[Closed] Aftershave: yes or no? (calling ladies of STW)

Perfumed ponce!

Aftershave has no place in this world.
A decent EDT or EDP is what you should buy.
I use RL Safari or Platinum Egoist (my wifes fave), also wearing on occaision some Santal Royal that I picked up in Dubai airport...wonderfully woody, but a little sweet initially.

Cerutti and Hugo Boss do some nice fresh fragrances too.
I had never heard of Tom Ford...but now am going off to Google.

True story ...

I've a buddy who swears by a healthy dash of Fabreeze of an evening - insists "it does the job" ! ...

Use a balm that a woman would've the smell of.

CHB - try the Tom Ford Private Collection stuff. You can order 1ml tester bottles on eBay from reputable sellers for a few quid to avoid splurging on a bottle you don't like. Tobacco Vanille and Oud Wood are my favourites

Are we talking about men. Wearing perfume?

Yeah. Some men use moisturiser too. Haven't veered that far from being a "real man" yet, myself, but some do.

Mine's EDT btw, not aftershave

If there's one thing I my brain honestly cannot process, it's perfume or after shave. I'm totally blind to any of it. My sense of smell is pretty good generally, I can appreciate and identify fine flavours in things like coffee and cheese, but to me ALL perfume just smells like perfume. That's anything from soap to expensive perfume. And I cannot tell the difference between manly or feminine smells. I find it rather interesting, it's almost like some kind of genuine neurological impairment. Perhaps related to the fact that all alcoholic drinks to me taste and smell like an industrial solvent.

The only smells I like are things that smell like simple real things - so I use original source shower gel (lemon, orange, lavendar, coconut etc) and my wife only uses vanilla as perfume. Which is fantastic on her 🙂

It's all the same to me. I've never bought either.

To echo what has already been said,if you don't usually wear aftershave then don't!
I would recommend this though,smells nice-close up 😉 and is good for your skin.I use it for my nether regions before and after cycling but can be used all over your body.
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Funnily enough I bought some of that today.

Did you know that the perfume in WD40 is distantly related to Shalimar by Guerlain?

At the risk of sounding a bit of a softy try Tiffany for men its a cologne rather than an aftershave so its quite strong

Issey Miyake +1

Everything else smells cheap.

Richie and Eddie recommend 'Grrrrr'

My wife wears Shalimar...that must be why I love her [s]as much [/s] more than I love my bikes.

Tom Ford Noir
Jil Sander original or pure.
Jo Malone is acceptable but only if you have hit 40 and can tolerate the faffing around at the till point.

My son asked me to buy him some Tom Ford noir for Christmas - but I refused as I didn't like it, yes I know it isn't for me to like but still I asked him to rethink. Maybe it works on older men better but it wasn't right on him.

I quite like Prada luna Rossa, but as everyone else has said it's not important. Clean, with fresh clothes and brushed teeth is way more important 🙂

Invictus!
I would actually say it does work in the correct way!

Tom Ford - Dark Noir

Viktornof - Spice Bomb

Not cheap, but worth it.

as billyboulders said but wash with swarfega first

Terre D'Hermes
Givenchy Gentleman

I was always told wiping a bit of piss behind your ears let the pheromones get in a ladies nose and drive her wild.

True story ...

I've a buddy who swears by a healthy dash of Fabreeze of an evening - insists "it does the job" ! ...

Already my favourite response of the week 😀

Currently going cheap in our local Aldi - a squirt behind each ear should do the trick

True story - I know a woman who really likes the scent of GT85

for me its either this...
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this...
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or this...
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I tend to rotate between Hermes Eau d'orange vert, L'Eau par Kenzo pour Homme, Givenchy Gentlemen Only and Cacharel pour L'Homme.

We've had this before haven't we? Someone here is a scent expert iirc.

My wife wears Shalimar...that must be why I love her as much more than I love my bikes.

True story - I know a woman who really likes the scent of GT85

Anyway, what would this fella do?
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