Anyone buy higher end colognes?

[zerocool84]

The fact that you equate an electronics brand with masculinity...

Saying you're manly and buying Apple products is akin to saying your manly and buying a New Beetle.

 

[olds]

I don't use cologne. I bathe.

 

[alkemyst]

Cologne was invented to mask the most offensive BOs, and lack of proper hygiene in history.

I am a homo and I do not approve this thread.

Well no, fragrance oils were originally luxury items. Later the poorer people did use them to mask bad odors.

Being you are gay or bi wasn't a ding at you as much as you probably aren't affected properly by the scents due to most targeting the opposite sex.

There are a few 'unisex' that are more popular in those circles probably because they send off the right vibe.

It's like saying all women want a hairy guy since that is manly.

 

[Zen0]

Saying you're manly and buying Apple products is akin to saying your manly and buying a New Beetle.

So what? You need to see my chest hair? My dick? Do I need to kick your ass?

Straight men are some of the most insecure people in this world. Do you buy your cars and electronics just to try and compensate a little? D:

 

[CurseTheSky]

Cologne = immediate turn off.

I want you straight guys to start asking honest girls if they actually like the way cologne smells. It's hard to tell with women in bed, with men - a lack of erection is a dead giveaway.

Humans were not evolved to be sexually turned on by orange peel, bark extract or whatever BS they put in there.

I'm not saying it doesn't smell NICE, it doesn't smell MANLY.

My fiancée loves my cologne. Her sisters both love it too. I can also think of five female friends off the top of my head that have commented on how much they like the scent in the past several months.

Cologne is one of those things that can compliment your attire. If you're dressing up nicely to go out somewhere, a quick spray of cologne can really complete the look, if you will. I've also had it be the conversation opener on more than one occasion, when someone walks up and comments on how nice I smell.

The thing is, too many people put on cologne expecting it to magically get them a dozen ladies groveling at their feet, or walk around dressed like a schmuck and bathed in enough of whatever fragrance they spent half of their paycheck on to kill a horse. Just like the idiots that make virtually any cliché out there look bad, they're the ones that make cologne look like a sad attempt to get laid.

As far as whether or not it's "manly," I say to each their own. I personally don't worry or care about it; if I decide to wear or use something, THAT'S what makes it manly, not what some advertisement or other person's opinion states.

 

[Zen0]

Well no, fragrance oils were originally luxury items. Later the poorer people did use them to mask bad odors.

Being you are gay or bi wasn't a ding at you as much as you probably aren't affected properly by the scents due to most targeting the opposite sex.

There are a few 'unisex' that are more popular in those circles probably because they send off the right vibe.

It's like saying all women want a hairy guy since that is manly.

That's true, but let's make this scientific. I know cologne smells nice and can trigger brain chemical secretions, I absolutely get that because I get the same reaction from both men's and women's perfume.

BUT, let's be honest, and ask if anybody is actually sexually attracted to cologne or perfume?

Personally, they have the opposite effect of effeminizing a man to me. I am gay and obviously not looking for a woman in a man, so smelling like one isn't going to help.

 

[zerocool84]

So what? You need to see my chest hair? My dick? Do I need to kick your ass?

Straight men are some of the most insecure people in this world. Do you buy your cars and electronics just to try and compensate a little? D:

You're the one who brought up manliness in this thread, not me. You get defensive when someone talks about Apple products but cologne is just fine.

 

[Zen0]

My fiancée loves my cologne. Her sisters both love it too. I can also think of five female friends off the top of my head that have commented on how much they like the scent in the past several months.

Cologne is one of those things that can compliment your attire. If you're dressing up nicely to go out somewhere, a quick spray of cologne can really complete the look, if you will. I've also had it be the conversation opener on more than one occasion, when someone walks up and comments on how nice I smell.

The thing is, too many people put on cologne expecting it to magically get them a dozen ladies groveling at their feet, or walk around dressed like a schmuck and bathed in enough of whatever fragrance they spent half of their paycheck on to kill a horse. Just like the idiots that make virtually any cliché out there look bad, they're the ones that make cologne look like a sad attempt to get laid.

As far as whether or not it's "manly," I say to each their own. I personally don't worry or care about it; if I decide to wear or use something, THAT'S what makes it manly, not what some advertisement or other person's opinion states.

I'm sure I would love your cologne too! :wub: (just kidding)

 

[shortylickens]

I don't use cologne. I bathe.

Pics or shens.

 

[Zen0]

You're the one who brought up manliness in this thread, not me. You get defensive when someone talks about Apple products but cologne is just fine.

I'm pretty sure since I use Apple products, I visit Apple threads, and I encounter Android trolls like you, so what must be done with the trolls in those threads?

Oh right, I get "defensive". Excellent choice of words. :thumbsup:

"Yet you buy Apple products..."

You're masterfully Apple trolling in a non-apple thread! Amazing and commendable!

 

[zerocool84]

I'm pretty sure since I use Apple products, I visit Apple threads, and I encounter Android trolls like you, so what must be done with the trolls in those threads?

Oh right, I get "defensive". Excellent choice of words. :thumbsup:

"Yet you buy Apple products..."

You're masterfully Apple trolling in a non-apple thread! Amazing and commendable!

You get so defensive about it, it's so CUTE!!!

 

[Fingolfin269]

Wow I really thought ~$75 was on the high end for cologne. Do you get a little spritz of liquid platinum every time you spray from a $300 bottle?

 

[Zen0]

You get so defensive about it, it's so CUTE!!!

You're trying way too hard to be something you're not. Android phones aren't going to make you a man.

 

[BoomerD]

Fuck no. I'm not homosexual. Those fancy man-perfumes are NOT meant for men...only for girly-boys.

 

[alkemyst]

I don't use cologne. I bathe.

in the blood of n00bs?

 

[Zen0]

Fuck no. I'm not homosexual. Those fancy man-perfumes are NOT meant for men...only for girly-boys.

See, cologne isn't even popular with the lady's man homophobes here.

 

[nageov3t]

Good god people, a man should smell like a man (au naturale), not like a woman (cologne aka perfume).

Unless you're one of those people that have horrible BO, in which case you should use some mild deodorant instead.

"au naturale" a guy smells like nothing to me.

a really pleasing scent, however, stays with me till the next day when I'm analyzing the date and deciding if I should pursue a second.

and it's just a personality mark... like a guy showing up to a date in wrinkled clothes. do I care about the wrinkled clothes themselves? not really. do I care that he didn't think enough of the date to break out an iron or wear clothes that he *didn't* pick up off his bedroom floor? of course.

 

[amicold]

Cologne was invented to mask the most offensive BOs, and lack of proper hygiene in history.

I am a homo and I do not approve this thread.

That's interesting I was reading your responses and you said cologne doesn't make you smell manly and that men should smell like a man. You know what a manly man smells like that actually does blue collar work for a living? Sweat and shit. I was also going to pick on you for saying it is hard to tell if a woman in bed is turned on by you, but I understand now.

 

[alkemyst]

Wow I really thought ~$75 was on the high end for cologne. Do you get a little spritz of liquid platinum every time you spray from a $300 bottle?

Quantity has a lot to do with it...many are buying 1.7 to 3.4oz bottles, this was for a 8.4oz.

However, if you want gold and a diamond:

Clive Christian No. 1 is about $2400 per OUNCE.

http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/main...LBASE001&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=0652638000039

 

[Zen0]

"au naturale" a guy smells like nothing to me.

a really pleasing scent, however, stays with me till the next day when I'm analyzing the date and deciding if I should pursue a second.

and it's just a personality mark... like a guy showing up to a date in wrinkled clothes. do I care about the wrinkled clothes themselves? not really. do I care that he didn't think enough of the date to break out an iron or wear clothes that he *didn't* pick up off his bedroom floor? of course.

You may have a less sensitive olfactory... Our bodies naturally produce a mild scent - body odor if you will. Most are not offensive, though some are extremely.

I don't really mind if a guy doesn't smell like anything, even better if he has a bit of a musky man smell. But if he's going to blast me with a face full of cinnamon, grapefruit, and citrus, it might make me want to take a trip to Whole Foods but it isn't going to turn me on. :\

 

[Zen0]

That's interesting I was reading your responses and you said cologne doesn't make you smell manly and that men should smell like a man. You know what a manly man smells like that actually does blue collar work for a living? Sweat and shit. I was also going to pick on you for saying it is hard to tell if a woman in bed is turned on by you, but I understand now.

Perhaps a modern shower would be great introduction to your hygiene. I recommend Lowes to start.

 

[shortylickens]

Its funny how a discussion of cologne on Anantech immediately gets morphed into gay computer talk.

I love you guys!
:awe:

 

[Fingolfin269]

Quantity has a lot to do with it...

That's a good point. I think I typically pay ~$40-50 for a 3.4oz bottle that lasts probably two years. It doesn't quite add up to $300 but is much closer than first glance would have it.

 

[Zen0]

Its funny how a discussion of cologne on Anantech immediately gets morphed into gay computer talk.

I love you guys!
:awe:

Everyone here is secretly a gay computer anyway. :sneaky: Apple branded... of COURSE.

 

[nageov3t]

Its funny how a discussion of cologne on Anantech immediately gets morphed into gay computer talk.

I love you guys!
:awe:

interestingly enough, I haven't seen a cologne thread in years on the gay sex forums I post at