Does anyone else get different smells to friends when wearing identical cologne?

[Unknownsoldier]

Guys,

Recently got a sample of Blenheim Bouquet, and my father and I both tried it on our hands (back of hand), and although both smelt great, we both got a slightly different scent, now I have noticed in the past this happening when a mate borrowed my St.James aftershave... he smelt totally different to me in it... am I right in thinking body chemistry changes the scent (which is why some scents smell hideous on me...?).

Tom

 

[Protocol]

This is actually very common. It is important to test colognes on your skin and wait for the different distinct stages the scent takes as it reacts to your body's oils. A cologne that smells great on you might smell repulsive on someone else.

 

[Kouros]

Many colognes are designed to work with certain ethnicities and skin types. You can tell simply by looking at the name or composition of the fragrance. As a general rule I have found that green/citrus scents work better with those of lighter countenance. Sandalwood/patchouli/orientals work well with those of darker countenance.

 

[mdunn]

Many colognes are designed to work with certain ethnicities and skin types. You can tell simply by looking at the name or composition of the fragrance. As a general rule I have found that green/citrus scents work better with those of lighter countanance. Sandalwood/patchouli/orientals work well with those of darker countenance.

interesting, I hadnt noticed that.

 

[theperfectstorm]

Different ingredients pop on different people. That is why I always take all my LuckyScent samples to school and share them with my staff. It is always interesting to get a different perspective and see what pops on people.

 

[Unknownsoldier]

Thanks I'm glad I wasn't imagining it LOL The Blenheim Bouquet I've ordered definitely goes through stages on me and you can smell every fragrance in there... unlike most scents I have.... Ironically I find Benjamins Bay rum seems to change on me depending on how "sweaty" I am......

I thought for a while my mind was messing with me, it often does that...... If I keep the act up, I can blame all my shaving purchases on my alternative ego William.............

Tom

 

[Austin]

Bayrum colognes are repulsive on my skin. I love this scent because my father used it but it does not work on me. Your body chemistry reacts differently to different scent oils.

 

[The Knize]

Guys,

Recently got a sample of Blenheim Bouquet, and my father and I both tried it on our hands (back of hand), and although both smelt great, we both got a slightly different scent, now I have noticed in the past this happening when a mate borrowed my St.James aftershave... he smelt totally different to me in it... am I right in thinking body chemistry changes the scent (which is why some scents smell hideous on me...?).

Tom

I think Pen's BB is particularly prone to smellling differently on different folks and it really evolves over time of wearing.

 

[StylinLA]

I think Pen's BB is particularly prone to smellling differently on different folks and it really evolves over time of wearing.

Indeed. I want this one to work on me but it doesn't.

 

[LagerLover]

I remember in the '70s there was a woman's perfume that was marketed to be different with each person who wore it, therefore it would always be your personal "scent" . Anyone remember it?

 

[The Knize]

Indeed. I want this one to work on me but it doesn't.

Hey, StylinLA,

As always, I have really been enjoying your posts, even if I do not respond that often.

<I want this one to work on me >

I think you have said this a couple of times in posts, and I am curious as to what you mean exactly, if you are willing to "share."

The times I really want something to work on me that doesn't is when I have spent big dollars on a big bottle of something and it is not working for me. <g> (That has never actually happened to me. I am a pushover for scents where a scent is liked by at least someone. Does that mean my tastes are catholic, or does it mean that I am a pushover who ought to keep his hand on his wallet in all sorts of situations besides scents?)

Anyway, assuming that you are not stuck with a bunch of a scent, why exactly would you "want it to work on you"? Because you think it smells good on others and you cannot seem to replicate that scent on yourself iwth anything else? What happens exactly with BB that it does not "work on [you]"? I love BB myself and I guess I never stopped to consider whether it works on me. It is one unusual collection of notes, with, as they say, no middle notes. I think I would say that note all of those notes are exactly or completely pleasent, and I think it is really their evolution that so bowls me over with this scent. Also, there is something that just seems austere and diffident about this scent.

It maybe that I should remember, but how do you do with other Pen's scents? How you tried Douro? Douro and BB are neck and neck as my favorite Pen's scents, perhaps as my favorite scents period. I think of them as alike, but I do not think the really are much alike. How about Engliish Fern? I am trying to make up my mind on EF. But it does seem to me that the pine notes in BB that give many folks trouble with BB ("Pine Sol," some say) are in EF in a different way. Maybe not pine in EF, but definitely evergreen of some sort. Perhaps a classier evergreen than BB, but to me in the same family. I guess that Opus has some of BB's pepper. Does it do any better for you than BB?

I would not know what to make of all of this, of course. Just curious.

Also, I meant to write earlier that the scent critic Luca Turin has been very skeptical of scents truly smelling much different from person to person. In recent times, he has come around to believe that this is so to some extent, but he still sort of pooh-poohs the idea that the individual person has much effect on how a scent smells. I personally think he understates the variation person to person, but it is still interesting to read what he says about it.

 

[The Knize]

I remember in the '70s there was a woman's perfume that was marketed to be different with each person who wore it, therefore it would always be your personal "scent" . Anyone remember it?

I do not remember that. Sounds interesting. (Of course I do not remember breakfast either!)

Actually it seems kind of scary to find out what my own personal scent might be in this scenario! What if my own personal scent smells pretty crappy compares to the personal scents of other people!

As I recall, some of the folks that market fragrance oils for making ones own scents, including edts and cologne, today market oils they claim greatly affected by whoever wears them.

 

[Rusty Jackknife]

Many colognes are designed to work with certain ethnicities and skin types.

I doubt this... but I am admittedly on the fragrance learning curve.

Do you have any examples?

Thanks,

RJ

 

[Kouros]

I doubt this... but I am admittedly on the fragrance learning curve.

Do you have any examples?

Thanks,

RJ

Yes, I do. However, at the risk of sounding like an ignorant racist, I'll pass...

 

[Cumin]

No idea how to change the smell...but it defo smells different on another person

I smelt the Bvlgari black on a tester when one of the guys at my old work brought a bottle and thought it was decent

Brought a bottle myself recently and it smells so different on me. Same with CK obsession