Hot or Not : Cologne
Hey guys,
Christmas is coming and what do we see everywhere these days? Perfumes/cologne. They sell perfumes in pharmacies, mega stores, corner stores and even grocery stores. I guess when people don’t know what to offer as gift, they just take the cheapest cologne out there.
But what about us, gay and bisexual men? Do we still wear these “fake” designer cologne? I mean we all know that these scents are not created by fashion houses anymore (except for Chanel and Hermes), but simply sold as license to multinational fragrance companies who create perfumes using synthetic elements, making HUGE profits per bottle.
I used to wear perfume every time I was stepping out of my house when I was in my 20’s. Now I only wear Perfume on special occasions, like events, Christmas family parties or weddings. Don’t get me wrong, I love great scents like some Hermes, Annick Goutal, Armani Privé (Couture), I just don’t like commercial ones, they all smell the same….Like citrus or fresh herbs.
I think commercial perfumes are a bit “out”. It is great to smell clean of course but do you need to smell coconut, incense, flowers or watermelon? Perfumes are so “popular” now that everybody has one, and many guys wear the same, which makes them too common. I took the subway the other day and 12 guys we wearing Acqua Di Gio. Not nice!
It happened to me so many times to be turned off by how much perfume my date was wearing. I’m not kidding! The guy was sexy and interesting but he was wearing Jean-Paul Gaultier “Le Mâle” from 1990, in the summer heat. Huge turn off! Keep in mind that perfumes are not for every occasions or seasons. Some are more appropriate in the summer some are more appropriate in the winter.
So, I’d like to know your opinion! Perfumes : Hot or Not?
Dave
Again another AWESOME topic. I tend to sit on the fence on this one. When I’m with a masculine rough neck there is no place for cologne or perfume. He needs to just have a normal showered that morning musk going on and the craziness will happen in the bedroom like he never even dreamed of. I get one whiff of his man scent and it drives me wild. I do enjoy leather bars that won’t allow cologne. But it has a draw back when a guy who hasn’t showered in several days and he thinks he has scent. No, he fuckin’ stinks. That’s a no go!!!
When I go to a “twink bar/club and smell the different colognes I will close my eyes and loose myself. I’ll be thinking of the lil hottie that I’m taking home. To me it’s like a deer hunter spraying himself with Doe scent. I am outta my fuckin’ mind and my cock will be rock hard. You mentioned Acquainted Di Gio. OMG I can smell that at 50 yards and have to see who has it on. Izzy Miyake will literally bring me to my knees and open wide. It has an amazing effect. When I fucking a twink and he has it on, he will be in for some primal sex his daddy never warned him about. There is something about it that rocks my world. I can’t walk through macys with out going on the hunt inside the mall. Cologne def has an amazing effect on me.
I personally find colone’s nice, occasionally, but some people tend to bathe in the stuff, which is a major turn off, a little goes along way.
Funny how you don’t care for the stuff, but you recognize the fragrances strangers are wearing lol
HOT….a good smelling designer cologne is hot. I love it when I walk into the locker room at the gym and a freshly showered man has just put on a nice smelling cologne. I put on colognes in hopes of covering up my ugly….lol. May your stockings be filled with colognes. Happy Smelly Holidays!
My signature scent ? Fendi Uomo . Clean, distinct , masculine and exceptionally classy . But only for special occasions . The rest of the time a nice fresh and clean body will do.
If someone who knows nothing about men’s colognes is thinking about taking the el cheapo gift route and buying someone else what they think is ‘nice cologne’ do everyone a favor and buy them some tools instead .
When men wear it, it’s called aftershave or cologne.
Scents create powerful memories. I wear a retro one, and it’s amazing how many guys who have pursued me have mentioned that I smell like their dad.
The secret is to not over-apply. A drop or two on the wrists, rubbed onto the neck and from the heart to the bellybutton is plenty.
I think colognes and fragrances should only be worn when you are on a date with a guy. But if you are going out with friends to a movie or dinner, it should not be used or worn. I am a cook by trade, i never use fragrances to work, just because I usually whine up smelling like bacon and onion. When I do wear a cologne, I spray ones on my neck and ones on my wrists. No more, no less. And never run the prayed area!!!
I used to work at a C-store and we used to sell the nastiest cologne.You might as well have just used toilet water.
Not I want to smell the guy’s natural scent. That makes me want to submit for his pleasure.
I like the natural scent too. It’s like cologne to me. Some guys actually leave their scent on you and that’s beyond hot with good chemistry.
Most perfumes are acrid vile gag inducing chemical weapons. Except for Ralph Lauren Polo. Dont know why. Personally I favor the musky smell of unwashed armpits and sweaty jockstraps.
I like cologne but not too strong. I wear Polo black and am constantly getting compliments on it. People tell me it’s a head turner. But I apply it the right way. I spray up in the air and then stand under it to let it gently fall on me. It’s enough. Too much cologne on a man is just that too much. Men uses the wrong one for their chemistry makeup. How you tell if it’s the right one is this. Take a tester. Spray or apply the cologne on your pulse points. Wrist & neck on the aretry there. Walk around the store for about 30 or 40 min to give it a chance to mix with your chemistry. Then you can tell. If it smells kind of sour it’s not for you. Not every cologne will work on every man. Just don’t apply too much. You don’t want people to smell you before they lay eyes on you.
Halston Z14 and Davidoff Cool Water or Geoffrey Beene Gray Flannel are my favorites, though I only have Halston on hand. I do love these three cologne, though. Always in moderation.
I usually like cologne, I have a few varieties of it that I rotate. I usually like a fresh fragrance that isn’t soapy smelling and lasts for a decent amount of time. But, its one spray a day for me, I never wear a lot. Some cologne’s are awful smelling though and a guy that wears too much is not hot to me. I’m over this new thing where some guys won’t even wear deodorant though.
NOT! Most definitely not hot -ever!
Definitely not
I can’t stand the stuff. It makes me want to put them in a shower and scrub them down. They all actually make my nose burn.
A faint soap smell is good on a guy though.
I don’t mind a little Cologne when going out but when it comes to the bedroom, I prefer au natural. I think natural pheromones enhances the experience. Personally, I find more natural, woodsy, musky scents to be better than what you normally find sold in stores.
I get mine from the dollar tree and they work just as well as if i had paid 40.00 for it…i don’t ove do it.. and i like light scented smelling colonge…and I get compliments all the time on how I smell…so there ya go!
It all depends on the man and the scent. so I guess there is a time and a place that dictates how I feel about this topic.. I like a leather mans man but I also can get lost in the scent of a man in the right cologne
I personally love love love a man that smells good. I wear cologne. My favorite right now is Prada Luna Rosa. I WERK this scent women love this one me. I apply it without bathing in it. And when I am greeted at work they literally tell me to come here and let them smell me, that I always smell so good. They say they don’t like colognes on men but they like mine. I think it’s about finding the one that fits your body chemistry and and that you apply with other people in mind.
It depends there are some guys who spray there crotch to keep it smelling good but that just makes his dick taste bad when I’m giving him head. I’m okay with lite perfume in areas I’m not gonna be kissing or licking. Also if I they bathe in it I won’t even get to no now them because I just end up choking on the fumes. If I have to wear a gas mask to be around you it is to much.
Most colognes smell like alcohol/cleaning products. But there are 3 colognes I’ve found that will simply hypnotize people.
1. Fierce by Abercrombie
2. V by Valentino
3. Sexual Fresh
The old rule of thumb still applies…the more queenly, the more apt to exhibit a scent with plenty of high notes and “fragrance.” Butch guys: leather cleaner and lube, although I notice more of today’s twinkies are eschewing cologne altogether. One was wearing Old Spice, and I immediately picked him out of a crowd. I asked him if he was wearing it and he practically grasped his chest in wide-eyed surprise…”Why, YES, I am! You recognize it!” I said “Yes…I used to wear that in high school.” High school for me was during the Space Race.
I find it hot 🙂
Out of the group of people I know, I’m the only one that wears the brands I wear.
I wear Kilian, Le Labo, Bond no 9, Penhaligon…just to name a few
So I don’t smell like everyone else
I mean I rarely meet someone that even knows the brands I wear so yeah.
I always get complimented.
A man should smell like a man not a whoa man (hahaha) A natural fresh clean body scent is cool and can be derived from soap. On a date cologne is cool but daily its a turn off especially if the guy wears to much of it. Colognes should be barely noticeable and drift to your nostrils suddenly not bombard you from 30 miles away. I hate it when guys wear so much cologne it makes me believe they haven’t showered and are trying to cover up a smell. Also the cologne should definitely be manly smelling not something Paris Hilton or Beyoncé is hawking
Definitely NOT HOT. Many people suffer from allergies to the cheap fragrances. A scent is not a marinade. A fresh smelling man is much better than one smelling like a cheap whore.
Personally, I prefer that men smell like men and not “what’s that smell?”
If you like the scent but not the cost, you can buy the soap instead of the cologne. It’s lighter and will last all day.
For that, I like Spirit by Antonio Banderas.
Attention, Dave…there appears to be a poseur purporting to me posting up there aways on the 21st at 18:25, your time. Also, someone else mentioned Davidoff Cool Water…that gets my attention every time, and NOT in a bad way. Another one would be the same classic that JFK wore…Veriver, VERY hard to find these days.
Seriously? The issue isn’t the scent people wear (and if you can tell the make and year of a cologne/perfume at a whiff – even scents from 20 years ago – you’re either in the business, or are severely obsessed with the topic).
No, the problem isn’t everyone wearing the wrong scent (old or new), it’s the huge overuse. A splash of cologne is sufficient. But when you put on 4, the smell becomes overpowering! Put 2 or 3 of these walking scent-trees in the same room, and some people can have respiratory issues.
Still, my favorite scent was called JHL (from Estee Lauder, but discontinued when her husband died, and the remake isn’t the same). But the real test of a scent is when its on your skin, not when its in the bottle (our on your clothes).
Men don’t wear perfume, woman do.
Also fuck every bisexual guys, they are as stupid as a woman.
Not Hot. I want a man smelling like a man not a women.
Cologne not perfume. But very rarely do I wear it anymore.
I like a man to smell like a man … Deodorants under the arms preferably with no perfume smell does it for me!
The right amount can b ok when r out, but its a fine line. Some guys wear way too much. Plus, its nice when ur out, but if u wind up having sex, it can really taste bad n b a turnoff. For that reason i prefer none…i prefer man scent…i dont even like deodarent…it makes pit licking hard
I like cologne, but many men don’t know how to choose one or apply it properly.
Rule #1: another person should not know you’re wearing a fragrance unless they are within intimate distance.
Rule #2: mist is better than liquid. After getting dressed, mist the air with one spritz and walk into it so it clings to your clothes.
Rule #3: never apply cologne directly to your skin because it can have a chemical reaction with your body and turn skinky.
Rule #4: a lighter fresher scent is always better than a heavier more “manly” scent.
Props to Matt for giving a perfunctory “how-to” about wearing a fragrance. Opbviously, most Millennials don’t have much of a clue as to how to do ANYTHING, but Matt’s post will at least give them HALF a clue.
The vast majority of people commenting on this thread seem to be dreadfully ignorant of the entire subject. First of all, the difference between cologne and perfume has nothing to do with whether a man or woman is wearing it. It has to do with the concentration of the fragrance oils inside the bottle. Cologne is less concentrated, perfume is moreso.
Tyler sounds like someone I might have something in common with. Sartorial by Penhaligon’s is one of my all-time favorites. 🙂
I like it when a man’s jacket smells of a cologne but that’s it. When he takes it off and has a male musk not BO, that’s perfection
@MistrFistr
“Obviously, most Millennials don’t have much of a clue as to how to do ANYTHING …”
As a friends’ son, a junior in college, states “we are the Millenials, everything offends us.” In speaking with him, this young, smart man explains how his generation has been coddled, kept safe, taught that they are “SPECIAL” and “UNIQUE” (insert smiley face), and have come to somehow rightfully expect that the world bows to them and delivers to them everything they need without any responsibility on their part. They are o-w-e-d for some reason.
These kids were never taught to learn, to fail and overcome it. Their “widdle feewin’s” were all that mattered. A gold star for showing up! Nothing for trying harder, overcoming adversity, or being the best. And along the way, no one guided them, taught them, advised them … even as to what “common sense” was all about.
I think the friends’ son will go far. His peers?
Interesting subject! But a rule to also remember cologne or not, you want to “intoxicate” NOT suffocate!
Your cologne should always remain a dirty little secret between you and someone you love.
When in doubt, remember that that “special little something he puts behind his ears to attract the men” should be your ankles.
If you come to the party stinking it’s disgusting. If you leave the party stinking it’s sexy.
I like cologne. I still wear CK-One and everyone always compliments me on my scent. It brings all the boys to the yard!
Colognes are hot when lightly worn and mix with a guy’s natural body odor.
Halston Z14 and Grey Flannel…boy aren’t we dating ourselves!
I have a few colognes, however I prefer to wear a body talc and aftershave like Newport.
a little is plenty, NEVER bath in it, it’s meant to tempt you not cover the funk of a 3 day old stank body, my 3 faves are “Georgio Armani “Hollywood”, “Aramis”, Versace “Eros” check them out guys, my ex Gf gave me the Hollywood & Aramis, I found the Eros my self, have been complimented on all 3…DDDD
Cologne is one thing when it’s quality and derived from natural product… Axe and that body wash scented crap takes the moisture out of the mouth and makes it hard to breath… if you use this crap you will end up suckong your own cock it’s always safe to go sans fragrance especially on fist meeting and tricking
I don’t wear daily but I have a wife variety for different occasions. I pair my scents with seasons and clothing. Spicier heavier scents in cooler sweater weather, light citrus, or powdery during the warmer seasons. Classic scents with suits and formal wear. Again as someone else said, mist and walk into it. I tend to spray the back of my neck and top of the head, never on the face. A little goes a long way. One mistake a lot of people make is only wearing one scent. When you do this daily, you tend to get noseblind to it and end up wearing way too much. Just because you can’t smell it, doesn’t mean keep applying until you do.
Should be ‘wide’ variety
A big NOT, major major turn off a total deal breaker for me. A clean body is awesome, a little sweat under the balls, mmmm.
I like cologne when it is used in the right way where it is not overpowering. I had to learn 2 or 3 squirts is always better and spray at certain spots of your body. I use body mist for work and cologne for the weekends when I go out. Just remember to shower first and wear clean clothes and use deodorant as well. Cologne should enhance the fragrance not overpower it and it should mix well with your body chemistry. Make sure you understand your cologne you are wearing and how much to use. Get the cologne that is right for you only.
Should be illegal. Unless we are fucking I don’t need to smell you and then it better be how YOU smell.