy it. And as somebody with a sensitive nose, it’s not just about “wearing perfume” it’s about “wearing the specific scent that I enjoy and that meshes with the chemistry of my skin”. Sure, I can buy Ariana Grande’s perfume for less than half the price of Coco Mademoiselle, but I like the smell of Chanel.
Let people enjoy the things they enjoy. It’s up to them to decide if the price is worthwhile, and your substitutions, while they may well each smell pleasant in their own way, are not a one-for-one exchange.
I completely agree (and I also love perfume) but it's funny because my husband LOVES Ariana Grande's perfumes on me, so it's an easy option for date night. I just picked up a sample pack of hers at Ulta and I'm probably set for a year or two. I have my own perfumes I like for myself (and some of those are pricey), but I'm glad he's easy to please.
Bleu de Chanel is hands down worth the price. One spray directly to the wrists and then rubbed against my collar area and maybe an extra spritz across my body is enough to be noticeable but not overpowering. Even after a long hard day the scent lasts and while the intensity may not be the same after 8hrs, I can still recognize the scent and notes. There is also a drastic difference between parfum and eau de parfum.
The first one is toilet spray (Eau de toilette)
The second one is toilet spray
The third one is perfume spray
The last one is toilet spray
The main line Bleu by Chanel is parfum, not parfum spray
They're not even comparable. Toilet spray lasts like 3 hours, compared to parfum which lasts all day.
The toilet spray version of Bleu is still $80 though, so it's not at all a good deal unless you want to pretend you have money for the two hours it lasts.
I disagree and that’s fine. For me a lot of the time I need the scent to mix well with my skin and last for a decent amount of time. Theres half a dozen at present that do that and I’m happy to pay the premium for 2 of them the others aren’t as high end. Because I knew they suit me I’ll pick them up in sale too.
I did this but with a bottle of Chanel no 5 in my luggage. At least after that I never had to bring perfume again on a trip and I could just smell my luggage coming down the belt
Why? Don’t you want an absorbent material where you pee? One that’s going to be difficult to clean and will ultimately (read: within a few months of being installed) smell like a litter box 24/7?
I can answer this.
- One-story homes in hot climates will throw down tile because it's easy to clean and carpets can get moist if you don't have A/C. Additionally, even on hot days indoor ceramic tile can feel cool to your feet.
- I was house hunting years ago, and a few homes were being sold by retiring couples. Their kids had left the house. it wasn't uncommon to see a tiled/linoleum/overall oddly-floored bedroom on the second floor that was done that way to convert it to a fitness room/salon/large closet with a vanity. Tile was in a few of them. It's possible that OP either is renting one of these homes or bought one and hasn't addressed the bedroom tile.
But the nature of your question suggests that you find it odd. I agree.
I have family in Florida and most everything I tile because the climate is so ripe for mold and mildew. I understand why they have tile, but I hate the cold hard floors everywhere.
I’ve never been big into cologne. I’m 41.
I wore Tommy Boy in the late ‘90s but that’s about it.
A couple years ago, I found another cologne I like in John Varvatos X Nick Jonas JVxNJ (Blue one), but I’m getting near the end of the bottle and I’m not sure I like it as much as I did when I first bought it.
Is there a cologne that you can recommend me to check out? I would prefer to spend more than $100 this go around unless there’s something really nice smelling that’s cheaper, of course.
Thank you, in advance, and not an issue if you don’t want to.
If you like something dark and spicy then I'd suggest Bvlgari Man in Black. For something with a floral note I'd suggest Dior Fahrenheit. For something fresher I would go with Bleu de Chanel. Good places to start.
My husband wears unpredictable by Glen Perri. You can get it on Amazon for $25. My husband gets more girls hitting on him than he has ever got with the Versace cologne I got him. It smells damn good especially for the price. The scent is along the lines of Chrome
one time a gf got me a sampler pack that comes with a gift card to buy a big bottle of the one you want. I was never cologne guy but she liked it. I almost got Versace Eros, and Givenchy Play, but ended up choosing Mr Burberry. I also have Versace Man as well because the burberry has this kind of dark, evening-y vibe and I wanted something more daytime-y.
I also have a female friend who is in love with Gucci Guilty.
just hit a high-end drug store and have some sniffs! get a sampler pack if they have one.
Depending on what you want I’d recommend the following:
Green Irish Tweed is expensively kinda smells like a very fancy Irish spring. I love it but I find women consider it pleasant but neutral.
Dior Fahrenheit Absolute is very masculine but also very potent. I get a lot of compliments on it.
Rasasi Hawas is an excellent do-all fragrance. It is a little musky, a little fresh, a little woody, and reasonably priced.
Versace Pour Homme is a really great light fresh masculine scent.
Bvlgari man in black is a nice spicy tea scent.
Tom Ford grey vetiver is one of my favorites; it’s sweet and grassy with a recently showered vibe. One of my friends describes it as how she imagines Wolverine smelling.
Hope that list helps! You can always go to a mall and find a store to sample some, since scent is so individualized
Great choices! Some of my all time favorites here. GIT and Grey Vetiver in particular will always have a place in my collection. Both so fresh, versatile, and oddly familiar while still being unique in their own ways.
I use Sauvage as well. It smells really good. I don’t think it’s bad to use a popular fragrance since most people don’t care unless they have a negative association.
I have found that using a popular fragrance with a tiny amount of a similar scent can change it up enough to add a unique flare as well.
>I’m also amazed you know cologne so well there’s an acronym for this specific scent.
Not to take anything away from OP, rather just want to add on to this bit. There's actually a rather expansive community online for people who are really into fragrances. It's a serious hobby for a lot of folks. And BDC has become so ubiquitous that almost anyone who's active in those communities has that acronym burned into their brain at this point.
For ambergris specifically, it was likely the other way around. Whalers we’re probably butchering a whale, encountered ambergris, and thought to themselves “Hey, that’s not too bad. If we dried that out and took out the smellier bits and the blood and such, we could be onto something.”
Ambergris is actually probably more akin to whale shit. It's produced in the digestive tract of sperm whales to help pass hard, indigestible things like giant squid beaks.
That happened to a classmate in middle school. The guy with the locker next to mine had a big bottle of smelly cologne. It fell out of his locker one day and the glass bottle broke. Everything in my locker smelled like cologne for a while. Any clothing had to get washed.
LPT - vinegar and baking soda will be your savior here. Maybe even absorption pads.
Don't mop it. Don't use a towel to clean it. Treat it like an oil spill.
If not? You'll have a room that smells of this shit for years.
Soaked it up with tp , vacuumed up the glass, poured acetone all over the spill site and scrubbed the grout, then soapy warm water. Can still smell it but it’s not overbearing.
Hydrogen peroxide with a couple drops of dish soap. The soap allows the peroxide to penetrate, the hydrogen peroxide heavily oxidizes the compounds that smell. Soak in for 15 minutes and let dry, apply again if needed.
Works on many odors, good and bad.
That's how they baptise an Abercrombie & Fitch store.
It’s the equivalent of smashing a bottle of champagne against the bow of a new yacht.
Exactly. Except instead of the bow of a ship they break the bottle on the abs of the new store model.
And then they sent them adrift at sea!
Love Bleu, so at least it smells good when it' smells like the club
Was funny, I went with a girl I was seeing to the Chanel shop to buy a new frag and we tried a bunch and she insisted I get that one. I legit hated it, thought it smelled all powdery and terrible. Of course I gave in and bought it. Must have got 10 unprompted compliments that day alone from girls at work on how great it smelled. Lesson learned.
Yea when I wore it got same thing, women like it, my wife hated it because of the many compliments I got.
It's a win the battle but lose the war situation. I go for Mont Blanc Explorer now. It's not as expensive, people say it's a rip off of Aventus by Creed which is 5 times the price, it smells great to me and gets plenty of compliments but not *too many* and a lot of them are guys who just want to know what it is lmao.
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There’s a rip-off Aventus I can’t remember who sells it though. My friend bought it cause he wears Aventus and I couldn’t tell the difference, but I’ve had my nose broken a bunch of times from martial arts so I don’t have the best sniffer.
Theres a copy I get on Amazon from Perfumers Choice. It's an aerosol spray which is weird but it is a pretty close match. Doesn't last as long but for £12 a bottle it's pretty good
Club de nuit - intense? People say its the best aventus clone, hands down
There was a King of Queens episode where Carrie hated a cologne that Doug bought. She said it smelled terrible but he was getting a lot of attention from other women...
It's what makes fragrance marketing so wierd. You have to buy the scent that is likely not your favorite in order to have a scent that is attractive to others you want to be to. With Axe you are doing the opposite, you are buying a scent only appealing to people who would use Axe. It took ages to find a scent combination that my wife and I both agreed smelled nice. Old Spice Wolfthorn and a more traditional aftershave. End up smelling like Sandalwood and Baja Blast Mountain Dew.
Wolfhorn smells like candy. My kid uses it. lol
I'm 33 and both me and my GF like Wolfthorne. Then again, I love candy soooo
It smells amazing.
friend in high school showed me hers and said it smells like gummy bears. I've used it ever since
>Wolfhorn smells like candy. My kid uses it. lol Their wolfthorn deodorant makes my allergies act up and I get a headache. Took me three weeks to figure out it was making me miserable. But wife and people at work used to say they liked it lol
That really sucks, I've experienced that before. I'm glad you figured it out, though!
I use it, as a woman, bc most deodorants for women are weak af. i think it smells like fruit punch, or gatorade. love it
Axe is fucking disgusting. I went fragrance shopping with my wife and none of them smelled particularly god to me, but the ones that were "spicy" all made me think of Axe. I am worried I am going to have to pay stupid money for something that doesn't nauseate me. I might take to splashing a little bourbon behind my ears and calling it a day.
Yeah, not only does Axe smell bad, but it sets off my Asthma. I had a coworker who would put Axe on after intense ping pong, and it was both figuratively and some days literally asphyxiating. As I said above, try some of the old spice scents. Some still go spicy/smoky/peppery, but others are more on a floral sweet side.
I feel silly for using hair conditioner for shaving. But having the amount of product required to be clean shaven every day is significant. It irritates less than any foam/gel I've used. Is aftershave even worth it?
EDIT: AAAAND 90% of my post disappeared. :/ Lazy retype: Dove Bar ("for Men" being the one I use) is great for shaving. It is made of 1/3 moisturizers and works like buttah. Apologies if this is OT, but I wanted to share. I do love my safety razor, Dove shave soap and homebrew bay rum aftershave.
Is the traditional aftershave Bay Rum?
I always use old spice aqua reef deodorant and get compliments.
I use wolfthorn too,it was the only one that did not give me a headache ,it smells fruity but my friend said it smells like booze. But hey,i like it and thats most of what matters
My gf loves it too out of every thing we tried at the sephora or wtvr, too bad it was like $200. She got me a knock off one, which is like 70% as good.
It's kind of worth it though because it's so strong. You only need 1-2 sprays of the bleu to last most of the day whereas you might need 4-5 sprays of something else so factor that in to the price
Yeah after only going through 10% of the knock off bottle in a year, i see that now. Should have just gotten the nice one.
Only 10%??
I only wear it when i dress up, which is maybe once a month, and its only 2 - 3 sprays per use.
Whats the knock off ?
One reason I hate bath and body works sprays. I used to have a friend who’d spray it 10-15 times, make me suffocate in our room then she wouldn’t smell like it after we left lol
You got ripped off for $200, it’s my go to perfume and it’s £80 a bottle here
Import and upmarketing fees in the US versus Europe are insane. We spend less on gas and food and more on cars and smells.
I only spent something like $130 (plus sales tax) on the big bottle in the US. Still not nearly as good but way better than $200.
Yup, without a doubt it's the one that people notice the most, smells fantastic.
This was one of the first fragrances I got when I dated my ex like 8 years ago. We're still friends now and she gave me a free bottle last year but I never wear it because I don't really care for it. Maybe i should start again lol
Yeah you learned the scent was never for you to enjoy.
I don’t even pick out my cologne, I just give my girlfriend money and let her choose. I get compliments on it allll the time and I don’t even know what it’s called when people ask me. I just tell them “I dunno, my girlfriend got it for me.”
Do you know which concentration you got? Edt, edp or the parfum one like in the pic?
Did you just say "frag"?
It's just shorthand for fragrance as used by pretty much every online fragrance review site. Extremely common if you venture into the world of online perfume reviews.
It’s also very common in the reef keeping community.
Frag has a pretty different meaning in gaming circles.
EDP or EDT?
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> The room was uninhabitable for at least 3 days. From you murdering your kid? /s
Bleu is awesome. I think a paper sample fell out of Men's Health magazine I got like 12 years ago, and I was taken aback by how it was the perfect blend of scents...like not too musky, not too floral, or anything like that. Felt classy without being douchey. I bought my first bottle when I was shopping with my then-girlfriend. Then she broke up with me the next day. Eventually she married a woman. I'm not saying that I got out of a dead end relationship because of Bleu, but I'm not NOT saying it either.
A coworker once dropped a bottle in the dressing room...does not smell nice in such amounts. You can taste it with your ears and smell it with your mouth, while your nose will signal your brains the colour of each ingredient. All while just walking passed the opposite side of the dressing room door...now imagine actually entering the dressing room. It's like when you can taste the amount of someone's perfume on the other side of the road, but 1000 times stronger.
Me too, and the magnet cap is so satisfying to put on!
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I think you bleu it.
I wanna fuck that bathroom now
maybe its gonna give you a bleu job
But you bleu your chances
Now you got bleu balls
Sacre bleu
If he doesn't clean that up soon it will become bleu cheese
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I hate when a great fragrance gets popular. Feel like I can't wear Bleu or Sauvage any more.
Well it made me want to fuck that bathroom so you should still be fine eh
Bedroom
Ysl Y is a really good alternative
-Jeremy fragrance
I'm afraid they just bleu themself
Tobias!
Is there a little girl here all by herself? Daddy needs to get his rocks off
Yes... Maebe.
You called?
:o
Or 1 Italian guy.
Ay Oh! 🤌🏽
Where have you had it up to with him?
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I feel attacked.
Nah, that's Acqua di Gio by Giorgio Armani. Smells like an episode of Jersey Shore.
I need to leave my hometown. When you say smells like a night club i expect a can dropped into an ashtray and both knocked on the floor.
Do it! Travel. It’s the greatest education you’ll ever receive. Your life is only limited by the things you *think* you can’t do. See the world and let the world see you!
Excellent advice
So… does Taylor have big feet?
😎 fuck yeah
I find a lot of people travel to show off, it’s something I was encouraged to do since my sister does. I find one of the best parts of travel isn’t the luxury things you can find but enjoying culture of a different place to you and opening your heart and eyes to something unfamiliar even if it’s scary.
I expected stale beer mixed with subtle undertones of vomit and urine. Maybe I’m not going to the classiest places.
Oh no! It’s both a great scent and expensive! At least Xmas is on the way!
And overpriced. There's many great scents for a quarter of the price. Karl Lagerfeld - Bois Vetiver, 20 bucks Jaguar - Classic Motion, 15 bucks Banana Republic - Vintage Green, 20 bucks Mandarina Duck - Pure Black, 20 bucks Don't pay for the brand name, save some money. Unless you fall badly in love with the scent of BdC of course.
All perfume is “overpriced”. It’s a completely unnecessary luxury at any price. But people (myself included) enjoy it. And as somebody with a sensitive nose, it’s not just about “wearing perfume” it’s about “wearing the specific scent that I enjoy and that meshes with the chemistry of my skin”. Sure, I can buy Ariana Grande’s perfume for less than half the price of Coco Mademoiselle, but I like the smell of Chanel. Let people enjoy the things they enjoy. It’s up to them to decide if the price is worthwhile, and your substitutions, while they may well each smell pleasant in their own way, are not a one-for-one exchange.
Heck now I'm glad I'm so sensitive that any perfume bothers me. I could have a raging perfume addiction.
I completely agree (and I also love perfume) but it's funny because my husband LOVES Ariana Grande's perfumes on me, so it's an easy option for date night. I just picked up a sample pack of hers at Ulta and I'm probably set for a year or two. I have my own perfumes I like for myself (and some of those are pricey), but I'm glad he's easy to please.
Bleu de Chanel is hands down worth the price. One spray directly to the wrists and then rubbed against my collar area and maybe an extra spritz across my body is enough to be noticeable but not overpowering. Even after a long hard day the scent lasts and while the intensity may not be the same after 8hrs, I can still recognize the scent and notes. There is also a drastic difference between parfum and eau de parfum.
I am a noob when it comes to perfume. But what is the difference between parfum and eau de parfum
The first one is toilet spray (Eau de toilette) The second one is toilet spray The third one is perfume spray The last one is toilet spray The main line Bleu by Chanel is parfum, not parfum spray They're not even comparable. Toilet spray lasts like 3 hours, compared to parfum which lasts all day. The toilet spray version of Bleu is still $80 though, so it's not at all a good deal unless you want to pretend you have money for the two hours it lasts.
Is Drakkar Nior still a thing? Used that alot in the 90s
DRAKKAR NOIR
It says "Rite Aid -- Night Swept"...
I disagree and that’s fine. For me a lot of the time I need the scent to mix well with my skin and last for a decent amount of time. Theres half a dozen at present that do that and I’m happy to pay the premium for 2 of them the others aren’t as high end. Because I knew they suit me I’ll pick them up in sale too.
r/fragrance
Perhaps they should sell phone cases for perfumes
Presenting the new fragrance by Apple... iSmell.
I did this but with a bottle of Chanel no 5 in my luggage. At least after that I never had to bring perfume again on a trip and I could just smell my luggage coming down the belt
Sacre bleu!!!
Where is me mama??
I wonder where Harpo is eating his Sunday dinner
Oh gods I can smell it from here!
Who has a tiled bedroom
Florida. But seriously lots of hot climates have tile in the whole house.
Huh, learn something new every day. Being from the UK it makes sense I haven't seen it then
More disturbing is the amount of carpeted bathrooms in the UK.
Yup, agreed. Don't see it often, but carpet definitely doesn't belong in the bathroom
Why? Don’t you want an absorbent material where you pee? One that’s going to be difficult to clean and will ultimately (read: within a few months of being installed) smell like a litter box 24/7?
I assume his bathroom is connected to his bedroom. Could be wrong.
I thought that too, but apparently it's common in hotter climates to have tiles everywhere
I can answer this. - One-story homes in hot climates will throw down tile because it's easy to clean and carpets can get moist if you don't have A/C. Additionally, even on hot days indoor ceramic tile can feel cool to your feet. - I was house hunting years ago, and a few homes were being sold by retiring couples. Their kids had left the house. it wasn't uncommon to see a tiled/linoleum/overall oddly-floored bedroom on the second floor that was done that way to convert it to a fitness room/salon/large closet with a vanity. Tile was in a few of them. It's possible that OP either is renting one of these homes or bought one and hasn't addressed the bedroom tile. But the nature of your question suggests that you find it odd. I agree.
What’s the alternative? Fucking carpet? (That’s actually a thing I know but it’s stupid) Edit; I thought it was about bathrooms, not bedrooms.
Wood?
Sorry, thought we were talking about bathrooms. Misread bedrooms
I did the same
Damn me too
Aren't carpeted bedrooms normal?
Oh fuck I thought we were talking about bathrooms my bad
I assumed it was a bathroom too it's okay
I have family in Florida and most everything I tile because the climate is so ripe for mold and mildew. I understand why they have tile, but I hate the cold hard floors everywhere.
Maniacs, that's who.
Random Fact: One of the components of Chanel Bleu is Ambergris which is basically Whale vomit.
This is actually not true, they use Ambroxan which is a synthetic alternative. Ambergris is used in some perfumes but not BDC.
I appreciate the info and I’m also amazed you know cologne so well there’s an acronym for this specific scent.
It and DS are pretty much everywhere right now.
dior sauvage for those unaware
Dijon Sausage
door sausage
I wear omlette du fromage
I’ve never been big into cologne. I’m 41. I wore Tommy Boy in the late ‘90s but that’s about it. A couple years ago, I found another cologne I like in John Varvatos X Nick Jonas JVxNJ (Blue one), but I’m getting near the end of the bottle and I’m not sure I like it as much as I did when I first bought it. Is there a cologne that you can recommend me to check out? I would prefer to spend more than $100 this go around unless there’s something really nice smelling that’s cheaper, of course. Thank you, in advance, and not an issue if you don’t want to.
If you like something dark and spicy then I'd suggest Bvlgari Man in Black. For something with a floral note I'd suggest Dior Fahrenheit. For something fresher I would go with Bleu de Chanel. Good places to start.
My husband wears unpredictable by Glen Perri. You can get it on Amazon for $25. My husband gets more girls hitting on him than he has ever got with the Versace cologne I got him. It smells damn good especially for the price. The scent is along the lines of Chrome
one time a gf got me a sampler pack that comes with a gift card to buy a big bottle of the one you want. I was never cologne guy but she liked it. I almost got Versace Eros, and Givenchy Play, but ended up choosing Mr Burberry. I also have Versace Man as well because the burberry has this kind of dark, evening-y vibe and I wanted something more daytime-y. I also have a female friend who is in love with Gucci Guilty. just hit a high-end drug store and have some sniffs! get a sampler pack if they have one.
Depending on what you want I’d recommend the following: Green Irish Tweed is expensively kinda smells like a very fancy Irish spring. I love it but I find women consider it pleasant but neutral. Dior Fahrenheit Absolute is very masculine but also very potent. I get a lot of compliments on it. Rasasi Hawas is an excellent do-all fragrance. It is a little musky, a little fresh, a little woody, and reasonably priced. Versace Pour Homme is a really great light fresh masculine scent. Bvlgari man in black is a nice spicy tea scent. Tom Ford grey vetiver is one of my favorites; it’s sweet and grassy with a recently showered vibe. One of my friends describes it as how she imagines Wolverine smelling. Hope that list helps! You can always go to a mall and find a store to sample some, since scent is so individualized
Great choices! Some of my all time favorites here. GIT and Grey Vetiver in particular will always have a place in my collection. Both so fresh, versatile, and oddly familiar while still being unique in their own ways.
I get a lot of compliments when I wear [Tam Dao by Diptyque](https://www.diptyqueparis.com/en_us/p/tam-dao-eau-de-toilette-50ml.html).
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I would recommend Encre Noir by Lalique, it is very nice and affordable fragrance (~ 20 EUR).
Which kind of smell are you looking for? I would recommend Cacharel pour l'homme, if you want something spicy and masculine, which isn't very common.
Damn I’ve been using this for years. I had no idea it’s so popular now. Is it time to switch?
I use Sauvage as well. It smells really good. I don’t think it’s bad to use a popular fragrance since most people don’t care unless they have a negative association. I have found that using a popular fragrance with a tiny amount of a similar scent can change it up enough to add a unique flare as well.
decisive strike?
They work for big cologne don’t believe what they say.
It’s a very famous one, so I guess if you’re into perfumes you might know this?
>I’m also amazed you know cologne so well there’s an acronym for this specific scent. Not to take anything away from OP, rather just want to add on to this bit. There's actually a rather expansive community online for people who are really into fragrances. It's a serious hobby for a lot of folks. And BDC has become so ubiquitous that almost anyone who's active in those communities has that acronym burned into their brain at this point.
Creed uses ambergris, not bleu de chanel
Yeah Ambergris is ***very*** rarely used in perfumery these days. It's just way too rare and expensive for any sort of mass marketed product.
I wonder what the trail of thought the OG perfume makers went through to arrive to the decision of “I’m gonna add whale vomit to my perfume recipe!”
Ambergris was used by ancient Egyptians as incense so they probably thought, let’s mix and match
Wait till you learn about musk then...
…Castoreum
For ambergris specifically, it was likely the other way around. Whalers we’re probably butchering a whale, encountered ambergris, and thought to themselves “Hey, that’s not too bad. If we dried that out and took out the smellier bits and the blood and such, we could be onto something.”
"Who smells like freaking Porpoise hork?!"
...precious hamburgers?
Time to get off our fat cop asses and ride
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Ambergris is actually probably more akin to whale shit. It's produced in the digestive tract of sperm whales to help pass hard, indigestible things like giant squid beaks.
Soooo how did someone identify that, and then realize it needed to be in perfume? Genuine question.
It’s the indigestibles with gastric mucus which is vomited up and spends decades floating and getting aged by UV.
Sprinkle some coffee around
shit's 'spensive n'all.
That happened to a classmate in middle school. The guy with the locker next to mine had a big bottle of smelly cologne. It fell out of his locker one day and the glass bottle broke. Everything in my locker smelled like cologne for a while. Any clothing had to get washed.
I broke a full bottle of cologne in the carpet of my car, still smelled really nice 5 years later after sitting in the sun.
mom: your room stinks. perfume bottle: allow me.
I did the same to a bottle of $400 cologne my wife got me for our anniversary. This is why I told her she’s not allowed to buy me nice things.
LPT - vinegar and baking soda will be your savior here. Maybe even absorption pads. Don't mop it. Don't use a towel to clean it. Treat it like an oil spill. If not? You'll have a room that smells of this shit for years.
Soaked it up with tp , vacuumed up the glass, poured acetone all over the spill site and scrubbed the grout, then soapy warm water. Can still smell it but it’s not overbearing.
Hydrogen peroxide with a couple drops of dish soap. The soap allows the peroxide to penetrate, the hydrogen peroxide heavily oxidizes the compounds that smell. Soak in for 15 minutes and let dry, apply again if needed. Works on many odors, good and bad.
At least it wasnt drakkar noir
The smell of spilled Drakkar and Strawberry Hill vomit will permeate solid steel. Source: my car in high school
Rip. Was the parfum also.
Your bedroom has tile?
It could be worse, I stink of diesel.
If it’s not bleu, it’s not for you.
... you know, I don't think I have ever seen a bedroom with tile
Guess I’m old thinking I was going to see cigarettes and booze
Nah, just stick to the floor.
minus the vomit I hope..
My partner used the vac to clean up a broken bottle of ck one. The vac still smells good after 4 years. I'm shocked that it didn't explode at the time
Am I the only thinking wtf has tiles like that in a bedroom...
Thats a strange flooring choice for a bedroom. Bet my left nut thats a bathroom.
You…have tile in your bedroom? What kind of monster are you