signature scents
what perfumes/aftershaves do you lot wear? i'm currently wearing jo malone's lime, basil and mandarin perfume and it's so fresh and fit i can't stop spraying it everywhere! so as it's better than the break notice i am currently drafting, i was wondering: how do b3tans smell........
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 11:31, 28 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

None.
I smell like smoke, vodka and leather today.
Classy.
( Cawl, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 11:33, Reply)

usually smell of gilette
and marijuana

if I were to wear aftershave then it'd be CK One
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 11:35, Reply)

Armani Nights
and tobacco
(Halfy By light alone, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 11:38, Reply)

I smell like
Penhaligons Love Potion when I can be arsed.

Most of the time it's tobacco and gin.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 11:41, Reply)

supermarket deodarant
with a fug of coffee and Lucky strikes
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 11:42, Reply)

DKNY delicious
But I lost it when I moved and only found it yesterday after rooting around for the V5 to my car!

So probably smoke and cider :)
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 11:49, Reply)

Oh my...
We're a classy bunch, aren't we?

For the record, I only smell of vodka because I spilled a generous measure of it on myself last night...

And these were still my cleanest pair of jeans, after that.
( Cawl, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 11:49, Reply)

Lynx
and roll-ups.

Irresistable I'm sure you'd agree.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 11:50, Reply)

Eternity
Still gets my missis all wibbly. CK One or Hugo Boss for every day useage.

I used to have dozens of smellies, but these days, being married, boring and un-arsed, it's Gillette, Marlboro Lights and whisky at night.

Unless I'm wearing my comfy boots....
(osok Rebel without a clue, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 11:59, Reply)

Before I start...let me say that this was a long time ago...

Years ago, my sister went on holiday, and after forgetting to buy me any kind of souvenir, she opted for a bottle of aftershave from the duty free.

It was called 'Farenheit'. I thought it was a bit naff and smelled of cucumber but put it on once before going out so she wouldn't be offended.

I lost count of times I was approached that night and told how nice I smelled. Who the hell uses your smell as an icebreaker? I even pulled!

So the next week - I tried again...and pulled again. And so on...such was the power that my friends noticed my change of fortunes and changed the name to 'fanny-night' as the outcome of any evening wearing that stuff would always result in interest from lovely ladyfolk.

Unfortunately but predictably...they all rushed out and bought it by the gallon and my subsequent 'golden goose' was drowned in a vat of cucumber juice.

happy times though.

Thank you rswipe, for giving me something else to write about...because I am having a major lack of inspiration with this week's QotW

*sighs*
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Fri 5 Sep 2008, 12:09, Reply)

@ Pooflake
I've had the same experience, but in a different manner. I picked up a mini bottle of Love Potion No.5 from their outlet in Bicester yonks ago.

When I wore it it had the same kind of effect as yours - one girl on a train even leant over the back of her seat and asked me what it was!

It has only recently been re-introduced and the formula has been changed and has no-where near the same effect.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 12:15, Reply)

I'm wearing Sex Panther

So I smell like bigfoot's dick.






maybe a bit of a lie, but saying I smell of Hugo Boss somethingorother that I got from the duty free isn't very interesting
( Moey, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 12:21, Reply)

it never ceases to
amaze me that some men don't realise what an aphrodisiac smelling sexy is. i have very few girlfriends who don't swoon over a guy who smells amazing. nice aftershave FTW!

and cigars. cigars smell hot.

i've posted on here before - we once spent a good 10 mins sniffing round a train platform looking for the hot guy we could literally smell out, before realising my dopey friend evie had smothered herself in 'cool water', thinking it was the new unisex 'ckone' which had just come out at the time...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 12:24, Reply)

I smell nice.
Guerlian Mitsuoko


However, as a 13 year-old, I favored "Charlie Red". Eeeek.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 12:27, Reply)

Last night it was
Ferret musk and wet dog

Christian Dior - Fahrenheit today.

*edit* just read Pooflakes post, it's a good scent.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 12:27, Reply)

@ empress
god yeah, teenage perfume is Not Good. when i was 13, the in-thing was body shop white musk, which everyone drowned themselves in. ugh!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 12:29, Reply)

^White musk!
I'd forgotten all about that.

And the range of impulse body sprays (having lived in a house with 60 odd other girls for 5 years, I can confirm that it does NOT work effectively as a deadorant. Smelly skanks).
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 12:49, Reply)

A guy smelling of cigar smoke makes me weak at the knees.
I like to use Clarins Au Dynamisante (sp?) and when feeling posh it has to be Chanel.

I am a classy bird you know.

Edit - Years ago I would liberally spray myself with Poisen and wonder why I kept getting headaches.
( girlinthehole, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 13:06, Reply)

*makes notes*
*smokes cigars*

my brother wears some Jean Paul Gaultier stuff, the one in the torso shaped bottle.

makes him smell like a fucking fairy
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 13:09, Reply)

Either
Clinique Happy or Issey Miyake.
(scentless_apprentice takes two bottles into the shower!, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 13:39, Reply)

Lynx and pheremones
Currently, it's Lynx Click. I used to live near a town that was full of shops that sold stuff at discounts. Several of them sold brands of Lynx that had been out of production for many years, and I would get Lynx Alaska.

As for the pheremones, I once heard that different people are genetically programmed to like different types of pheremones. So if someone thinks someone else smells really nice, another person will not think the same. Not sure if it's always mutual (eg. if you like someone's natural scent, they'll like yours).
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 13:58, Reply)

I may be unusual
but I try to be as scent-less as possible. I use unscented deodorants, unscented soaps and lightly scented shampoos. So if a woman gets snuggled up close to me, what she smells is the actual smell of my skin.

I've been told that I have a good pheromone thing going on, that my skin smells good as it is.

(The reason I try to be scent-less, by the way, has nothing to do with sexuality. It's a habit from growing up- we lived in an area that had a lot of biting insects, and they were definitely attracted to perfumes. So I avoid perfumes because I did as a child to avoid being bitten.)
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 5 Sep 2008, 14:10, Reply)

Kenneth Cole
RSVP will be my next one.
( Kroney, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 14:30, Reply)

ooh, good one!
CK1 for work (yes, yes, I know)

Very Irresistible by Givenchy for occasions.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 14:41, Reply)

My current signature scent is au de desperate.
With a hint of mutton dressed as lamb.
( girlinthehole, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 18:33, Reply)

probably
I smell of petrol (had some spilt on my feet), engine oil (have some on my hands), secondhand weed smoke, garlic buttered steak (my dinner), some breed of hair conditioner - Dove, I think.

I don't like perfumes because they give me a headache. The only one I've ever owned and not had a headache from was B Scent, from B Never Too Busy to be Beautiful.

I like men who smell of sweat. Has to be nice sweat though. The salty kind. Lickable.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 5 Sep 2008, 23:03, Reply)

Hugo Boss
At the moment. I used to wear Pino Silvestre but I can't find it any more.
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