Since you're 20, you probably tryna holla at chicks, so a little cologne will smooth out the rough edges.
Rule #1 - Never buy a full bottle of anything cause somebody online (myself included) hyped it up.
Rule #2 - Always buy a sample, also known as a decant
Optional rules
Rule #3 - Never buy full retail if you can help it. Most fragrances can be copped at discounters.
Rule #4 - Never buy the biggest bottle. It took me 7 years to finish a 30 ml bottle. If I had bought the 100 ml, it would have been 21 years.
Rule #5 - Never buy something because it's cheap.
In 2022 - the baseline price for 100 ml bottle is about 100 bucks.
Here are some super popular joints that aren't super expensive.
Versace - for whatever reason, they seem to price their stuff more affordably than everyone else
- Eros - Mint and Apple
- Dylan Blue - Shower Gel - woodsy
- Eau Fraiche - Shower Gel - citrusy (You can find this at Marshall's, Ross, TJ Maxx)
- Pour Homme - Shower Gel - but (See Eau Fraiche)
- Invictus - Bubble Gum
- One Million - Bubble Gum
- The One - EDP - sweet, laid back tobacco (very laid back) - good for close encounters
- Light Blue Eau Intense - citrusy (too citrusy to me)
- Bleu de Chanel - the EDP version or Dior Sauvage - EDT or EDP - they smell like shower gel, just more elegant.
- Y by YSL - It's like Bleu De Chanel and Sauvage - same DNA + apple
- Spicebomb Extreme - Nutmeg, cinnamon, clove, mace, Vanilla, Tobacco
- Acqua di Gio and Acqua di Gio Profondo - The first one is the best selling cologne of all time. It will have you smelling like Gen X though. (same with Issey Miyake, JGP Le Male) The 2nd one takes the same concept and flips a bit. Both smell good though
But if you're ever looking for something, use google the name of the fragrance - "name of fragrance" "decant" - and you'll find 5-10 different places selling them.
