I've always worn perfume. It's not due to my liking, I've always hated the stuff, but my parents want me to wear some.

I'm buying some cologne, but I'm a newbie. My parents aren't exactly too keen on cologne either; they know more about perfume.

I want good smelling cologne, not cheap stuff. I also want one that is rather age appropriate, being that I'm still a minor. So nothing too..

I've heard good things about Le Male, A*Men, Very Sexy (Victoria Secrets), and Acqua Di Gio. I wonder if I should just go to Macy's one day and check out the colognes. 

I'm a bit on the cheap side, but (out of all the big cologne types except for the Green Polo Cologne) my favourite cologne is a bottle of Old Spice.

It's a bit of a classic, in my opinion, and you don't need to use a lot in order for the smell to last. Plus, it has a good price and pretty much can be found everywhere.

My favourites- bearing in mind that i'm old, are brut, aramis, jazz and blue jeans.

I've never really liked it, but lots of girls seem to love English Leather.

I think they're all bad, so no help from me. Unless you decide to go without.

Quote from: tekla on January 16, 2011, 08:04:45 PM
I've never really liked it, but lots of girls seem to love English Leather.

never heard of that- does it actually smell like leather?

I'm not even sure it smells English.  I just know that the once or twice a year I wear it, people seem to comment on it.

I'm also a guy who uses the Old Spice body sprays -- though, I only wear it for occasions or when I feel like, not every day. I don't have anyone right now to smell nice for, so I just wear deodorant for most days. I know a few that I like, but for how much I wear it I'm not gonna put down the money for a bottle until I have someone to wear it for; I've also heard that  colognes can be perceived differently by women than they can men, and perfumes are the same. Case in point: Tekla's post -- I remember not being sure how I felt about English Leather, except that it didn't smell at all how I expected it to. I figure my money's just better spent going to pick out a cologne together when I have a lady to smell good for.

I can say though, that most minors typically wear body sprays (I don't know as they count as cologne: perhaps technically, but could depend on one's idea of what cologne is) that can be bought most anywhere. Think things like Axe, BOD, things like that. If they wear anything "expensive" or relatively pricey or "classier" (arguable with some colognes), odds are someone else bought it for them. But, that's just from my experience.

I imagine the next step up from those, that minors would get themselves, would be things like Adidas or Beckham -- something with a connection to sports somehow.

Is anyone here old enough to remember the 'Hi Karate' spray that always seemd to be given at Christmas and smelt like.....

Macy's or Sears is probably best so that you can see what you like and use a trial to see how you think it smells with your body chemistry.

Personally I like and use: Curve, Curve Crush, Curve soul, and Adidas moves 0:01 (wow, never realized how much I like curve until I wrote that)

Quote from: James instead of Al on January 16, 2011, 08:29:29 PM
Is anyone here old enough to remember the 'Hi Karate' spray that always seemed to be given at Christmas and smelt like.....

Yup, I stick to old spice, brut or even english leather. Usually gotten as gifts. I wonder if that is a hint.

I wear English Leather, both cologne and aftershave. It's a very masculine scent with hints of leather in it.

You may want to try something like a cologne sampler set. I have one, Anthony Body Essentials which has a few different kinds of scents to try out. If you get a sampler you may find which ones you like best on ya without committing to getting a big ol' bottle of one that you find out doesn't actually smell very good on ya.

I used to wear one of the Beckham's and now all I wear is Calvin Klein's in2u. I like it!

I wear Burberry Brit, I love it, everyone I've asked about it loves it too. It's initially a slightly androgynous scent (ginger and some sweeter notes), but the undertones are cedar and musk and I love it. You should look at a site specialising in scents so you can get some ideas before shopping. Here's Brit's listing: http://www.perfume.com/burberry/brit/men-cologne

John Varvatos has some good ones, with tones like leather, sandlewood, cedar. More of a bite to them, usually, more masculine and slightly older than Burberry's. Bulgari and Calvin Klein have good ones too, Calvin Klein is more clean and mainstream. I rather like CK One and Obsession. Say away from Polo. I think they all smell like chemicals and sneakers.

Do you have preferences in terms of the type? Fresh, pine wood, cedar wood, oriental spices, etc. Particular scents interest you? My suggestions lean more to the cedar/woody oriental variety. Oh, and always remember to try some on yourself for a while before committing to a purchase. The notes change over time, and it will smell different on your skin than on a paper testing strip.

I used addidas dare, I think its kinda a sweet, masculine, vanilla smell

Usually one of the old spice sprays.

I think I have aqua reef at the moment....

No actual fancy-pants "cologne" though
$3 a bottle fits my budget.

I guess me and Andrew have similar interests in smell but my favorites are addidas moves .01, curve (the one in the green bottle) havent tried the others yet, cool water, and my favorite of all just the regular addidas moves, everyone I know always comments that they love when i wear it too

What I like to do is buy lots of the smaller sample bottles on ebay.  Much cheaper and they still last me at least a year, especially when I'm switching them off with other scents so that I smell different every day!  I like the bvlgari scents, especially bvlgari black and bvlgari aqva marine.  Armani scents are always classic and well-liked--if you prefer a clean/ocean type scent especially, armani acqua di gio is quite classic, although a bit common these days.  I've recently discovered that I like the colognes by john varvatos as well.  www.basenotes.net has great reviews of cologne, although be aware that they tend to have quite high-brow tastes in cologne.  I've bought some on their recommendation that smelled absolutely terrible to me, and they've poo-poo'd others that I, and others in my age group (18-22), have found quite nice.

I've heard mediocre things about Old Spice. I want to buy a bottle, but I want other recommendations. 

So I am going to totally out my self as a metro scent whore here;-)

Nikolai mentioned my 2 tops - Burberry and John Varvatos, although I wear Burberry London which is a little spicier than the Burberry Brit. John Varvatos Black, which is my current scent, is amazing. Almost everyone I hug or come close to -male or female- says something about my cologne.

My favorite place in the world is the cologne wall at Sephora. The other nice thing about Sephora is they have a scent guide, it is sort of an algorithm to help you pick a scent that matches your taste, i.e. woody, citrus, clean, musky, spicy etc etc etc.

If you go into a Sephora they have a sample pack you can purchase. You pick out 5 scents you think you like, they give you testers of those scents and a little coupon towards the purchase of a bottle of whichever you pick.

And if your not looking to spend a bunch of cash on a new scent - I strongly recommend Axe Intense. They say it has the essence of fine leathers, what ever that is supposed to mean. They make deodorant, body wash and spray in the scent, and it really is yummy - my friend who is more of a scent whore than I am was laughing at me for getting some the other day, then she smelled it and bought some herself!

Ok I will shut up now;-)

- J