When I'm out in public, and I'm wearing cologne, and I get a nice comment about it, or someone asks about it . . . I am a little embarrassed to admit I'm wearing cologne. To me, there is something a little non-masculine about spraying on something to make yourself smell good. You just don't picture General Patton or John Wayne doing it . . you know what I mean? I would rather say "oh, it's the soap I used" , or "It's probably my aftershave." I would rather attribute the nice scent to some regular, normal part of my grooming regimen, rather than to some self conscious attempt to spray something on myself to smell good. Does anyone else share this feeling or am I the only one?
Reluctant to admit wearing cologne
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Doesn't bother me at all.
I'm proud to be able to pick out a nice cologne.
I'm proud to be able to pick out a nice cologne.
You're the only one. 
See, I'd feel less manly using the line, "It's the soap I use." But, whatever floats your boat.
I get asked what I'm wearing. I tell them cat urine. They say, "I thought so." I say, no really it is Lilac Vegetal. They don't ever believe me. So, I have to get a bottle.
Or, I remember the name of some really expensive fragrance and give them that title. It sounds cool they go home and google it and get sticker shock. It's fun. Kind of. Not really.
Don't worry about what people think, tell them what you're wearing. It's no big deal. I ask because I want to try it for myself. Do others a favor.
See, I'd feel less manly using the line, "It's the soap I use." But, whatever floats your boat.
I get asked what I'm wearing. I tell them cat urine. They say, "I thought so." I say, no really it is Lilac Vegetal. They don't ever believe me. So, I have to get a bottle.
Or, I remember the name of some really expensive fragrance and give them that title. It sounds cool they go home and google it and get sticker shock. It's fun. Kind of. Not really.
Don't worry about what people think, tell them what you're wearing. It's no big deal. I ask because I want to try it for myself. Do others a favor.
I'm not embarrassed. I'm just glad they don't tell me I stink.
It's especially fun when it's a scent that is cheap and well-known but has a less-good rep for some reason (like Old Spice), or if it is some weird little-known scent from a House no one but the Monomaniacal like us would know.
It's especially fun when it's a scent that is cheap and well-known but has a less-good rep for some reason (like Old Spice), or if it is some weird little-known scent from a House no one but the Monomaniacal like us would know.
yeah, I'm kinda the same way. I'd rather attribute it to aftershave or something.
there's something in-genuine, to me, about using cologne.
Do I ever use it? Yes.
Daily? No.
Anything wrong with using cologne? No way.
Just not my thing for day to day purposes.
(I'd also stop short of blaming it on soaps, though
)((unless it provided a good segue to declare the gospel of traditional wet-shaving to someone
))
Something tells me you've never had a pedicure
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gone down south
I would just use the brand name - "Me? I'm wearing English Fern, thanks for asking." There's no need to get into the technicalities of a/s versus edc/edt/edp etc.
Though not 'technically' correct, I don't think the average person is going to bust on you for interchanging the terms 'aftershave' and 'cologne'. I know that I certainly didn't appreciate (or care about) the difference between the two until I started hanging out here.
Though not 'technically' correct, I don't think the average person is going to bust on you for interchanging the terms 'aftershave' and 'cologne'. I know that I certainly didn't appreciate (or care about) the difference between the two until I started hanging out here.
Less manly????? We do lots of things our forefathers would never have considered manly, like: listening to our wives/GF's, using a scented soap that gains nothing from it's scent (I like Coaltar, but the smell is there for a reason not as a nice smell).
I'm happy being less manly, if it's less manly to wear cologne, men have been doing it for over 100+++ years with colognes, and 1000 years with pomanders etc.... Plus, if you shave with a DE or a straight you daily use a very sharp straight edge to shave with not concealed behind wires or in a plastic cartridge, that's certainly manly......
Tom
I'm happy being less manly, if it's less manly to wear cologne, men have been doing it for over 100+++ years with colognes, and 1000 years with pomanders etc....
Plus, if you shave with a DE or a straight you daily use a very sharp straight edge to shave with not concealed behind wires or in a plastic cartridge, that's certainly manly...... Tom
Stonewall Jackson said, "Never take counsel of your fears." If you know how manly you are, everything that you do will be manly too.
Who are you afraid is going to view you as less manly? The beer chuggers at the corner sports bar? Most women are impressed by men who understand good grooming and who make efforts to keep themselves well put together, and that includes wearing a nice, subtly applied fragrance. I don't know about you, but I'd rather impress the women. I couldn't give a corn-laced crap about what femi-phobic guys think about me.
You know what? Try as you might, there won't be one single person out there - male or female - who will associate you with either Patton or John Wayne, unless you happen to bear a striking physical resemblance to one or the other. Your grooming won't make you any closer to being thought of like them; that's a myth. It always cracks me up when people say, "What did Churchill use to shave with?" or, "What cologne did Cary Grant wear?" The only reason people cared one way or the other what they wore is because of their accomplishments and, in the case of Grant, his looks. Just be yourself. If you do that well enough, people will want to know what you're wearing, so they can be more like you.
You know what? Try as you might, there won't be one single person out there - male or female - who will associate you with either Patton or John Wayne, unless you happen to bear a striking physical resemblance to one or the other. Your grooming won't make you any closer to being thought of like them; that's a myth. It always cracks me up when people say, "What did Churchill use to shave with?" or, "What cologne did Cary Grant wear?" The only reason people cared one way or the other what they wore is because of their accomplishments and, in the case of Grant, his looks. Just be yourself. If you do that well enough, people will want to know what you're wearing, so they can be more like you.
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I've always enjoyed wearing colognes and EdT's, but it was actually similar thinking (shyness, fear of being considered non-manly) that caused me to be here on B&B. My wife and I were on a cruise, and she wanted me to go to the spa with her. I had never had a massage, and was a little uncomfortable (shy) to do that, so I picked a men's "facial treatment", which was basically a wet shave with a face, neck and shoulder massage. I loved the pre-she prep, the hot towel, the shave, and the post-shave sealer and moisturizer. I wasn't impressed with the Trac II razor, but wouldn't have wanted that young lady to use a straight on a moving ship, either. Afterward, I decided there must be products available other than the Elemis brand that they use on cruise ships that I could continue to enjoy on my own, and my on-line search brought me here, where I discovered a whole world of shaving products, razors, and now the world of fragrances. I started to say "and the rest is history", but I'm just getting started!
Oh, and the couples massages are awesome!!
Oh, and the couples massages are awesome!!
Preach on, brother!
John Wayne wore CK Men! Now that's.........Oh wait, that was John Wayne Bobbitt.......nevermind....
...As Forrest Gump would say, "Manly is as manly does, and that's all I have to say about THAT!"
I wouldn't stress about it - just own up to being a good-smelling guy.
I wouldn't stress about it - just own up to being a good-smelling guy.
Truer words were never spoken. It's only the theme of every Disney movie ever.
Wait... is it unmanly to admit I've watched Disney movies?
John Wayne wore CK Men! Now that's.........Oh wait, that was John Wayne Bobbitt.......nevermind....
Yep. Humphrey Bogard wore Aqua di Gio. Oops that was Henry Bogard. Never mind.
Charles Bronson. Mandom.
Though he did douse himself after he got home from a night out on the town, which was odd.
Though he did douse himself after he got home from a night out on the town, which was odd.
Yep. Humphrey Bogard wore Aqua di Gio. Oops that was Henry Bogard. Never mind.
He was "wishing" he could cover the blood and gunpowder smell after his nocturnal activities.
This is a great point!
It's a good feeling to wear a cologne that you heard Christian Bale or Derek Jeter wears and have a chick at the bar say "Mmmm...you smell nice, fella!", but it's an ever better feeling when you're wearing a cologne that you're wearing because YOU chose it yourself.Yep. Humphrey Bogard wore Aqua di Gio. Oops that was Henry Bogard. Never mind.
LOL! What's funny is that, even if you wouldn't have attempted to correct yourself, you STILL would've been wrong as it is Humphrey Bogart, not Bogard
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