brehs lets talk cologne game
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I do forearms and behind the neck. I try to avoid getting it on my clothes.
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Behind the ears for the trail. Wrists for when you're talking with your hands and want em to smell what you're saying. On the abs to get wafts all day and behind the knees in summer time.
Spraying on the neck induces olfactory fatigue which means you stop smelling the scent but everyone else still does which is why I prefer the above instead.
Behind the ears for the trail. Wrists for when you're talking with your hands and want em to smell what you're saying. On the abs to get wafts all day and behind the knees in summer time.
Spraying on the neck induces olfactory fatigue which means you stop smelling the scent but everyone else still does which is why I prefer the above instead.
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Not chest? Is that wrong?
Nothings wrong, breh. Do what works for you but in my experience the abs work best because a) its not too close to your nose so doesn't induce fatigue b) the wafts here and there vs constantly smelling the scent every moment is nice and c) I've already hit all those other spots as well so I've got a nice scent bubble poppin.
Nothing worse than not being able to smell your scent at all due to fatigue whilst everyone else is vibing. A lot of these modern aroma chemicals are so huge/diffusive and in everything that they make you go nose blind and that defeats the point of wearing a fragrance as I do it for me.
I'll tell you what is wrong tho:
Rubbing the scent. Don't do that. Just spray it and let it sit because the friction doesn't let the fragrance unfold its performance from the top notes etc.. correctly and makes it much flatter.
Neck and shoulders. When you walk by someone your shoulders are going to leave thay scent trail.
TL/DR - If you going out, Neck (skin to project) and Shirt (fabric to retain). If you doing anything else, tone it down.
I am going to assume effective means getting the cologne on your person into the nose of an attractive woman. There other reasons to rock cologne, and when you change the reason - effective means something different.
If you spray on skin - the scent will "project" as a function of your body temperature and sweat. (Which is why people recommend the side of your neck, more than your chest - because your neck is warmer and usually more exposed to air - if the goal is to project the scent and get people to notice you)
At the same time, because it's on your warm skin the evaporation will increase, so it should disappear faster. That's basic chemistry/physics. Incidentally - your nose will get accustomed to most scents - so even if you can't smell it, others can.
Additionally, I'd say when you spray on skin - the perfume mixes with your normal scent - and it becomes your scent. That may or may not be appealing to you.
If you spray on fabric - the scent will stay much much longer. (if you spray something on and then wear a jacket, good chance you'll smell that cologne on the jacket, well after it evaporates from your skin.) Low key, if you got a woman in your life, sometimes she wants to be up in your shirts and sweaters cause they smell like you (in addition to being warm).
Since the chemicals are no longer right on your skin - less heat from your skin means less evaporation caused by your body heat. And like I said above, the cologne doesn't mix with your natural essence - so it's just the cologne that people notice.
The flipside to being on fabric, especially in the heat, is that sometimes the scent lasts TOO long and projects TOO strong. That's all social convention. My Middle Eastern people will wear the thickest strongest stuff in the dead of summer and think they killing it.
If you want to max out your scent - I say spray your neck, your chest, front of your shirt, and back of your shirt. (maybe even your sleeves) If you're hitting the club or hitting the opera or something, and you want to get noticed - that's what I would do.
Brother Samuels would do all of the above, heavy spray, but also the back of his hands - so people could smell him cause he talks with his hands a lot.
If you're trying to just do something for your date - chest/shirt. (not the neck, cause broads like to a kiss a neck early in the game)
If you're at work - I'd do the chest OR the shirt, but usually not both. I only want folks up in my personal space to notice, not choke out the quarterly sales meeting.
I tend to wear undershirts - so Monday-Wednesday - I'd spray on skin, then put on the undershirt, then the dress shirt. Cologne is on my skin and pushing out, and bit on my undershirt.
But Thursday/Friday aka happy hour popping - skin AND undershirt AND dress shirt. (3 Layers, vs the 1 muted layer)
If you work from home - you can do what you want - but I find that if I want to wear something more challenging, I don't always put it on my chest - cause the scent gets up in my eyes. If I know I'm gonna be in front of the screeen all day, a spritz on my pants/sleeves.
Just a personal preference, I don't like the scent that close to my nose all day.Not chest? Is that wrong?
I hit around my neck, and the inside of my elbow.
personally i just do 1 spray on the adams apple. good spot, and as far as sprays, id rather be wearing too little than too much
This popped up in my feed recently. 3:50 and beyond is about testing fragances and application, whole video is pretty good though
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I also been tearing your site up. Bought 9 fragrances over the holiday
-P33
-1819 Burlington
-One Million Prive
-Molecule 01
-Tony Iommi Monkey Special
-Valentino Uomo
-Solstis
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Got Kismet, Amethyst, Oud For Glory, Ameer Al Oudh... Man look here these shyts are stone cold monsters.
@BronxBomber
I also been tearing your site up. Bought 9 fragrances over the holiday
-P33
-1819 Burlington
-One Million Prive
-Molecule 01
-Tony Iommi Monkey Special
-Valentino Uomo
-Solstis
-Ebene Fume
-Azzaro Legend
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