Thread: Fragrance vs. Body Spray

Using body spray is neither "frugal" nor "thrifty"; it is merely "cheap". Like a BIC disposable, it has its place... far away from one's face or neck... and uses. For the rest of us, the world of EDC, EDT, and EDP is our oyster (albeit, an expensive one... what's genuinely good, generally is). Here's mine:

If those were mine JB,,,it would take me 20 minutes each morning to choose.

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.

For your second point that's pretty much my experience as well. If a person finds someone attractive or is romantic with them they're generally going to prefer the way they smell naturally to any cologne. There can be some overlap though. Even if you're wearing perfume your natural scent should be discernible in accord with the fragrance. That said I wouldn't recommend wearing fragrances in an effort to be more attractive. For my part I wear what I enjoy smelling, and I think being happy and at ease with myself, feeling confident, is a greater benefit in social terms than striving to smell attractive to others.

Using body spray is neither "frugal" nor "thrifty"; it is merely "cheap". Like a BIC disposable, it has its place... far away from one's face or neck... and uses. For the rest of us, the world of EDC, EDT, and EDP is our oyster (albeit, an expensive one... what's genuinely good, generally is). Here's mine:

An impressive collection! Expensive though is something I would argue with. It's true you can spend a lot of money on many wonderful fragrances (as your collection proves) but there are also many very excellent scents that are quite inexpensive. It's worth bearing in mind always that the prices are less a reflection of the quality of ingredients, of the expenses of manufacture and more of their perceived quality, the desirability of their brand-associations, and their (real or imagined) exclusivity. In the world of luxury goods prices are based on what people will pay, in other words, not what the product is worth. Though it's true there is a threshold as it were, a certain price bracket above which we find many excellent, high-quality products, and below which we find many dismal products there is a great deal of overlap. I'm not saying no one should spend a lot of money on fragrances. There are many reasons to buy expensive niche or designer exclusives, or vintage fragrances for that matter, but that's a different matter entirely given that vintage scents may have ingredients which no longer exist. However I do maintain that you do not need to spend a lot of money to get a high-quality product.

That said it's nice to have it and spend it regardless XD

Originally Posted by dadsavage

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.

Yea, it does sound a bit uncivilized when you put it that way. I have a peasants outlook on fragrances and the "fanciest" I'll get is L'Occitane Vetyver EDT or Grey Flannel EDT. That is about as far as I am willing to go with fragrances.

There is one thing that mitigates against wearing any scent and that seems to be blossoming of places that have declared themselves "scent Free zones". It seems scents are becoming as annoying as smoking to some.

Bob

I have been working with Whale bone all day,nasty stuff that my wife sprayed me down with Fabreeze before I was allowed back in the house

She should have dropped you off by the ocean, you could have lured in an old sperm whale,,,,

If you could lure in a sperm whale, tickle it's blow hole, and get it to hork up some ambergris. That stuff's worth a mint! Heck, then you could make your own perfume.

I figure there would be something there to make a brush out of,,

SWMBO and I are fairly serious with our collection. This is actually not up to date but taken last year...
No body spray in this house.

SWMBO and I are fairly serious with our collection. This is actually not up to date but taken last year

Very nice!