Hey everyone! So a basic question, right? So open ended with no limits or restrictions, how does one even begin to answer this? Well, maybe background would help.
So I've never been a big fragrance guy. Nothing wrong with them, but not my church. A big part of that was working as a chef for 10 years. Working within 12" of a coworker, I shied away out of courtesy. Keep up on hygiene and no offending smells. They'll take away from where the money is made (on the stovetop just above waist level). Fast forward a bit, and now I have a position where not only have I rediscovered these things called weekends and somewhat normal sleeping and eating patterns, I can also smell nice!
The position is with a plumbing company. I'm not a plumber, but work with them. And, to put it kindly, sometimes the work of a plumber can leave him smelling of things other than flowers in the spring. I know, it's crazy but suspend disbelief for a minute.
I found something called a solid cologne from Target of all places. It's a take on some marketing exec's thoughts on bay rum. A quick rub of my finger on the wax? paste? tin! then into my mustache just under my nose would overpower the smell of work.
Anyways, that got me thinking about colognes in general. While the Target stuff works well for what I got it for, it's not really something I'd like to smell like all day. I love bay rum, but as a cologne that was a swing and miss.
I have a wife and kids and mortgage, and I'm not really wealthy (independently or otherwise). I can't really throw money at Amazon until the perfect product appears at my doorstep. I'm all for trial and error, that and a pencil it's still one effective way to learn. But in Rookie's little world, I need a direction to start first.
So we find ourselves back to the title question. To be honest, I'm not sure what I don't know. That makes it hard to know the questions to ask.I don't quite know what to put into the search bar. So far, all I can tell you is I like bay rum (most of the few I've tried) and Mrs. Rookie loves Clubman (I got a beard care setup with the oil and waxy balm). And I know that Axe is NOT shower in a can no matter how much certain college students think it is.
So armed with such knowledge, where do I start in the world of fragrances?
Thanks everyone for your advice.
So I've never been a big fragrance guy. Nothing wrong with them, but not my church. A big part of that was working as a chef for 10 years. Working within 12" of a coworker, I shied away out of courtesy. Keep up on hygiene and no offending smells. They'll take away from where the money is made (on the stovetop just above waist level). Fast forward a bit, and now I have a position where not only have I rediscovered these things called weekends and somewhat normal sleeping and eating patterns, I can also smell nice!
The position is with a plumbing company. I'm not a plumber, but work with them. And, to put it kindly, sometimes the work of a plumber can leave him smelling of things other than flowers in the spring. I know, it's crazy but suspend disbelief for a minute.
I found something called a solid cologne from Target of all places. It's a take on some marketing exec's thoughts on bay rum. A quick rub of my finger on the wax? paste? tin! then into my mustache just under my nose would overpower the smell of work.
Anyways, that got me thinking about colognes in general. While the Target stuff works well for what I got it for, it's not really something I'd like to smell like all day. I love bay rum, but as a cologne that was a swing and miss.
I have a wife and kids and mortgage, and I'm not really wealthy (independently or otherwise). I can't really throw money at Amazon until the perfect product appears at my doorstep. I'm all for trial and error, that and a pencil it's still one effective way to learn. But in Rookie's little world, I need a direction to start first.
So we find ourselves back to the title question. To be honest, I'm not sure what I don't know. That makes it hard to know the questions to ask.I don't quite know what to put into the search bar. So far, all I can tell you is I like bay rum (most of the few I've tried) and Mrs. Rookie loves Clubman (I got a beard care setup with the oil and waxy balm). And I know that Axe is NOT shower in a can no matter how much certain college students think it is.
So armed with such knowledge, where do I start in the world of fragrances?
Thanks everyone for your advice.