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    Quote Originally Posted by MasterRolf View Post
    I strongly doubt that the sales person in question has any idea as to what chemistry even is, much less any real insight into your particular skin chemistry. In any event, why do you care what someone else thinks. wear what you like.
    +1 unless you are married or have some other SWMBO in your life.. then you may need to wear what they like.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jakeinkalispell View Post
    +1 Bay rum is how I do business too, it's so manly i'm pretty sure my beard has gotten scratchier and my voice deeper just from rubbing it on my face and neck
    The great part about bay rum is that it is used so rarely now days that you really have a unique, yet classic smell when you wear it.

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    Hello, vthomlinson:

    Wear what you want. That said, also be wise and wear what dearly beloved likes. Diplomacy is a good thing.

    In the meantime, here is the list of the "old" stuff I wear:

    Truefitt & Hill's Spanish Leather
    Trumper's Spanish Leather
    Woods of Windsor
    Pashana
    Caswell-Massey No. 6 (created for the great George Washington, so they say)
    Pinaud Clubman
    Brummel
    Spanish Floid
    Taylor of Old Bond Street's No. 74 Victoria Lime
    Royal Copenhagen (I couldn't resist the price)
    Lagerfeld (same as the above)
    Provence Sante Verlaine
    Atkinson's

    Being old is a fragrant delight.

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    Really, it's a matter of both body chemistry and, honestly, how you carry yourself in how you can "carry off" a borderline scent. Clint Eastwood could probably wear Fruity Unicorn Dust and it wouldn't smell feminine to anyone who met him. I'm 58 and "outdoors-ey"; I can generally get by the ultimate judge (my wife) with citrus, but not floral. That's just as well, as I don't usually like to smell floral scents on myself either. The leathery smells work for us both, but musk is hit and miss.

    Now, somewhat contrary to all that I just said, I liked a sample of Trumper's Skye aftershave, and she thought it was wonderful, it's the most enthused I've seen her over a scent. Go figure. I think you can get some general ideas, but until you lay scent to flesh and get an important other's opinion, you've just guessing.

    And ... that's what makes scents fun. Most of my life I've been hamstrung with airborne allergies, and now that I'm mostly over that I have to make a point of self-restraint.

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    i've basically come to the conclusion that if it costs more than $25.. than it's probably not for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vthomlinson View Post
    i've basically come to the conclusion that if it costs more than $25.. than it's probably not for me.
    Haha.. I thought the same way until my daughter bought me 2 designer fragrances for Fathers day.. one was Diesel and the other was called Chrome. Neither one smells flowery.

    One I have been thinking of picking back up is a cologne/aftershave called Cigar Aficionado. I found an old soap cake I had from a box set when it first came out 20 years ago and forgot how much I liked that scent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thebigspendur View Post
    Yea I have a couple of bottles of Lilac Vegetal around the house. I used it to get rid of a pesky skunk that kept visiting. A few drops of that and he swore never to return ever again. A tablespoon would have killed him dead.

    does it work on unruly neighbours too?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Desdinova View Post
    does it work on unruly neighbours too?
    If you squirt it in their eyes it is better than mace

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    What should you wear?

    I agree with Troggie & Obie - whatever you and SWMBO like. My wife gets violent headaches from some scents so I let her "test smell" things before I use them. I've never heard of such a thing as old man chemistry - sounds like a crazy sales pitch to me (profit margin higher on the new stuff????)

    red96ta, there is a neuroanatomical reason why smells can evoke such intense reactions in people. The first cranial nerve, the olfactory nerve, is a sensory pathway that conducts the sense of smell to other areas of the brain. This pathway has many connections with the limbic system - the portion of the brain strongly tied to our base emotions and long term memories, among other things.

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    vthomlinson,

    Let me recommend Ogallala Bay Rum, Mennen Skin Bracer as well as Aqua Velva (Blue). All three are used by a lot of SRP members and there is nothing off-putting about any of them.

    If you ant to try something more expensive, try the Creed "Green Irish Tweed" cologne. It is a mature scent.
    "Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." Mark Twain

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