Now That's Sillage!

[koso]

I went to a popular burger joint for lunch today (In and Out, for you Californians).

The drive-thru line at lunch rush has an employee out front with a computer pad who takes your order as the line builds up, to speed things along.

Today, it was kind of windy. I had my window down, waiting for my turn. The guy was taking the order of the car ahead of me, when I got a powerful whiff of cologne. AdG, I think.

I said to myself, "No way. You've got to be kidding. It can't be him. Fifteen feet away, outside, with a ten mph wind blowing?"

Sure enough. I was steeled for it by the time I rolled up to his position. Aqua di Gio, strong enough to knock out an ox.

He was a young guy, I guess it could have been worse. Could have been Axe.

 

[Bobtrumpet]

1. His manager put him outside to blow some of the scent off.

2. He put on that much scent so that he would get the plum job of being outside.

 

[Blue-EyedSon]

Wow! That's potent. I miss In-and-Out greatly (I used to live in California). One of the things I remember about In-and-Out was that if you went in to eat, you'd come out smelling like In-and-Out. If an employee's cologne was still powering through, that is intense.

 

[OldSchoolYoungin]

Tell him to slap on some Giorgio Beverly Hills for Men next time! That'll show him!






























*Please don't do this.

 

[StylinLA]

I can't believe it was AdG. He must have bathed in it. I find that to be nearly the weakest scent in collection.

Some (not all) younger guys tend to go hog wild with the frags. I was in a club last week and got a heavy dose of Le Male. Incredibly strong. To my left and right at bar were women.
Twelve feet away was a grinning guy doused in that vile juice.

 

[RichGem]

1. His manager put him outside to blow some of the scent off.

2. He put on that much scent so that he would get the plum job of being outside.

3. He bathed in it to deaden his own nose to the ambient odor of grease and fast food.

 

[Fairlight]

Does AdG come in a glass bottle? Perhaps he had one of those incredibly common bottle shattering experiences Aqua Velva is trying to protect us all from with their new plastic bottles!

(No, I am not serious.)

 

[SubmarinerLV]

I can't believe it was AdG. He must have bathed in it. I find that to be nearly the weakest scent in collection.

Some (not all) younger guys tend to go hog wild with the frags. I was in a club last week and got a heavy dose of Le Male. Incredibly strong. To my left and right at bar were women.
Twelve feet away was a grinning guy doused in that vile juice.

I have a friend who is guilty of this he does 12 sprays of JPG Le Male even in summer before going out, he could clear a small trench. Why do people do this?

Regards Grant

 

[Rudy Vey]

...could it been "spillage" instead?...

 

[DSB]

...could it been "spillage" instead?...

Who nose?






Sorry. . . couldn't resist.

 

[bnndx2]

Whataburger >>>>> than In N Out IMO

 

[StylinLA]

I have a friend who is guilty of this he does 12 sprays of JPG Le Male even in summer before going out, he could clear a small trench. Why do people do this?

Regards Grant

It's a puzzler to me. But hey, the Le Male room freshener guy I ran into had a gorgeous woman with him, so it works for him.

 

[koso]

Might not have been AdG, my nose isn't as discriminating as most here. It definitely was one of the 'fresh, new, marine!' scents.

I'd rather have been carpet bombed with something more vanilla or Habit Rouge.

 

[Topgumby]

Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce
Obnoxious sillage won't upset us
All we ask is that our scentage
Blows you away

 

[SubmarinerLV]

It's a puzzler to me. But hey, the Le Male room freshener guy I ran into had a gorgeous woman with him, so it works for him.

yup YMMV applies to woman's noses as well as B&B members opinions on the Veg.

Regards Grant

 

[Featherweight]

I can't believe it was AdG. He must have bathed in it. I find that to be nearly the weakest scent in collection.

Some (not all) younger guys tend to go hog wild with the frags. I was in a club last week and got a heavy dose of Le Male. Incredibly strong. To my left and right at bar were women.
Twelve feet away was a grinning guy doused in that vile juice.

yeah Le Male hasn't aged well . . . when I was a teenager in the '90s I thought it smelled pretty sophisticated, if not a bit too strong. Now I think it just smells juvenile and played.

 

[StylinLA]

Agree on the played. It's really not a bad scent, but kind of "youthful" and overused. I'm not going to be old guy "hater" about it. In the context of a bar- whatever. But if that guy slaps it on like that at work- YIKES!

Still a big seller I'm guessing.

 

[warlandsboy]

Honestly, this story made me laugh. I still love AdG.

 

[gupts]

Good sillage is not one of the traits of AdG, in my opinion ofcourse.
The dude must have bathed in this stuff or it could have been another aquatic that smelled like AdG.

Whatever it was, don't we all love fragrances with loud sillage?

 

[BCP]

(In and Out, for you Californians).

Off topic but

"That's up by the in and out burger?"

"SHUT THE F*** UP DONNY!"