Hey everybody!
Thanks in advance for your suggestions! I'm a 24 year old filmmaker and writer, and having spent the last couple years completely changing my wardrobe to better suit (no pun intended) my post-collegiate 20 something years, it finally occurred to me to incorporate cologne.
I've learned through my experiences with clothing that nothing (or at least very little) about fashion is objective, and success is really more about fit and confidence than anything else. Admittedly I think a lot of people would drop me into some loose definition of hipster, and those do more or less tend to be the women I attract. I'm thin/athletic, wear lots of skinny ties and wingtip oxfords, and have black plastic ray-bans. Mostly I just include this info to point out that a super-masculine, heavily musky scent would probably be ridiculous on me, and that I do at least have a strong idea for what my style is.
Point being, I'm moving from my hometown to New York in a little over month to jump in the deep-end with filmmaking and writing, and as well-prepared as I feel in the fashion department, I've been wearing Axe stick deodorant for 10 years (thankfully gave up on the spray after high school) and have absolutely no idea where to start with cologne. Needless to say, it would be a huge boost to my confidence to feel well-rounded about all of this when I get there. I've read about a ton of popular scents but know very little about the subtleties that differentiate one from the next, so I'm looking for some personal suggestions about where might be a good place to start. At this point I'd love something kind of light and versatile, that can be worn casually or formally, and year round. I know that's a lot to ask, as I wouldn't wear the exact same clothes in summer that I do in winter, but hopefully you understand where I'm coming from.
The few I've been thinking of testing based on what I've read are:
Acqua Di Gio (ubiquitous, I know, but if it's good it's good, right?)
Chanel Egoiste (super expensive I assume..worth it?)
Terre d'Hermes (don't know anything about this, just saw it mentioned in similar posts)
Any thoughts on those? Or maybe something more unique that might fit my style etc?
Thank you so much! I've spent hours reading about all of this and gathered virtually no useful information except on this site, so I'm excited to hear suggestions. If anyone needs to know a cheap place to get a brilliantly tailored suit or the best fitted shirts, I'm full of useless men's fashion knowledge!