Do colognes smell differently when used at different times?

[jrhudgins]

The last few days, I have been having very different experiences from colognes that I have used/liked several times in the past. For instance, yesterday Pen's English Fern had a well-defined, unpleasant spicy middle, and today Floris JF smells strongly floral and "old ladyish" today.
Do others find this to happen for them? Could it have something to do with changes in skin chemistry and the like? I haven't noticed any change in my sense of smell for other things, such as whiskey, my coffee roasting&brewing, my wife.

 

[texbilly]

Yes, I've noticed differences depending on my skin condition - fresh out of morning shower v. a late in the day "refresher", for instance. So, I certainly agree that our changing body chemistry reacts differently with that of the fragrance!

EDIT: Howdy from Round Rock, Mr. Georgetown!

 

[kingfisher]

Sorry, but I can't resist the grammar police post. Colognes can't smell at all, because they don't have noses.

The title should have said, "Do colognes smell different..." rather than "differently."

Sorry I don't have an answer to your actual question.

 

[jrhudgins]

You will have a full-time job if you apply your unasked-for corrections to the posts on this forum. I apologize for my failure to verify the grammar of my hastily-written post.
Now, back to the question...

 

[Kouros]

Your diet is the biggest influence toward the smell of your cologne. You should smell cleaner in the morning after a shower than you would after showering at night simply because your body has not spent the last 8 hours digesting food.

 

[dpmtherrien]

Never gave it any thought, to me cologne has always seemed the same whenever its used.

Be careful, the secret grammar police are about.

 

[WhosYerBob]

I've noticed that and observed my wife reacting to scents differently as well.

 

[texbilly]

Your diet is the biggest influence toward the smell of your cologne. You should smell cleaner in the morning after a shower than you would after showering at night simply because your body has not spent the last 8 hours digesting food.

Never thought of that but it makes sense. Then my mind immediately thought of the effect on a cologne's scent if I had just enjoyed a dish with say...a lot of garlic! Talk about a chemical collision!

 

[trewornan]

Colognes can't smell at all, because they don't have noses.

I'd have thought that's just two different uses of the verb "smell":

Dogs can smell scent trails. (transitive)
Colognes smell nice. (intensive)

Technically that's two different verbs of course, if you want to be pedantic. There might even be a third usage.

My armpits smell. (intransitive)

"Different" is a noun phrase so can only be used after the transitive meaning however as an adverb "Differently" could be a complement to the intensive verb or it could be modifying one of the others.

 

[rickboone1]

yes sometimez i find colones smells gooder well maybe not gooder but bestest in that thay smells stronger ya know stronger is a good word to use thay smellses stronger to me at certain times than at uthers. i have some colonges that i weared and was like, ***?! wheres' that smells? and then the next timed i wored that same smellys i was like ahhh now thats sum kinda nicer.

 

[mdunn]

Interesting thead.

Ive not noticed this, thought im always careful not to put on Brut on a hot day, when it mixes with a bit of sweat I smell like wet dog.