Thread: Fragrance vs. Body Spray

What is the difference between body spray and deodorant spray, not anti perspirant deodorant spray. I know earlier I said that I thought they were the same but now I don't know.
Cologne wouldn't stop body odour unless you out it on your pits, I have seen a brut deodorant splash, smells like brut but is half the price. I have just used brut as an anti BO tool, and it works well even when I am,drenched in sweat from crawling round in roof spaces all day.

Saw this, just thought I'd share.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

What is the difference between body spray and deodorant spray, not anti perspirant deodorant spray. I know earlier I said that I thought they were the same but now I don't know.
Cologne wouldn't stop body odour unless you out it on your pits, I have seen a brut deodorant splash, smells like brut but is half the price. I have just used brut as an anti BO tool, and it works well even when I am,drenched in sweat from crawling round in roof spaces all day.

Back before the big scented body sprays there were spray deodorants,
then they started to scent them to be more olfactory pleasing, (this is debatable)
now there are body sprays (cheap spray cologne), deodorant sprays, and some all over after shower body/deodorant sprays.
I would presume a deodorant/body spray would have something in it to neutralize odors and inhibit bacterial growth but I have not got a clue.

TMK body sprays are basically dual purpose, both deodorant and cologne. These days they are often used, mainly abused.

O.K pfries,,,you forgot "TMK",,,gotta go to GOOGLE,,,

So many replies.

Call me stupid,whats a body spray?

Others have covered this.

Happens when you scare a skunk.

This might be an improvement over some of them.

1. Popular with teens and desperate adult men who don't have the sense to buy a quality cologne.

2. Something my teen age son sprayed all over himself until he got everyone in the house sick.

Maybe designer fragrances are only for desperate adult men who don't have the sense to buy niche, and maybe niche fragrances are only for desperate adult men who don't have the sense to buy vintage, and vintage for those who don't have the sense to buy bespoke. I'd rather not make value judgments like that though. Besides I'm more inclined to think that most people use body spray because it's heavily advertised and widely available. It seems 'normal,' and the fragrances which are as widely advertised and inexpensive often have just as bad a reputation. Beyond that most people don't even know where to begin with perfume.

Hell in my opinion until they've spent at least a year or two sampling and fooling around, learning to listen to and use their nose, the average person will find so many scents more or less smell the same. Or are merely a kind of indefinable blob of smells.

I wear EDT's and EDP's,
and of course some great aftershaves as well.
I have found a bottle of the scents I like to last long enough to be worth the initial purchase price.

I'm in the same position. I usually have a fairly large rotation, anything from 15-30 scents. I've been collecting for over two decades so at this point I can buy any scent, and no matter the cost I know it's going to last for many, many years.

O.K.,,I'm in the same boat as Pixel,, what's an "EDT"?

EDC= eau du de cologne 3-8% (typical ~5%)
EDT= eau de toilette 5-15% (typical ~10%)
EDP= eau de parfum 10-20% (typical ~15%)
ESDP= Esprit de Parfum 15-30% (not seen often)
Parfum=15-40% (typical 20%)

These numbers are a reasonable gauge, but many EDCs are more concentrated than many EDTs, while many PDTs or EDPs are more concentrated than parfum. Moreover concentration is not always a good indication of longevity or projection. It's also worth keeping in mind that the different concentrations of the same scent are often also different versions of the same scent.

Cologne wouldn't stop body odour unless you out it on your pits

This is a debatable subject which I've seen argued many times in many ways. I'll just say that for my part if I'm not going to be doing any strenuous exercise I find a few sprays of fragrance works just fine. On a hot day I might use some roll-on. It depends on what I'm wearing. Consider that Civet was used as a deodorant at one time not because it stopped you sweating but because its scent would make your scent more palatable. There are many fragrances which can work very well in this capacity.

Still everyone has a different BO and sweats more or less; each individual is in the best position to decide for themselves what works or doesn't.

I should also note that when I say body spray I want to encompass all spray-on scents whether deodorant or not. For that matter I'd also like to include body creams, shower gels, soaps, and all that. As I said earlier a good objective test of the quality of these non-traditional fragrances is to seek out a scent with an accompanying line of body care products. Test the scent itself and then test the fragrance of the shower gel, deodorant, etc. You'll find it will be totally lacking in complexity and depth in contrast to the real thing.

OP

Great post in #16. Somehow I just can't imagine or foresee myself ever keeping a Civet in my medicine cabinet no matter how nice he smelt. Luckily for me SWMBO does like the scent of Aqua Velva Ice Blue or Old Spice after shaves. She is also not averse to the other scents I also have in the cabinet but they aee to confuse her when I wear them. Much like where is the real Bob and what have you done with him sorta thing. I don't like seeing her in that state.

Bob

Great post in #16. Somehow I just can't imagine or foresee myself ever keeping a Civet in my medicine cabinet no matter how nice he smelt.

Hah! Yes I imagine it wouldn't be impressed about being kept in the medicine cupboard either. Civet in this context though is short-hand for civet oil which is a secretion from the anal scent glands of said mammal. Although genuine civet only exist in the context of vintage scents as animalics like this have largely been replaced by synthetics. I believe the export of civet oil is in fact illegal now. The scent is civet, in its pure form, has definite fecal facets. It reminds some of urine, or acrid body-odor. In my experience the synthetics are more shrill, acrid and urineous while the genuine oil is (I can't believe I'm about to use this term) more fecal-floral.

This sound horrible, but when well blended civet can be amazing. The vintage Givenchy Gentleman is quite civet-heavy and is one of my all-time favorite masculine scents. A decent modern copy is Bond no.9's H.O.T Always (though I prefer the Givenchy reformulation; it's not as natural but the blend is smoother) and another great scent of a similar sort is Giorgio of Beverly Hills' Giorgio For Men which I believe has recently been discontinued but can be grabbed for very cheap.

Most women I talk to cannot stand a to be around a man with heavy scents.
Most of the women I am attracted to,smell like natural Women.I love body odors.

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